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): March 21, 2019 (March 15, 2019)

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-38343

 

98-1378631

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

Target Hospitality Corp.

2170 Buckthorne Place, Suite 440

The Woodlands, TX 77380-1775

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

 

800-832-4242

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp.

2121 Avenue of the Stars #2300

Los Angeles, California 90067

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 


 

Introductory Note

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” refer to Target Hospitality Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Target Hospitality”), and its consolidated subsidiaries. All references herein to the “Board” refer to the board of directors of Target Hospitality.

 

On March 15, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., our predecessor company (“Platinum Eagle”), consummated the previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to the terms of: (i) the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of November 13, 2018, as amended on January 4, 2019 (the “Signor Merger Agreement”), by and among Platinum Eagle, Signor Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company  and wholly owned subsidiary of Platinum Eagle and sister company to the Holdco Acquiror (as defined below) (“Signor Merger Sub”), Arrow Holdings S.a. r.l., a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée (the “Arrow Seller”) and Signor Parent (as defined below), and (ii) the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of November 13, 2018, as amended on January 4, 2019 (the “Target Merger Agreement” and, together with the Signor Merger Agreement, the “Merger Agreements”), by and among Platinum Eagle, Topaz Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Holdco Acquiror”), Arrow Bidco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Arrow Bidco”), Algeco Investments B.V., a Netherlands besloten vennotschap (the “Algeco Seller”) and Target Parent (as defined below). Platinum Eagle, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Holdco Acquiror, acquired all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Arrow Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Signor Parent”), the owner Arrow BidCo and the owner of RL Signor Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Signor”), from the Arrow Seller, and all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Algeco US Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Target Parent”), the owner of Target Logistics Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Target”), from the Algeco Seller. The Arrow Seller and the Algeco Seller are hereinafter referred to as the “Sellers.”

 

Immediately upon the completion of the Business Combination and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreements (collectively, including the offering of the Notes (as defined herein) and entry into the New ABL Facility (as defined herein), the “Transactions”), Arrow Bidco became a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Holdco Acquiror and the direct parent of each of Target and Signor.  In connection with the Business Combination, the Company changed its name to Target Hospitality.

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

ABL Credit Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, the Holdco Acquiror, Arrow Bidco, Target, Signor and each of their domestic subsidiaries (each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”) entered into an ABL credit agreement that provides for a senior secured asset based revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of up to $125 million (the “New ABL Facility”). Approximately $40 million of proceeds from the New ABL Facility were used to finance a portion of the consideration payable and fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination. The New ABL Facility matures four and a half years after the Closing Date. Borrowings under the New ABL Facility, at the relevant Borrower’s option, bear interest either (1) an adjusted LIBOR or (2) a base rate, in each case plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin is 2.50% with respect to LIBOR borrowings and 1.50% with respect to base rate borrowings. Commencing at the completion of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, the applicable margin for borrowings under the New ABL Facility is subject to one step-down of 0.25% and one step-up of 0.25% based on excess availability levels with respect to the New ABL Facility.

 

The New ABL Facility provides borrowing availability of an amount equal to the lesser of (i) (a) $125 million and (b) the Borrowing Base (defined below) (the “Line Cap”).

 

The Borrowing Base is, at any time of determination, an amount (net of reserves) equal to the sum of:

 

·                   85% of the net book value of the Borrowers’ eligible accounts receivable, plus

 

·                   the lesser of (i) 95% of the net book value of the Borrowers’ eligible rental equipment and (ii) 85% of the net orderly liquidation value of the Borrowers’ eligible rental equipment, minus

 

·                   customary reserves.

 

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The New ABL Facility includes borrowing capacity available for letters of credit of up to $15 million and for “swingline” loan borrowings of up to $15 million. Any issuance of letters of credit or making of a swingline loan will reduce the amount available under the New ABL Facility.

 

In addition, the New ABL Facility provides the Borrowers with the option to increase commitments under the New ABL Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75 million plus any voluntary prepayments that are accompanied by permanent commitment reductions under the New ABL Facility.

 

The obligations of the Borrowers under the New ABL Facility and certain of their obligations under hedging arrangements and cash management arrangements are unconditionally guaranteed by the Holdco Acquiror and each existing and subsequently acquired or organized direct or indirect wholly-owned US organized restricted subsidiary of Arrow BidCo (together with the Holdco Acquiror, the “ABL Guarantors”), other than certain excluded subsidiaries. The New ABL Facility is secured by (i) a first priority pledge of the equity interests of the Borrowers and of each direct, wholly-owned US organized restricted subsidiary of any Borrower or any ABL Guarantor, (ii) a first priority pledge of up to 65% of the voting equity interests in each non-US restricted subsidiary of any Borrower or ABL Guarantor and (iii) a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Borrowers and the ABL Guarantors (in each case, subject to customary exceptions).

 

The New ABL Facility requires the Borrowers to maintain a (i) minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.00:1.00 and (ii) maximum total net leverage ratio of 4.00:1.00, at any time when the excess availability under the New ABL Facility is less than the greater of (a) $15.625 million and (b) 12.5% of the Line Cap.

 

The New ABL Facility also contains a number of customary negative covenants. Such covenants, among other things, limit or restrict the ability of each of the Borrowers, their restricted subsidiaries, and where applicable, the Holdco Acquiror, to:

 

·                   incur additional indebtedness, issue disqualified stock and make guarantees;

 

·                   incur liens on assets;

 

·                   engage in mergers or consolidations or fundamental changes;

 

·                   sell assets;

 

·                   pay dividends and distributions or repurchase capital stock;

 

·                   make investments, loans and advances, including acquisitions;

 

·                   amend organizational documents and master lease documents;

 

·                   enter into certain agreements that would restrict the ability to pay dividends;

 

·                   repay certain junior indebtedness; and

 

·                   change the conduct of its business.

 

The aforementioned restrictions are subject to certain exceptions including (i) the ability to incur additional indebtedness, liens, investments, dividends and distributions, and prepayments of junior indebtedness subject, in each case, to compliance with certain financial metrics and certain other conditions and (ii) a number of other traditional exceptions that grant the Borrowers continued flexibility to operate and develop their businesses. The New ABL Facility also contains certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default.

 

The foregoing description of the New ABL Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the New ABL Facility, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Indenture

 

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, Arrow Bidco issued $340,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.50% senior secured notes due 2024 (the “ Notes”) under an indenture dated March 15, 2019 (the “Indenture”),

 

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which was entered into by and among Arrow Bidco LLC, the guarantors named therein (the “ Note Guarantors”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”).

 

The Notes will mature on March 15, 2024. At any time and from time to time on and after March 15, 2021, Arrow Bidco, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice to Holders and not less than 20 days’ prior written notice to the Trustee (or such shorter timeline as the Trustee may agree), at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but not including the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on March 15 of each of the years set forth below.

 

Year

 

Redemption
Price

 

2021

 

104.750

%

2022

 

102.375

%

2023 and thereafter

 

100.000

%

 

Arrow Bidco may redeem the Notes at any time before March 15, 2021 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus a customary make whole premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but not including the redemption date. At any time prior to March 15, 2021, Arrow Bidco may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a price equal to 109.50% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but not including the redemption date with the net proceeds of certain equity offerings. Arrow Bidco may redeem up to 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes during each twelve month period commencing on the issue date and prior to March 15, 2021 at a redemption price equal to 103% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but not including the redemption date. If Arrow Bidco undergoes a change of control or sells certain of its assets, Arrow Bidco may be required to offer to repurchase the Notes.

 

The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed by the Holdco Acquiror and each of Arrow Bidco’s direct and indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Note Guarantors”). Target Hospitality is not an issuer or a guarantor of the Notes. The Note Guarantors are either borrowers or guarantors under the New ABL Facility. To the extent lenders under the New ABL Facility release the guarantee of any Note Guarantor, such Note Guarantor are also released from obligations under the Notes. These guarantees are secured by a second priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of Arrow Bidco and the Note Guarantors (subject to customary exclusions). The guarantees of the Notes by TLM Equipment, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TLM Equipment”) which holds certain of Arrow Bidco’s assets, are subordinated to its obligations under the New ABL Facility.

 

The foregoing description of the Indenture and the Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Indenture (including the form of note), which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Earnout Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, Harry E. Sloan, Jeff Sagansky and Eli Baker (together, the “Founder Group”) and Target Hospitality entered into an earnout agreement (the “Earnout Agreement”), pursuant to which, on the Closing Date, 5,015,898 Founder Shares were placed in escrow (the “Restricted Shares”), to be released at any time during the period of three years following the Closing Date upon the occurrence of the following triggering events: (i) fifty percent (50%) of the Restricted Shares will be released to the Founder Group if the closing price of the shares of Target Hospitality’s common stock as reported on Nasdaq exceeds $12.50 per share for twenty (20) of any thirty (30) consecutive trading days and (ii) the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the Restricted Shares will be released to the Founder Group if the closing price of the shares of Target Hospitality’s common stock as reported on Nasdaq exceeds $15.00 per share for twenty (20) of any thirty (30) consecutive trading days, in each case subject to certain notice mechanics.

 

The Earnout Agreement is subject to termination upon: (i) mutual written consent of the parties; (ii) termination of the Signor Merger Agreement; or (iii) the earlier of the expiration of the time periods set forth therein and the depletion of all of the Restricted Shares from the escrow account.

 

The foregoing description of the Earnout Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Earnout Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Escrow Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Earnout Agreement described above, Target Hospitality, the Founder Group and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent, entered into an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) that provides for, among other things, holding the Restricted Shares in an escrow account until such time as the Restricted Shares are to be released by the escrow agent to the Founder Group upon the occurrence of certain triggering events as described above and as more specifically set forth in the Earnout Agreement. All voting rights and other shareholder rights with respect to the Restricted Shares shall be suspended until such Restricted Shares are released from the escrow account.

 

The Escrow Agreement will terminate on the earlier of the termination of the Earnout Agreement and five calendar days after all of the Restricted Shares have been released.

 

The foregoing description of the Escrow Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, Target Hospitality, the Arrow Seller, the Algeco Seller, and certain other parties named on the signature pages thereto, entered into an amended and restated registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), that amends and restates that certain registration rights agreement, dated January 11, 2018 by and among Platinum Eagle and certain of its initial investors and provides such initial investors, the Arrow Seller and the Algeco Seller with certain demand, shelf and piggyback registration rights covering all shares of Target Hospitality common stock and warrants to purchase shares of Target Hospitality common stock owned by each holder, until such shares or warrants, as applicable, cease to be “Registrable Securities” as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement provides each of Arrow Seller, the Algeco Seller and certain of the initial investors (the “Initiating Holders”) the right to request an unlimited number of demands at any time following the Closing Date and customary shelf registration rights, subject to certain conditions. In addition, the agreement grants each of Arrow Seller, the Algeco Seller and the Initiating Holders piggyback registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the Closing Date. Except for certain permitted transfers, none of the Arrow Seller, the Algeco Seller or any of their permitted transferees shall transfer any “Registrable Securities” beneficially owned by such holders until such date that is 180 days from the Closing Date.  In addition, except for the Restricted Shares held in escrow, as described above, all “Registrable Securities” held by the Founder Group may not be transferred until the earlier of (1) such date that is one year from the Closing Date and (2) such date in which the common stock of Target Hospitality as reported on Nasdaq exceeds $12.00 per share for at least twenty (20) out of thirty (30) trading days commencing not earlier than 150 days following the Closing Date. The Company is responsible for all Registration Expenses (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in connection with any demand, shelf or piggyback registration by any of the Initiating Holders. The registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement are subject to customary lock-up provisions.

 

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Indemnification Agreements

 

On the Closing Date, the Company entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancements by the Company of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from his or her service to the Company or, at our request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

 

The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the indemnification agreements, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

201 9 Incentive Award Plan

 

Platinum Eagle’s board of directors approved the Target Hospitality Corp. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “Incentive

 

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Plan”) on the Closing Date, and Platinum Eagle’s shareholders approved the Incentive Plan at the extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of Platinum Eagle (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) held on March  6, 2019.

 

A description of the Incentive Plan is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus for Extraordinary General Meeting of Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (No. 333-228363), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 19, 2019 (the “Proxy”) by Platinum Eagle, under the heading “The Incentive Award Plan Proposal” beginning on page 124 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing description of the Incentive Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Incentive Plan that is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.7 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Employment Agreement with James B. Archer

 

In connection with the Business Combination, Target entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Archer. The agreement provides for an initial employment term of 36 months, with automatic successive one year extensions after the end of the initial term, unless either party provides a non-renewal notice to the other party at least 120 days before the expiration of the initial term or the renewal term, as applicable. Mr. Archer’s agreement provides for an annual base salary of $600,000, which he may elect to receive in whole in the form of restricted stock units under the incentive place. Mr. Archer’s agreement provides for an annual cash performance bonus target of 133% of annual base salary and a long term incentive annual equity award with a target grant value of $1,000,000. For the 2019 fiscal year, Mr. Archer will receive an equity award under the Incentive Plan of $1,000,000 — of 50% time-vested options and 50% restricted stock vesting ratably over four years. Mr. Archer’s agreement also includes a 12 month non-competition and non-solicitation provision.

 

If Mr. Archer’s employment is terminated other than for cause or with good reason, he will be entitled to 12 months base salary plus a pro-rata bonus for the year of termination, based on actual performance plus accrued and unpaid benefits and health insurance continuation for the severance period. If Mr. Archer’s employment is terminated other than for cause or by Mr. Archer, within the first year of his first annual long term incentive grant of $1,000,000, 25% of the respective grant will vest. In the event of a change of control, if Mr. Archer is terminated other than for cause or by Mr. Archer for good reason within 12 months of such change of control, he will be entitled to 150% of his base salary and his target annual bonus, as well as a lump sum payment of the costs that would be incurred by him for continued health insurance coverage during the severance period, and vesting of any unvested time-based equity awards.

 

The foregoing description of the employment agreement with Mr. Archer does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the employment agreement with Mr. Archer, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.8 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Employment Agreement with Andrew A. Aberdale

 

In connection with the Business Combination, Target entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Aberdale. The agreement provides for an initial employment term of 36 months, with automatic successive one year extensions after the end of the initial term, unless either party provides a non-renewal notice to the other party at least 120 days before the expiration of the initial term or the renewal term, as applicable. Mr. Aberdale’s agreement provides for an annual base salary of $400,000, which he may elect to receive in whole in the form of restricted stock units under the Incentive Plan. Mr. Aberdale’s agreement provides for an annual cash performance bonus target of 75% of annual base salary and a long term incentive annual equity award with a target grant value of $500,000. For the 2019 fiscal year, Mr. Aberdale will receive an equity award under the Incentive Plan of $500,000 — of 50% time-vested options and 50% restricted stock vesting ratably over four years. Mr. Aberdale’s agreement also includes a 12 month non-competition and non-solicitation provision.

 

If Mr. Aberdale’s employment is terminated other than for cause or good reason, he will be entitled to 12 months base salary plus a pro-rata bonus for the year of termination, based on actual performance plus accrued and unpaid benefits and health insurance continuation for the severance period. If Mr. Aberdale’s employment is terminated other than for cause, within the first year of his first annual long term incentive grant of $500,000, 25% of the respective grant will vest. In the event of a change of control, if Mr. Aberdale is terminated other than for cause or by Mr. Aberdale for good reason within 12 months of such change of control, he will be entitled to 100% of his base salary and his target annual bonus, as well as a lump sum payment of the costs that would be incurred by him for continued health insurance coverage during the severance period, and vesting of any unvested time-based equity awards.

 

The foregoing description of the employment agreement with Mr. Aberdale does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the employment agreement with Mr. Aberdale, which is attached hereto

 

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as Exhibit 10.9 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Employment Agreement with Heidi D. Lewis

 

In connection with the Business Combination, Target entered into an employment agreement with Ms. Lewis for the position of Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. The agreement provides for an initial employment term of 36 months, with automatic successive one year extensions after the end of the initial term, unless either party provides a non-renewal notice to the other party at least 120 days before the expiration of the initial term or the renewal term, as applicable. The agreement provides for an annual base salary of $295,000, which, prior to the commencement of her second year of employment and each year thereafter, she may elect to receive in whole in the form of restricted stock units under the incentive plan. The agreement provides for an annual cash performance bonus target of 50% of annual base salary and a long term incentive annual equity award with a target grant value of $150,000. For the 2019 fiscal year, Ms. Lewis will receive an equity award under the incentive plan of $150,000—of 50% time-vested options and 50% restricted stock vesting ratably over four years. The agreement also includes a 12 month post-termination of employment non-solicitation provision.

 

If Ms. Lewis’s employment is terminated other than for cause or with good reason, she is entitled to 12 months base salary plus a pro-rata bonus for the year of termination, based on actual performance plus accrued and unpaid benefits and health insurance continuation for the severance period. If her employment is terminated other than for cause or by Ms. Lewis, within the first year of her first annual long term incentive grant of $150,000, 25% of the respective grant will vest. In the event of a change of control, if Ms. Lewis is terminated other than for cause or by Ms. Lewis for good reason within 12 months of such change of control, she will be entitled to 100% of her base salary and target annual bonus, as well as a lump sum payment of the costs that would be incurred by her for continued health insurance coverage during the severance period, and vesting of any unvested time-based equity awards.

 

The foregoing description of the employment agreement with Ms. Lewis does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the employment agreement with Ms. Lewis, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.10 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Employment Agreement with Troy Schrenk

 

In connection with the Business Combination, Target entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Schrenk. The agreement provides for an initial employment term of 36 months, with automatic successive one year extensions after the end of the initial term, unless either party provides a non-renewal notice to the other party at least 120 days before the expiration of the initial term or the renewal term, as applicable. Mr. Schrenk’s agreement provides for an annual base salary of $200,000, which he may elect to receive in whole in the form of restricted stock units under the incentive place. Mr. Schrenk’s agreement provides for an annual cash performance bonus target of 75% of annual base salary and a long term incentive annual equity award with a target grant value of $200,000. For the 2019 fiscal year, Mr. Schrenk will receive an equity award under the Incentive Plan of $200,000 — of 50% time-vested options and 50% restricted stock vesting ratably over four years. Upon the occurrence of an initial public offering, Mr. Schrenk is entitled to certain additional benefits including a $500,000 one-time grant of 50% time-vested stock options and 50% restricted stock vesting ratably over 4 years at the closing of such offering. Mr. Schrenk’s agreement also includes a 12 month non-competition and non-solicitation provision.

 

If Mr. Schrenk’s employment is terminated other than for cause or good reason, he will be entitled to 12 months base salary plus a pro-rata bonus for the year of termination, based on actual performance plus accrued and unpaid benefits and health insurance continuation for the severance period. If Mr. Schrenk’s employment is terminated other than for cause, within the first year of either his initial public offering award of $500,000 or his first annual long term incentive grant of $200,000, 25% of the respective grant will vest. In the event of a change of control, if Mr. Schrenk is terminated other than for cause or by Mr. Schrenk with good reason within 12 months of such change of control, he will be entitled to 100% of his base salary and his target annual bonus, as well as a lump sum payment of the costs that would be incurred by him for continued health insurance coverage during the severance period, and vesting of any unvested time-based equity awards.

 

The foregoing description of the employment agreement with Mr. Schrenk does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the employment agreement with Mr. Schrenk, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.11 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The disclosure set forth in the “ Introductory Note ” above is incorporated into this Item 2.01 by reference. On March 6, 2019, the Business Combination was approved by the shareholders of Platinum Eagle at an Extraordinary General Meeting.

 

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The Business Combination was completed on March 15, 2019.

 

Consideration to Platinum Eagle Shareholders and Warrant Holders in the Business Combination

 

Prior to the Business Combination, Platinum Eagle had two classes of shares: Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. The Class B ordinary shares were held by the Founder Group. Prior to and in connection with the Business Combination, Platinum Eagle domesticated as a Delaware corporation and the Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares automatically converted, by operation of law, into shares of Delaware Class A common stock and shares of Delaware Class B common stock, respectively. In connection with the domestication, Platinum Eagle replaced its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association with an interim certificate of incorporation of Platinum Eagle Delaware (the “Interim Domestication Charter”). Thereafter, on the Closing Date, Platinum Eagle was renamed Target Hospitality Corp. and, each currently issued and outstanding share of Platinum Eagle Delaware Class B common stock automatically converted on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment pursuant to the Interim Domestication Charter), into shares of Platinum Eagle Delaware Class A common stock, in accordance with the terms of the Interim Domestication Charter. Immediately thereafter, each currently issued and outstanding share of Platinum Eagle Delaware Class A common stock automatically converted by operation of law, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of the common stock of Target Hospitality.

 

Consideration to the Sellers in the Business Combination

 

As discussed above, in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreements, upon completion of the Business Combination on March 15, 2019, the Holdco Acquiror purchased from the Sellers all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Target Parent and Signor Parent. The total amount payable by the Holdco Acquiror under the Merger Agreements was $1.311 billion, of which $563,136,727.81 was Cash Consideration, and the remaining $747,863,272.19 was paid to the Sellers in the form of 49,100,000 shares of common stock of Target Hospitality to the Arrow Seller and 25,686,327 shares of common stock of Target Hospitality to the Algeco Seller as Stock Consideration.

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements relate to expectations for future financial performance, business strategies or expectations for the post- combination business. Specifically, forward-looking statements may include statements relating to:

 

·                   operational, economic, political and regulatory risks;

 

·                   our ability to effectively compete in the specialty rental accommodations and hospitality services industry;

 

·                   effective management of our communities;

 

·                   natural disasters and other business disruptions;

 

·                   the effect of changes in state building codes on marketing our buildings;

 

·                   changes in demand within a number of key industry end-markets and geographic regions;

 

·                   our reliance on third party manufacturers and suppliers;

 

·                   failure to retain key personnel;

 

·                   increases in raw material and labor costs;

 

·                   the effect of impairment charges on our operating results;

 

·                   our inability to recognize deferred tax assets and tax loss carry forwards;

 

·                   our future operating results fluctuating, failing to match performance or to meet expectations;

 

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·                   our exposure to various possible claims and the potential inadequacy of our insurance;

 

·                   unanticipated changes in our tax obligations;

 

·                   our obligations under various laws and regulations;

 

·                   the effect of litigation, judgments, orders or regulatory proceedings on our business;

 

·                   our ability to successfully acquire and integrate new operations;

 

·                   global or local economic movements;

 

·                   our ability to effectively manage our credit risk and collect on our accounts receivable;

 

·                   Target Hospitality’s ability to fulfill its public company obligations;

 

·                   any failure of our management information systems;

 

·                   our ability to meet our debt service requirements and obligations;

 

·                   risks related to Arrow Bidco’s obligations under the Notes; and

 

·                   other factors detailed under the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

 

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K and our management’s current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

The information presented in the sections “Risk Factors,” “Target Parent and Signor Parent’s Combined Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “ Target Parent’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” Signor’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and “Business” below relates to the business es and operations of Target and Signor on a combined basis , the entities purchased in the Business Combination. Until the consummation of the Business Combination on the Closing Date, the Company was a special purpose acquisition company with no operations of our own. As a result, our ongoing business is the combined business es of Target and Signor as detailed below. References in this section to “we,” “us,” “our,” “ Target Hospitality ,” and the “Company” refer to the combined businesses of Target and Signor and their consolidated subsidiaries.

 

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BUSINESS

 

Our Company

 

Overview

 

Our company, Target Hospitality, is the largest vertically integrated specialty rental and hospitality services company in the United States. We own an extensive network of geographically relocatable specialty rental accommodation units with approximately 12,000 beds across 20 sites. The majority of our revenues are generated under multi-year “take-or-pay” contracts which provide visibility to future earnings and cash flows. We believe our customers enter into contracts with us because of our differentiated scale and ability to deliver premier accommodations and in-house culinary and hospitality services across many key geographies in which they operate. Our specialty rental services, which include accommodations and ancillary services such as housekeeping and security, comprised 64% of our pro forma revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018. Our catering and other offerings provided the remaining 36% of pro forma revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we generated pro forma revenues of $301.8 million.

 

Our company is comprised of two leading businesses in the sector, Target and Signor. Signor was founded in 1990, and Target, though initially founded in 1978, began operating as a specialty rental and hospitality services company in 2006. Our company operates across the U.S. and serves some of the country’s highest producing oil and gas basins. We also own and operate the largest family residential center in the U.S., serving asylum-seeking women and children. Using the “Design, Develop, Build, Own, Operate, and Maintain” (“DDBOOM”) business model, Target Hospitality provides comprehensive turnkey solutions to customers’ unique needs, from the initial planning stages through the full cycle of development and ongoing operations. We provide cost-effective and customized specialty rental accommodations, culinary services and hospitality solutions, including site design, construction, operations, security, housekeeping, catering, concierge services and health and recreation facilities. We deliver end-to-end essential facilities and hospitality services across several end markets in the U.S. and are known for high quality accommodations and vertically integrated hospitality services.

 

We operate in key oil producing regions in the U.S., which are some of the most active regions in the world. We have established a leadership position in providing a fully integrated service offering to our large customer base, which is comprised of major and independent oil producers, oilfield service companies, midstream companies, refineries, government and government service providers. Our company is built on the foundation of the following core values: safety, care, excellence, integrity and collaboration.

 

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(1)                                  Midstream pipeline lodges are customer-owned but operated by Target Hospitality and are excluded from our total lodge count.

 

Business Model

 

Our DDBOOM model allows our customers to focus their efforts and resources on their core businesses. This makes us an integral part of the planning and execution phases for all customers.

 

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We provide a safe, comfortable, and healthy environment to our guests, employees and workers across the U.S. and anywhere our customers need our facilities and services. Under our “Target 12” service model, we provide benefits to our customers, delivering high quality food, rest, connection, wellness, community, and hospitality, which optimizes our customers’ engagement, performance, safety, loyalty, and productivity during work hours.

 

This facility and service model is provided directly by our employees, who deliver the essential services 24 hours per day for 365 days a year. We provide all of the hospitality services at our sites, and as a result, we believe we deliver more consistent and high-quality hospitality services at each community compared to our peers. Our company and employees are driven by our primary objective of helping our customers reach their full potential every day. Our professionally trained hospitality staff has the unique opportunity to live with our customers as most of our employees live on location at the communities where our customers reside. This allows our employees to develop powerful customer empathy, so we are better able to deliver consistent service quality and care through the Target 12 platform each day. Our employees are focused on “the other 12 hours”—the time our customers and their employees are not working—making sure we deliver a well fed, well rested, happier, loyal, safer and more productive employee every day. What we provide our customers “off the clock” optimizes their performance when they are “on the clock.” The investment our customers make in their employees “the other 12 hours” is an essential part of their strategy and overall business and operations execution plan.

 

Using our expansive community network, DDBOOM and Target 12 models, we provide specialty rental accommodations and hospitality services that span the lifecycle of our oil and gas customers’ projects. Our services cover the entire value chain of oil and gas projects, from the initial stages of exploration, resource delineation and drilling to the long-term production, pipeline transportation and final processing. Customers typically require accommodations and hospitality services at the onset of their projects as they assess the resource potential and determine how they will develop the resource. Our temporary accommodation assets are well-suited to support this exploratory stage where customers begin to execute their development and construction plans. As the resource development begins, we can serve customers’ needs with our specialty rental accommodation assets, and we are able to scale our facility size to meet customers’ growing needs. By providing infrastructure early in the project lifecycle, we are well-positioned to continue serving our customers throughout the full cycle of their projects, which can typically last for several decades.

 

Our integrated model provides value to our customers by reducing project timing and counterparty risks associated with projects. More broadly, our accommodations networks, combined with our integrated value-added hospitality and facilities services creates value for our customers by optimizing our customers’ engagement, performance, safety, loyalty, productivity, preparedness and profitability.

 

Summary of Value Added Services

 

We take great pride in the premium customer experience we offer across our range of community and hospitality services offerings. All of Target’s communities include in-house culinary and hospitality services. Our well-trained culinary and catering professionals serve more than 13,000,000 meals each year with fresh ingredients and many of our meals are made from scratch. Historically, over two-thirds of Signor’s legacy communities included culinary, hospitality and facilities management services, which were provided by a third party. Going forward, we plan to self-perform these services, which will provide us with greater control over service quality as well as incremental revenue and profit potential. Our communities are designed to promote rest and quality of life for our customers’ workforces and include amenities such as:

 

Summary of Amenities:

 

Facilities:

 

Services:

·  New Innovative Modular Design

 

·  Media Lounges & WIFI Throughout

·  Single Occupancy Design

 

·  Individual Xbox/PSII Pods

·  Swimming Pool, Volleyball, Basketball

 

·  Flat-Screen TVs in Each Room

·  Commercial Kitchens

 

·  40+ Premium TV Channel Line-up

·  Fast Food Lounges

 

·  Personal Laundry Service

·  Full & Self Service Dining Areas

 

·  Individually Controlled HVAC

·  TV Sports/Entertainment Lounges

 

·  Hotel Access Onity Lock Systems

·  Training/Conference Rooms

 

·  24 Hour No-Limit Dining

·  Core Passive Recreation Areas

 

·  Free DVD Rentals

·  Active Fitness Centers

 

·  Self Dispensing Free Laundry

·  Lodge Reception Areas

 

·  Commercial Laundry

·  Locker/Storage/Boot-up Areas

 

·  Transportation to Project Site

·  Parking Areas

 

·  24 Hour Gated & Guarded Security

 

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Facilities:

 

Services:

·  Waste Water Treatment Facility

 

·  Daily Cleaning & Custodial Service

·  On-Site Commissary

 

·  Professional Uniformed Staff

 

Our hospitality services and programming are designed to promote safety, security and rest, which in turn promote greater on-the-job productivity for our customers’ workforces. All of our communities strictly adhere to our community code of conduct, which prohibits alcohol, drugs, firearms, co-habitation and guests. We work closely with our customers to ensure that our communities are an extension of the safe environment and culture they aim to provide to their employees while they are on a project location. Our customer code of conduct is adopted by each corporate customer and enforced in conjunction with our customers through their documented health, safety and environmental policies, standards and customer management. We recognize that safety and security extends beyond the customers’ jobsite hours and is a 24-hour responsibility which requires 24-hour services by Target Hospitality and close collaboration with our customer partners.

 

History and Development

 

Target Hospitality’s legacy businesses of Signor and Target have grown and developed since they were created. The chart below sets out certain key milestones for each business.

 

1978-2010

 

2010-Present

 

·                   1978: Target Logistics was founded

·                   1990: Signor Farm and Ranch Real Estate was founded

·                   Target awarded contracts for logistics services for Olympics in 1984 (Sarajevo), 1992 (Barcelona), 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney), 2002 (Salt Lake City), 2004 (Athens), 2006 (Turin) and 2010 (Vancouver)

·                   The Vancouver project consisted of a 1,600 bed facility, a portion of which was subsequently transferred to North Dakota and remains in use today

·                   2005: Target operated 1,100-bed cruise ship anchored in the Gulf of Mexico to support relief efforts during aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

·                   In addition, built and managed 700-person modular camp in New Orleans with running water, electricity and on-site kitchen services

·                   2007: Target hired by Freeport-McMoRan to build and operate 425-bed facility in Morenci, AZ in support of copper mining operations (re-opening 10/2012)

·                   2008: Target provided catering/food services for 600 personnel in support of relief operations in aftermath of Hurricane Ike

·                   2009: Target provided housing and logistics services for 1,500 workers during a refurbishment of a refinery in St. Croix

·                   2009: Signor Lodging was formed

·                   2010: Target opened Williston Lodge, Muddy River, Tioga and Stanley Cabins in western North Dakota

 

·                   2011: Target expanded capacity in Williston, Stanley and Tioga with long-term customers Halliburton, Hess, ONEOK, Schlumberger, Superior Well Service, Key Energy Services and others

·                   2011: Signor Lodge opened in Midland, TX (84 rooms)

·                   2011: Signor Barnhart Lodge opened in Barnhart, TX (160 beds)

·                   2012: Target developed additional North Dakota facilities in Dunn County (Q1), Judson Lodge(Q3), Williams County (Q3) and Watford City (Q4)

·                   2012: Target expanded service into Texas with the opening of Pecos Lodge (90 beds) (Permian basin) in Q4

·                   2013: Target awarded TCPL Keystone KXL pipeline project to house and feed over 6,000 workers

·                   2013: Algeco Scotsman acquired Target Logistics in Q1

·                   2014: Target awarded lodge contract for new 200-bed community in the Permian

·                   2014: Target awarded contract and built 2,400-bed STRFC for U.S. federal government

·                   2015: Opened new community in Mentone, TX (Permian basin) in Q4 for Anadarko Petroleum Company

·                   2016: Signor expanded Midland Lodge several phased expansions 1,000 beds

·                   2016: Signor Kermit Lodge opens with 84 rooms

·                   2017: Signor opened Oria Lodge with 208 rooms

·                   2017: Target expanded Permian network with the expansion of both Wolf Lodge and Pecos Lodge (Permian basin) in Q2

·                   2017: Target expanded presence in New Mexico (Permian basin) and West Texas with the acquisition of 1,000-room Iron Horse Ranch in Q3

 

 

 

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1978-2010

 

2010-Present

 

 

 

·                   2017: Signor opened El Reno Lodge with 345 rooms

·                   2017: Target expanded Permian presence with 280-room Blackgold Lodge in Q3

·                   2018: Target Logistics rebranded as Target Lodging in March 2018

·                   2018: Target opened new 600-room community in Mentone-Permian basin

·                   2018: Target added approximately 1,600 rooms across Permian basin network

·                   2018: Target expanded community network in Permian and Anadarko basins through Acquisition of Signor, adding 7 locations and approximately 4,500 beds to the network

·                   2019: Target announced new 400-bed community in the Permian basin

 

 

Industry Overview

 

We are one of the few vertically integrated specialty rental accommodations and hospitality services providers that service the entire value chain from site identification to long-term community development and facilities management. Our industry divides specialty rental accommodations into three primary types: communities, temporary worker lodges and mobile assets. We are principally focused on communities across several end markets, including oil and gas, energy infrastructure and government.

 

Communities typically contain a larger number of rooms and require more time and capital to develop. These facilities typically have commercial kitchens, dining areas, conference rooms, medical and dental services, recreational facilities, media lounges and landscaped grounds where climate permits. All of our communities are built and underpinned by multi-year take-or-pay contracts which often include exclusivity provisions. These facilities are designed to serve the long-term needs of customers regardless of the end markets they serve. All of our communities provide fully-integrated and value-added hospitality services, including but not limited to: catering and food services, housekeeping, recreation facilities, laundry services and facilities management, as well as water and wastewater treatment, power generation, communications and personnel logistics where required. In contrast, temporary lodges are usually smaller in number of rooms and generally do not include hospitality, catering, facilities services or other value-added on-site services and typically serve customers on a spot or short-term basis without long-term take-or-pay contracts. These temporary facilities are “open” for any customer who needs lodging services. Finally, mobile assets, or rig housing, are designed to follow customers’ activities and are generally used for drilling rig operators. They are often used to support conventional drilling crews and are contracted on a project-by-project, well-by-well or short-term basis.

 

Our specialty rental accommodations and hospitality services deliver the essential services and accommodations when and where there is a lack of sufficient accessible or cost-effective housing, infrastructure or local labor. Many of the geographic areas near the southern U.S. border lack sufficient temporary housing and infrastructure for asylum-seeking immigrants or may require additional infrastructure in the future. In the U.S. oil and gas sector, many of the largest unconventional and hydrocarbon reservoirs are in remote and expansive geographic locations, like the Permian and Bakken where limited infrastructure exists. Our industry supports the development of these natural resources by providing lodging, catering and food services, housekeeping, recreation facilities, laundry services and facilities management, as well as water and wastewater treatment, power generation, communications and personnel logistics where required. Our communities and integrated hospitality services allow our customers to outsource their accommodations needs to a single provider, optimizing employee morale, productivity, safety, and loyalty while focusing their investment on their core businesses and long term planning.

 

With our focus on large-scale community networks, large-scale stand-alone communities and hospitality services, our business model is a balanced combination of specialty rental assets and facilities services and is most similar to specialty rental companies like William Scotsman and Mobile Mini, and facilities services companies such as Aramark, Sodexo or Compass Group, and developers of lodging properties who are also owners or operators, such as Hyatt Hotels Corporation or Marriott International, Inc.

 

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The U.S. specialty rental accommodations industry is segmented into competitors that serve components of the overall value chain, with very few integrated providers.

 

In the government sector, the GEO Group, Inc. is a fully integrated provider of immigration family residential centers. The family residential centers we own, operate, or manage, as well as those facilities we own but are managed by other operators, are subject to competition for residents from other private operators. We compete primarily on siting, cost, the quality and range of services offered, our experience in the design, construction, and management of facilities, and our reputation. We compete with government agencies that are responsible for correctional, detention and residential facilities and a number of companies, including, but not limited to, the GEO Group, Inc. and Management and Training Corporation. Government sector demand for facilities is affected by a number of factors, including the demand for beds, general economic conditions and the size of the immigration-seeking population.

 

In the U.S. oil and gas sector, Cotton Holdings and Civeo are the only other integrated accommodations and facilities services providers and make up less than 10% of the total U.S. integrated rental accommodations market, while private companies such as Aries and Permian Lodging primarily provide lodging only or offer optional catering services through a third-party catering company and also make up less than 10% of the market. Two public manufacturing and/or leasing firms also participate in the U.S. market—ATCO and Black Diamond. Those companies will primarily own and lease the units to customers, facility service companies or integrated providers. Facility service companies, such as Aramark, Sodexo and Compass Group manage third-party facilities, but do not invest in, or own, the accommodations assets.

 

Demand for accommodations and related services within our oil and gas end market is influenced by four primary factors: (i) available infrastructure, (ii) competition, (iii) workforce requirements, and (iv) commodity prices. Current commodity prices, and our customers’ expectations for future commodity prices as well as larger infrastructure requirements, influence customers’ spending on current productive assets, maintenance on current assets, expansion of existing assets and development of greenfield, brownfield or new assets. In addition to commodity prices, different types of customer activity require varying workforce sizes, influencing the demand for accommodations. Also, competing locations and services influence demand for our assets and services.

 

Demand within our government end market is primarily influenced by immigration, including the ongoing need to accommodate asylum seekers as well as federal governmental policy and budgets. Continued increases in asylum seeking activity may influence government spending on infrastructure in immigration-impacted regions and consequentially demand for accommodations and related services.

 

Another factor that influences demand for our rooms and services is the type of customer we are supporting. Generally, oil producer customers require larger workforces during construction and expansionary periods and therefore have a higher demand for accommodations. Due to the contiguous nature of their land positions, a “hub and spoke” model is utilized for producers. Oilfield service companies also require larger and more mobile workforces which, in many cases, consist of employees sourced from outside of the work areas. These employees, described as rotational workers, permanently reside in another region or state and commute to the Permian or Bakken on a rotational basis (often, two weeks on and one week off). Rotational workers are also sometimes described as a fly-in-fly-out (“FIFO”) or drive-in-drive-out (“DIDO”) commuter work force.

 

In addition, proximity to customer activities influences occupancy and demand. We have built, own and operate the two largest specialty rental and hospitality services networks available to oil and gas customers operating in the Permian and Bakken. These networks allow our customers to utilize one provider across a large and expansive geographic area. Our broad network often results in us having communities that are the closest to our customers’ job sites, which reduces commute times and costs, and improves the overall safety of our customers’ workforce. Generally, if a community is within a one hour drive of a customer’s work location, our contractual exclusivity provisions with our customers require the customers to have their crews lodge at one of our communities. Our communities provide customers with cost efficiencies, as they are able to jointly use our communities and related infrastructure (power, water, sewer and IT) services alongside other customers operating in the same vicinity.

 

Demand for our services is dependent upon activity levels, particularly our customers’ capital spending on exploration for, development, production and transportation of oil and natural gas and government immigration housing programs. Our customers’ spending plans generally are based on their view of commodity supply and demand dynamics, as well as the outlook for near-term and long-term commodity prices and annual government appropriations. Our current oil and gas footprint is strategically concentrated in the Permian, the largest basin in the world with approximately 140 billion barrels of oil equivalent (“bboe”) of recoverable oil while producing approximately 3.5 million barrels of oil equivalent (“mboe”) per day. The Permian stretches across the southeast corner of New Mexico and through a large swath of land in western Texas, encompassing hundreds of thousands of square miles and dozens of counties.

 

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The Permian has experienced elevated drilling activity as the result of improved technologies that have driven down the cost of production. Additionally, the Permian is the lowest cost basin within the U.S., with a breakeven price below $40/bbl and multi-year drilling inventory economic at sub-$35 per barrel WTI prices in many areas, allowing operators focused in the Permian to continue drilling economic wells even at low commodity price levels. Technological improvements in recent years and the extensive oil and gas reserves support sustained activity in the Permian for the foreseeable future.

 

Business Strengths & Strategies

 

Strengths

 

·                   Market Leader in Strategically Located Geographies .  We are the nation’s largest provider of turnkey specialty rental units with premium catering and hospitality services including 20 strategically located communities with approximately 12,000 beds primarily in the highest demand regions of the Permian and Bakken. Utilizing our large network of communities with the most bed capacity, particularly within the Permian and Bakken, we believe we are the only provider with the scale and regional density to serve all of our customers’ needs in these key basins. Additionally, our network and relocatable facility assets allow us to transfer the rental fleet to locations that meet our customer service needs. We leverage our scale and experience to deliver a comprehensive service offering of vertically integrated accommodations and hospitality services. Our complete end-to-end accommodations solution, including our premium amenities and experience, provides our customers with a compelling and unmatched value proposition.

 

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(1)                                  Midstream pipeline lodges are customer-owned but operated by Target Hospitality and are excluded from our total lodge count.

 

·                   Long-Standing Relationships with Diversified Blue-Chip Customers.   We have long standing relationships with our diversified base of over 300 customers, which includes some of the largest blue-chip, investment grade oil and gas and integrated energy infrastructure companies in the U.S. We serve the full energy value chain, with customers spanning across the upstream, midstream, downstream and service sectors. We believe we have also established strong relationships in our U.S. government end market with our contract partner and the federal agency we serve. We initially won this large government contract in 2014 based upon our differentiated ability to develop and open the large facility on an accelerated timeline. This contract has already been renewed and extended once, demonstrating our successful execution and customer satisfaction. The relationships we have established over the past decade have been built on trust and credibility given our track record of performance and delivering value to our customers by providing a broad range of hospitality service offerings within a community atmosphere. Target’s customers’ desire and willingness to enter into multi-year “take-or-pay” contracts, and to renew them at a historical rate greater than 90%, demonstrates the strength of these long-standing relationships

 

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·                   Multi-year Contracts and Exclusivity Produce Highly Visible, Recurring Revenue.   The vast majority of our revenues are generated under multi-year contracts. Of those contracts, 93% contain take-or-pay clauses, pursuant to which our revenue generation is guaranteed regardless of utilization levels. Further, 95% of these take-or-pay contracts contain exclusivity provisions under which our customers agree to exclusively use our communities for all of their needs within the geographies we serve. Of our contracts that are not take-or-pay, approximately 83% have exclusivity. The weighted average term of our contracts is approximately 42 months and Target has maintained a contract renewal rate of at least 90% over the last six years. Many of our customers secure minimum capacity commitments with us to ensure sufficient accommodations and hospitality services are in place to properly care for their large workforces. Our multi-year take-or-pay customer agreements provide us with contracted recurring revenue and high visibility to future financial performance.

 

·                   Proven Performance and Resiliency Through the Cycle.   Our business model is well insulated from economic and commodity cycles, as evidenced by our ability to increase revenue and EBITDA despite a significant and prolonged decline in oil and related commodity prices in recent years. In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2018, we secured contract renewals and extensions with four large oil and gas customers despite a greater than 35% decline in the spot price of oil (WTI) during the period. Our multi-year, take-or-pay contracts with blue-chip customers support stable performance through commodity and economic cycles. Further, we are able to efficiently move our rental assets and redeploy them, as warranted by customer demand. Our prior planning and strategic focus on the Permian further supports consistent performance as the region’s oil production continues to grow. The Permian is one of the largest basins in the world with high levels of sustained production expected to continue, further supported by the structural decline in breakeven prices in the region.

 

·                   Long-lived Assets Requiring Minimal Maintenance Capital Expenditures.   Our long-lived specialty rental assets support robust cash flow generation. Our rental assets have an average life in excess of 20 years, and we typically recover our initial investment within the first contract, with a payback period of less than three years. We incur minimal maintenance capital expenditures, as cleaning and routine maintenance costs are included in day-to-day operating costs and recovered through the average daily rates that we charge our customers. This continual care of our assets supports extended asset lives and the ongoing ability to operate with only nominal maintenance capital expenditures. The investment profile of our rental assets underpins our industry leading unit economics, including internal rates of return on our fleet investments in excess of 35% based illustratively on a 500 bed community, requiring $25 million of total capital expenditures, an average daily rate of $95 per room per night and cost of goods sold of $35 per room per night. Our contract discipline underpins our investment decision making and spending on any new growth investments. We do not invest capital unless we can meet our internal returns thresholds. Due to the high revenue visibility from long-term contracts, we are poised to generate robust and stable cash flows driven by historical strategic growth investments and minimal future maintenance capital expenditure requirements.

 

Strategies

 

We believe that we can further develop our business by, among other things:

 

·                   Maintaining and Expanding Existing Customer Relationships .  Ensuring we have and continue to have excellent relationships with our customers is very important to us. We work to fill existing bed capacity within our

 

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communities, while optimizing our inventory for existing customer expansion and for new customers. Keeping this balance provides us with flexibility and a competitive advantage when pursuing new contract opportunities. We optimize our capacity, inventory and customers’ usage through data analytics, customer collaboration and forecasting demand. With the scale of our accommodations network, many of our customers are commercially exclusive to Target Hospitality as their primary and preferred provider of accommodations and hospitality throughout the U.S. or for a designated geographic area.

 

·                   Enhancing Contract Scope and Terms .  A primary strategic focus for us is to enhance the scope and terms of our customer contracts. We intend to continue our historical track record of renewing and extending these contracts at favorable commercial and economic terms, while also providing additional value added services to our customers. A key near term priority is to add our vertically integrated suite of services, including catering, to the many legacy Signor contracts that included only accommodations. Replacing legacy third party providers allows us greater control over service quality and delivery and offers substantial incremental revenue potential. Additionally, we believe we have capacity to increase revenue within our existing communities without new growth capital expenditures through increased utilization rates and modest price increases over time.

 

·                   Disciplined Growth Capital Expenditures to Increase Capacity .  We selectively pursue opportunities to expand existing communities and develop new communities to satisfy customer demand. We employ rigorous discipline to our capital expenditures to grow our business. Our investment strategy is to only deploy new capital with visibility—typically a contract—to revenue and returns to meet our internal return hurdles. We target payback on initial investment within three years. Due to the lower cost per bed, returns on investment are higher for the expansion of existing facilities.

 

·                   Growing and Pursuing New Customer/Contract Opportunities .  We continually seek additional opportunities to lease our facilities to government, energy and natural resources, manufacturing, and other third-party owners or operators in need of specialty rental accommodation assets and integrated hospitality services. We have a proven track record of success in executing our DDBOOM specialty rental and facilities management model across several end markets for ongoing needs as well as major projects that have finite project life cycle durations. While special projects do not constitute a large portion of our business, it is typical for us to secure some special projects that can last anywhere from 1-5 years (or more). We have designated sales-related resources that focus on special finite life cycle projects and maintain a dynamic business pipeline which includes but is not limited to special projects across end markets.

 

·                   Expansion Through Acquisitions .  We selectively pursue acquisitions and business combinations related to specialty rental accommodations and hospitality services in the markets we currently serve as well as those we do not. Leveraging our core competencies related to facilities management, culinary services, catering and site services, we can further scale this segment of our business and replicate it in other geographies and end markets. We continue to assess targeted acquisitions and business combinations that would be accretive to the Company.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

Target has a tenured in-house sales and marketing team that is responsible for acquiring new customers and managing the relationships of our existing customers across the U.S. Our sales approach is based on a consultative-empathy based value creation model. Our professionally trained sales organization is relentlessly focused on providing solutions to our customers’ challenges which has resulted in higher customer satisfaction and loyalty.

 

Business Operations

 

Target Hospitality provides specialty rental and hospitality services, temporary specialty rental and hospitality services solutions and facilities management services across the U.S. The company’s primary customers are investment grade oil, gas and energy companies, other workforce accommodation providers operating in the Permian and Bakken regions, and government contractors. The company’s specialty rental and hospitality services and management services are highly customizable and are tailored to each customer’s needs and requirements. Target Hospitality is also an approved general services administration (“GSA”) contract holder and offers a comprehensive range of housing, deployment, operations and management services through its GSA professional services schedule agreement. The GSA contract allows U.S. federal agencies to acquire our products and services directly from Target Hospitality which expedites the commercial procurement process often required by government agencies.

 

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Target Hospitality operates its business in three key end markets: (i) government (“Government”), which includes the facilities, services and operations of its family residential center and the related support communities in Dilley, Texas (the “South Texas Family Residential Center”) provided under its lease and services agreement with CoreCivic; (ii) the Permian basin (the “Permian”), which includes the facilities and operations in the Permian region and the 14 communities located across Texas, New Mexico and (iii) the Bakken basin (the “Bakken”), which includes facilities and operations in the Bakken basin region and four communities in North Dakota.

 

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The map below shows the company’s primary community locations in the Permian and the Bakken (including the Company’s one location in the Anadarko).

 

 


(1)                                  Expected opening during the first half of 2019.

 

(2)                                  Expected opening during the second half of 2019.

 

(3)                                  Idled since November 2018.

 

The table below presents the Company’s lodges in the oil and gas end market.

 

Location

 

Company

 

Lodge Name

 

Location

 

Status

 

Number of Beds

 

Permian

 

Target

 

Odessa East

 

Odessa, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

280

 

Permian

 

Target

 

Odessa West

 

Odessa, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

805

 

Permian

 

Target

 

Mentone

 

Mentone, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

530

 

Permian

 

Target

 

Pecos South

 

Pecos, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

785

 

Permian

 

Target

 

Skillman

 

Mentone, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

600

 

Permian

 

Target

 

Carlsbad

 

Carlsbad, NM

 

Own/Operate

 

606

 

Permian

 

Target

 

Carlsbad Lodge West(1)

 

Carlsbad, NM

 

Own/Operate

 

400

 

Permian

 

Target

 

Orla North

 

Orla, TX

 

Operate Only

 

155

 

Permian

 

Target

 

Orla South

 

Orla, TX

 

Operate Only

 

240

 

Permian

 

Signor

 

Barnhart

 

Barnhart, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

192

 

Permian

 

Signor

 

FTSI(2)

 

Odessa, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

212

 

Permian

 

Signor

 

Jal

 

Jal, NM

 

Own/Operate

 

626

 

Permian

 

Signor

 

Kermit

 

Kermit, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

126

 

Permian

 

Signor

 

Midland

 

Midland, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

1,521

 

Permian

 

Signor

 

Delaware

 

Orla, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

465

 

Permian

 

Signor

 

Pecos North

 

Pecos, TX

 

Own/Operate

 

982

 

Bakken

 

Target

 

Dunn(3)

 

Dickinson, ND

 

Own/Operate

 

596

 

Bakken

 

Target

 

Stanley

 

Stanley, ND

 

Own/Operate

 

338

 

Bakken

 

Target

 

Watford

 

Watford City, ND

 

Own/Operate

 

334

 

Bakken

 

Target

 

Williams

 

Williston, ND

 

Own/Operate

 

300

 

Bakken

 

Target

 

Judson

 

Williston, ND

 

Own/Operate

 

105

 

Anadarko

 

Signor

 

El Reno

 

El Reno, OK

 

Own/Operate

 

458

 

Total Number of Beds (U.S. oil and gas only)

 

10,060

(4)

 


(1)                                  Expected opening during the second half of 2019.

 

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(2)                                  Expected opening during the first half of 2019.

 

(3)                                  Idled since November 2018.

 

(4)                                  Total bed count does not include Dunn.

 

Government

 

Historically, the Government segment has included, but is not limited to, two primary end markets which make up approximately 22% of our pro forma revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018:

 

·                   Residential Facilities .  Residential facilities, including the South Texas Family Residential Center (discussed below), provide space and residential services in an open and safe environment to adult females with children who are seeking asylum and are awaiting the outcome of immigration hearings or the return to their countries of origin. Residential facilities offer services including, but not limited to, educational programs, medical care, recreational activities, counseling, and access to religious and legal services.

 

·                   Community Corrections .  Community corrections/residential reentry facilities offer housing and programs to offenders who are serving the last portion of their sentence or who have been assigned to the facility in lieu of a jail or prison sentence, with a key focus on employment, job readiness, and life skills.

 

Target Hospitality built and currently leases and operates the South Texas Family Residential Center through a sub-lease and services agreement with CoreCivic, a government solutions company which provides correctional and detention management services. The company owns and operates the facility by providing on-site services including catering, culinary, management, janitorial and light maintenance. The South Texas Family Residential Center includes 524,000 square feet of building space including residential housing units with 2,400 beds, as well as classrooms, a library, chapels, an infirmary with full medical, dental, pharmaceutical and x-ray capabilities, a dining hall, offices and an industrial laundry center.

 

We look forward to expanding the products and services of our Government segment through our GSA designations, specifically our designation to maintain the professional services schedule (“PSS”) for logistics service solutions, which are designed to assist federal agencies in procuring comprehensive logistics solutions, including planning, consulting, management, and operational support when deploying supplies, equipment, materials and associated personnel. GSA’s PSS is a multiple award schedule (“MAS”) contract for innovative solutions, offered to federal, state and local governments, for their professional services needs. Having a PSS signifies that we have been vetted as a responsible supplier, our pricing has been determined to be fair and reasonable and we are in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. PSS is one of the GSA’s schedule contracts, which are indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (“IDIQ”), long-term contracts under the GSA MAS program. GSA schedule contracts were developed to assist federal employees in purchasing products and services and they contain pre-negotiated prices, delivery terms, warranties, and other terms and conditions which streamline the buying process.

 

The Government segment generated 22% or $66.7 million of the company’s pro forma revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

Permian

 

The Permian is one of the oldest producing basins in the world, with production dating back to the early 1900s. It stretches across the southeast corner of New Mexico and a large swath of western Texas, encompassing hundreds of thousands of square miles and dozens of counties. The growth story comes from both unconventional and conventional drilling techniques into stacked reservoirs including the Wolf camp, Bone Springs, Trend Area (Spraberry area) Spraberry reservoirs. The basin consists of multiple sub-basins; the most targeted are the Delaware and Midlands Basins. Until the oil price decline in 2014, over 200 vertical rigs (most of all vertical rigs in the U.S.) were operating in the Permian using traditional drilling methods to vertically target and frac into multiple stacked pay zones, primarily in the Midland Basin’s Trend Area and Spraberry reservoirs. Horizontal production from the Delaware basin began in earnest in 2014, primarily in New Mexico. Horizontal drilling in the Texas portion of the Permian followed shortly thereafter with horizontal drilling in the Spraberry and Trend area reservoirs, which were traditionally vertical targets.

 

The Permian market is the most prolific shale basin in the U.S. with an estimated 140 billion barrels of oil equivalent (bboe) of recoverable oil while producing approximately 3.5 one million barrels of oil equivalent (mboe) per day. This century-old oil basin has attracted investment from large and small companies for many decades. However, it took years of vertical drilling and multi-stage fracking of vertical wells (and simultaneous development of horizontal drilling and fracking outside of the Permian) to learn enough about the stacked pay potential in order to drill it horizontally. The high level of vertical before 2014 evidences the recent realization of the Permian’s potential—due in large part to its scale and geologic complexity.

 

While understanding great potential in the Permian, Target entered the market in 2012, ahead of many of our competitors. We started in the Permian with an 80-bed community in Pecos, TX.

 

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As of December 31, 2018, Target has two locations and over 1,700 beds in the Pecos area of the Permian alone, which is located in the Delaware basin area. With 14 communities and approximately 7,913 beds across the Permian, we offer the largest network of turnkey specialty rental accommodations and hospitality services in the basin, with the next largest provider having 1,500 beds or less and only four locations.

 

The Permian segment generated 60% or $181.8 million of the company’s pro forma revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

The map below shows the company’s primary community locations in the Permian (including the Company’s one location in the Anadarko).

 

 


(1)                                  Expected opening during the first half of 2019.

 

Bakken

 

The Bakken was the first of the unconventional oil regions to develop in the U.S. The Bakken is one of the most prolific U.S. shale oil production formations to date. The basin spans territory in North Dakota, eastern Montana, and a small portion of northern South Dakota (in addition to portions in Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada). It is home to the Bakken and Three Forks reservoirs and is often referred to simply as the Bakken formation. North Dakota is home to most of the Bakken basin production and has been the strongest growth area for many U.S. independent oil companies.

 

It was an older, conventional oil play that had endured several cycles, but had never really taken off in earnest. It followed on the tails of the shale gas boom and the advent of unconventional technology, particularly horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Experimental horizontal drilling, without fracking, was being done in the Bakken in the 1990s.

 

The Bakken drew attention and capital investment because operators were looking to find shale oil the same way they found shale gas, cracking open tight rocks and extracting oil.

 

The geology in the Bakken was well known to geologists and was known for its vast reserves. It is a promising, clean and relatively simple geology in its structure. It is a large continuous oil accumulation with a simple Oreo cookie-like structure, a shale, sandstone, and then a shale.

 

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In 2009, Target entered the Bakken market and built its first community in Williston, North Dakota for a large OFS company. The community was the first of its kind in the region and provided specialty rental and hospitality services for more than 150 remote rotational workers. As of December 31, 2018, Target Hospitality had four community locations and 1,077 rentable rooms serving the Bakken. We are the largest specialty rental and hospitality services provider in the region with approximately 60% of the market share with the next closest direct competitor having less than 10% of the market share.

 

The Bakken segment generated 9% or $25.8 million of the company’s pro forma revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

The map below shows the company’s primary community locations in the Bakken.

 

 


(1)              Idled since November 2018.

 

Other

 

In addition to the three segments above, the company: (i) has facilities and operations for one community in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma; (ii) provides catering and other services to communities and other workforce accommodation facilities for the oil, gas and mining industries not owned by Target Hospitality (“Facilities Management”); and (iii) provides ongoing preparatory work and plans for facilities and services to be provided in connection with the TransCanada pipeline project.

 

The company provides specialty rental and hospitality services including concierge, culinary, catering, maintenance, security, janitorial and related services at facilities owned by other companies. We currently provide Facilities Management, culinary and catering services and site services for two facilities located in the Permian for which we do not own the specialty rental accommodation assets.

 

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Future Pipeline Services Plans

 

We are contracted with TransCanada Pipelines (“TCPL”) to construct, deliver, cater and manage all accommodations and hospitality services in conjunction with the planned construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project. Our contract with TCPL was executed in 2013 and is currently pending full contract release, subject to TCPL’s final investment decision and formal notice to proceed. Our contract with TCPL is terminable at will by TCPL with ten days prior written notice and, in the event of such termination we are entitled to certain cancellation and termination fees for work performed prior to cancellation. In October 2018, we received partial release for certain pre-work related to the project and have commenced a limited scope of work based on work orders issued by TCPL.

 

Since entering this agreement in 2013, we have dedicated significant resources to preparation for a timely, cost effective and sequential execution of the Keystone XL project. Our project teams have worked closely with TCPL in the entitlement process for each planned site, and our operations teams, including our project management and culinary and catering personnel, have developed plans for resource allocation and logistical coordination for providing hospitality services in the project community. Due to our lengthy planning and coordination efforts and our long-term collaboration with our supply partners, we believe we have developed plans that will deliver high-quality, cost-effective and consistent services throughout the TCPL project cycle.

 

If TCPL receives funding and we receive full contract release, we expect to construct 10 workforce housing communities for approximately 6,000 workers and serve over 5.6 million meals between 2019 and 2021 to support the construction of TCPL project. Pipeline construction is expected to start at Morgan, Montana, and travel through Montana and South Dakota, and is expected to join the existing Keystone pipelines at Steele City, Nebraska. The project is still pending a final investment decision by TCPL and, as a result, we cannot be certain that this project will commence in full on the expected timeline or at all.

 

Additionally, on November 8, 2018, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana issued an order enjoining TCPL from engaging in any activity in furtherance of the construction or operation of Keystone XL and associated facilities. This ruling could adversely affect the timing and scope of work to be performed by the Company for TCPL in support of the Keystone XL project.

 

Customers and Competitors

 

Target Hospitality’s principal customers include investment grade oil and gas companies, energy infrastructure companies, and U.S. government and government contractors. For the year ended December 31, 2018, on a pro forma basis, our largest customers were CoreCivic and Halliburton, who accounted for approximately 22% and 8% of our revenues, respectively.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2018, on a pro forma basis, our top five customers accounted for approximately 49% of our revenue.

 

Our primary competitors in the U.S. for our oil and gas segments are Cotton Logistics, Permian Lodging, Aries, and Civeo for temporary accommodations in the U.S. shale basins. For hospitality services and facilities management, our three primary competitors are: Sodexo, Aramark and Compass.

 

Our primary competitors in the Government segment are The GEO group and Management and Training Corporation (“MTC”).

 

The Company’s Community and Services Contracts

 

For the year ended December 31, 2018, revenue related to the Permian and Bakken regions represented 60% and 9% of our pro forma revenue, respectively, revenue related to our Government segment represented 22% of our pro forma revenue, and all other revenue represented less than 9% of our pro forma revenue.

 

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Lease and Services Agreements

 

The company’s operations in the Permian and Bakken regions are primarily conducted through take-or-pay contractual arrangements with its customers. For certain of the company’s largest customers, it uses network lease and services agreements (“NLSAs”) which cover the customer’s full enterprise and are exclusive agreements with set terms and rates for all geographic regions in which the company operates. The NLSAs obligate the customers to use the company’s facilities and services across the U.S. The company’s NLSAs have an average set term of two to three years. Certain other customers are subject to lease and services agreements (“LSAs”) which are more limited in geographic scope and cover only specified areas with the same structural commercial terms as the NLSAs. The LSAs have terms that range from six to thirty six months and generally do not have termination provisions in favor of the customer.

 

The company also has master services agreements (“MSAs”) with certain customers which are typically exclusive arrangements without the take-or-pay component of the NLSAs and LSAs and no minimum contractual liability for the customer.

 

CoreCivic

 

The company operates the South Texas Family Residential Center pursuant to a contractual arrangement with CoreCivic (the “CoreCivic Contract”). The CoreCivic Contract provides for the company’s sublease and ongoing operation of the South Texas Family Residential Center through September 2021. This facility, located in Dilley, Texas, is the largest family residential center in the U.S. and was built by the company in 2015. This facility has approximately 524,000 square feet of facilities on an 85-acre site. Target Hospitality leases the facilities to CoreCivic and provides onsite managed services including catering, culinary, facilities management, maintenance, and janitorial services of the common area facilities only.

 

The CoreCivic Contract depends on the U.S. government and its funding. Any impasse or delay in reaching a federal budget agreement, debt ceiling or government shut downs, and the subsequent lack of funding to the applicable government entity, could result in material payment delays, payment reductions or contract terminations. The government may terminate the contract with CoreCivic for convenience on 90 days’ notice; in the event this should occur, CoreCivic may terminate its agreement with Target upon 60 days’ notice.

 

Regulatory and Environmental Compliance

 

Our business and the businesses of the company’s customers can be affected significantly by federal, state, municipal and local laws and regulations relating to the oil, natural gas and mining industries, food safety and environmental protection. Changes in these laws, including more stringent regulations and increased levels of enforcement of these laws and regulations, and the development of new laws and regulations could impact the company’s business and result in increased compliance or operating costs associated with its or its customers’ operations.

 

To the extent that these laws and regulations impose more stringent requirements or increased costs or delays upon the company’s customers in the performance of their operations, the resulting demand for the company’s services by those customers may be adversely affected. Moreover, climate change laws or regulations could increase the cost of consuming, and thereby reduce demand for, oil and natural gas, which could reduce the company’s customers’ demand for its services. The company cannot predict changes in the level of enforcement of existing laws and regulations, how these laws and regulations may be interpreted or the effect changes in these laws and regulations may have on the company or its customers or on our future operations or earnings. The company also cannot predict the extent to which new laws and regulations will be adopted or whether such new laws and regulations may impose more stringent or costly restrictions on its customers or its operations.

 

Employees

 

As of December 31, 2018, Target Hospitality had approximately 723 employees. None of the company’s employees are unionized or members of collective bargaining arrangements.

 

Intellectual Property

 

Target Hospitality owns a number of trademarks important to the business. Its material trademarks are registered or pending registration in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The business operates primarily under the Target Hospitality brand.

 

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Properties

 

Corporate Headquarters

 

Target Hospitality’s headquarters are located in The Woodlands, Texas. Its executive, financial, accounting, legal, administrative, management information systems and human resources functions operate from this single, leased office.

 

Communities/Owned and Leased Real Estate

 

Target Hospitality operates 20 communities, of which it owns the underlying real property of 45%, leases the underlying real property of 36%, and both owns and leases the underlying real property of 5%. The remaining 14% are customer sites.

 

Legal Proceedings and Insurance

 

Signor, Target and Target Hospitality are involved in various lawsuits, claims and legal proceedings, the majority of which arise out of the ordinary course of business. The nature of the company’s business is such that disputes occasionally arise with vendors including suppliers and subcontractors, and customers over contract specifications and contract interpretations among other things. The company assesses these matters on a case-by-case basis as they arise. Reserves are established, as required, based on its assessment of exposure. Target Hospitality has insurance policies to cover general liability and workers’ compensation related claims. In the opinion of management, the ultimate amount of liability not covered by insurance, if any, under such pending lawsuits, claims and legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations. See the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto of Target Parent and Signor Parent elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K for additional information.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Risks Relating to Our Business

 

Operational Risks

 

Our operations are and will be exposed to operational, economic, political and regulatory risks.

 

Our operations could be affected by economic, political and regulatory risks. These risks include:

 

·                   multiple regulatory requirements that are subject to change and that could restrict our ability to build and operate our communities and other sites;

 

·                   inflation, recession, fluctuations in interest rates;

 

·                   compliance with applicable export control laws and economic sanctions laws and regulations;

 

·                   trade protection measures, including increased duties and taxes, and import or export licensing requirements;

 

·                   price controls;

 

·                   ownership regulations;

 

·                   compliance with applicable antitrust and other regulatory rules and regulations relating to potential future acquisitions;

 

·                   different local product preferences and product requirements;

 

·                   pressures on management time and attention due to the complexities of overseeing diverse operations;

 

·                   challenges in maintaining, staffing and managing national operations;

 

·                   different labor regulations;

 

·                   potentially adverse consequences from changes in or interpretations of tax laws;

 

·                   political and economic instability;

 

·                   enforcement of remedies in various jurisdictions;

 

·                   the risk that the business partners upon whom we depend for technical assistance or management and acquisition expertise will not perform as expected;

 

·                   the potential impact of collective bargaining or other union activities if our employees were to unionize in the future; and

 

·                   differences in business practices that may result in violation of our policies including but not limited to bribery and collusive practices.

 

These and other risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

We face significant competition as a provider of accommodation and hospitality services in the specialty rental sector. If we are unable to compete successfully, we could lose customers and our revenue and profitability could decline.

 

Although our competition varies significantly by market, the accommodation and hospitality services industry, in general, is highly competitive. We compete on the basis of a number of factors, including equipment availability, quality, price, service, reliability, appearance, functionality and delivery terms. We may experience pricing pressures in our operations in the future as some of our competitors seek to obtain market share by reducing prices. We may also face reduced demand for our products and services if our competitors are able to provide new or innovative products or services that better appeal to our potential customers. In each of our current markets, we face competition from national, regional and local companies who have

 

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an established market position in the specific service area. We expect to encounter similar competition in any new markets that we may enter. Some of our competitors may have greater market share, less indebtedness, greater pricing flexibility, more attractive product or service offerings, or superior marketing and financial resources. Increased competition could result in lower profit margins, substantial pricing pressure, and reduced market share. Price competition, together with other forms of competition, may materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

 

We depend on several significant customers. The loss of one or more such customers or the inability of one or more such customers to meet their obligations could adversely affect our results of operations.

 

We depend on several significant customers. The majority of our customers operate in the energy industry. For a more detailed explanation of our customers, see the section of this Current Report on Form 8-K entitled “ Business. ” The loss of any one of our largest customers in any of our business segments or a sustained decrease in demand by any of such customers could result in a substantial loss of revenues and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. In addition, the concentration of customers in the industries in which we operate may impact our overall exposure to credit risk, either positively or negatively, in that customers may be similarly affected by changes in economic and industry conditions.

 

As a result of our customer concentration, risks of nonpayment and nonperformance by our counterparties are a concern in our business. We are subject to risks of loss resulting from nonpayment or nonperformance by our customers. Many of its customers finance their activities through cash flow from operations, the incurrence of debt, or the issuance of equity. Additionally, many of our customers’ equity values have declined and could decline further. The combination of lower cash flow due to commodity prices, a reduction in borrowing bases under reserve-based credit facilities, and the lack of available debt or equity financing may continue to result in a significant reduction in our customers’ liquidity and could impair their ability to pay or otherwise perform on their obligations to it. Furthermore, some of our customers may be highly leveraged and subject to their own operating and regulatory risks, which increases the risk that they may default on their obligations to us. The inability or failure of our significant customers to meet their obligations to us or their insolvency or liquidation may adversely affect our financial results.

 

Our business depends on the quality and reputation of the Company and its communities, and any deterioration in such quality or reputation could adversely impact its market share, business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Many factors can influence our reputation and the value of our communities, including quality of services, food quality and safety, availability and management of scarce natural resources, supply chain management, diversity, human rights and support for local communities. In addition, events that may be beyond our control could affect the reputation of one or more of its communities or more generally impact the reputation of the Company, including protests directed at government immigration policies, violent incidents at one or more communities or other sites or criminal activity. Reputational value is also based on perceptions, and broad access to social media makes it easy for anyone to provide public feedback that can influence perceptions of Target Hospitality and its communities, and it may be difficult to control or effectively manage negative publicity, regardless of whether it is accurate. While reputations may take decades to build, negative incidents can quickly erode trust and confidence, particularly if they result in adverse mainstream and social media publicity, governmental investigations or penalties, or litigation. Negative incidents could lead to tangible adverse effects on our business, including customer boycotts, loss of customers, loss of development opportunities or employee retention and recruiting difficulties. A decline in the reputation or perceived quality of our communities or corporate image could negatively affect its market share, reputation, business, financial condition or results of operations

 

We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from the operation of the South Texas Family Residential Center for the U.S. government through a subcontract with a government contractor. The loss of, or a significant decrease in revenues from, this customer could seriously harm our financial condition and results of operations.

 

Target currently derives, and we expect to continue to derive, a significant portion of its revenues from its subcontract with a government contractor for the operation of the South Texas Family Residential Center for the U.S. government. These revenues depend on the U.S. government and its contractors receiving sufficient funding and providing it with timely payment under the terms of our contract. If the applicable government entity does not receive sufficient appropriations to cover its contractual obligations, it may delay or reduce payment to its contractors and, as a result, our government contractor customer may delay or reduce payments to or terminate its contract with us. Any future impasse or struggle impacting the federal government’s ability to reach agreement on the federal budget, debt ceiling or any future federal government shut downs could result in material payment delays, payment reductions or contract terminations. Additionally, our current and potential future government contractor customers may request in the future that we reduce our contract rates or forego increases to those rates as a way for those contractors to control costs and help their government customers to control their spending and address their

 

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budgetary shortfalls. For additional information regarding our operation of the South Texas Family Residential Center, see “ Business—Business Operations—Government Services ” elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The U.S. government and, by extension, our U.S. government contractor customer, may also from time to time adopt, implement or modify certain policies or directives that may adversely affect our business. For example, while the U.S. government is currently using private immigration detention sites like the South Texas Family Residential Center, federal, state or local governmental partners may in the future choose to undertake a review of their utilization of privately operated facilities, or may cancel or decide not to renew existing contracts with their government contractors, who may, in turn, cancel or decide not to renew their contracts with us. Changes in government policy, the election of a new administration or other changes in the political landscape relating to immigration policies may similarly result in a decline in our revenues in the Government Services segment. In addition, lawsuits, to which we are not a party, have challenged the U.S. government’s policy of detaining migrant families, and government policies with respect to family immigration may impact the demand for the South Texas Family Residential Center and any facilities that we may operate in the future. Any court decision or government action that impacts our existing contract for the South Texas Family Residential Center or any future contracts for similar facilities could materially affect our cash flows, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our oil and gas customers are exposed to a number of unique operating risks and challenges which could also adversely affect us.

 

We could be impacted by disruptions to our customers’ operations caused by, among other things, any one of or all of the following singularly or in combination:

 

·                   U.S. and international pricing and demand for the natural resources being produced at a given project (or proposed project);

 

·                   unexpected problems, higher costs and delays during the development, construction, and project start-up which may delay the commencement of production;

 

·                   unforeseen and adverse geological, geotechnical, and seismic conditions;

 

·                   lack of availability of sufficient water or power to maintain their operations;

 

·                   lack of availability or failure of the required infrastructure necessary to maintain or to expand their operations;

 

·                   the breakdown or shortage of equipment and labor necessary to maintain their operations;

 

·                   risks associated with the natural resource industry being subject to various regulatory approvals. Such risks may include a government agency failing to grant an approval or failing to renew an existing approval, or the approval or renewal not being provided by the government agency in a timely manner or the government agency granting or renewing an approval subject to materially onerous conditions. For example, the Keystone XL project requires various permits from state and federal authorities that have been delayed as a result of various legal and regulatory challenges;

 

·                   risks to land titles and use thereof as a result of native title claims;

 

·                   interruptions to the operations of our customers caused by industrial accidents or disputes; and

 

·                   delays in or failure to commission new infrastructure in timeframes so as not to disrupt customer operations.

 

We may be adversely affected if customers reduce their accommodations and hospitality services outsourcing.

 

Our business and growth strategies depend in large part on customers outsourcing some or all of the services that we provides. We cannot be certain that these customer preferences for outsourcing will continue or that customers that have outsourced accommodations will not decide to perform these functions themselves or only outsource accommodations during the development or construction phases of their projects. In addition, labor unions representing customer employees and contractors may oppose outsourcing accommodations to the extent that the unions believe that third-party accommodations negatively impact union membership and recruiting. The reversal or reduction in customer outsourcing of accommodations could negatively impact our financial results and growth prospects.

 

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Our failure to retain our current customers, renew existing customer contracts, and obtain new customer contracts, or the termination of existing contracts, could adversely affect our business.

 

Our success depends on our ability to retain our current customers, renew or replace our existing customer contracts, and obtain new business. Our ability to do so generally depends on a variety of factors, including overall customer expenditure levels and the quality, price and responsiveness of our services, as well as its ability to market these services effectively and differentiate itself from its competitors. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain new business, renew existing customer contracts at the same or higher levels of pricing, or at all, or that our current customers will not turn to competitors, cease operations, elect to self-operate, or terminate contracts with us. In the context of a potential depressed commodity price environment, our customers may not renew contracts on terms favorable to it or, in some cases, at all, and we may have difficulty obtaining new business. Additionally, several contracts have clauses that allow termination upon the payment of a termination fee. As a result, our customers may choose to terminate their contracts. The likelihood that a customer may seek to terminate a contract is increased during periods of market weakness. Further, certain of our customers may not reach positive final investment decisions on projects with respect to which we have been awarded contracts to provide related accommodation, which may cause those customers to terminate the contracts. Customer contract cancellations, the failure to renew a significant number of our existing contracts, or the failure to obtain new business would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Our operations could be subject to natural disasters and other business disruptions, which could materially adversely affect our future revenue and financial condition and increase its costs and expenses.

 

Our operations could be subject to natural disasters and other business disruptions such as fires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorism, which could adversely affect its future revenue and financial condition and increase its costs and expenses. For example, extreme weather, particularly periods of high rainfall, tornadoes, or extreme cold, in any of the areas in which we operate may cause delays in our community construction activities or result in the cessation of customer operations at one or more communities for an extended period of time. See “ Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Business—We are exposed to various possible claims relating to our business and our insurance may not fully protect us. ” See “ Target Parent and Signor Parent’s Combined Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Factors Affecting Results of Operations—Natural Disasters or Other Significant Disruption .” In addition, the occurrence and threat of terrorist attacks may directly or indirectly affect economic conditions, which could in turn adversely affect demand for our communities and services. In the event of a major natural or man-made disaster, we could experience loss of life of our employees, destruction of our communities or other sites, or business interruptions, any of which may materially adversely affect our business. If any of our communities were to experience a catastrophic loss, it could disrupt our operations, delay services, staffing and revenue recognition, and result in expenses to repair or replace the damaged facility not covered by asset, liability, business continuity or other insurance contracts. Also, we could face significant increases in premiums or losses of coverage due to the loss experienced during and associated with these and potential future natural or man-made disasters that may materially adversely affect our business. In addition, attacks or armed conflicts that directly impact one or more of our properties or facilities could significantly affect our ability to operate those properties or communities and thereby impair our results of operations.

 

More generally, any of these events could cause consumer confidence and spending to decrease or result in increased volatility in the global economy and worldwide financial markets. Any of these occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Construction risks exist which may adversely affect our results of operations.

 

There are a number of general risks that might impinge on companies involved in the development, construction and installation of facilities as a prerequisite to the management of those assets in an operational sense. We are exposed to the following risks in connection with our construction activities:

 

·                   the construction activities of our accommodations are partially dependent on the supply of appropriate construction and development opportunities;

 

·                   development approvals, slow decision making by counterparties, complex construction specifications, changes to design briefs, legal issues, and other documentation changes may give rise to delays in completion, loss of revenue, and cost over-runs which may, in turn, result in termination of accommodation supply contracts;

 

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·                   other time delays that may arise in relation to construction and development include supply of labor, scarcity of construction materials, lower than expected productivity levels, inclement weather conditions, land contamination, cultural heritage claims, difficult site access, or industrial relations issues;

 

·                   objections to our activities or those of our customers aired by aboriginal or community interests, environment and/or neighborhood groups which may cause delays in the granting or approvals and/or the overall progress of a project;

 

·                   where we assume design responsibility, there is a risk that design problems or defects may result in rectification and/or costs or liabilities which we cannot readily recover; and

 

·                   there is a risk that we may fail to fulfill our statutory and contractual obligations in relation to the quality of our materials and workmanship, including warranties and defect liability obligations.

 

Due to the nature of the natural resources industry, our business may be adversely affected by periods of low oil, or natural gas prices or unsuccessful exploration results may decrease customers’ spending and therefore our results .

 

Commodity prices have been and are expected to remain volatile. This volatility causes oil and gas companies to change their strategies and expenditure levels. Prices of oil and natural gas can be influenced by many factors, including reduced demand due to lower global economic growth, surplus inventory, improved technology such as the hydraulic fracturing of horizontally drilled wells in shale discoveries, access to potential productive regions, and availability of required infrastructure to deliver production to the marketplace. For example, in late 2014 through early 2016, there was a significant drop in the price of oil as a result of reduced demand in global markets and oversupply. As a result, our oil and gas customers reduced expenditures, reduced rig counts, and cut costs which in turn, resulted in lower occupancy in the our facilities in the Bakken.

 

The carrying value of our communities could be reduced by extended periods of limited or no activity by its customers, which would require us to record impairment charges equal to the excess of the carrying value of the communities over fair value. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we recorded an impairment charge of $15.3 million in connection with certain of our asset groups located in Canada and the Bakken. We may incur asset impairment charges in the future, which charges may affect negatively our results of operations and financial condition.

 

Demand for our products and services is sensitive to changes in demand within a number of key industry end-markets and geographic regions.

 

Our financial performance is dependent on the level of demand for our facilities and services, which is sensitive to the level of demand within various sectors, in particular, the energy and natural resources and government end-markets. Each of these sectors is influenced not only by the state of the general global economy but by a number of more specific factors as well. For example, demand for workforce accommodations within the energy and resources sector may be materially adversely affected by a decline in global energy prices. Demand for our facilities and services may also vary among different localities or regions. The levels of activity in these sectors and geographic regions may also be cyclical, and we may not be able to predict the timing, extent or duration of the activity cycles in the markets in which we or our key customers operate. A decline or slowed growth in any of these sectors or geographic regions could result in reduced demand for our products and services, which may materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

 

Decreased customer expenditure levels could adversely affect our results of operations .

 

Demand for our services is sensitive to the level of exploration, development and production activity of, and the corresponding capital spending by, oil and gas companies. The oil and gas industries’ willingness to explore, develop, and produce depends largely upon the availability of attractive resource prospects and the prevailing view of future commodity prices. Prices for oil and gas are subject to large fluctuations in response to changes in the supply of and demand for these commodities, market uncertainty, and a variety of other factors that are beyond our control. Accordingly, a sudden or long-term decline in commodity pricing would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Additionally, the potential imposition of new regulatory requirements, including climate change legislation, could have an impact on the demand for and the cost of producing oil and natural gas in the regions where we operate. Many factors affect the supply of and demand for oil, natural gas and other resources and, therefore, influence product prices, including:

 

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·                   the level of activity in US shale development;

 

·                   the availability of economically attractive oil and natural gas field prospects, which may be affected by governmental actions or environmental activists which may restrict development;

 

·                   the availability of transportation infrastructure for oil and natural gas, refining capacity and shifts in end-customer preferences toward fuel efficiency and the use of natural gas;

 

·                   global weather conditions and natural disasters;

 

·                   worldwide economic activity including growth in developing countries, such as China and India;

 

·                   national government political requirements, including the ability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies (“OPEC”) to set and maintain production levels and prices for oil and government policies which could nationalize or expropriate oil and natural gas exploration, production, refining or transportation assets;

 

·                   the level of oil and gas production by non-OPEC countries;

 

·                   rapid technological change and the timing and extent of energy resource development, including liquid natural gas or other alternative fuels;

 

·                   environmental regulation; and

 

·                   U.S. and foreign tax policies.

 

Our business is contract intensive and may lead to customer disputes or delays in receipt of payments.

 

Our business is contract intensive and we are party to many contracts with customers. We periodically review our compliance with contract terms and provisions. If customers were to dispute our contract determinations, the resolution of such disputes in a manner adverse to our interests could negatively affect sales and operating results. In the past, our customers have withheld payment due to contract or other disputes, which has delayed our receipt of payments. While we do not believe any reviews, audits, delayed payments, or other such matters should result in material adjustments, if a large number of our customer arrangements were modified or payments withheld in response to any such matter, the effect could be materially adverse to our business or results of operations.

 

Certain of our major communities are located on land subject to leases. If we are unable to renew a lease, we could be materially and adversely affected.

 

Certain of our major communities are located on land subject to leases. Accordingly, while we own the accommodations assets, we only own a leasehold interest in those properties. If we are found to be in breach of a lease, we could lose the right to use the property. In addition, unless we can extend the terms of these leases before their expiration, as to which no assurance can be given, we will lose our right to operate our facilities located on these properties upon expiration of the leases. In that event, we would be required to remove our accommodations assets and remediate the site. Generally, our leases have an average term of three years and generally contain unilateral renewal provisions for up to seven additional years. We can provide no assurances that we will be able to renew our leases upon expiration on similar terms, or at all. If we are unable to renew leases on similar terms, it may have an adverse effect on our business.

 

Third parties may fail to provide necessary services and materials for our communities and other sites.

 

We are often dependent on third parties to supply services and materials for our communities and other sites. We typically do not enter into long-term contracts with third-party suppliers. We may experience supply problems as a result of financial or operating difficulties or the failure or consolidation of our suppliers. We may also experience supply problems as a result of shortages and discontinuations resulting from product obsolescence or other shortages or allocations by suppliers. Unfavorable economic conditions may also adversely affect our suppliers or the terms on which we purchase products. In the future, we may not be able to negotiate arrangements with third parties to secure products and services that we require in sufficient quantities or on reasonable terms. If we cannot negotiate arrangements with third parties to produce our products or if the third parties fail to produce our products to our specifications or in a timely manner, our business, results of operations, and financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

 

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It may become difficult for us to find and retain qualified employees, and failure to do so could impede our ability to execute our business plan and growth strategy.

 

One of the most important factors in our ability to provide reliable and quality services and profitably execute its business plan is its ability to attract, develop and retain qualified personnel. The competition for qualified personnel in the industries in which we operate is intense and there can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to attract and retain all personnel necessary for the development and operation of our business. In periods of higher activity, it may become more difficult to find and retain qualified employees which could limit growth, increase operating costs, or have other material adverse effects on our operations.

 

Many of our key executives, managers, and employees have knowledge and an understanding of our business and our industry that cannot be readily duplicated and they are the key individuals that interface with customers. In addition, the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel is dependent on the availability of qualified personnel, the impact on the labor supply due to general economic conditions, and the ability to provide a competitive compensation package.

 

In addition, labor shortages, the inability to hire or retain qualified employees nationally, regionally or locally or increased labor costs could have a material adverse effect on our ability to control expenses and efficiently conduct operations. We may not be able to continue to hire and retain the sufficiently skilled labor force necessary to operate efficiently and to support our operating strategies. Labor expenses could also increase as a result of continuing shortages in the supply of personnel. Failure to retain key personnel or hire qualified employees may materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Significant increases in raw material and labor costs could increase our operating costs significantly and harm our profitability.

 

We incur labor costs and purchase raw materials, including steel, lumber, siding and roofing, fuel and other products to construct and perform periodic repairs, modifications and refurbishments to maintain physical conditions of our facilities as well as the construction of our communities and other sites. The volume, timing, and mix of such work may vary quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year. Generally, increases in labor and raw material costs will increase the acquisition costs of new facilities and also increase the construction, repair, and maintenance costs of our facilities. During periods of rising prices for labor or raw materials, and in particular, when the prices increase rapidly or to levels significantly higher than normal, we may incur significant increases in our costs for new facilities and incur higher operating costs that we may not be able to recoup from customers through changes in pricing, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

If we determine that our goodwill and intangible assets have become impaired, we may incur impairment charges, which would negatively impact our operating results.

 

We have goodwill, which represents the excess of the total purchase price of our acquisitions over the fair value of the assets acquired, and other intangible assets. As of December 31, 2018, on a pro forma basis, Target Hospitality had approximately $34.2 million and $127.4 million of goodwill and other intangible assets, net, respectively, in our statement of financial position, which would represent approximately 6.2% and 23.3% of total assets, respectively. We are required to review goodwill and intangible assets at least annually for impairment. In the event impairment is identified, a charge to earnings would be recorded. Impairment may result from significant changes in the manner of use of the acquired asset, negative industry or economic trends and significant underperformance relative to historic or projected operating results.

 

Any impairment charges following the Business Combination could adversely affect Target Hospitality’s business, results of operations, and financial condition.

 

We may be unable to recognize deferred tax assets and, as a result, lose future tax savings, which could have a negative impact on our liquidity and financial position.

 

We recognize deferred tax assets primarily related to deductible temporary differences based on our assessment that the item will be utilized against future taxable income and the benefit will be sustained upon ultimate settlement with the applicable taxing authority. Such deductible temporary differences primarily relate to tax loss carryforwards and deferred interest expense deductions. Tax loss carryforwards arising in a given tax jurisdiction may be carried forward to offset taxable income in future years from such tax jurisdiction and reduce or eliminate income taxes otherwise payable on such taxable income, subject to certain limitations. We may have to write down, via a valuation allowance, the carrying amount of certain of the deferred tax assets to the extent we determine it is not probable such deferred tax assets will continue to be recognized.

 

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In the event that we do not have sufficient taxable income in future years to use the tax benefits before they expire, the benefit may be permanently lost. In addition, the taxing authorities could challenge our calculation of the amount of our tax attributes, which could reduce certain of our recognized tax benefits. In addition, tax laws in certain jurisdictions may limit the ability to use carryforwards upon a change in control.

 

Increased operating costs and obstacles to cost recovery due to the pricing and cancellation terms of our specialty rental and hospitality services contracts may constrain its ability to make a profit.

 

Our profitability can be adversely affected to the extent we are faced with cost increases for food, wages and other labor related expenses, insurance, fuel and utilities, especially to the extent we are unable to recover such increased costs through increases in the prices for our services, due to one or more of general economic conditions, competitive conditions or contractual provisions in our customer contracts. Substantial increases in the cost of fuel and utilities have historically resulted in cost increases in our communities. From time to time we have experienced increases in our food costs. While we believe a portion of these increases were attributable to fuel prices, we believe the increases also resulted from rising global food demand. In addition, food prices can fluctuate as a result of foreign exchange rates and temporary changes in supply, including as a result of incidences of severe weather such as droughts, heavy rains, and late freezes. We may be unable to fully recover costs, and such increases would negatively impact its profitability on contracts that do not contain such inflation protections.

 

We may be subject to growth-related risks including capacity constraints and pressure on its internal systems and controls.

 

Our ability to manage growth effectively will require us to continue to implement and improve our operational and financial systems and to expand, train, and manage our employee base. Our inability to deal with this growth may have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

Our future operating results may fluctuate, fail to match past performance, or fail to meet expectations.

 

Our operating results may fluctuate, fail to match past performance, or fail to meet the expectations of analysts and investors. Our financial results may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, some of which are beyond Target Hospitality’s control, including but not limited to:

 

·                   general economic conditions in the geographies and industries where we own or operate communities;

 

legislative policies where we provide our services;

 

·                   the budgetary constraints of our customers;

 

·                   the success of our strategic growth initiatives;

 

·                   the costs associated with the launching or integrating new or acquired businesses;

 

·                   the cost, type, and timing of customer orders;

 

·                   the nature and duration of the needs of our customers;

 

·                   the raw material or labor costs of servicing our facilities;

 

·                   the timing of new product or service introductions by us, our suppliers, and our competitors;

 

·                   changes in end-user demand requirements;

 

·                   the mix, by state and region, of our revenue, personnel, and assets;

 

·                   movements in interest rates, or tax rates;

 

·                   changes in, and application of, accounting rules;

 

·                   changes in the regulations applicable to us;

 

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·                   litigation matters;

 

·                   the success of large scale capital intensive projects;

 

·                   liquidity, including the impact of our debt service costs; and

 

·                   attrition and retention risk.

 

As a result of these factors, our historical financial results are not necessarily indicative of our future results.

 

We are exposed to various possible claims relating to our business, and our insurance may not fully protect us.

 

We are exposed to various possible claims relating to our business. These possible claims include those relating to: (i) personal injury or death caused by accidents or other events at a facility owned and/or operated by us; (ii) motor vehicle accidents involving our vehicles and our employees; (iii) employment-related claims; (iv) property damage; and (v) commercial claims. Our insurance policies have deductibles or self-insured retentions which would require us to expand amounts prior to taking advantage of coverage limits. We believe that we have adequate insurance coverage for the protection of our assets and operations. However, our insurance may not fully protect us for certain types of claims such as dishonest, fraudulent, criminal or malicious acts; terrorism, war, hostile or warlike action during a time of peace; automobile physical damage; natural disasters; and cyber-crime.

 

We may not have adequate insurance for potential liabilities and insurance may not cover certain liabilities, including litigation.

 

Our operations are subject to many hazards. In the ordinary course of business, we may become the subject of various claims, lawsuits, and administrative proceedings seeking damages or other remedies concerning our commercial operations, products, employees, and other matters, including occasional claims by individuals alleging exposure to hazardous materials as a result of our products or operations. Some of these claims relate to the activities of businesses that we have acquired, even though these activities may have occurred prior to our acquisition of such businesses. We maintain insurance to cover many of our potential losses, and we are subject to various self-retentions and deductibles under our insurance policies. It is possible, however, that a judgment could be rendered against us in cases in which we could be uninsured and beyond the amounts that we currently have reserved or anticipate incurring for such matters. Even a partially uninsured or underinsured claim, if successful and of significant size, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or consolidated financial position. The specifications and insured limits under those policies, however, may be insufficient for such claims. We also face the following other risks related to our insurance coverage:

 

·                   we may not be able to continue to obtain insurance on commercially reasonable terms;

 

·                   the counterparties to our insurance contracts may pose credit risks; and

 

·                   we may incur losses from interruption of our business that exceed our insurance coverage

 

each of which, individually or in the aggregate, could materially and adversely impact Target Hospitality’s business

 

Failure to maintain positive relationships with the indigenous people in the areas where Target Hospitality operates could adversely affect its business.

 

A component of our business strategy is based on developing and maintaining positive relationships with the indigenous people and communities in the areas where we operate. These relationships are important to our operations and customers who desire to work on traditional Native American lands. The inability to develop and maintain relationships and to be in compliance with local requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

 

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Social, Political, and Regulatory Risks

 

A failure to maintain food safety or comply with government regulations related to food and beverages may subject us to liability.

 

Claims of illness or injury relating to food quality or food handling are common in the food service industry, and a number of these claims may exist at any given time. Because food safety issues could be experienced at the source or by food suppliers or distributors, food safety could, in part, be out of our control. Regardless of the source or cause, any report of food-borne illness or other food safety issues such as food tampering or contamination at one of our locations could adversely impact our reputation, hindering our ability to renew contracts on favorable terms or to obtain new business, and have a negative impact on our sales. Future food product recalls and health concerns associated with food contamination may also increase our raw materials costs and, from time to time, disrupt its business.

 

A variety of regulations at various governmental levels relating to the handling, preparation, and serving of food (including, in some cases, requirements relating to the temperature of food), and the cleanliness of food production facilities and the hygiene of food-handling personnel are enforced primarily at the local public health department level. We cannot assure you that we are in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations at all times or that we will be able to comply with any future laws and regulations. Furthermore, legislation and regulatory attention to food safety is very high. Additional or amended regulations in this area may significantly increase the cost of compliance or expose us to liabilities. If we are unable to maintain food safety or comply with government regulations related to food and beverages, the effect could be materially adverse to our business or results of operations.

 

Unanticipated changes in our tax obligations, the adoption of a new tax legislation, or exposure to additional income tax liabilities could affect profitability.

 

We are subject to income taxes in the United States. Our tax liabilities are affected by the amounts charged for inventory, services, funding, and other intercompany transactions. Tax authorities may disagree with our intercompany charges, cross-jurisdictional transfer pricing or other tax positions and assess additional taxes. We regularly assess the likely outcomes of examinations in order to determine the appropriateness of its tax provision. However, there can be no assurance that we will accurately predict the outcomes of potential examinations, and the amounts ultimately paid upon resolution of examinations could be materially different from the amounts previously included in our income tax provision and, therefore, could have a material impact on its results of operations and cash flows. In addition, our future effective tax rate could be adversely affected by changes to its operating structure, changes in the mix of earnings in countries and/or states with differing statutory tax rates, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in tax laws, and the discovery of new information in the course of our tax return preparation process.

 

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”). The Act makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code, including, but not limited to: (1) reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; (2) requiring companies to pay a one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries; (3) generally eliminating U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; (4) requiring a tax on global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) which is a current inclusion in U.S. federal taxable income of certain earnings of controlled foreign corporations; (5) eliminating the corporate alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) and changing how existing AMT credits can be realized; (6) creating the base erosion anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”), a new minimum tax; (7) creating a new limitation on deductible interest expense; and (8) changing rules related to uses and limitations of net operating loss carryforwards created in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. We continue to examine the impact this tax reform legislation may have on it at the federal and state level. We will continue to refine our calculations as additional analysis is completed. We expect to finalize our assessment during the one-year measurement period as prescribed by the Staff Accounting Bulletin 118. Changes in tax laws or regulations may increase tax uncertainty and adversely affect Target Hospitality’s results of operations and effective tax rate.

 

Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes may be limited.

 

As of December 31, 2018, Target Parent and Signor Parent had U.S. net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of approximately $98.5 million for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes, available to offset future taxable income, prior to consideration of annual limitations that may be imposed under Section 382 (“Section 382”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Approximately $1.3 million of these tax loss carryovers expire in 2038. The remaining $97.2 million of tax loss carryovers do not expire.

 

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Our NOL is limited and could expire unused and be unavailable to offset future income tax liabilities. Under Section 382 and corresponding provisions of U.S. state law, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” generally defined as a greater than 50% change, by value, in its equity ownership over a three-year period, the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change NOLs and other applicable pre-change tax attributes, such as research and development tax credits, to offset its post-change income may be limited. We have not completed a Section 382 analysis and therefore cannot forecast or otherwise determine our ability to derive any benefit from our various federal or state tax attribute carryforwards at this time. As a result, if we earn net taxable income, our ability to use our pre-change NOL carryforwards to offset U.S. federal taxable income may be subject to limitations, which could potentially result in increased future tax liability to us. In addition, at the state level, there may be periods during which the use of NOLs is suspended or otherwise limited, which could accelerate or permanently increase state taxes owed.

 

Lastly, we may experience ownership changes in the future as a result of subsequent shifts in our share ownership, including this offering, some of which may be outside of our control. If we determine that an ownership change has occurred and our ability to use our historical NOL is materially limited, it may result in increased future tax obligations.

 

We are subject to various laws and regulations including those governing government contracts, corruption, and the environment. Obligations and liabilities under these laws and regulations may materially harm our business.

 

United States Government Contract Laws and Regulations

 

Our customers include U.S. government contractors, which means that we may, indirectly, be subject to various statutes and regulations applicable to doing business with the U.S. government. These types of contracts customarily contain provisions that give the U.S. government substantial rights and remedies, many of which are not typically found in commercial contracts and which are unfavorable to contractors, including provisions that allow the government to unilaterally terminate or modify our customers’ federal government contracts, in whole or in part, at the government’s convenience. Under general principles of U.S. government contracting law, if the government terminates a contract for convenience, the terminated party may generally recover only its incurred or committed costs and settlement expenses and profit on work completed prior to the termination. If the government terminates a contract for default, the defaulting party may be liable for any extra costs incurred by the government in procuring undelivered items from another source. In addition, our or our customers’ failure to comply with these laws and regulations might result in administrative penalties or the suspension of our customers’ government contracts or debarment and, as a result, the loss of the related revenue which would harm our business, results of operations and financial condition. We are not aware of any action contemplated by any regulatory authority related to any possible non-compliance by or in connection with our operations.

 

Our operations are subject to an array of governmental regulations in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. Our activities are subject to regulation by several federal and state government agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and by federal and state laws. Our operations and activities in other jurisdictions are subject to similar governmental regulations. Similar to conventionally constructed buildings, the workforce housing industry is also subject to regulations by multiple governmental agencies in each jurisdiction relating to, among others, environmental, zoning and building standards, and health, safety and transportation matters. Noncompliance with applicable regulations, implementation of new regulations or modifications to existing regulations may increase costs of compliance, require a termination of certain activities or otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

 

In addition, U.S. government contracts and grants normally contain additional requirements that may increase our costs of doing business, reduce our profits, and expose us to liability for failure to comply with these terms and conditions. These requirements include, for example:

 

specialized disclosure and accounting requirements unique to U.S. government contracts;

 

financial and compliance audits that may result in potential liability for price adjustments, recoupment of government funds after such funds have been spent, civil and criminal penalties, or administrative sanctions such as suspension or debarment from doing business with the U.S. government;

 

public disclosures of certain contract and company information; and

 

mandatory socioeconomic compliance requirements, including labor requirements, non-discrimination and affirmative action programs and environmental compliance requirements.

 

If we fail to maintain compliance with these requirements, our contracts may be subject to termination, and we may be subject to financial and/or other liability under its contracts or under the Federal Civil False Claims Act (the “False Claims Act”). The False Claims Act’s “whistleblower” provisions allow private individuals, including present and former employees,

 

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to sue on behalf of the U.S. government. The False Claims Act statute provides for treble damages and other penalties and, if our operations are found to be in violation of the False Claims Act, we could face other adverse action, including suspension or prohibition from doing business with the United States government. Any penalties, fines, suspension or damages could adversely affect our financial results as well as our ability to operate our business.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws and Regulations

 

We are subject to various anti-corruption laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials by a U.S. person for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Our activities create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of our employees or agents that could be in violation of various laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”). We have implemented safeguards and policies to discourage these practices by our employees and agents. However, existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be ineffective and employees or agents may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible.

 

If employees violate our policies or we fail to maintain adequate record-keeping and internal accounting practices to accurately record its transactions, we may be subject to regulatory sanctions. Violations of the FCPA or other anti-corruption laws may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions and penalties, including suspension or debarment from U.S. government contracting, and we may be subject to other liabilities which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We are also subject to similar anti-corruption laws in other jurisdictions.

 

Environmental Laws and Regulations

 

We are subject to a variety of national, state, regional and local environmental laws and regulations. Among other things, these laws and regulations impose limitations and prohibitions on the discharge and emission of, and establish standards for the use, disposal and management of, regulated materials and waste, and impose liabilities for the costs of investigating and cleaning up, and damages resulting from, present and past spills, disposals or other releases of hazardous substances or materials. In the ordinary course of business, we use and generate substances that are regulated or may be hazardous under environmental laws. We have an inherent risk of liability under environmental laws and regulations, both with respect to ongoing operations and with respect to contamination that may have occurred in the past on our properties or as a result of our operations. From time to time, our operations or conditions on properties that we have acquired have resulted in liabilities under these environmental laws. We may in the future incur material costs to comply with environmental laws or sustain material liabilities from claims concerning noncompliance or contamination. We have no reserves for any such liabilities.

 

We cannot predict what environmental legislation or regulations will be enacted in the future, how existing or future laws or regulations will be administered or interpreted, or what environmental conditions may be found to exist at our facilities or at third party sites for which we may be liable. Enactment of stricter laws or regulations, stricter interpretations of existing laws and regulations or the requirement to undertake the investigation or remediation of currently unknown environmental contamination at sites we own or third party sites may require us to make additional expenditures, some of which could be material.

 

We may be subject to environmental laws and regulations that may require us to take actions that will adversely affect our results of operations.

 

All of our and our customers’ operations may be affected by federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the discharge of substances into the environment or otherwise relating to environmental protection. Environmental laws and regulations are subject to change in the future, possibly resulting in more stringent requirements. Our or any of our customers’ failure to comply with applicable environment laws and regulations may result in any of the following:

 

·                   issuance of administrative, civil and criminal penalties;

 

·                   denial or revocation of permits or other authorizations;

 

·                   reduction or cessation of operations; and

 

·                   performance of site investigatory, remedial or other corrective actions

 

While it is not possible at this time to predict how environmental legislation may change or how new regulations that may be adopted would impact our business, any such future laws and regulations could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating restrictions for us or our oil and gas and natural resource company customers and could have a material adverse effect on our business or demand for our services. See “ Business—Regulatory and Environmental Compliance ” in this Current Report on Form 8-K for a more detailed description of our risks associated with environmental laws and regulations.

 

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We may be subject to litigation, judgments, orders or regulatory proceedings that could materially harm our business.

 

We are subject to claims arising from disputes with customers, employees, vendors and other third parties in the normal course of business. The risks associated with any such disputes may be difficult to assess or quantify and their existence and magnitude may remain unknown for substantial periods of time. If the plaintiffs in any suits against us were to successfully prosecute their claims, or if we were to settle such suits by making significant payments to the plaintiffs, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be harmed. Even if the outcome of a claim proves favorable to us, litigation can be time consuming and costly and may divert management resources. To the extent that our senior executives are named in such lawsuits, our indemnification obligations could magnify the costs.

 

We may be exposed to certain regulatory and financial risks related to climate change.

 

Climate change is receiving increasing attention from scientists and legislators alike. The debate is ongoing as to the extent to which the climate is changing, the potential causes of any change and its potential impacts. Some attribute global warming to increased levels of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, which has led to significant legislative and regulatory efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Significant focus is being made on companies that are active producers of depleting natural resources.

 

There are a number of legislative and regulatory proposals to address greenhouse gas emissions, which are in various phases of discussion or implementation. The outcome of U.S. federal, regional, provincial, and state actions to address global climate change could result in a variety of regulatory programs including potential new regulations, additional charges to fund energy efficiency activities, or other regulatory actions. These actions could:

 

·                   result in increased costs associated with our operations and our customers’ operations;

 

·                   increase other costs to our business;

 

·                   reduce the demand for carbon-based fuels; and

 

·                   reduce the demand for our services.

 

Any adoption of these or similar proposals by U.S. federal, regional, provincial, or state governments mandating a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions could have far-reaching and significant impacts on the energy industry. Although it is not possible at this time to predict how legislation or new regulations that may be adopted to address greenhouse gas emissions would impact our business, any such future laws and regulations could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating restrictions, and could have a material adverse effect on our business or demand for our services. See “ Business—Regulatory and Environmental Compliance ” in this Current Report on Form 8-K for a more detailed description of our climate-change related risks.

 

Growth Development and Financing Risks

 

We may not be able to successfully acquire and integrate new operations, which could cause our business to suffer.

 

We may not be able to successfully complete potential strategic acquisitions for various reasons. We anticipate that we will consider acquisitions in the future that meet our strategic growth plans. We cannot predict whether or when acquisitions will be completed, and we may face significant competition for certain acquisition targets. Acquisitions that are completed involve numerous risks, including the following:

 

·                   difficulties in integrating the operations, technologies, products and personnel of the acquired companies;

 

·                   diversion of management’s attention from normal daily operations of the business;

 

·                   difficulties in entering markets in which we have no or limited direct prior experience and where our competitors in such markets have stronger market positions;

 

·                   difficulties in complying with regulations, such as environmental regulations, and managing risks related to an acquired business;

 

·                   an inability to timely complete necessary financing and required amendments, if any, to existing agreements;

 

·                   an inability to implement uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies;

 

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·                   undiscovered and unknown problems, defects, liabilities or other issues related to any acquisition that become known to us only after the acquisition, particularly relating to rental equipment on lease that are unavailable for inspection during the diligence process; and

 

·                   potential loss of key customers or employees.

 

In connection with acquisitions we may assume liabilities or acquire damaged assets, some of which may be unknown at the time of such acquisitions; record goodwill and non-amortizable intangible assets that will be subject to future impairment testing and potential periodic impairment charges; or incur amortization expenses related to certain intangible assets.

 

The condition and regulatory certification of any facilities or operations acquired is assessed as part of the acquisition due diligence. In some cases, facility condition or regulatory certification may be difficult to determine due to that facility being on lease at the time of acquisition and/or inadequate certification records. Facility acquisitions may therefore result in a rectification cost which may not have been factored into the acquisition price, impacting deployability and ultimate profitability of the facility acquired.

 

Acquisitions are inherently risky, and no assurance can be given that our future acquisitions will be successful or will not materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition. If we do not manage new markets effectively, some of our new branches and acquisitions may lose money or fail, and we may have to close unprofitable branches. Closing a branch in such circumstances would likely result in additional expenses that would cause our operating results to suffer. To successfully manage growth, we will need to continue to identify additional qualified managers and employees to integrate acquisitions within our established operating, financial and other internal procedures and controls. We will also need to effectively motivate, train and manage our employees. Failure to successfully integrate recent and future acquisitions and new branches into existing operations could materially adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

 

We may experience difficulties in integrating the businesses of Target and Signor and realizing the expected benefits of the Business Combination.

 

Our ability to realize the benefits we anticipate from the Business Combination, including anticipated cost savings and additional revenue opportunities, will depend in large part upon whether we are able to integrate Target’s and Signor’s business in an efficient and effective manner. We may not be able to integrate each business smoothly or successfully and the process may take longer than expected. Further, the integration of certain operations and the differences in operational culture will require the dedication of significant management resources, which may distract management’s attention from day-to-day business operations. If we are unable to successfully integrate the operations of Target and Signor, we may be unable to realize the revenue growth, synergies and other anticipated benefits we expect to achieve as a result of the Business Combination and our business, results of operations and cash flow could be adversely affected.

 

Global or local economic movements could have a material adverse effect on our business .

 

We operate in the United States, but our business may be negatively impacted by economic movements or downturns in that market or in global markets generally, including those that could be caused by policy changes by the U.S. administration in areas such as trade and immigration. These adverse economic conditions may reduce commercial activity, cause disruption and volatility in global financial markets, and increase rates of default and bankruptcy. Reduced commercial activity has historically resulted in reduced demand for our products and services. For example, reduced commercial activity in the energy and natural resource sectors in certain markets in which we operate may negatively impact its business. U.S. federal spending cuts or further limitations that may result from presidential or congressional action or inaction may also negatively impact our arrangements with government contractor customers. Disruptions in financial markets could negatively impact the ability of our customers to pay their obligations to us in a timely manner and increase our counterparty risk. If economic conditions worsen, we may face reduced demand and an increase, relative to historical levels, in the time it takes to receive customer payments. If we are not able to adjust our business in a timely and effective manner to changing economic conditions, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

 

If we do not effectively manage our credit risk or collect on our accounts receivable, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

Failure to manage our credit risk and receive timely payments on our customer accounts receivable may result in the write-off of customer receivables. If we are not able to manage credit risk, or if a large number of customers should have

 

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financial difficulties at the same time, our credit and equipment losses would increase above historical levels. If this should occur, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

 

Where any forward-looking statement includes a statement of the assumptions or bases underlying such forward-looking statement, we caution that, while we believes such assumptions or bases to be reasonable and make them in good faith, assumed facts or bases almost always vary from actual results.

 

The differences between assumed facts or bases and actual results can be material, depending upon the circumstances. The factors identified in this Current Report on Form 8-K are important factors (but not necessarily all of the important factors) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by us, or on our behalf.

 

In any forward-looking statement where we, or our management, express an expectation or belief as to future results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. However, there can be no assurance that the statement of expectation or belief will result or be achieved or accomplished. Taking this into account, the following are identified as important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by, or on behalf of, us:

 

·                   risks related to diverting management’s attention from ours;

 

·                   the level of supply and demand for natural resources;

 

·                   failure by our customers to reach positive final investment decisions on, or otherwise not complete, projects with respect to which we have been awarded contracts to provide related accommodation, which may cause those customers to terminate or postpone the contracts;

 

·                   the availability of attractive oil and natural gas field assets, which may be affected by governmental actions or environmental activists;

 

·                   fluctuations in the current and future prices of natural resources;

 

·                   fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

 

·                   general global economic conditions and the pace of global economic growth;

 

·                   changes in tax laws, tax treaties. or tax regulations or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, including taxing authorities not agreeing with our assessment of the effects of such laws, treaties and regulations;

 

·                   global weather conditions and natural disasters;

 

·                   our ability to hire and retain skilled personnel;

 

·                   the availability and cost of capital; and

 

·                   the development of new projects, including whether such projects will continue in the future.

 

Such risks and uncertainties are beyond our ability to control, and in many cases, we cannot predict the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements.

 

Prior to the completion of the Business Combination, Target Parent was owned by the Algeco Seller, and Signor Parent was owned by the Arrow Seller and did not operate together as Target Hospitality, though they were under common control. Target Parent’s and Signor Parent’s historical financial information is not representative of the results we would have achieved as a separate, publicly-traded company and may not be a reliable indicator of our future results.

 

The historical information of Signor Parent and Target Parent refers to their respective businesses prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, the historical financial information does not necessarily reflect the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows that we would have achieved as a separate, publicly-traded company during the periods presented or those that we will achieve in the future primarily as a result of the factors described below:

 

·                   prior to the completion of the Business Combination, Signor Parent’s and Target Parent’s businesses were owned by the Arrow Seller and the Algeco Seller, respectively, as part of broader corporate organizations, rather than as an independent company. As such, these broader organizations performed various corporate functions for each entity such

 

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as legal, treasury, accounting, auditing, human resources, corporate affairs and finance. Target Parent’s and Signor Parent’s historical financial results reflect allocations of corporate expenses from such functions and are likely to be less than the expenses Target Hospitality would have incurred had it operated as a separate publicly-traded company. Following the Business Combination, we are responsible for the cost related to such functions previously performed by each entity’s previous corporate group;

 

·                   prior to the completion of the Business Combination, decisions regarding capital raising and major capital expenditures for Signor Parent or Target Parent were done through the Arrow Seller or the Algeco Seller, respectively;

 

·                   following the Business Combination, we may need to obtain additional financing from banks, through public offerings or private placements of debt or equity securities, strategic relationships or other arrangements; and

 

·                   Signor Parent’s and Target Parent’s historical financial information prior to the Business Combination does not reflect the debt or the associated expenses that Target Hospitality has incurred as part of the Business Combination.

 

Other significant changes may occur in our cost structure, management, financing and business operations as a result of operating as a company separate from the Algeco Seller and the Arrow Seller. For additional information about the past financial performance of Target Parent and Signor, without giving effect to the Business Combination and the basis of the presentation of the historical consolidated financial statements of Target Hospitality, see “ Target Parent and Signor Parent’s Combined Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ,” “ Target Parent’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ,” and “ Signor’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ,” as well as the financial statements and accompanying notes included elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Target Hospitality will incur significantly increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and its management will be required to devote substantial time to compliance efforts.

 

Target Hospitality will incur significant legal, accounting, insurance, and other expenses as a result of being a public company. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as amended (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (“SOX”), as well as related rules implemented by the SEC, have required changes in corporate governance practices of public companies. In addition, rules that the SEC is implementing or is required to implement pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act are expected to require additional change. Target Hospitality expects that compliance with these and other similar laws, rules and regulations, including compliance with Section 404 of SOX, will substantially increase its expenses, including legal and accounting costs, and make some activities more time-consuming and costly. It is possible that these expenses will exceed the increases projected by management. These laws, rules, and regulations may also make it more expensive to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and Target Hospitality may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage, which may make it more difficult for it to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on its board of directors or as officers. Although the JOBS Act may, for a limited period of time, somewhat lessen the cost of complying with these additional regulatory and other requirements, Target Hospitality nonetheless expects a substantial increase in legal, accounting, insurance, and certain other expenses in the future, which will negatively impact its results of operations and financial condition.

 

As a result of being a public company, Target Hospitality will be subject to additional reporting and corporate governance requirements that will require additional management time, resources and expense.

 

As a public company, Target Hospitality will be obligated to file with the SEC annual and quarterly information and other reports that are specified in the Exchange Act. Target Hospitality will also be subject to other reporting and corporate governance requirements under SOX, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all of which impose significant compliance and reporting obligations upon us and require us to incur additional expense in order to fulfill such obligations.

 

Our actual financial position and results of operations may differ materially from the unaudited pro forma financial information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what our actual financial position or results of operations would have been had the Business Combination been completed on the dates indicated. See the section entitled “ Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information ” attached as Exhibit 99.5 for more information.

 

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Certain benefits we expect from the Business Combination are based on projections and assumptions, which are uncertain and subject to change.

 

Management has made certain estimates and assumptions with respect to certain benefits that it expects from the Business Combination that affect the reported amounts of earnings, assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related information included in our pro forma financial information herein, as well as Adjusted EBITDA, Run-Rate Adjusted EBITDA and other measures derived from that information. These estimates and assumptions may prove to be inaccurate or may change in the future, and actual results could differ materially from those estimates or assumptions. There can be no assurance that we will realize these benefits, including anticipated synergistic benefits, if any, as a result of the Business Combination. If the estimates are not realized or we do not achieve the perceived benefits of the Business Combination, including perceived benefits to our cash flows, Adjusted EBITDA, Run-Rate Adjusted EBITDA and earnings, as rapidly or to the extent anticipated, our business and financial results could be negatively affected.

 

Information Technology and Privacy Risks

 

Any failure of our management information systems could disrupt our business and result in decreased revenue and increased overhead costs.

 

We depend on our management information systems to actively manage our facilities and provide facility information, and availability of our services. These functions enhance our ability to optimize facility utilization, occupancy, costs of goods sold, and average daily rate. The failure of our management information systems to perform as anticipated could damage our reputation with our customers, disrupt our business or result in, among other things, decreased revenue and increased overhead costs. For example, an inaccurate utilization rate could cause us to fail to have sufficient inventory to meet consumer demand, resulting in decreased sales. Any such failure could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, the delay or failure to implement information system upgrades and new systems effectively could disrupt our business, distract management’s focus and attention from business operations and growth initiatives, and increase our implementation and operating costs, any of which could materially adversely affect our operations and operating results.

 

Like other companies, our information systems may be vulnerable to a variety of interruptions due to events beyond our control, including, but not limited to, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, security breaches (including cyber-attacks), and other security issues. In addition, because our systems contain information about individuals and businesses, the failure to maintain the security of the data we hold, whether the result of our own error or the malfeasance or errors of others, could harm our reputation or give rise to legal liabilities leading to lower revenue, increased costs, regulatory sanctions, and other potential material adverse effects on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

 

Our business could be negatively impacted by security threats, including cyber-security threats and other disruptions.

 

We face various security threats, including cyber-security threats to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or to render data or systems unusable; threats to the safety of our employees; threats to the security of our facilities and infrastructure or third-party facilities and infrastructure; and threats from terrorist acts. Although we utilize various procedures and controls to monitor these threats and mitigate our exposure to such threats, there can be no assurance that these procedures and controls will be sufficient in preventing security threats from materializing. If any of these events were to materialize, they could lead to losses of sensitive information, critical infrastructure, personnel or capabilities essential to our operations and could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Cyber-security attacks in particular are evolving and include, but are not limited to, malicious software, attempts to gain unauthorized access to data and other electronic security breaches that could lead to disruptions in critical systems, unauthorized release of confidential or otherwise protected information, and corruption of data. See “ Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Business—Cyber-attacks could have a disruptive effect on our business .”

 

Cyber-attacks could have a disruptive effect on our business.

 

From time to time we may experience cyber-attacks, attempted and actual breaches of our information technology systems and networks or similar events, which could result in a loss of sensitive business or customer information, systems interruption or the disruption of our operations. The techniques that are used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service or sabotage systems change frequently and are difficult to detect for long periods of time, and we are accordingly unable to anticipate and prevent all data security incidents.

 

Even if we are fully compliant with legal standards and contractual or other requirements, we still may not be able to prevent security breaches involving sensitive data. The sophistication of efforts by hackers to gain unauthorized access to information systems has continued to increase in recent years. Breaches, thefts, losses or fraudulent uses of customer, employee

 

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or company data could cause consumers to lose confidence in the security of our website, point of sale systems and other information technology systems and choose not to stay in our communities or contract with us in the future. Such security breaches also could expose us to risks of data loss, business disruption, litigation and other costs or liabilities, any of which could adversely affect our business.

 

Failure to keep pace with developments in technology could adversely affect our operations or competitive position.

 

The specialty rental and hospitality services industry demands the use of sophisticated technology and systems for community management, procurement, operation of services across communities and other facilities, distribution of community resources to current and future customers and amenities. These technologies may require refinements and upgrades. The development and maintenance of these technologies may require significant investment by us. As various systems and technologies become outdated or new technology is required, Target Hospitality may not be able to replace or introduce them as quickly as needed or in a cost-effective and timely manner. As a result, Target Hospitality may not achieve the benefits it may have been anticipating from any new technology or system.

 

Risks Relating to Our Indebtedness

 

Our leverage may make it difficult for us to service our debt and operate our business.

 

As of December 31, 2018, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Transactions, Target Hospitality, through its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, Arrow Bidco LLC, would have had $380 million of total indebtedness consisting of $40 million of borrowings under the New ABL Facility and $340 million of Notes.

 

Our leverage could have important consequences, including:

 

·                   making it more difficult to satisfy our obligations with respect to our various debt (including the Notes) and liabilities;

 

·                   requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to debt payments, thus reducing the availability of cash flow to fund internal growth through working capital and capital expenditures on our existing communities or new communities and for other general corporate purposes;

 

·                   increasing our vulnerability to a downturn in our business or adverse economic or industry conditions;

 

·                   placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt in relation to cash flow and that, therefore, may be able to take advantage of opportunities that our leverage would prevent us from pursuing;

 

·                   limiting our flexibility in planning for or reacting to changes in our business and industry;

 

·                   restricting us from pursuing strategic acquisitions or exploiting certain business opportunities or causing us to make non-strategic divestitures; and

 

·                   limiting, among other things, our ability to borrow additional funds or raise equity capital in the future and increasing the costs of such additional financings.

 

Our ability to meet our debt service obligations, including those under the New ABL Facility and the Notes, or to refinance our debt depends on our future operating and financial performance, which will be affected by our ability to successfully implement our business strategy as well as general economic, financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors beyond our control. If our business does not generate sufficient cash flow from operations, or if future borrowings are not available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs, we may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before the maturity thereof, sell assets, reduce or delay capital investments or seek to raise additional capital, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our operations. In addition, we may not be able to affect any of these actions, if necessary, on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. The terms of our existing or future debt instruments may limit or prevent us from taking any of these actions. If we default on the payments required under the terms of certain of our indebtedness, that indebtedness, together with debt incurred pursuant to other debt agreements or instruments that contain cross-default or cross-acceleration provisions, may become payable on demand, and we may not have sufficient funds to repay all of its debts. As a result, our inability to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our debt service obligations, or to refinance or restructure our obligations on commercially reasonable terms or at all, would have an adverse effect, which could be material, on our business, financial condition and results of operations, as well as on our ability to satisfy our debt obligations.

 

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We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness (including additional secured obligations) in the future following the Business Combination. Although the Indenture and the New ABL Facility contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of significant qualifications and exceptions, and under certain circumstances, the amount of indebtedness that could be incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. See “ Description of Material Indebtedness .” If new debt, including future additional secured obligations, is added to our and our subsidiaries’ existing debt levels, the related risks that we now face would increase.

 

Global capital and credit markets conditions could materially adversely affect our ability to access the capital and credit markets or the ability of key counterparties to perform their obligations to it.

 

Although we believe the banks participating in the New ABL Facility have adequate capital and resources, we can provide no assurance that all of those banks will continue to operate as a going concern in the future. If any of the banks in our lending group were to fail, it is possible that the borrowing capacity under the New ABL Facility would be reduced. Further, practical, legal, and tax limitations may also limit our ability to access the cash available to certain businesses within our group to service the working capital needs of other businesses within our group. In the event that the availability under the New ABL Facility were reduced significantly, we could be required to obtain capital from alternate sources in order to finance our capital needs. The options for addressing such capital constraints would include, but would not be limited to, obtaining commitments from the remaining banks in the lending group or from new banks to fund increased amounts under the terms of the New ABL Facility, and accessing the public capital markets. In addition, we may delay certain capital expenditures to ensure that we maintain appropriate levels of liquidity. If it becomes necessary to access additional capital, any such alternatives could have terms less favorable than those terms under the New ABL Facility, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.

 

In addition, in the future we may need to raise additional funds to, among other things, refinance existing indebtedness, fund existing operations, improve or expand its operations, respond to competitive pressures or make acquisitions. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to achieve our business or strategic objectives or compete effectively. Our ability to pursue certain future opportunities may depend in part on our ongoing access to debt and equity capital markets. We cannot assure Noteholders that any such financing will be available on terms satisfactory to us or at all. If we are unable to obtain financing on acceptable terms, we may have to curtail our growth.

 

Economic disruptions affecting key counterparties could also have a material adverse effect on our business. We monitor the financial strength of our larger customers, derivative counterparties, lenders, and insurance carriers on a periodic basis using publicly-available information in order to evaluate its exposure to those who have or who it believes may likely experience significant threats to their ability to adequately perform their obligations to it. The information available will differ from counterparty to counterparty and may be insufficient for us to adequately interpret or evaluate our exposure and/or determine appropriate or timely responses.

 

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We are, and may in the future become, subject to covenants that limit our operating and financial flexibility and, if we default under our debt covenants, we may not be able to meet our payment obligations.

 

The New ABL Facility and the Indenture, as well as any instruments that will govern any future debt obligations, contain covenants that impose significant restrictions on the way the Holdco Acquiror and its subsidiaries can operate, including restrictions on the ability to:

 

·                   incur or guarantee additional debt and issue certain types of stock;

 

·                   create or incur certain liens;

 

·                   make certain payments, including dividends or other distributions, with respect to our equity securities;

 

·                   prepay or redeem junior debt;

 

·                   make certain investments or acquisitions, including participating in joint ventures;

 

·                   engage in certain transactions with affiliates;

 

·                   create unrestricted subsidiaries;

 

·                   create encumbrances or restrictions on the payment of dividends or other distributions, loans or advances to, and on the transfer of, assets to the issuer or any restricted subsidiary;

 

·                   sell assets, consolidate or merge with or into other companies;

 

·                   sell or transfer all or substantially all our assets or those of our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; and

 

·                   issue or sell share capital of certain subsidiaries.

 

Although these limitations will be subject to significant exceptions and qualifications, these covenants could limit our ability to finance future operations and capital needs and our ability to pursue acquisitions and other business activities that may be in our interest. The Holdco Acquiror and its subsidiaries’ ability to comply with these covenants and restrictions may be affected by events beyond our control. These include prevailing economic, financial and industry conditions. If the Holdco Acquiror and its subsidiaries defaults on their obligations under the New ABL Facility and the Indenture, then the relevant lenders or holders could elect to declare the debt, together with accrued and unpaid interest and other fees, if any, immediately due and payable and proceed against any collateral securing that debt. If the debt under the New ABL Facility, the Indenture or any other material financing arrangement that we enter into were to be accelerated, our assets may be insufficient to repay in full the New ABL Facility, the Notes and our other debt.

 

The New ABL Facility will also require our subsidiaries to satisfy specified financial maintenance tests in the event that certain excess liquidity requirements are not satisfied. The ability to meet these tests could be affected by deterioration in our operating results, as well as by events beyond our control, including increases in raw materials prices and unfavorable economic conditions, and we cannot assure Noteholders that these tests will be met. If an event of default occurs under the New ABL Facility, the lenders thereunder could terminate their commitments and declare all amounts borrowed, together with accrued and unpaid interest and other fees, to be immediately due and payable. Borrowings under other debt instruments that contain cross-acceleration or cross-default provisions also may be accelerated or become payable on demand. In these circumstances, Target Hospitality’s assets may not be sufficient to repay in full that indebtedness and its other indebtedness then outstanding.

 

The amount of borrowings permitted at any time under the New ABL Facility will be subject to compliance with limits based on a periodic borrowing base valuation of the borrowing base assets thereunder. As a result, our access to credit under the New ABL Facility will potentially be subject to significant fluctuations depending on the value of the borrowing base of eligible assets as of any measurement date, as well as certain discretionary rights of the agent in respect of the calculation of such borrowing base value. As a result of any change in valuation, the availability under the New ABL Facility may be reduced, or we may be required to make a repayment of the New ABL Facility, which may be significant. The inability to borrow under the New ABL Facility or the use of available cash to repay the New ABL Facility as a result of a valuation change may adversely affect our liquidity, results of operations and financial position.

 

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Restrictions in Arrow Bidco’s existing and future debt agreements could limit our growth and our ability to respond to changing conditions.

 

The New ABL Facility contains a number of significant covenants including covenants restricting the incurrence of additional debt. The credit agreement governing the New ABL Facility requires Arrow Bidco, among other things, to maintain certain financial ratios or reduce our debt. These restrictions also limit our ability to obtain future financings to withstand a future downturn in its business or the economy in general, or to otherwise conduct necessary corporate activities. We may also be prevented from taking advantage of business opportunities that arise because of the limitations that the restrictive covenants under the New ABL Facility and the indenture governing the Notes impose on it. In addition, complying with these covenants may also cause us to take actions that are not favorable to our securityholders and may make it more difficult for us to successfully execute our business strategy and compete against companies that are not subject to such restrictions.

 

Credit rating downgrades could adversely affect our businesses, cash flows, financial condition and operating results.

 

Arrow Bidco’s credit ratings will impact the cost and availability of future borrowings, and, as a result, cost of capital. Arrow Bidco’s ratings reflect each rating agency’s opinion of our financial strength, operating performance and ability to meet our debt obligations. Each rating agency will review these ratings periodically and there can be no assurance that such ratings will be maintained in the future. A downgrade in Arrow Bidco’s rating could adversely affect our  businesses, cash flows, financial condition and operating results.

 

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF TARGET PARENT AND SIGNOR PARENT (COMBINED)

 

The following table shows the selected historical financial information of Target Parent and Signor Parent (combined) for the periods and as of the dates indicated.

 

The selected historical financial information of Target Parent and Signor Parent (combined) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 was derived from the audited historical combined financial statements of Target Parent and Signor Parent attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The following selected historical financial information should be read together with the combined financial statements and accompanying notes and “ Target Parent and Signor Parent’s Combined Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ” appearing elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K. The selected historical financial information in this section is not intended to replace Target Parent and Signor Parent’s combined financial statements and the related notes. Target Parent and Signor Parent’s (combined) historical results are not necessarily indicative of Target Parent and Signor Parent’s (combined) future results, and Target Parent and Signor Parent’s (combined) results as of the year ended December 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of future results.

 

The financial information contained in this section relates to Target Parent and Signor Parent on a combined basis, prior to and without giving pro forma effect to the impact of the Business Combination and, as a result, the results reflected in this section may not be indicative of the results Target Hospitality will have going forward or that Target Parent and Signor Parent would have seen as standalone businesses during the periods presented. See “ Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information ” attached as Exhibit 99.5 and incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

 

 

For the Years Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

Services income

 

$

186,865

 

$

75,422

 

Specialty rental income

 

53,735

 

58,813

 

Total revenue

 

240,600

 

134,235

 

Costs:

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

93,064

 

46,630

 

Specialty rental

 

10,372

 

10,095

 

Loss on impairment

 

15,320

 

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

31,610

 

24,464

 

Gross profit

 

90,234

 

53,046

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

41,340

 

24,337

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

7,518

 

5,681

 

Restructuring costs

 

8,593

 

2,180

 

Currency (gain) loss, net

 

149

 

(91

)

Other income, net

 

(8,275

)

(519

)

Operating income

 

40,909

 

21,458

 

Interest expense (income), net

 

24,198

 

(5,107

)

Income before income tax

 

16,711

 

26,565

 

Income tax expense

 

11,755

 

25,584

 

Net income

 

4,956

 

981

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation

 

(841

)

618

 

Comprehensive income

 

$

4,115

 

$

1,599

 

Balance sheet data (at period end):

 

 

 

 

 

Specialty rental and other PPE

 

312,441

 

199,389

 

Total assets

 

565,032

 

363,125

 

Debt, non-current

 

20,564

 

2,793

 

Total liabilities

 

216,041

 

338,221

 

Statements of cash flows data:

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

26,203

 

40,774

 

Investing activities

 

(220,917

)

(130,246

)

Financing activities

 

194,553

 

98,059

 

Other financial data:

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDA(1)

 

80,037

 

51,603

 

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

 

116,813

 

61,944

 

Adjusted Free Cash Flows(1)

 

93,571

 

45,983

 

 

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(1)                                  For additional information and a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measure, see “ Target Parent and Signor Parent’s Combined Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Non-GAAP Measures ” elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF TARGET PARENT

 

The following table shows the selected historical financial information of Target Parent for the periods and as of the dates indicated.

 

The selected historical financial information of Target Parent as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 was derived from the audited historical consolidated financial statements of Target Parent attached as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The following selected historical financial information should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and “ Target Parent’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ” appearing elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K. The selected historical financial information in this section is not intended to replace Target Parent’s consolidated financial statements and the related notes. Target Parent’s historical results are not necessarily indicative of Target Parent’s future results.

 

The financial information contained in this section relates to Target Parent, prior to and without giving pro forma effect to the impact of the Business Combination, and, as a result, the results reflected in this section may not be indicative of the results Target Hospitality will see going forward. See “ Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information ” attached as Exhibit 99.5 and incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

Services Income

 

$

75,422

 

$

69,510

 

Specialty Rental Income

 

58,813

 

79,957

 

Total revenue

 

134,235

 

149,467

 

Costs:

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

46,630

 

42,245

 

Specialty Rental

 

10,095

 

9,785

 

Depreciation of accomodation assets

 

24,464

 

36,300

 

Gross Profit

 

53,046

 

61,137

 

Selling, general, and administrative

 

24,337

 

15,793

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

5,681

 

5,029

 

Restructuring costs

 

2,180

 

 

Currency (gain) loss, net

 

(91

)

 

Other income (net)

 

(519

)

(392

)

Operating income

 

21,458

 

40,707

 

Interest expense (income), net

 

(5,107

)

(3,512

)

Income before income tax

 

26,565

 

44,219

 

Income tax expense

 

(25,584

)

(17,310

)

Net income (loss)

 

981

 

26,909

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation

 

618

 

205

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

1,599

 

$

27,114

 

Balance sheet data (at period end):

 

 

 

 

 

Specialty rental and other PPE

 

199,389

 

193,907

 

Total assets

 

363,125

 

424,276

 

Long-term debt

 

2,793

 

17,591

 

Note due to affiliate

 

221,000

 

 

Total liabilities

 

338,221

 

113,702

 

Statements of cash flows data:

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

40,774

 

44,728

 

Investing activities

 

(130,246

)

(5,125

)

Financing activities

 

98,059

 

(39,924

)

Other financial data:

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDA(1)

 

51,603

 

82,036

 

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

 

61,944

 

81,644

 

Adjusted Free Cash Flows(1)

 

45,983

 

62,041

 

 

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(1)                                  For additional information and a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measure, see “ Target Parent’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations— Non-GAAP Measures ” elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K..

 

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF SIGNOR

 

The following table shows selected historical financial information for Signor for the periods and as of the dates indicated.

 

The selected historical financial information of Signor and its subsidiaries (collectively, as used in this section, the “Predecessor”) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 was derived from the audited historical consolidated financial statements of Signor attached as Exhibit 99.4 and incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K. The selected historical interim financial information of Signor for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 was derived from the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Signor Parent attached as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The following selected historical financial information should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and “ Signor’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ” appearing elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K. The selected historical financial information in this section is not intended to replace Signor’s consolidated financial statements and the related notes. Signor’s results for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018.

 

As explained elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K, the financial information contained in this section relates to Signor prior to and without giving pro forma effect to the impact of the Business Combination and, as a result, the results reflected in this section may not be indicative of the results Target Hospitality will see going forward or that Signor would have seen as a standalone business during the periods presented. See “ Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information ” attached as Exhibit 99.5 and incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

 

 

For the period
January 1 2018 to
September 6, 2018

 

For nine
months ended
September 30, 2017

 

Year ended
December 31, 2017

 

Year ended
December 31, 2016

 

In thousands except units

 

(Predecessor)
(Unaudited)

 

(Predecessor)
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Service income

 

$

61,242

 

$

22,394

 

$

38,737

 

$

13,497

 

Costs of Revenues—Lodging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of Revenues—Food Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income—related party

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

26,675

 

10,724

 

17,241

 

6,974

 

Depreciation & accretion

 

4,022

 

2,004

 

3,279

 

1,971

 

Gross Profit

 

30,545

 

9,666

 

18,217

 

4,552

 

Amortization of intangible asset

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general, and administrative

 

2,949

 

2,271

 

3,524

 

2,799

 

Acquisition expenses

 

411

 

 

(9

)

1,478

 

Operating Income

 

27,185

 

7,395

 

14,684

 

3,231

 

Interest (expense) and other income, net

 

(268

)

(80

)

(132

)

(128

)

(Loss) income before taxes

 

26,917

 

7,315

 

14,552

 

3,103

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

26,917

 

$

7,315

 

$

14,552

 

$

3,103

 

Balance sheet data (at period end):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

56,432

 

33,510

 

44,708

 

20,470

 

Total assets

 

108,821

 

71,822

 

81,661

 

50,300

 

Debt, non-current

 

2,710

 

3,476

 

3,136

 

475

 

Total liabilities

 

13,895

 

11,531

 

13,597

 

3,827

 

Statements of cash flows data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

33,283

 

8,668

 

13,374

 

2,106

 

Investing activities

 

(19,078

)

(12,440

)

(23,184

)

(6,111

)

Financing activities

 

(973

)

6,645

 

11,015

 

2,232

 

Earnings per Series A unit—Basic and Diluted

 

0.51

 

0.16

 

0.30

 

0.07

 

Earnings per Series B unit—Basic and Diluted

 

0.50

 

0.10

 

0.29

 

0.07

 

Weighted average Series A units (Basic and Diluted)

 

51,003,049

 

45,712,411

 

46,915,805

 

41,108,054

 

Weighted average Series B units (Basic and Diluted)

 

2,240,000

 

2,240,000

 

2,240,000

 

2,240,000

 

Other financial data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDA(1)

 

31,207

 

9,399

 

17,963

 

5,202

 

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

 

32,810

 

9,399

 

17,972

 

3,724

 

Adjusted Free Cash Flows(1)

 

32,997

 

9,393

 

18,003

 

3,618

 

 


(1)                                  For additional information and a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measure, see “ Signor’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations— Non-GAAP Measures ” elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

The information set forth in Exhibit 99.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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TARGET PARENT AND SIGNOR PARENT’S COMBINED MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following management’s discussion and analysis of Target Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries’ and Signor Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries’ (on a combined basis) financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the information presented in “Selected Historical Financial Information of Target Parent and Signor Parent (Combined)” and Target Parent’s and Signor Parent’s combined financial statements and the notes related thereto included elsewhere in this filing.

 

The information in this “Target Parent and Signor Parent’s Combined Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for historical periods prior to December 22, 2017, reflect the financial results of Target Parent. For purposes of this section, references to “we,” “us,” “the Companies,” “Algeco US Holdings LLC,” or “Holdings” refers to Target Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries for periods from and after December 22, 2017 through December 31, 2018 and Target and its consolidated subsidiaries for periods prior to December 22, 2017. References to “we,” “us,” “Arrow Parent Corporation,” or “Arrow” refers to Signor Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries for the period from September 7, 2018 through December 31, 2018.

 

Overview

 

Holdings, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Delaware, was formed by TDR Capital LLP (“TDR”) in September 2017. Holdings is directly owned by Algeco Scotsman Global S.a.r.l. (“ASG”) which is ultimately owned by a group of investment funds managed and controlled by TDR. Holdings acts as a holding company that includes the US corporate employees of ASG and affiliates and certain related administrative costs and is the owner of Target Logistics Management, LLC (“Target”), its operating company. Holdings receives capital contributions, makes distributions, and maintains cash as well as other amounts owed to and from affiliated entities. Certain cost allocations are made to Holdings from its ultimate parent, related to payroll, taxes, and certain operating expenses.

 

Target is one of the largest suppliers of vertically integrated hospitality solutions in North America. It is organized as a single-member limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts. Target provides specialty rental with comprehensive vertically integrated hospitality services including: catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, overall workforce lodge management, and laundry service. Target serves clients in oil, gas, mining, alternative energy, government and immigrations sectors principally located in the West Texas, South Texas, Oklahoma and Bakken regions, as well as various large linear-construction (pipeline and infrastructure) projects in the United States.

 

Arrow, incorporated under the laws of Delaware, owns 100% of Arrow Bidco LLC (“Bidco”). Arrow is owned by Arrow Holdings S.a.r.l. (“AHS”), which is ultimately owned by a group of investment funds managed and controlled by TDR. Arrow was formed in August 2018 and acts as a holding company for Bidco, which was also formed in September 2018 as a holding company. Neither Arrow or Bidco have operating activity, but receive capital contributions, make distributions, and maintain cash as well as other amounts owed to and from affiliated entities.

 

Bidco is incorporated under the laws of Delaware as a single member LLC, and owns 100% of RL Signor Holdings, LLC (“Signor”) acquired on September 7, 2018.

 

Signor is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware to own, develop, manage and operate hospitality solutions located primarily throughout Texas. Through its operating subsidiaries, Signor provides comprehensive vertically integrated hospitality services consistent with those of Target.

 

On September 7, 2018, Bidco purchased 100% of the Membership Interests of Signor. Bidco acquired Signor for an aggregate purchase price of $201.5 million excluding $15.5 million of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash acquired. The amount of the purchase price in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill.

 

On November 13, 2018, Holdings and Arrow entered into a Membership Purchase Agreement with Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corporation (“Platinum Eagle”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Topaz Holdings LLC to affect a business combination. Pursuant to the agreement all of the equity interests of Holdings and Arrow, were purchased respectively, for approximately $1.311 billion. The purchase price was paid in shares and cash.

 

On December 22, 2017, in a restructuring transaction (“Restructuring”) amongst entities under common control of TDR and ASG, Holdings acquired 100% ownership of Target, initially acquired by another subsidiary of ASG in 2013, as its

 

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operating company. As part of the Restructuring, certain notes and intercompany accounts among Target and other ASG entities were offset and extinguished and any gain or loss on extinguishment of the notes and receivables have been recognized as contributions and distributions in equity. Further, immediately prior to the Restructuring transaction, on December 15, 2017, Target acquired all of Iron Horse Managing Services, LLC and Iron Horse Ranch Yorktown, LLC (collectively, “Iron Horse”), in a transaction between entities under common control of TDR. Iron Horse was initially acquired by another subsidiary of TDR on July 31, 2017 and accounted for as a business combination with the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recorded at fair value as of the date of the initial acquisition. The acquisition of Iron Horse expanded Target’s presence in the Texas Permian Basin, adding four lodges with approximately one thousand rooms in strategic locations across Texas.

 

As the Restructuring transaction and Target’s acquisition of Iron Horse were among entities under common control, the transactions did not result in a change in control and therefore did not meet the definition of a Business Combination in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations . Accordingly, the net assets have been recorded at their carrying value at the date of transfer. Additionally, as these transactions occurred between entities under common control, Holdings has recorded no gain or loss in the consolidated financial statements. Further, as the common control transactions resulted in a change in the reporting entity, the Holdings consolidated financial statements for all periods presented have been retrospectively adjusted, as if the transactions had occurred as of the earliest period presented or the initial date at which the entities first came under common control. As such, the operating results of Target and Iron Horse are included in the operations beginning on February 15, 2013 and July 31, 2017, respectively, the date at which common control was attained.

 

Due to common ownership of Arrow and Holdings by TDR as explained above, the operating results have been combined to include the consolidated accounts of both Holdings and Arrow (“the Companies”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. TDR, the ultimate parent of Holdings, owns 76% percent of Holdings with the remaining 24% held through affiliated entities of TDR. TDR owns 100% of Arrow. TDR has majority ownership of the entity created from the closing of the Business Combination with Platinum Eagle, discussed above.

 

Factors Affecting Results of Operations

 

We expect our business to continue to be affected by the key factors discussed below, as well as factors discussed in the section titled “ Risk Factors ” included elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K. Our expectations are based on assumptions made by us and information currently available to us. To the extent our underlying assumptions about, or interpretations of, available information prove to be incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from our expected results.

 

Supply and Demand for Oil and Gas

 

As a provider of vertically integrated specialty rental and hospitality services, we are not directly impacted by oil and gas price fluctuations. However, these price fluctuations indirectly influence our activities and results of operations because the exploration and production (“E&P”) workforce is directly affected by price fluctuations and the industry’s expansion or contraction as a result of these fluctuations. Our occupancy volume depends on the size of the workforce within the oil and gas industry and the demand for labor. Oil and gas prices are volatile and influenced by numerous factors beyond our control, including the domestic and global supply of and demand for oil and gas. The commodities trading markets, as well as other supply and demand factors, may also influence the selling prices of oil and gas.

 

Availability and Cost of Capital

 

Capital markets conditions could affect our ability to access the debt and equity capital markets to the extent necessary to fund our future growth. Interest rates on future credit facilities and debt offerings could be higher than current levels, causing our financing costs to increase accordingly, and could limit our ability to raise funds, or increase the price of raising funds, in the capital markets and may limit our ability to expand.

 

Regulatory Compliance

 

We are subject to extensive federal, state, local, and foreign environmental, health and safety laws and regulations concerning matters such as air emissions, wastewater discharges, solid, and hazardous waste handling and disposal and the investigation and remediation of contamination. The risks of substantial costs, liabilities, and limitations on our operations related to compliance with these laws and regulations are an inherent part of our business, and future conditions may develop, arise, or be discovered that create substantial environmental compliance or remediation liabilities and costs.

 

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Natural Disasters or Other Significant Disruption

 

An operational disruption in any of our facilities could negatively impact our financial results. The occurrence of a natural disaster, such as earthquake, tornado, severe weather, flood, fire, or other unanticipated problems such as labor difficulties, equipment failure, capacity expansion difficulties or unscheduled maintenance could cause operational disruptions of varied duration. These types of disruptions could materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations to varying degrees dependent upon the facility, the duration of the disruption, our ability to shift business to another facility or find alternative solutions.

 

How we evaluate our operations

 

We derive the majority of our revenue from leasing of lodging facilities. Approximately 68.1% of our revenue was earned from specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality, specifically lodging and related ancillary services, whereas the remaining 22.3% of revenues were earned through leasing of lodging facilities for the year ended December 31, 2018. Our services include temporary living accommodations, catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, workforce community management, and laundry services. Revenue is recognized in the period in which lodging and services are provided pursuant to the terms of contractual relationships with our customers. In some contracts, rates may vary over the contract term, in these cases, revenue is generally recognized on a straight-line basis over the contract term. We enter into arrangements with multiple deliverables for which arrangement consideration is allocated between lodging and services based on the relative estimated standalone selling price of each deliverable. The estimated price of lodging and services deliverables is based on the prices of lodging and services when sold separately or based upon the best estimate of selling price.

 

The Companies also originated a contract in 2013 with TransCanada Pipelines (TCPL) to construct, deliver, cater and manage all accommodations and hospitality services in conjunction with the planned construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project. During the construction phase of the contract, the Companies recognize revenue as costs are incurred in connection with the project. The revenue recognized includes a margin mark-up on costs incurred as allowable under the contract terms. The construction phase of the project generated revenue under limited notices to proceed as well as change orders mainly during the fourth quarter of 2018. Approximately 9.6% of our total revenue was generated from this contract for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

Our management uses a variety of financial and operating metrics to analyze our performance. We view these metrics as significant factors in assessing our operating results and profitability and intend to review these measurements frequently for consistency and trend analysis. We primarily review the following profit and loss information when assessing our performance.

 

Revenue

 

We analyze our revenues by comparing actual revenues to our internal projections for a given period and to prior periods to assess our performance. We believe that revenues are a meaningful indicator of the demand and pricing for our services. Key drivers to change in revenues may include average utilization of existing beds, levels of drilling activity in the Permian and Bakken basins, and the consumer price index impacting government contracts.

 

Adjusted Gross profit

 

We analyze our adjusted gross profit, which we define as revenues less cost of sales, excluding depreciation and loss on impairment, to measure our financial performance. We believe adjusted gross profit is a meaningful metric because it provides insight on financial performance of our revenue streams without consideration of company overhead. Additionally, using adjusted gross profit gives us insight on factors impacting cost of sales, such as efficiencies of our direct labor and material costs. When analyzing adjusted gross profit, we compare actual adjusted gross profit to our internal projections for a given period and to prior periods to assess our performance.

 

Segments

 

We have identified three reportable business segments: Government, the Permian Basin, and the Bakken Basin:

 

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Government

 

The government segment (“Government”) includes the facilities and operations of the family residential center and the related support communities in Dilley, Texas (the “South Texas Family Residential Center”) provided under a lease and services agreement with CoreCivic (“CoreCivic”).

 

Permian Basin

 

The Permian Basin segment reflects our facilities and operations in the Permian Basin region and includes our 14 communities located across Texas and New Mexico.

 

Bakken Basin

 

The Bakken Basin segment reflects our facilities and operations in the Bakken Basin region and includes our four communities in North Dakota.

 

Other

 

Our other facilities and operations which do not meet the criteria to be a separate reportable segment are combined and reported as “Other” which represents the facilities and operations of one community in the Anadarko basin of Oklahoma, the catering and other services provided to communities and other workforce accommodation facilities for the oil, gas and mining industries not owned by us and initial work and future plans for facilities and services to be provided in connection with the TransCanada pipeline project.

 

Key factors impacting the comparability of results

 

The historical results of operations for the periods presented may not be comparable, either to each other or to our future results of operations, for the reasons described below:

 

Algeco US Holdings LLC Restructuring

 

On November 28, 2017, as part of the Restructuring amongst entities under common control of TDR and ASG, ASG conducted a carve-out transaction of Target and Chard Camp Catering Services Ltd (“Chard”) net assets from Williams Scotsman International Inc. (“WSII”) and Chard became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Target. Effective December 22, 2017, Holdings acquired Target and Chard. Due to the acquisition of Target by Holdings being a common control transaction, the prior period financial statements have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the transaction as if it occurred at the beginning of the period presented. Because Target was owned by ASG prior to Holdings’ formation, the historical operations of Target are deemed to be those of the Company. Thus, the financial statements included in this report reflect (i) the historical operating results of Target prior to the Restructuring; (ii) the combined results of Target and Holdings following the Restructuring on November 28, 2017; (iii) the assets and liabilities of Target at their historical cost; and (iv) Holdings’ equity structure since the date of its formation. Due to the Restructuring previously discussed, there are approximately $17.3 million and $9.3 million of additional expenses related to the activity of Holdings included in the combined statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Approximately $8.6 million and $0.5 million are reported in restructuring costs for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Approximately $8.1 million and $8.8 million of these expenses are reported in selling, general and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Such selling, general and administrative expenses were offset through charges to affiliated entities in the amount of approximately $5.3 million and recognized in other income, net for the year ended December 31, 2018. Approximately $0.6 million and $0 of these expenses are reported in other income, net for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Target Logistics Management, LLC Restructuring

 

On December 22, 2017, in a restructuring transaction amongst entities under common control of TDR and ASG, Holdings acquired 100% ownership of Target, a specialty rental company initially acquired by another subsidiary of ASG in 2013, as its operating company. As part of the Restructuring, certain notes and intercompany accounts among Target and other ASG entities were offset and extinguished and any gain or loss on extinguishment of the notes and receivables have been recognized as contributions and distributions in member’s equity. Further, immediately prior to the Restructuring transaction, on December 15, 2017, Target acquired all of Iron Horse in a transaction under common control of TDR. Iron Horse was initially acquired by another subsidiary of TDR on July 31, 2017 and accounted for as a business combination with the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recorded at fair value as of the date of the initial acquisition. The acquisition of Iron Horse expanded Target’s presence in the Texas Permian Basin, adding four lodges with approximately 1,000 rooms in strategic locations across Texas.

 

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Acquisitions

 

On September 7, 2018, Bidco purchased 100% of the Membership Interests of Signor. Signor’s results of operations are not directly comparable to historical results of operations as Signor’s operating results are only included from the period from September 7, 2018 (“acquisition date”) through December 31, 2018, which represents $30.1 million and $12.5 million of our revenue and income before taxes, respectively, for 2018. The acquisition of Signor further expanded our presence in the Texas Permian Basin, adding over 4,000 rooms.

 

Public Company Costs

 

We expect to incur incremental, non-recurring costs related to our transition to a publicly traded company, including the costs of this offering. We also expect to incur additional significant and recurring expenses as a publicly traded company, including costs associated with the employment of additional personnel, compliance under the Exchange Act, annual and quarterly reports to common shareholders, registrar and transfer agent fees, national stock exchange fees, legal fees, audit fees, incremental director and officer liability insurance costs and director and officer compensation.

 

Results of Operations

 

The period to period comparisons of our results of operations have been prepared using the historical periods included in our combined financial statements. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the combined financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Consolidated Results of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017

 

 

 

For the Year Ended 
December 31,

 

Amount of
Increase

 

Percentage
Change
Favorable

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

(Decrease)

 

(Unfavorable)

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services income

 

$

186,865

 

$

75,422

 

$

111,443

 

148

%

Specialty rental income

 

53,735

 

58,813

 

(5,078

)

(9

)%

Total revenue

 

240,600

 

134,235

 

106,365

 

79

%

Costs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

93,064

 

46,630

 

46,434

 

100

%

Specialty rental

 

10,372

 

10,095

 

277

 

3

%

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

31,610

 

24,464

 

7,146

 

29

%

Loss on impairment

 

15,320

 

 

15,320

 

100

%

Gross Profit

 

90,234

 

53,046

 

37,188

 

70

%

Selling, general and administrative

 

41,340

 

24,337

 

17,003

 

70

%

Other depreciation and amortization

 

7,518

 

5,681

 

1,837

 

32

%

Restructuring costs

 

8,593

 

2,180

 

6,413

 

294

%

Currency (gain) loss, net

 

149

 

(91

)

240

 

(264

)%

Other income, net

 

(8,275

)

(519

)

(7,756

)

1494

%

Operating income

 

40,909

 

21,458

 

19,451

 

91

%

Interest expense (income), net

 

24,198

 

(5,107

)

29,305

 

(574

)%

Income before income tax

 

16,711

 

26,565

 

(9,854

)

(37

)%

Income tax expense

 

11,755

 

25,584

 

(13,829

)

(54

)%

Net income

 

$

4,956

 

$

981

 

$

3,975

 

405

%

 

Year ended December 31, 2018 Compared to Year ended December 31, 2017

 

Total Revenue.   Total revenue was $240.6 million (inclusive of $30.1 million in revenue generated from Signor since the acquisition date) for the year ended December 31, 2018 and consisted of $186.9 million of services income and

 

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$53.7 million of specialty rental income. Total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 were $134.2 million and consisted of $75.4 million of services income and $58.8 million of specialty rental income.

 

Services income consists primarily of specialty rental accommodations with vertically integrated hospitality services, and comprehensive hospitality services including catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, overall workforce community management, health and recreation facilities, concierge services, and laundry service. Approximately $23 million of services income during 2018 is associated with revenue earned on the TCPL contract discussed previously. Specialty rental income consists primarily of revenues from renting rooms at facilities leased or owned.

 

The increase of $106.4 million in revenues was due to incremental revenues of $30.1 million from September 7, 2018 to December 31, 2018 as a result of the Signor acquisition as well as an increase of $53.3 million for our comparable lodging facilities (exclusive of the acquisition of Signor) due to an increase in rig count and demand for turnkey services in Texas period over period. The remaining increase of approximately $23 million is associated with the TCPL contract previously discussed. The increase in oil prices and drilling activity was a driver of the demand for the Companies’ services. The average crude oil price in the year ended December 31, 2018 was $65.23 per barrel as compared to $50.80 per barrel in the year ended December 31, 2017. The average rig count for Texas in 2018 was 514 as compared to 430 in 2017. The increase in activity and personnel in the basin drove an increase in utilization, thus leading to higher services income.

 

Cost of services.   Cost of services was $93.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $46.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in total cost of services was primarily due to expansions to added rooms coupled with increased utilization rates. Approximately $14.3 million of this increase was attributable to Signor from the acquisition date of September 7, 2018 through December 31, 2018. The total bed count was 11,609 as of December 31, 2018 as compared to 6,708 as of December 31, 2017, and average utilization percentage was 83% for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to 73% for the year ended December 31, 2017. As a result, costs of services relating to labor, food, utilities, supplies, and other direct costs associated with operating the lodging facilities saw a 100% increase.

 

Specialty rental costs.   Specialty rental costs were $10.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in specialty rental costs was primarily due to increased utility costs at our Dilley and Mentone leased lodging facilities.

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets.   Depreciation of specialty rental assets was $31.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $24.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase of $7.1 million in depreciation of specialty rental assets was primarily due to $99.8 million in specialty rental asset additions, including the Signor acquisition, from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018.

 

Loss on impairment.   Loss on impairment was $15.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 and was due to write downs of non-strategic asset groups in the following regions: $0.7 million in the Permian Basin, $7.4 million in the Canadian oil sands, and $7.2 million in the Bakken Basin. There was no loss on impairment recorded for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Selling, general, and administrative.   Selling, general, and administrative was $41.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $24.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily due to approximately $8.4 million of nonroutine transaction costs associated with this offering, acquisition-expenses of approximately $5.2 million associated with the Signor acquisition, increase in sales commissions of approximately $1.3 million due to growth of the business, increases in compensation and benefits costs of approximately $1.3 million as a result of increased hiring in preparation for becoming a public company, and increases in marketing and legal contract review costs of approximately $1.0 million due to general growth in the business. Despite these increases, most of which are nonroutine (i.e. transaction costs, acquisition-related expenses), selling, general, and administrative expenses are still down year over year as a % of total revenue by approximately 1%.

 

Other depreciation and amortization.   Other depreciation and amortization was $7.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase of $1.8 million was due to increased amortization in connection with Arrow intangibles as well as a $13.3 million increase in other property, plant, and equipment from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018.

 

Restructuring costs.   Restructuring costs were $8.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase of $6.4 million in restructuring costs for the year ended December 31, 2018 primarily related to employee severance payments resulting from the closure of our Baltimore, MD corporate office and the movement of those functions to Europe.

 

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Currency (gain) loss, net.   Currency losses were $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to currency gains of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase of $0.2 million in currency loss, net was a result of more favorable average exchange rates during the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Other income, net.   Other income, net was $8.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase of $7.8 million in other income, net was related primarily to $5.3 million in recharged costs from Holdings to affiliates for general and administrative services performed on behalf of those groups and approximately $1.7 million of gains associated with the receipt of casualty insurance proceeds related to flood damage at one of our properties in North Dakota.

 

Interest expense (income), net.   Interest expense, net was $24.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to interest income, net of $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase of $29.3 million in interest expense, net was primarily related to an increase in interest expense on notes due to affiliates of $23.4 million, financing costs related to extinguished affiliate notes of $1.9 million, amortization of deferred financing costs of $0.6 million, and a reduction of $3.3 million in interest income on notes due from affiliates.

 

Segment Results

 

The following table sets forth our selected results of operations for each of our reportable segments for the periods indicated below.

 

 

 

For the years ended
December 31,

 

Amount of
Increase

 

Percentage
Change
Favorable

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

(Decrease)

 

(Unfavorable)

 

Revenue, net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government

 

$

66,676

 

$

66,722

 

$

(46

)

0

%

Permian Basin

 

120,590

 

41,439

 

79,151

 

191

%

Bakken Basin

 

25,813

 

22,351

 

3,462

 

15

%

Other

 

27,521

 

3,723

 

23,798

 

639

%

Total Revenues

 

$

240,600

 

$

134,235

 

$

106,365

 

79

%

Adjusted Gross Profit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government

 

$

47,437

 

$

48,613

 

$

(1,176

)

(2

)%

Permian Basin

 

73,795

 

18,175

 

55,620

 

306

%

Bakken Basin

 

10,554

 

9,333

 

1,221

 

13

%

Other

 

5,378

 

1,389

 

3,989

 

287

%

Total Adjusted Gross Profit

 

$

137,164

 

$

77,510

 

$

59,654

 

77

%

 

Note:  Adjusted Gross Profit for the CODM’s analysis includes the services and rental costs recognized in the financial statements and excludes depreciation and loss on impairment.

 

Government

 

Revenue for the Government segment was $66.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $66.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Adjusted gross profit for the Government segment was $47.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $48.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to an increase of $1.1 million in cost of sales year over year, while revenues stayed constant. The increase in cost of sales is due to an increase in occupancy within this segment from approximately 41% in 2017 to approximately 63% in 2018, while revenue stayed constant as the revenue in this segment does not necessarily fluctuate with changes in occupancy.

 

Permian Basin

 

Revenue for the Permian Basin segment was $120.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $41.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. Contributing to the increase in revenue were expansions to add 4,901 beds as a result of the acquisition of Signor, coupled with increased utilization for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

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Adjusted gross profit for the Permian Basin segment was $73.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $18.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in gross profit was due to cost efficiencies and increased revenues as a result of the expansions discussed above.

 

Bakken Basin

 

Revenue for the Bakken Basin segment was $25.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $22.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in revenue was primarily due to a 9% increase in average utilization while keeping a constant average daily rate.

 

Adjusted gross profit for the Bakken Basin segment was $10.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $9.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in gross profit was due to cost efficiencies and increased revenues as a result of higher average utilization discussed above.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Historically, our primary sources of liquidity have been capital contributions from our owners and cash flow from operations. We depend on cash flow from operations, cash on hand, borrowings under our revolving credit facility and equity financings to finance our acquisition strategy, working capital needs, and capital expenditures. The Holdings ABL Facility has an availability block of $25 million shared among all the borrowers. As of December 31, 2018, $124.5 million was available on the ABL for the Companies to borrow. We currently believe that our cash on hand, along with these sources of funds provide sufficient liquidity to fund debt service requirements, support our growth strategy, lease obligations, contingent liabilities and working capital investments for at least the next 12 months. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain future debt or equity financings adequate for our future cash requirements on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

 

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient, we may be forced to reduce or delay additional acquisitions, future investments and capital expenditures, and seek additional capital. Significant delays in our ability to finance planned acquisitions or capital expenditures may materially and adversely affect our future revenue prospects.

 

Capital Requirements

 

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we incurred $81.6 million in capital expenditures. Our total annual 2019 capital budget is approximately $19.4 million, including growth projects to increase community capacity. However, the amount and timing of these 2019 capital expenditures is largely discretionary and within our control. We could choose to defer or increase a portion of these planned 2019 capital expenditures depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, additional contracts awarded above and beyond our projections. As we pursue growth, we monitor which capital resources, including equity and debt financings, are available to us to meet our future financial obligations, planned capital expenditure activities and liquidity requirements. However, future cash flows are subject to a number of variables, including the ability to maintain existing contracts, obtain new contracts and manage our operating expenses. The failure to achieve anticipated revenue and cash flows from operations could result in a reduction in future capital spending. We cannot assure you that operations and other needed capital will be available on acceptable terms or at all. In the event we make additional acquisitions and the amount of capital required is greater than the amount we have available for acquisitions at that time, we could be required to reduce the expected level of capital expenditures or seek additional capital. We cannot assure you that needed capital will be available on acceptable terms or at all.

 

The following table sets forth general information derived from Companies’ statement of cash flows:

 

 

 

For the year ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

26,203

 

$

40,774

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(220,917

)

(130,246

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

194,553

 

98,059

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

(178

)

136

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(339

)

$

8,723

 

 

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Year ended December 31, 2018 Compared to Year ended December 31, 2017

 

Cash flows provided by operating activities.   Net cash provided by operating activities was $26.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $40.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. This decrease in net cash provided by operating activities of $14.6 million was primarily attributable to an increase in cash paid for interest of approximately $22.1 million associated with affiliate notes that were fully paid off in December of 2018. This cash outflow increase was offset by cash inflows due to growth in the business year over year and the addition of the operations of Signor from the acquisition date of September 7, 2018 through December 31, 2018.

 

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Cash flows used in investing activities.   Net cash used in investing activities was $220.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $130.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. This increase in net cash used in investing activities of $90.7 million was primarily due to a $163.8 million increase in purchases of business, net of cash acquired, in connection with the Signor acquisition during 2018. Further contributing to the net increase in cash used in investing activities was $63.4 million increase in additions of specialty rental assets in 2018, mainly in the Permian Basin as the business continues to expand in that area. The overall increase in net cash used in investing activities was offset by $134.7 million in repayments of debt from affiliates, which was used to fully extinguish certain affiliate notes in December of 2018.

 

Cash flows provided by financing activities.   Net cash flows provided by financing activities was $194.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $98.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. This increase in net cash flows provided by financing activities of $96.5 million was primarily the result of an increase in contributions from affiliates of $217.0 million for the acquisition of Signor and payment of affiliate notes, $108.0 million in proceeds from notes with affiliates for the acquisition of Signor, and net proceeds from ABL borrowings. The overall increase in net cash flows provided by financing activities was offset by the repayments of notes with affiliates of $256.6 million.

 

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Indebtedness

 

Capital lease and other financing obligations

 

Our capital lease and financing obligations at December 31, 2018, primarily consisted of $1.7 million associated with an equipment financing arrangement and $0.9 million of capital leases.

 

The $1.7 million related to the equipment financing agreement is payable monthly and matures in January 2019 and bears interest at 11.1%. Under this agreement, we transferred title and ownership of certain lodging units, assigned a portion of future lease payments, and can repurchase the rental equipment for $1 in January 2019. This financing obligation was fully paid off in January 2019.

 

Our capital leases primarily relate to commercial-use vehicles and have interest rates ranging from 3.3% to 20.7% with lease terms that expire through November 2020.

 

Concentration of Risks

 

In the normal course of business, we grant credit to customers based on credit evaluations of their financial condition and generally require no collateral or other security. Major customers are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the Companies’ revenues or accounts receivable. Our largest customer for the year ended December 31, 2018 was CoreCivic of Tennessee LLC who accounted for 27.4% of revenues. The largest customer accounts for 9.4% of accounts receivable while two customers account for 24.5% and 17.3% of accounts receivable, respectively, at December 31, 2018.

 

Our largest customers for the year ended December 31, 2017 were CoreCivic of Tennessee LLC and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation who accounted for 50.5% and 11.8% of revenues. We also had one customer who individually accounted for 26.6% of accounts receivable, with no other customer making up more than 10% of receivables at December 31, 2017.

 

Major suppliers are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the annual goods purchased. For the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we had no major suppliers comprising more than 10.0% of total purchases.

 

The Companies provide services almost entirely to customers in the governmental and oil and gas industries and as such, is almost entirely dependent upon the continued activity of such customers.

 

ABL Facility

 

We participate as a co-borrower in a multicurrency asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Revolver”). The borrowers participating in the agreement are affiliates of ASG (“Borrowers”). The ABL Revolver provides up to $400 million of available financing subject to a borrowing base, with a maximum U.S. facility amount of $150 million. The amount the Borrowers can draw on the ABL Revolver is subject to a defined formula of available assets, principally tangible assets calculated monthly and is secured by a first lien on these tangible assets which comprise substantially all rental equipment, property, plant and equipment and trade receivables of all Borrowers. The ABL Revolver has an availability block of $25 million shared among all the Borrowers. A borrowing base is calculated at the greater of $60 million and 15% of Line Cap as defined within the agreement. As of December 31, 2018, the Companies had $124.5 million available to be borrowed. The ABL Revolver also includes a financial covenant requiring a certain minimum quarterly latest twelve months EBITDA of the Borrowers on a consolidated basis. Borrowings under the ABL Revolver bear interest payable on the first day of each quarter for the preceding quarter at a variable rate based on LIBOR or another applicable regional bank rate plus a variable margin between 1.5% and 3%. Holdings is a guarantor of the obligation of the other borrowers under the credit facility.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into various contractual obligations for varying terms and amounts. The table below presents our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2018:

 

Contractual Obligations

 

Total

 

2019

 

2020 and 2021

 

2022 and 2023

 

Capital lease and other financing obligations

 

$

2,460

 

$

2,446

 

$

14

 

$

 

ABL Facility

 

20,550

 

 

 

20,550

 

Notes due to affiliates

 

108,047

 

 

 

108,047

 

Total

 

$

131,057

 

$

2,446

 

$

14

 

$

128,597

 

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

We lease certain land, community units, and real estate under non-cancellable operating leases, the terms of which vary and generally contain renewal options. Total rent expense under these leases is recognized ratably over the initial term of the lease. Any difference between the rent payment and the straight-line expense is recorded as a liability.

 

Rent expense included in services costs in the combined statements of comprehensive income for cancelable and non-cancelable leases was $4.7 million and $8.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Rent expense included in the selling, general, and administrative expenses in the combined statements of comprehensive income for cancelable and non-cancelable leases was $0.6 million and $0.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Future minimum lease payments at December 31, 2018, by year and in the aggregate, under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:

 

2019

 

$

1,794

 

2020

 

1,471

 

2021

 

1,146

 

2022

 

919

 

2023

 

680

 

Total

 

$

6,010

 

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Interest Rates

 

Capital market conditions, including but not limited to availability and borrowing costs, could affect our ability to access the debt capital markets to the extent necessary to fund our future growth. In addition, interest rates on future credit facilities and debt offerings could be higher than current levels, causing our financing costs to increase accordingly, and could limit our ability to raise funds, or increase the price of raising funds, in the capital markets and may limit our ability to expand our operations or make future acquisitions. However, we expect to remain competitive with respect to acquisitions and capital projects, as our peers and competitors would likely face similar circumstances.

 

Commodity Risk

 

Commodity price fluctuations also indirectly influence our activities and results of operations over the long-term because they may affect production rates and investments by E&P companies in the development of oil and gas reserves. Generally, lodging activity will increase as oil and gas prices increase.

 

We have limited direct exposure to risks associated with fluctuating commodity prices of crude oil. However, both our profitability and our cash flow are affected by volatility in the prices of crude oil. Adverse effects on our cash flow from reductions in crude oil prices could adversely affect our ability to make distributions to unitholders. We do not currently hedge our exposure to crude oil prices.

 

Additionally, we believe that inflation has not had a material effect on our results of operations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our combined financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial

 

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statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported period.

 

On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Our accounting policies are fully described in Note 1 to our combined financial statements. We believe that the following discussion addresses our most critical accounting policies, representing those policies considered most vital to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management’s most difficult, subjective, and complex judgments.

 

Principles of combination:

 

The combined financial statements have been prepared using the consolidated accounting records of Holdings and Arrow. All intercompany transactions and accounts within and between Holdings and Arrow, and intercompany transactions and balances between Holdings and Arrow and their subsidiaries, have been eliminated. The combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and pursuant to the accounting rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

Specialty Rental Assets

 

Specialty rental assets (units, site work and furniture and fixtures comprising lodges) are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Cost includes expenditures that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. Costs of improvements and betterments to units are capitalized when such costs extend the useful life of the unit or increase the rental value of the unit. Costs incurred for units to meet a particular customer specification are capitalized and depreciated over the lease term. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives and considering the residual value of those assets. The estimated useful life of modular units is 15 years. The estimated useful life of site work (above ground and below ground infrastructure) is 5 years. The estimated useful life of furniture and fixtures is 7 years.

 

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are adjusted prospectively, if a revision is determined to be appropriate.

 

Other Property, Plant, and Equipment

 

Other property, plant, and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Assets leased under capital leases are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives unless it is reasonably certain that we will obtain ownership by the end of the lease term. Land is not depreciated. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives, as follows:

 

Buildings

 

5 - 15 years

 

Machinery and office equipment

 

3 - 5 years

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

7 years

 

Software

 

3 years

 

 

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.

 

Business Combinations

 

Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. Consideration transferred for acquisitions is measured at fair value at the acquisition date and includes assets transferred, liabilities assumed and equity issued.

 

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Acquisition costs incurred are expensed and included in selling, general and administrative expenses. When we acquire a business, we assess the financial assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions at the acquisition date.

 

Any contingent consideration transferred by the acquirer is recognized at fair value at the acquisition date. Any subsequent changes to the fair value of contingent consideration are recognized in profit or loss. If the contingent consideration is classified as equity, it is not re-measured and subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity.

 

Goodwill

 

We evaluate goodwill for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is the operating segment, or one level below that operating segment (the component level) if discrete financial information is prepared and regularly reviewed by segment management. However, components are aggregated as a single reporting unit if they have similar economic characteristics. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to each of our reporting units that are expected to benefit from the combination. We evaluate changes in our reporting structure to assess whether that change impacts the composition of one or more of its reporting units. If the composition of our reporting units changes, goodwill is reassigned between reporting units using the relative fair value allocation approach.

 

We perform the annual impairment test of goodwill on October 1. In addition, we perform impairment tests during any reporting period in which events or changes in circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. In assessing the fair value of the reporting units, we consider the market approach, the income approach, or a combination of both. Under the market approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is based on quoted market prices of companies comparable to the reporting unit being valued. Under the income approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is based on the present value of estimated cash flows. The income approach is dependent on a number of significant management assumptions, including estimated future revenue growth rates, gross profit on sales, operating margins, capital expenditures, tax rates and discount rates.

 

If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the calculated fair value, an impairment charge is recognized in an amount equal to that excess, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. Additionally, we consider the income tax effect from any tax-deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting unit, if applicable, when measuring the goodwill impairment charge.

 

Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

 

Intangible assets that are acquired by the Companies and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually. The Companies’ indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of trade names. The Companies calculate fair value by comparing a relief-from-royalty method to the carrying amount of the indefinite-lived intangible asset. This method is used to estimate the cost savings that accrue to the owner of an intangible asset who would otherwise have to pay royalties or license fees on revenues earned through the use of the asset. A loss on impairment would be recorded to the extent the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds the fair value.

 

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Other intangible assets that have finite useful lives are measured at costs less accumulated amortization and impairment losses, if any. Subsequent expenditures for intangible assets are capitalized only when they increase the future economic benefits embodied in the specific asset to which they relate. Amortization is recognized in profit or loss on an accelerated basis or a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of intangible assets. We have customer relationship assets with lives ranging from 5 to 9 years and a non-compete agreement with a useful life of 5 years.

 

Asset Retirement Obligations

 

We recognize asset retirement obligations (“AROs”) related to legal obligations associated with the operation of our specialty rental assets. The fair values of these AROs are recorded on a discounted basis, at the time the obligation is incurred and accreted over time for the change in present value over the estimated useful lives of the underlying assets. We capitalize asset retirement costs by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived assets and depreciating these costs over the remaining useful life. The carrying amount of AROs recognized in the Companies’ balance sheets were $2.6 million and $1.9 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which represents the present value of the estimated future cost of these AROs of approximately $3.3 million. Accretion expense of approximately $0.2 million and $0.1 million was recognized in specialty rental costs in the accompanying combined statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Assets Held for Sale

 

We consider an asset to be held for sale when we approve and commit to a formal plan to actively market the asset for sale and it is probable that the sale will be completed within twelve months. A sale may be considered probable when a signed sales contract and significant non-refundable deposit or contract break-up fee exists. Upon designation as held for sale, we record the carrying value of the asset at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value, less estimated costs to sell, and management stops recording depreciation expense. As of December 31, 2018, no assets were considered held for sale.

 

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

 

We periodically review each property for possible impairment. Recoverability of assets or asset groups to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets.

 

We perform various valuation techniques using both the market approach (comparing the assets held to other similar assets that have recently transacted in the market as well as identifying a depreciated replacement cost for real property assets) and income approach (based on a discounted cash flow analysis) to determine the estimated fair value. This requires us to use significant unobservable inputs, representative of Level 3 fair value measurements, including numerous assumptions with respect to future circumstances that might directly impact each of the relevant asset groups’ operations in the future and are therefore uncertain. These assumptions consider a variety of industry and local market conditions. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we recognized a loss on impairment of $15.3 million.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Companies derive revenue from specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality, specifically lodging and related ancillary services. Revenue is recognized in the period in which lodging and services are provided pursuant to the terms of contractual relationships with the customers. In some contracts, rates may vary over the contract term. In these cases, revenue is generally recognized on a straight-line basis over the contract term. The Companies enter into arrangements with a single deliverable as well as multiple deliverables. For those with multiple deliverables, arrangement consideration is allocated between lodging and services based on the relative estimated selling price of each deliverable. The estimated price of lodging and services deliverables is based on the prices of lodging and services when sold separately, or based upon the best estimate of selling price.

 

When lodging and services are billed in advance, recognition of revenue is deferred until services are rendered. Certain arrangements allow customers the ability to use paid but unused lodging and services for a specified period beyond the expiration of the contract. The Companies recognize revenue for these paid but unused lodging and services as they are used, as it becomes probable the lodging and services will not be used, or upon expiration of the specified term.

 

Cost of services includes labor, food, utilities, rent and other direct costs associated with operating the lodging units. Costs of rental includes leasing costs and other direct costs of maintaining the lodging units. Incremental direct costs of

 

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acquiring contracts includes sales commissions which are expensed as incurred and reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses in the combined statements of comprehensive income.

 

The Companies also originated a contract in 2013 with TransCanada Pipelines (TCPL) to construct, deliver, cater and manage all accommodations and hospitality services in conjunction with the planned construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project. During the construction phase of the contract, the Companies recognize revenue as costs are incurred in connection with the project. The revenue recognized includes a margin mark-up on costs incurred as allowable under the contract terms. Revenues associated with this contract are reflected as services income in the combined statements of comprehensive income and amounted to approximately $23 million and $0 million of services income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Additionally, the Companies collects sales, use, occupancy and similar taxes, which the Companies present on a net basis (excluded from revenues) in the combined statements of comprehensive income.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Companies’ operations are subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes. The Companies account for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Companies record net deferred tax assets to the extent it believes that it is more likely than not that these assets will be realized. In making such determination, the Companies considers all available positive and negative evidence, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent results of operations. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce the deferred tax assets to an amount that will more likely than not be realized. When a valuation allowance is established or there is an increase in an allowance in a reporting period, tax expense is generally recorded in the Companies’ combined statements of comprehensive income. Conversely, to the extent circumstances indicate that a valuation allowance is no longer necessary, that portion of the valuation allowance is reversed, which generally reduces the Companies’ income tax expense.

 

Prior to the Restructuring, the operations of Target were included in the U.S. tax return of its historical parent, Williams Scotsman International, Inc., along with certain state and local and foreign income tax returns. In preparing the combined financial statements for the period prior to the Restructuring, the provision for income taxes was calculated using the “separate return” method. Under this method, Target assumed a separate return would be filed with the tax authority, thereby reporting its taxable income or loss and paying the applicable tax to or receiving the appropriate refund from its parent as applicable. Target’s current provision is the amount of tax payable or refundable on the basis of a hypothetical, current-year separate return. Target provides deferred taxes on temporary differences and on any carryforwards that it could claim on a hypothetical return and the need for a valuation allowance is assessed on the basis of its projected separate return results.

 

In accordance with applicable authoritative guidance, the Companies account for uncertain income tax positions using a benefit recognition model with a two-step approach; a more-likely-than-not recognition criterion; and a measurement approach that measures the position as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. If it is not more-likely-than-not that the benefit of the tax position will be sustained on its technical merits, no benefit is recorded. Uncertain tax positions that relate only to timing of when an item is included on a tax return are considered to have met the recognition threshold. The Companies classify interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions within income tax expense. At December 31, 3018 and 2017, the Companies had no unrecognized tax benefits.

 

During December 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“SAB 118” or “Act”) which provides guidance on accounting for the Act’s impact. SAB 118 provides a measurement period, which in no case should extend beyond one year from the Act enactment date, during which a company acting in good faith may complete the accounting for the impacts of the Act under ASC 740,  Income Taxes .

 

Per SAB 118, the Companies must reflect the income tax effects of the Act in the reporting period in which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent the Companies accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act is incomplete, it can determine a reasonable estimate for those effects and record a provisional estimate in the financial statements in the first reporting period in which a reasonable estimate can be determined. If the Companies cannot determine a provisional

 

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estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 based on the provisions of the tax laws that were in effect immediately prior to the Act being enacted. If the Companies are unable to provide a reasonable estimate of the impacts of the Act in a reporting period, a provisional amount must be recorded in the first reporting period in which a reasonable estimate can be determined.

 

As of and for the year ended December 31, 2017, the Companies, which consisted of Target operations completed their accounting for the income tax effects of the Act. The Companies have not recorded a liability for the one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries imposed under the Act due to the negative earnings and profit historically deemed repatriation transition tax. The Companies also remeasured their deferred tax asset and liabilities to reflect the reduction of the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent and consequently, recorded a decrease related to net deferred tax assets of $12.1 million with a corresponding increase to deferred income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

The Companies meet the definition of as an emerging growth company (“EGC”) as defined under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”). Using exemptions provided under the JOBS Act provided to EGCs, the Companies have elected to defer compliance with new or revised financial accounting standards until a company that is not an issuer (as defined under section 2(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) is required to comply with such standards. As such, compliance dates included below pertain to non-issuers, and as permitted, early adoption dates are indicated.

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”) , which prescribes a single comprehensive model for entities to use in the accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The new guidance supersedes virtually all existing revenue guidance under US GAAP. The new standard becomes effective for the Companies year ended December 31, 2019 and interim periods thereafter. Topic 606 allows either full or modified retrospective transition, and the Companies currently plan to use the modified retrospective method of adoption. This approach consists of recognizing the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. As part of the modified retrospective approach in the year of adoption, the Companies present the comparative periods under legacy GAAP and disclose the amount by which each financial statement line item was affected as a result of applying the new standard and an explanation of significant changes. The core principle contemplated by this new standard is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. New disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers are also required. In April and May 2016, the FASB also issued clarifying updates to the new standard specifically to address certain core principles including the identification of performance obligations, licensing guidance, the assessment of the collectability criterion, the presentation of taxes collected from customers, non-cash considerations, contract modifications and completed contracts at transition. The Companies are currently evaluating the impact that the updated guidance has on the Companies’ financial statements and related disclosures. As part of the evaluation process, the Companies are holding regular meetings with key stakeholders from across the organization to discuss the impact of the standard on its existing contracts. The Companies are utilizing a bottom-up approach to analyze the impact of the standard on its portfolio of contracts by reviewing the Companies current accounting policies and practices to identify potential differences that would result from applying the requirements of the new standard to the Companies existing revenue contracts.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (“Topic 842”) . This guidance revises existing practice related to accounting for leases under ASC Topic 840 Leases (“ASC 840”) for both lessees and lessors. The new guidance requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all of their leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease). The lease liability is equal to the present value of lease payments and the right-of-use asset will be based on the lease liability, subject to adjustment such as for initial direct costs. For income statement purposes, the new standard retains a dual model similar to ASC 840, requiring leases to be classified as either operating or finance. Operating leases will result in straight-line expense (similar to current accounting by lessees for operating leases under ASC 840) while finance leases will result in a front-loaded expense pattern (similar to current accounting by lessees for capital leases under ASC 840). While the new standard maintains similar accounting for lessors as under ASC 840, the new standard reflects updates to, among other things, align with certain changes to the lessee model. The new standard is effective for the Companies during the year ended December 31, 2020 and interim periods thereafter. Topic 842 allows an entity to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach or to adopt under the new optional transition method that allows an entity to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of the adoption date. The Companies are currently evaluating the impact of the pronouncement on its combined financial statements.

 

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In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (“ ASU 2016-13” ). This new standard change how companies measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net income. ASU 2016-13 is effective for financial statements issued for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within the reporting periods. The Companies are currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its combined financial statements.

 

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16,  Income Taxes (“Topic 740”): Intra-entity Transfers of Assets other than Inventory . This guidance requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of intra-entity sale or transfers of assets, other than inventory, at the time of transfer. The new standard requires companies to recognize the income tax effects of intercompany sales or transfers of assets, other than inventory, in the income statement as income tax expense (or benefit) in the period the sale or transfer occurs. The exception to recognizing the income tax effects of intercompany sales or transfers of assets remains in place for intercompany inventory sales and transfers. The new standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for all entities as long as entities adopt at the beginning of an annual reporting period. The Companies do not believe the pronouncement has a material impact on its combined financial statements.

 

On November 17, 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of cash flows (“Topic 230”): Restricted cash . The amendments in this Update require that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this Update apply to all entities that have restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents and are required to present a statement of cash flows under Topic 230. This Update addresses stakeholder concerns around the diversity in practice that exists in the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows. The provisions of ASU No. 2016-18 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments in this Update should be applied retrospectively. The Companies do not plan to early adopt. The Companies do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on the combined financial statements.

 

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02,  Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income (“Topic 220”) Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income , to address a specific consequence of new legislation by allowing a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Act’s reduction of the US federal corporate income tax rate. The ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted, and is to be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the effect of the change in the US federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Act is recognized. The Companies plan to adopt the standard on January 1, 2019 and do not anticipate a material impact upon adoption.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15,  Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract  (“ASU 2018-15”). The amendments in this update align the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement (i.e. hosting arrangement) that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software under Subtopic 350-40. The amendments require certain costs incurred during the application development stage to be capitalized and other costs incurred during the preliminary project and post-implementation stages to be expensed as they are incurred. Capitalized implementation costs related to a hosting arrangement that is a service contract will be amortized over the term of the hosting arrangement including reasonably certain renewals, beginning when the module or component of the hosting arrangement is ready for its intended use. Accounting for the hosting component of the arrangement is not affected. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that fiscal year. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the standard.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

Holdings and Arrow have included Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow which are measurements not calculated in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), in the discussion of its financial results because they are key metrics used by management to assess financial performance. Holdings and Arrow’s business is capital-intensive and these additional metrics allow management to further evaluate its operating performance.

 

Holdings and Arrow define Adjusted gross profit, as gross profit plus depreciation of specialty rental assets and loss on impairment.

 

Holdings and Arrow define EBITDA as net income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit), interest expense, depreciation of specialty rental assets, and other depreciation and amortization.

 

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Adjusted EBITDA reflects the following further adjustments to EBITDA to exclude certain non-cash items and the effect of what management considers transactions or events not related to its core business operations:

 

·                   Loss on impairment: Holdings wrote down several non-strategic underperforming assets located primarily in Canada and the Bakken Basin.  We view impairment charges as accelerated depreciation, and depreciation is excluded from EBITDA.

·                   Currency (gain) loss, net :   Holdings incurred currency gains and losses on assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies other than the functional currency. Substantially all such currency (gains) losses are unrealized and non-cash.

·                   Restructuring costs:   Holdings incurred nonroutine costs associated with restructuring plans designed to streamline operations and reduce costs.

·                   Transaction expenses: Holdings incurred nonroutine transaction costs associated with the offering.

·                   Acquisition-related expenses: Arrow incurred nonroutine transaction costs associated with the acquisition of Signor.

·                   Other expense (income), net: Holdings recognized a gain on insurance proceeds received from a flood at one property located in North Dakota, gains related to the sale of assets in 2017, and income associated with recharged costs from Holdings to affiliate groups.

·                   Holdings selling, general and administrative costs: Holdings incurred nonrecurring costs in the form of legal and professional fees as well as transaction bonus amounts, primarily associated with a restructuring transaction in 2017.

 

We define Adjusted Free Cash Flow as Adjusted EBITDA plus increases in deferred revenue and customer deposits, less decreases in deferred revenue and customer deposits, less maintenance capital expenditures for specialty rental assets.

 

EBITDA reflects net income excluding the impact of interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation, and amortization. We believe that EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of operating performance because we use it to measure our ability to service debt, fund capital expenditures, and expand our business. We also use EBITDA, as do analysts, lenders, investors, and others, to evaluate companies because it excludes certain items that can vary widely across different industries or among companies within the same industry. For example, interest expense can be dependent on a company’s capital structure, debt levels, and credit ratings. Accordingly, the impact of interest expense on earnings can vary significantly among companies. The tax positions of companies can also vary because of their differing abilities to take advantage of tax benefits and because of the tax policies of the jurisdictions in which they operate. As a result, effective tax rates and provision for income taxes can vary considerably among companies. EBITDA also excludes depreciation and amortization expense, because companies utilize productive assets of different ages and use different methods of both acquiring and depreciating productive assets. These differences can result in considerable variability in the relative costs of productive assets and the depreciation and amortization expense among companies.

 

Holdings and Arrow also believe that Adjusted EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of operating performance. Our Adjusted EBITDA reflects adjustments to exclude the effects of additional items, including non-routine items, that are not reflective of the ongoing operating results of the Holdings and Arrow.  In addition, to derive Adjusted EBITDA, we exclude gains or losses on the sale of depreciable assets and impairment losses because including them in EBITDA is inconsistent with reporting the ongoing performance of our remaining assets. Additionally, the gain or loss on sale of depreciable assets and impairment losses represents either accelerated depreciation or excess depreciation in previous periods, and depreciation is excluded from EBITDA.

 

Holdings and Arrow also present adjusted free cash flow because we believe it provides useful information regarding our liquidity and ability to meet our short-term obligations. Adjusted Free Cash Flow indicates the amount of cash available after maintenance capital expenditures for, among other things, investments in our existing business.

 

Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow are not measurements of Holdings and Arrow’s financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to gross profit, net income (loss) or other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP, or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities as measures of Holdings and Arrow’s liquidity. Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow should not be considered as discretionary cash available to Holdings and Arrow to reinvest in the growth of its business or as measures of cash that is available to it to meet its obligations. In addition, its measurement of Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Holdings and Arrow’s management believe that Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow provide useful information to investors about Holdings and Arrow and its financial condition and results of operations for the following reasons: (i) they are among the measures used by Holdings and Arrow’s management team to evaluate its operating performance; (ii) they are among the measures used by Holdings and Arrow’s management team to make day-to-day operating decisions, (iii) they are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a common performance measure to compare results across companies in Holdings and Arrow’s industry.

 

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The following table presents a reconciliation of Holdings and Arrow’s consolidated gross profit to Adjusted gross profit:

 

 

 

For the Years Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit

 

$

90,234

 

$

53,046

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

 

31,610

 

 

24,464

 

Loss on Impairment

 

15,320

 

 

Adjusted gross profit

 

$

137,164

 

$

77,510

 

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of Holdings and Arrow’s consolidated net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:

 

 

 

For the Years Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

4,956

 

$

981

 

Income tax expense

 

11,755

 

25,584

 

Interest expense (income), net

 

24,198

 

(5,107

)

Other depreciation and amortization

 

7,518

 

5,681

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

31,610

 

24,464

 

EBITDA

 

80,037

 

51,603

 

Currency (gain) loss, net

 

149

 

(91

)

Restructuring costs

 

8,593

 

2,180

 

Loss on impairment

 

15,320

 

 

Acquisition related expenses

 

5,211

 

 

Transaction expenses

 

8,400

 

 

Holdings Selling, general, and administrative

 

7,378

 

8,771

 

Other income, net

 

(8,275

)

(519

)

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

116,813

 

$

61,944

 

 

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The following table presents a reconciliation of Holdings and Arrow’s Adjusted EBITDA to Net cash flows from operating activities to Adjusted Free Cash Flows:

 

 

 

For the Years Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

116,813

 

$

61,944

 

Interest payments

 

(23,076

)

(955

)

Income taxes paid, net of refunds received

 

 

 

(620

)

Transaction expenses

 

(8,400

)

 

Acquisition-related expenses

 

(5,211

)

 

Restructuring costs

 

(8,593

)

(2,180

)

Other (expense) income, net

 

8,275

 

519

 

Gain on involuntary conversion

 

(1,678

)

 

Holdings selling, general and administrative costs

 

(7,378

)

(8,771

)

Working capital and other

 

(44,549

)

(9,163

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

26,203

 

$

40,774

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest payments

 

23,076

 

955

 

Income taxes paid, net of refunds received

 

 

620

 

Transaction expenses

 

8,400

 

 

Acquisition-related expenses

 

5,211

 

 

Restructuring costs

 

8,593

 

2,180

 

Other expense (income), net

 

(8,275

)

(519

)

Gain on involuntary conversion

 

1,678

 

 

Holdings selling, general and administrative costs

 

7,378

 

8,771

 

Working capital and other

 

44,549

 

9,163

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

(20,531

)

(15,288

)

Maintenance capital expenditures for specialty rental assets

 

(2,711

)

(673

)

Adjusted Free Cash Flows

 

$

93,571

 

$

45,983

 

 

Controls and Procedures

 

Upon becoming a public company, we are required to comply with the SEC’s rules implementing Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which require our management to certify financial and other information in our quarterly and annual reports. We are required to provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting beginning with our annual report for the year ending December 31, 2019. We are not required to have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 until our first annual report subsequent to our ceasing to be an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act.

 

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TARGET PARENT’S MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following management’s discussion and analysis of Algeco US Holdings LLC’s and its consolidated subsidiaries’ (“Target Parent”) financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the information presented in “Selected Historical Financial Information of Target Parent” and Target Parent’s consolidated financial statements and the notes related thereto included elsewhere in this filing. In addition to historical financial information, the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements, such as statements regarding Target Parent’s expectations for future performance, liquidity and capital resources that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from Target Parent’s expectations. Target Parent’s actual results and timing of selected events may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements contained herein. Factors that could cause such differences include those identified below and those described in the “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information.”

 

As explained elsewhere in this filing, the discussion and analysis contained in this section relates to Target Parent, prior to and without giving pro-forma effect to the impact of the Business Combination and, as a result, the results reflected in this section may not be indicative of the results Target Hospitality will see going forward or that Target would have seen as a standalone business during the periods presented. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information” attached as Exhibit 99.5 in this filing.

 

The information in this “Target Parent’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for historical periods prior to December 22, 2017, reflect the financial results of Target. For purposes of this section, references to “we,” “us,” “the Company,” or “Target Parent” refers to Algeco US Holdings LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries for periods from and after December 22, 2017 and Target and its consolidated subsidiaries for periods prior to December 22, 2017.

 

Overview

 

We were formed in September 2017. On November 28, 2017, in a restructuring transaction (“Restructuring”) under common control of TDR and Algeco Global, Algeco Global conducted a carve-out transaction of Target and Chard Camp Catering Services Ltd (“Chard”) net assets from WSII and incorporated as a new division under the direct ownership of Algeco Holdings (Chard became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Target). As part of the Restructuring, certain notes and related party balances between WSII, Target, and Chard were offset and extinguished. As this carve-out transaction was among entities under common control, and was not a Business Combination in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations, the net assets have been recorded at historical cost basis and any gain or loss on extinguishment of the notes and intercompany accounts have been recorded as contributions and distributions in member’s equity. For the basis of comparability, the predecessor for financial reporting purposes has been determined to be Target.

 

We are a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Delaware and we own 100% of Target. We are owned by Algeco Global which is ultimately owned by a group of investment funds managed by TDR. Target was acquired by WSII in February 2013. Prior to November 28, 2017, WSII was a subsidiary of Algeco Global.

 

Founded in 2006, Target is one of the largest suppliers of turnkey workforce services and housing solutions in North America. Target is organized as a single-member limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, and is considered a disregarded entity for income tax purposes. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides temporary living accommodations, and comprehensive community services including: catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, overall workforce community management, and laundry service. Target serves clients in oil, gas, mining, alternative energy, and government categories principally located in the West Texas, South Texas, and Bakken regions, as well as various large linear-construction (pipeline and infrastructure) projects in the United States.

 

Prior to November 28, 2017, WSII held 100% of Target. WSII also held, through its wholly-owned US and foreign subsidiaries, 100% of all issued and outstanding shares of Chard, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Canada.

 

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Factors Affecting Results of Operations

 

We expect our business to continue to be affected by the key factors discussed below. Our expectations are based on assumptions made by us and information currently available to us. To the extent our underlying assumptions about, or interpretations of, available information prove to be incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from our expected results.

 

Supply and Demand for Oil and Gas

 

As a provider of specialty rental and hospitality services, we are not directly impacted by oil and gas price fluctuations. However, these price fluctuations indirectly influence our activities and results of operations because the exploration and production (“E&P”) workforce is directly affected by price fluctuations and the industry’s expansion or contraction as a result of these fluctuations. Our occupancy volume depends on the size of the workforce within the oil and gas industry and the demand for labor. Oil and gas prices are volatile and influenced by numerous factors beyond our control, including the domestic and global supply of and demand for oil and gas. The commodities trading markets, as well as other supply and demand factors, may also influence the selling prices of oil and gas.

 

Availability and Cost of Capital

 

Capital markets conditions could affect our ability to access the debt and equity capital markets to the extent necessary to fund our future growth. Interest rates on future credit facilities and debt offerings could be higher than current levels, causing our financing costs to increase accordingly, and could limit our ability to raise funds, or increase the price of raising funds, in the capital markets and may limit our ability to expand.

 

Regulatory Compliance

 

We are subject to extensive federal, state, local, and foreign environmental, health and safety laws and regulations concerning matters such as air emissions, wastewater discharges, solid, and hazardous waste handling and disposal and the investigation and remediation of contamination. The risks of substantial costs, liabilities, and limitations on our operations related to compliance with these laws and regulations are an inherent part of our business, and future conditions may develop, arise, or be discovered that create substantial environmental compliance or remediation liabilities and costs.

 

Natural Disasters or Other Significant Disruption

 

An operational disruption in any of our facilities could negatively impact our financial results. The occurrence of a natural disaster, such as earthquake, tornado, severe weather, flood, fire, or other unanticipated problems such as labor difficulties, equipment failure, capacity expansion difficulties or unscheduled maintenance could cause operational disruptions of varied duration. These types of disruptions could materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations to varying degrees dependent upon the facility, the duration of the disruption, our ability to shift business to another facility or find alternative solutions.

 

How we evaluate our operations

 

We derive the majority of our revenue from specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality, specifically community and related ancillary services. Approximately 56% of our revenue was earned from specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality, specifically community and related ancillary services, whereas the remaining 44% of revenues were earned through leasing of community facilities for the year ended December 31, 2017. Our services include temporary living accommodations, catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, workforce community management, and laundry services. Revenue is recognized in the period in which community and services are provided pursuant to the terms of contractual relationships with our customers. In some contracts, rates may vary over the contract term, in these cases, revenue is generally recognized on a straight-line basis over the contract term. We enter into arrangements with multiple deliverables for which arrangement consideration is allocated between community and services based on the relative estimated standalone selling price of each deliverable. The estimated price of community and services deliverables is based on the prices of community and services when sold separately or based upon the best estimate of selling price.

 

Our management uses a variety of financial and operating metrics to analyze our performance. We view these metrics as significant factors in assessing our operating results and profitability and intend to review these measurements frequently for consistency and trend analysis. We primarily review revenue and gross profit when assessing our performance.

 

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Revenue

 

We analyze our revenues by comparing actual revenues to our internal projections for a given period and to prior periods to assess our performance. We believe that revenues are a meaningful indicator of the demand and pricing for our services. Key drivers to change in revenues may include average utilization of existing beds, levels of drilling activity in the Permian and Bakken basins, and the consumer price index impacting government contracts.

 

Gross profit

 

We analyze our gross profit, which we define as revenues less cost of sales, excluding depreciation, to measure our financial performance. We believe gross profit is a meaningful metric because it provides insight on financial performance of our revenue streams without consideration of company overhead. Additionally, using gross profit gives us insight on factors impacting cost of sales, such as efficiencies of our direct labor and material costs. When analyzing gross profit, we compare actual gross profit to our internal projections for a given period and to prior periods to assess our performance.

 

Segments

 

We have identified three reportable business segments: Government, the Permian Basin, and the Bakken Basin:

 

Government

 

The government segment (“Government”) includes the facilities and operations of the family residential center and the related support communities in Dilley, Texas (the “South Texas Family Residential Center”) provided under a lease and services agreement with CoreCivic (“CoreCivic”).

 

Permian Basin

 

The Permian Basin segment reflects our facilities and operations in the Permian Basin region and includes our 13 communities located across Texas and New Mexico.

 

The Bakken Basin segment reflects our facilities and operations in the Bakken Basin region and includes our five communities in North Dakota.

 

Other

 

Our other facilities and operations which do not meet the criteria to be a separate reportable segment are combined and reported as “Other” which represents the facilities and operations of one community in the Anadarko basin of Oklahoma, the catering and other services provided to communities and other workforce accommodation facilities for the oil, gas and mining industries not owned by us and initial work and future plans for facilities and services to be provided in connection with the TransCanada pipeline project.

 

Key factors impacting the comparability of results

 

The historical results of operations for the periods presented may not be comparable, either to each other or to our future results of operations, for the reasons described below:

 

Target Parent Restructuring

 

On November 28, 2017, in the Restructuring amongst entities under common control of TDR and Algeco Global, Algeco Global conducted a carve-out transaction of Target and Chard’s net assets from WSII and Chard became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Target. Effective December 22, 2017, Target Parent acquired Target and Chard. Due to the acquisition of Target by Target Parent being a common control transaction, the prior period financial statements have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the transaction as if it occurred at the beginning of the period presented. Because Target was owned by Algeco Global prior to Target Parent’s formation, the historical operations of Target are deemed to be those of the Company. Thus, the financial statements included in this report reflect (i) the historical operating results of Target prior to the Restructuring; (ii) the combined results of Target and Target Parent following the Restructuring on November 28, 2017; (iii) the assets and liabilities of Target at their historical cost; and (iv) Target Parent’s equity structure since the date of its formation. Due to this restructuring, there are approximately $9.3 million of additional expenses related to the activity of Target

 

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Parent included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2017, which were not included for the year ended December 31, 2016 as Target Parent did not exist in 2016. Approximately $8.8 million of these additional expenses are reported in selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2017. As such, our historical financial data prior to the date of this Restructuring are not comparable to the periods subsequent to the restructuring because of this additional expense activity of Target Parent.

 

Public Company Costs

 

We expect to incur incremental, non-recurring costs related to our transition to a publicly traded company, including the costs of this offering. We also expect to incur additional significant and recurring expenses as a publicly traded company, including costs associated with the employment of additional personnel, compliance under the Exchange Act, annual and quarterly reports to common shareholders, registrar and transfer agent fees, national stock exchange fees, legal fees, audit fees, incremental director and officer liability insurance costs and director and officer compensation.

 

Results of Operations

 

The period to period comparisons of our results of operations have been prepared using the historical periods included in our consolidated financial statements. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Consolidated Results of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

 

 

For the years ended 
December 31,

 

Amount of
Increase

 

Percentage
Change
Favorable

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

(decrease)

 

(Unfavorable)

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services income

 

$

75,422

 

$

69,510

 

$

5,912

 

9

%

Specialty rental income

 

58,813

 

79,957

 

(21,144

)

(26

)%

Total Revenue

 

134,235

 

149,467

 

(15,232

)

(10

)%

Costs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

46,630

 

42,245

 

4,385

 

10

%

Specialty rental

 

10,095

 

9,785

 

310

 

3

%

Depreciation of accomodation assets

 

24,464

 

36,300

 

(11,836

)

(33

)%

Gross Profit

 

53,046

 

61,137

 

(8,091

)

(13

)%

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general, and administrative

 

24,337

 

15,793

 

8,544

 

53

%

Other depreciation and amortization

 

5,681

 

5,029

 

652

 

13

%

Restructuring costs

 

2,180

 

 

2,180

 

100

%

Currency (gain), net

 

(91

)

 

(91

)

100

%

Other income, net

 

(519

)

(392

)

(127

)

32

%

Operating income

 

21,458

 

40,707

 

(19,249

)

(47

)%

Interest and other income, net

 

5,107

 

3,512

 

1,595

 

45

%

Income before income tax

 

26,565

 

44,219

 

(17,654

)

(40

)%

Income tax expense

 

(25,584

)

(17,310

)

(8,274

)

48

%

Net income

 

$

981

 

$

26,909

 

$

(25,928

)

(96

)%

 

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016

 

Total Revenue.   Total revenue was $134.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 and consisted of $75.4 million of services income and $58.8 million of specialty rental income. Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $149.5 million and consisted of $69.5 million of services income and $80.0 million of specialty rental income. Services income consists primarily of specialty rental accommodations with vertically integrated hospitality services, and comprehensive hospitality services including: catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, overall workforce community management, health and recreation facilities, concierge services, and laundry service. Specialty rental income consists primarily of revenues from leasing entire facilities. The decrease of $15.3 million was due to revenue decreases in the Government and Bakken segments as well as Other operations. Government revenue decreased $35.0 million due to reductions in contracted daily rates in October of 2016; Bakken revenue decreased $1.4 million driven by a closure and contract termination; and Other revenue decreased $5.0 million resulting from a one-time billing for a community

 

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demobilization and remediation. Revenue decreases were offset by a $26.2 million increase in Permian segment revenue relating to incremental revenues resulting from the Iron Horse and Black Gold Lodge acquisitions, as well as expansions to add 382 beds.

 

Cost of services.   Cost of services was $46.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $42.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in total cost of services was primarily due to expansions to add rooms coupled with increased occupancy rates. The bed count was 6,056 for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to 6,517 for the year ended December 31, 2016, and utilization percentage was 73% for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to 56% for the year ended December 31, 2016. As a result, costs of services relating to labor, food, utilities, supplies, and other direct costs associated with operating the community units saw a 10% increase.

 

Specialty rental costs.   Specialty rental costs were $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $9.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in specialty rental costs was primarily due to increased utility costs at our Dilley and Mentone leased community facilities.

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets.   Depreciation of specialty rental assets was $24.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $36.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The decrease of $11.8 million in depreciation of specialty rental assets was due to accelerated depreciation on underperforming or idle assets in 2016 over a period of 6 months. Most of this was related to site infrastructure at our Bear Paw, Williston North, and Judson communities in North Dakota as well as our site-built Tioga waste water treatment plant in North Dakota.

 

Selling, general, and administrative.   Selling, general, and administrative expense was $24.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $15.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase was primarily due to $8.8 million in incremental costs as a result of the TDR and Algeco Global common control transaction, largely relating to professional fees and additional salaries from the Target Parent entity. The net increase was offset by slight decreases in bad debt expense, commissions costs, and office costs.

 

Other depreciation and amortization.   Other depreciation and amortization was $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $5.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase of $0.7 million was primarily due to a $1.3 million increase in the depreciable base of other property, plant, and equipment, net as well as an increase in amortization of intangible assets due to an increase in intangible assets associated with the Iron Horse Ranch acquisition in July of 2017.

 

Restructuring costs.   Restructuring costs were $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $0.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase of $2.2 million primarily related to the 2017 restructuring costs to relocate our corporate headquarters from Boston, MA to The Woodlands, TX.

 

Currency gain, net.   Currency gains were $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, as compared to currency gains of $0.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase of $0.1 million in currency gains were the result of a more favorable average exchange rates for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Other income, net.   Other income, net was $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. Other income, net in both periods related to gain on sales of assets.

 

Interest income, net.   Interest income, net was $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. Interest income, net during both periods was the result of intercompany interest income netted against other interest expense. This increase is primarily associated with increased intercompany notes from Target Parent associated with the Restructuring previously discussed.

 

Segment Results

 

The following table sets forth our selected results of operations for each of our business segments for the periods indicated below.

 

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For the Year Ended
December 31,

 

Amount of
Increase

 

Percentage Change
Favorable

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

(decrease)

 

(Unfavorable)

 

Revenue, net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government

 

$

66,722

 

$

101,733

 

$

(35,011

)

(34

)%

Permian Basin

 

41,439

 

15,274

 

26,165

 

171

%

Bakken Basin

 

22,351

 

23,738

 

(1,387

)

(6

)%

Other

 

3,723

 

8,722

 

(4,999

)

(57

)%

Total revenues

 

$

134,235

 

$

149,467

 

$

(15,232

)

(10

)%

Gross profit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government

 

$

48,613

 

$

80,129

 

$

(31,516

)

(39

)%

Permian Basin

 

18,175

 

7,478

 

10,697

 

143

%

Bakken Basin

 

9,333

 

8,973

 

360

 

4

%

Other

 

1,389

 

858

 

531

 

62

%

Total gross profit

 

$

77,510

 

$

97,438

 

$

(19,928

)

(20

)%

 

Note: Gross profit for the CODM’s analysis includes the services and rental costs recognized in the financial statements and excludes depreciation.

 

Government

 

Revenue for the Government segment was $66.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $101.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The decrease in revenue was primarily due to a reduction in contracted daily rates in October of 2016.

 

Gross profit for the Government segment was $48.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $80.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The decrease in gross profit was due to decreased revenue as a result of a reduction in contracted daily rate in October of 2016.

 

Permian Basin

 

Revenue for the Permian Basin segment was $41.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $15.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase was primarily due to the Iron Horse Ranch and Black Gold Lodge acquisitions in Q3 2017, resulting in incremental revenues of $13.1 million and $3.3 million in 2017. Also contributing to the increase in revenue were expansions during 2017 to add 382 beds in response to increased drilling activity in the Permian Basin region.

 

Gross profit for the Permian Basin segment was $18.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $7.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in gross profit was due to cost efficiencies and additional revenues resulting from the Iron Horse Ranch and Black Gold Lodge acquisitions and 2017 room expansions.

 

Bakken Basin

 

Revenue for the Bakken Basin segment was $22.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $23.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to a $2.9 million decrease resulting from community closures in August of 2016, along with a $7.7 million decrease related to a large contract termination in 2016. The overall decrease in revenues was partially offset by a $3.8 million increase driven by higher utilization at the Williams County community.

 

Gross profit for the Bakken Basin segment was $9.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $9.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The decrease was due to lower revenues as a result of community closures and a large contract termination, as discussed above.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Historically, our primary sources of liquidity have been capital contributions from our owners and cash flow from operations. We depend on cash flow from operations, cash on hand, borrowings under our revolving credit facility and equity financings to finance our acquisition strategy, working capital needs and capital expenditures. The Algeco ABL Facility has an availability block of $100 million, requires a minimum of $30 million of excess availability, and requires minimum cash, on the last day of the month, of $20 million, shared among all the borrowers. We currently believe that our cash on hand, along with these sources of funds provides sufficient liquidity to fund debt service requirements, support our growth strategy, lease obligations, contingent liabilities and working capital investments for at least the next 12 months. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain future debt or equity financings adequate for our future cash requirements on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

 

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If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient, we may be forced to reduce or delay additional acquisitions, future investments and capital expenditures, and seek additional capital. Significant delays in our ability to finance planned acquisitions or capital expenditures may materially and adversely affect our future revenue prospects.

 

Capital Requirements

 

The following table sets forth general information derived from the Company’s statement of cash flows:

 

 

 

For the years ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

 

$

40,774

 

$

44,728

 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities

 

(130,246

)

(5,125

)

Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

 

98,059

 

(39,942

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

136

 

(12

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

8,723

 

$

(351

)

 

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016

 

Cash flows provided by operating activities.   Net cash provided by operating activities was $40.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $44.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. This decrease in net cash provided by operating activities of $3.9 million was primarily attributable to an increase in the payment of restructuring costs for the year ended December 31, 2017 of approximately $2.1 million combined with an additional $2 million decrease in cash inflows associated with a decline in income before tax offset by net changes in prepaid expenses, accounts payable and other accrued liabilities, accounts receivable, and deferred revenue and customer deposits.

 

Cash flows used in investing activities.   Net cash used in investing activities was $130.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. This increase of $125.1 million in cash used in investing activities was primarily due to an increase in cash outflows comprised of $36.5 million associated with the acquisition of Iron Horse Ranch in July of 2017, $15.3 million associated with specialty rental asset purchases, and $79.1 million in additional advances to affiliates.

 

Cash Flows provided by (used in) financing activities.   Net cash provided by financing activities was $98.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to net cash used by financing activities of $39.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. This increase in cash provided by financing activities of $138 million was primarily attributable to an increase of $114.9 million in capital contributions from affiliates in 2017 as part of the Restructuring previously discussed, a decrease in the payment of affiliate notes of $53.6 million during 2017, offset by an increase in distributions to affiliates of $23.6 million combined with cash paid for the acquisition of Target by Target Parent of $5.6 million during 2017 as part of the Restructuring previously discussed. The remaining change is associated with a net decrease in borrowing proceeds of approximately $1.3 million during 2017 compared to 2016.

 

Indebtedness

 

Capital lease and other financing obligations

 

Our capital lease and financing obligations at December 31, 2017, primarily consisted of $15.2 million associated with an equipment financing arrangement and $1.7 million of capital leases.

 

The $15.2 million related to the equipment financing agreement is payable monthly and matures in March 2019 and bears interest at 11.1%. Under this agreement, we transferred title and ownership of certain community units, assigned a portion of future lease payments, and can repurchase the rental equipment for $1 in March 2019. The agreement was amended in December 2016 for an additional $10.8 million of equipment financing.

 

Our capital leases primarily relate to commercial-use vehicles and have interest rates ranging from 3.3% to 20.7%.

 

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Concentration of Risks

 

In the normal course of business, we grant credit to customers based on credit evaluations of their financial condition and generally require no collateral or other security. Major customers are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the Company’s revenues or accounts receivable.

 

Our largest customers for the year ended December 31, 2017 were CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation who accounted for 50.5% and 11.8% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017. CoreCivic of Tennessee LLC also accounts for 26.6% of accounts receivable, with no other customer making up more than 10% of receivables for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company had one customer, CoreCivic of Tennessee LLC, representing approximately 68.3% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016. This customer also accounts for 57.3% of accounts receivables for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

Major vendors are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the annual goods purchased. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company had no major suppliers comprising more than 10.0% of total purchases. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company had one supplier that accounted for approximately 10.2% of total purchases.

 

The Company provides services almost entirely to customers in the governmental and E&P industries and as such, is almost entirely dependent upon the continued activity of such customers.

 

ABL Facility

 

We participate as a co-borrower in a multicurrency asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Revolver”). The borrowers participating in the agreement are affiliates of Algeco Global (“Borrowers”). The ABL Revolver provides up to $400 million of available financing subject to a borrowing base, with a maximum U.S. facility amount of $150 million. The amount the Borrowers can draw on the ABL Revolver is subject to a defined formula of available assets, principally tangible assets calculated monthly and is secured by a first lien on these tangible assets which comprise substantially all rental equipment, property, plant and equipment and trade receivables of all Borrowers. The ABL Revolver has an availability block of $25 million, requires a minimum of $30 million of excess availability, and requires minimum cash, on the last day of the month, of $20 million, shared among all the Borrowers. The ABL Revolver also includes a financial covenant requiring a certain minimum quarterly latest twelve months EBITDA of the Borrowers on a consolidated basis. Borrowings under the ABL Revolver bear interest payable on the first day of each quarter for the preceding quarter at a variable rate based on LIBOR or another applicable regional bank rate plus a fixed margin of 3.75%. We are a guarantor of the obligations of the other borrowers under the credit facility.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into various contractual obligations for varying terms and amounts. The table below presents our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2017:

 

Contractual Obligations

 

Total

 

2018

 

2019 and 2020

 

2021 and 2022

 

Thereafter

 

Capital lease and other financing obligations

 

$

16,977

 

$

14,184

 

$

2,793

 

$

 

$

 

ABL Facility

 

1,076

 

1,076

 

 

 

 

Notes due to affiliates

 

234,500

 

13,500

 

 

 

221,000

 

Total

 

$

252,553

 

$

28,760

 

$

2,793

 

$

0

 

$

221,000

 

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

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Commitments and Contingencies

 

We lease certain land, communities, and real estate under non-cancellable operating leases, the terms of which vary and generally contain renewal options. Total rent expense under these leases is recognized ratably over the initial term of the lease. Any difference between the rent payment and the straight-line expense is recorded as a liability.

 

Rent expense included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for cancelable and non-cancelable leases was $8.5 million and $5.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Future minimum lease payments at December 31, 2017, by year and in the aggregate, under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:

 

 

 

Operating
Leases

 

2018

 

$

3,492

 

2019

 

1,402

 

2020

 

1,107

 

2021

 

639

 

2022

 

 

Total

 

$

6,640

 

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Interest Rates

 

Capital markets conditions, including but not limited to availability and borrowing costs, could affect our ability to access the debt capital markets to the extent necessary to fund our future growth. In addition, interest rates on future credit facilities and debt offerings could be higher than current levels, causing our financing costs to increase accordingly, and could limit our ability to raise funds, or increase the price of raising funds, in the capital markets and may limit our ability to expand our operations or make future acquisitions. However, we expect to remain competitive with respect to acquisitions and capital projects, as our peers and competitors would likely face similar circumstances.

 

Commodity Risk

 

Commodity price fluctuations also indirectly influence our activities and results of operations over the long-term because they may affect production rates and investments by E&P companies in the development of oil and gas reserves. Generally, community activity will increase as oil and gas prices increase.

 

We have limited direct exposure to risks associated with fluctuating commodity prices of crude oil. However, both our profitability and our cash flow are affected by volatility in the prices of crude oil. Adverse effects on our cash flow from reductions in crude oil prices could adversely affect our ability to make distributions to unit holders. We do not currently hedge our exposure to crude oil prices.

 

Additionally, we believe that inflation has not had a material effect on our results of operations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported period.

 

On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

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Principles of consolidation:

 

We prepared the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its controlled subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. All of our subsidiaries are wholly owned, either directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

 

Accounting Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in these financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Receivables and Allowances for Doubtful Accounts

 

Receivables primarily consist of amounts due from customers from the delivery of specialty rental and hospitality services. The trade accounts receivable are recorded net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon the amount of losses expected to be incurred in the collection of these accounts. The estimated losses are based upon a review of outstanding receivables, including specific accounts and the related aging, and on historical collection experience. Specific accounts are written off against the allowance when management determines the account is uncollectible.

 

Specialty Rental Assets

 

Specialty rental assets (units, site work and furniture and fixtures comprising communities) are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Cost includes expenditures that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. Costs of improvements and betterments to units are capitalized when such costs extend the useful life of the unit or increase the rental value of the unit. Costs incurred for units to meet a particular customer specification are capitalized and depreciated over the lease term. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives and considering the residual value of those assets. The estimated useful life of modular units is 15 years with a 25% residual value. The estimated useful life of site work (above ground and below ground infrastructure) is 5 years. The estimated useful life of furniture and fixtures is 7 years.

 

These useful lives and residual values vary within the Company based on the type of unit, local operating conditions and local business practices. Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are adjusted prospectively, if a revision is determined to be appropriate.

 

Other Property, Plant, and Equipment

 

Other property, plant, and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. The cost of self-constructed assets includes the cost of materials, direct labor and any other costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to a working condition for its intended use. Assets leased under capital leases are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives unless it is reasonably certain that we will obtain ownership by the end of the lease term. Land is not depreciated. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives, as follows:

 

Buildings

 

5 - 15 years

 

Machinery and office equipment

 

3 - 5 years

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

7 years

 

Software

 

3 years

 

 

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Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.

 

Business Combinations

 

Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. Consideration transferred for acquisitions is measured at fair value at the acquisition date and includes assets transferred, liabilities assumed and equity issued. Acquisition costs incurred are expensed and included in selling, general and administrative expenses. When we acquire a business, we assess the financial assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions at the acquisition date.

 

Any contingent consideration transferred by the acquirer is recognized at fair value at the acquisition date. Any subsequent changes to the fair value of contingent consideration are recognized in profit or loss. If the contingent consideration is classified as equity, it is not re-measured and subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity.

 

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Goodwill

 

We evaluate goodwill for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is the operating segment, or one level below that operating segment (the component level) if discrete financial information is prepared and regularly reviewed by segment management. However, components are aggregated as a single reporting unit if they have similar economic characteristics. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to each of our reporting units that are expected to benefit from the combination. We evaluate changes in our reporting structure to assess whether that change impacts the composition of one or more of its reporting units. If the composition of our reporting units changes, goodwill is reassigned between reporting units using the relative fair value allocation approach.

 

We perform the annual impairment test of goodwill on October 1. In addition, we perform impairment tests during any reporting period in which events or changes in circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. In assessing the fair value of the reporting units, we consider the market approach, the income approach, or a combination of both. Under the market approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is based on quoted market prices of companies comparable to the reporting unit being valued. Under the income approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is based on the present value of estimated cash flows. The income approach is dependent on a number of significant management assumptions, including estimated future revenue growth rates, gross profit on sales, operating margins, capital expenditures, tax rates and discount rates.

 

If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the calculated fair value, an impairment charge is recognized in an amount equal to that excess, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. Additionally, we consider the income tax effect from any tax deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting unit, if applicable, when measuring the goodwill impairment charge.

 

Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

 

Intangible assets that are acquired by the Company and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually. The Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of trade names. The Company calculates fair value by comparing a relief-from-royalty method to the carrying amount of the indefinite-lived intangible asset. This method is used to estimate the cost savings that accrue to the owner of an intangible asset who would otherwise have to pay royalties or license fees on revenues earned through the use of the asset. An impairment charge would be recorded to the extent the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds the fair value.

 

Asset Retirement Obligations

 

We recognize asset retirement obligations (“AROs”) related to legal obligations associated with the operation of our specialty rental communities. The fair values of these AROs are recorded on a discounted basis, at the time the obligation is incurred and accreted over time for the change in present value. We capitalize asset retirement costs by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived assets and depreciating these costs over the remaining useful life. The carrying amount of AROs recognized in the Company’s balance sheets was $1.9 million and $1.8 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company derives the majority of its revenue from specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality, specifically community and related ancillary services. Revenue is recognized in the period in which communities and services are provided pursuant to the terms of contractual relationships with the customers. In some contracts, rates may vary over the contract term. In these cases, revenue is generally recognized on a straight-line basis over the contract term. The Company enters into arrangements with a single deliverable as well as multiple deliverables. For those with multiple deliverables, arrangement consideration is allocated between communities and services based on the relative estimated selling price of each deliverable. The estimated price of community and services deliverables is based on the prices of community and services when sold separately, or based upon the best estimate of selling price.

 

When communities and services are billed in advance, recognition of revenue is deferred until services are rendered. Certain arrangements allow customers the ability to use paid but unused communities and services for a specified period beyond the expiration of the contract. The Company recognizes revenue for these paid but unused communities and services as they are used, as it becomes probable the communities and services will not be used, or upon expiration of the specified term.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company’s operations are subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes, and have historically been included in the U.S. consolidated tax return of its parent, along with certain state and local and foreign incomes tax returns.

 

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In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Company calculated the provision for income taxes by using a “separate return” method. Under this method, the Company assumed it would file a separate return with the tax authority, thereby reporting its taxable income or loss and paying the applicable tax to or receiving the appropriate refund from WSII. The Company’s current provision is the amount of tax payable or refundable on the basis of a hypothetical, current-year separate return. The Company provides deferred taxes on temporary differences and on any carryforwards that it could claim on its hypothetical return and assesses the need for a valuation allowance on the basis of its projected separate return results. Any difference between the tax provision allocated to the Company under the separate return method and payments to be made to (or received from) WSII for tax expense, are treated as either dividends or capital contributions. As a stand-alone entity, the Company’s taxes payable, deferred taxes and effective tax rate may differ significantly from those in the historical periods.

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Company records net deferred tax assets to the extent it believes that it is more likely than not that these assets will be realized. In making such determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent results of operations. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce the deferred tax assets to an amount that will more likely than not be realized. When a valuation allowance is established or there is an increase in an allowance in a reporting period, tax expense is generally recorded in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Conversely, to the extent circumstances indicate that a valuation allowance is no longer necessary, that portion of the valuation allowance is reversed, which generally reduces the Company’s income tax expense.

 

In accordance with applicable authoritative guidance, the Company accounts for uncertain income tax positions using a benefit recognition model with a two-step approach; a more-likely-than-not recognition criterion; and a measurement approach that measures the position as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. If it is not more-likely-than-not that the benefit of the tax position will be sustained on its technical merits, no benefit is recorded. Uncertain tax positions that relate only to timing of when an item is included on a tax return are considered to have met the recognition threshold. The Company classifies interest on tax deficiencies and income tax penalties within income tax expense. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are prioritized into three levels that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1:  Inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are observable.

 

Level 2:  Inputs that reflect quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

 

Level 3:  Inputs that are unobservable to the extent that observable inputs are not available for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company qualifies as an emerging growth company (“EGC”) as defined under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”). Using exemptions provided under the JOBS Act provided to EGCs, the Company has elected to defer compliance with new or revised financial accounting standards until a company that is not an issuer (as defined under section 2(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) is required to comply with such standards. As such, compliance dates included below pertain to non-issuers, and as permitted, early adoption dates are indicated.

 

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In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which prescribes a single comprehensive model for entities to use in the accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The new guidance supersedes virtually all existing revenue guidance under U.S. GAAP. The new standard becomes effective for the Company’s year ended December 31, 2019 and interim periods thereafter. Topic 606 allows either full or modified retrospective transition, and the Company currently plans to use the modified retrospective method of adoption. This approach consists of recognizing the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. As part of the modified retrospective approach in the year of adoption, the Company presents the comparative periods under legacy GAAP and disclose the amount by which each financial statement line item was affected as a result of applying the new standard and an explanation of significant changes. The core principle contemplated by this new standard is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. New disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers are also required. In April and May 2016, the FASB also issued clarifying updates to the new standard specifically to address certain core principles including the identification of performance obligations, licensing guidance, the assessment of the collectability criterion, the presentation of taxes collected from customers, non-cash considerations, contract modifications and completed contracts at transition. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the updated guidance has on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures. As part of the evaluation process, the Company is holding regular meetings with key stakeholders from across the organization to discuss the impact of the standard on its existing contracts. The Company is utilizing a bottom-up approach to analyze the impact of the standard on its portfolio of contracts by reviewing the Company’s current accounting policies and practices to identify potential differences that would result from applying the requirements of the new standard to the Company’s existing revenue contracts. The Company is still completing this evaluation and has not yet determined the impact on its financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). This guidance revises existing practice related to accounting for leases under ASC Topic 840 Leases (ASC 840) for both lessees and lessors. The new guidance requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all of their leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease). The lease liability is be equal to the present value of lease payments and the right-of-use asset is based on the lease liability, subject to adjustment such as for initial direct costs. For income statement purposes, the new standard retains a dual model similar to ASC 840, requiring leases to be classified as either operating or finance. Operating leases will result in straight-line expense (similar to current accounting by lessees for operating leases under ASC 840) while finance leases will result in a front-loaded expense pattern (similar to current accounting by lessees for capital leases under ASC 840). While the new standard maintains similar accounting for lessors as under ASC 840, the new standard reflects updates to, among other things, align with certain changes to the lessee model. The new standard is effective for the Company in during the year ended December 31, 2020 and interim periods thereafter. Topic 842 allows an entity to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach or to adopt under the new optional transition method that allows an entity to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of the adoption date. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the pronouncement on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In October 2016, the FASB issued guidance which requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of intra-entity sale or transfers of assets, other than inventory, at the time of transfer. The new standard requires companies to recognize the income tax effects of intercompany sales or transfers of assets, other than inventory, in the income statement as income tax expense (or benefit) in the period the sale or transfer occurs. The exception to recognizing the income tax effects of intercompany sales or transfers of assets remains in place for intercompany inventory sales and transfers. The new standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for all entities as long as entities adopt at the beginning of an annual reporting period. The Company does not believe the pronouncement has a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the Company elected to early adopt the amendments of ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350), which simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairment by eliminating the second step of the two-step goodwill impairment test. Rather, a goodwill impairment charge is measured as the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the reporting unit. In addition, the new method should reduce the cost and complexity of evaluating goodwill for impairment. The pronouncement had no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018 02, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, to address a specific consequence of new legislation by allowing a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”)’s reduction of the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate. The ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption

 

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permitted, and is to be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the effect of the change in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Act is recognized. The Company plans to adopt the standard on January 1, 2019 and does not anticipate a material impact upon adoption.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

Target Parent has included Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow which are measurements not calculated in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), in the discussion of its financial results because they are key metrics used by management to assess financial performance. Target Parent’s business is capital-intensive and these additional metrics allow management to further evaluate its operating performance.

 

Target Parent defines Adjusted gross profit, as gross profit plus depreciation of specialty rental assets and loss on impairment.

 

Target Parent defines EBITDA as net income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit), interest expense, depreciation of specialty rental assets, and other depreciation and amortization.

 

Adjusted EBITDA reflects the following further adjustments to EBITDA to exclude certain non-cash items and the effect of what management considers transactions or events not related to its core business operations:

 

·                   Currency (gain) loss, net :   Target Parent incurred currency gains and losses on assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies other than the functional currency. Substantially all such currency (gains) losses are unrealized and non-cash.

 

·                   Restructuring costs:   Target Parent incurred nonroutine costs associated with restructuring plans designed to streamline operations and reduce costs.

 

·                   Other expense (income), net: Target Parent recognized a gain on insurance proceeds received from a flood at one property located in North Dakota, gains related to the sale of assets in 2017, and income associated with recharged costs from Target Parent to affiliate groups.

 

·                   Holdings selling, general and administrative costs: Holdings incurred nonrecurring costs in the form of legal and professional fees as well as transaction bonus amounts, primarily associated with a restructuring transaction in 2017.

 

We define Adjusted Free Cash Flow as Adjusted EBITDA plus increases in deferred revenue and customer deposits, less decreases in deferred revenue and customer deposits, less maintenance capital expenditures for specialty rental assets.

 

EBITDA reflects net income excluding the impact of interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation, and amortization. We believe that EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of operating performance because we use it to measure our ability to service debt, fund capital expenditures, and expand our business. We also use EBITDA, as do analysts, lenders, investors, and others, to evaluate companies because it excludes certain items that can vary widely across different industries or among companies within the same industry. For example, interest expense can be dependent on a company’s capital structure, debt levels, and credit ratings. Accordingly, the impact of interest expense on earnings can vary significantly among companies. The tax positions of companies can also vary because of their differing abilities to take advantage of tax benefits and because of the tax policies of the jurisdictions in which they operate. As a result, effective tax rates and provision for income taxes can vary considerably among companies. EBITDA also excludes depreciation and amortization expense, because companies utilize productive assets of different ages and use different methods of both acquiring and depreciating productive assets. These differences can result in considerable variability in the relative costs of productive assets and the depreciation and amortization expense among companies.

 

Target Parent also believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of operating performance. Our Adjusted EBITDA reflects adjustments to exclude the effects of additional items, including non-routine items, that are not reflective of the ongoing operating results of Target Parent.  In addition, to derive Adjusted EBITDA, we exclude gains or losses on the sale of depreciable assets because including them in EBITDA is inconsistent with reporting the ongoing performance of our remaining assets.

 

Target Parent also presents adjusted free cash flow because we believe it provides useful information regarding our liquidity and ability to meet our short-term obligations. Adjusted Free Cash Flow indicates the amount of cash available after maintenance capital expenditures for, among other things, investments in our existing business.

 

Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow are not measurements of Target

 

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Parent’s financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to gross profit, net income (loss) or other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP, or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities as measures of Target Parent’s liquidity. Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow should not be considered as discretionary cash available to Target Parent to reinvest in the growth of its business or as measures of cash that is available to it to meet its obligations. In addition, its measurement of Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Target Parent’s management believe that Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow provide useful information to investors about Target Parent and its financial condition and results of operations for the following reasons: (i) they are among the measures used by Target Parent’s management team to evaluate its operating performance; (ii) they are among the measures used by Target Parent’s management team to make day-to-day operating decisions, (iii) they are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a common performance measure to compare results across companies in Target Parent’s industry.

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of Target Parent’s consolidated gross profit to Adjusted gross profit:

 

 

 

For the Years Ended
December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2017

 

2016

 

Gross Profit

 

$

53,046

 

$

61,137

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

$

24,464

 

$

36,300

 

Adjusted gross profit

 

$

77,510

 

$

97,437

 

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of Target Parent’s consolidated net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2017

 

2016

 

Net Income

 

$

981

 

$

26,909

 

Interest expense (income), net

 

(5,107

)

(3,512

)

Income tax expense

 

25,584

 

17,310

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

5,681

 

5,029

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

24,464

 

36,300

 

EBITDA

 

$

51,603

 

$

82,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currency (gain) loss, net

 

(91

)

 

Restructuring costs

 

2,180

 

 

Other expense (income), net

 

(519

)

(392

)

Holdings selling, general and administrative costs

 

8,771

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

61,944

 

$

81,644

 

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of Target Parent’s Adjusted EBITDA to Net cash flows from operating activities to Adjusted Free Cash Flows:

 

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Year Ended
December 31,

 

(in thousands)  

 

2017

 

2016

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

61,944

 

$

81,644

 

Interest payments

 

(955

)

(1,993

)

Income taxes paid, net of refunds received

 

(620

)

(530

)

Restructuring costs

 

(2,180

)

 

Other (expense) income, net

 

519

 

392

 

Holdings selling, general and administrative costs

 

(8,771

)

 

Working capital and other

 

(9,163

)

(34,785

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

40,774

 

$

44,728

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest payments

 

955

 

1,993

 

Income taxes paid, net of refunds received

 

620

 

530

 

Restructuring costs

 

2,180

 

 

Other expense (income), net

 

(519

)

(392

)

Holdings selling, general and administrative costs

 

8,771

 

 

Working capital and other

 

9,163

 

34,785

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

(15,288

)

(19,147

)

Maintenance capital expenditures for specialty rental assets

 

(673

)

(456

)

Adjusted Free Cash Flows

 

$

45,983

 

$

62,041

 

 

Controls and Procedures

 

Upon becoming a public company, we are required to comply with the SEC’s rules implementing Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which require our management to certify financial and other information in our quarterly and annual reports. We are required to provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting beginning with our annual report for the year ending December 31, 2019. We are not required to have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 until our first annual report subsequent to our ceasing to be an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act.

 

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SIGNOR’S MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following management’s discussion and analysis contains a discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of RL Signor Holdings, LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Predecessor” or “Signor”), from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018, and should be read in conjunction with the information presented in “Selected Historical Financial Information of Signor” and the notes related thereto included elsewhere in this filing. In addition to historical financial information, the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements, such as statements regarding Signor’s expectations for future performance, liquidity, and capital resources that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from Signor’s expectations. Signor’s actual results and timing of selected events may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements contained herein. Factors that could cause such differences include those identified below and those described in “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information” attached as Exhibit 99.5 to this filing.

 

As explained elsewhere in this filing, the discussion and analysis contained in this section relates to Signor, prior to and without giving pro-forma effect to the impact of the Business Combination and, as a result, the results reflected in this section may not be indicative of the results Target Hospitality will see going forward or that Signor would have seen as a standalone business during the periods presented. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information” attached as Exhibit 99.5 to this filing.

 

The information in this “Signor’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are for historical periods as of September 6, 2018. For purposes of this section, references to “we,” “us,” “our” or “Signor” refers to RL Signor and its consolidated subsidiaries for periods as of December 31, 2016, December 31, 2017 and September 6, 2018.

 

Overview

 

Signor is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware to own, develop, manage, and operate workforce communities located in Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. Primary operations occur throughout Texas. Signor customers are primarily companies for which Signor provides workforce housing. Signor assets consist of housing facilities, equipment, and infrastructure that provide workforce housing in the oil and gas basins in the United States. As the amount of drilling in the basins continues to grow, there will be a need for housing as there is a limited local supply of the workforce needed.

 

The workforce community services we provide are critical to the operations of exploration and production (“E&P”) companies, particularly in high-growth unconventional oil and gas basins. There is a shortage of the workforce that is needed locally for E&P companies which causes E&P companies to pay for relocation and temporary housing. By providing workforce communities at reasonable prices for longer term stays, we are filling a critical need for those companies.

 

Our current operations are primarily located in three of the most prolific oil and gas basins in the United States: the Permian basin, the Eagle Ford basin, and the South-Central Oklahoma Oil Province (the “SCOOP”) / Sooner Trend (oil field), Anadarko (basin), Canadian and Kingfisher (counties) (“STACK”). Our customers include some of the most active E&P companies in these basins, including Halliburton, Schlumberger, BJ Services, and FTS International are a few of our customer base. We expect to expand our business within our existing operating regions by addressing the growing need for workforce communities in these areas.

 

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Components of the Consolidated Historical Operations

 

Signor generated the majority of their revenue from remote accommodations, specifically by charging fees for workforce communities and related services to customers. Signor services included temporary living accommodations, catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, workforce community management, transportation, and laundry service. The fees that Signor charged were based upon firm commitment contracts (take-or-pay) or exclusivity contracts with our customer base.

 

Signor management used a variety of financial and operating metrics to analyze their performance. These metrics were significant factors in assessing their operating results and profitability and they reviewed the measurements frequently for consistency and trend analysis. Key performance measures such as service income, operating income, and cash flows were used to evaluate their business.

 

Trends and Factors Impacting Results of Operations

 

We expect our business to continue to be affected by the key factors discussed below. Our expectations are based on assumptions made by us and information currently available to us. To the extent our underlying assumptions about, or interpretations of, available information prove to be incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from our expected results.

 

Supply and Demand for Oil and Gas

 

As a workforce community service provider, we are not directly impacted by oil and gas price fluctuations. However, these price fluctuations indirectly influence our activities and results of operations because the E&P workforce is directly affected by price fluctuations and the industry’s expansion or contraction from these changes. Our occupancy volume depends on the size of the workforce within this industry and the demand for labor. Oil and gas prices are volatile and influenced by numerous factors beyond our control, including the domestic and global supply of and demand for oil and gas. The commodities trading markets, as well as other supply and demand factors, may also influence the selling prices of oil and gas.

 

Availability and Cost of Capital

 

Capital markets conditions could affect our ability to access the debt and equity capital markets to the extent necessary to fund our future growth. Interest rates on future credit facilities and debt offerings could be higher than current levels, causing our financing costs to increase accordingly, and could limit our ability to raise funds, or increase the price of raising funds, in the capital markets and may limit our ability to expand.

 

Regulatory Compliance

 

We are subject to extensive federal, state, local and foreign environmental, health and safety laws and regulations concerning matters such as air emissions, wastewater discharges, solid and hazardous waste handling and disposal and the investigation and remediation of contamination. The risks of substantial costs, liabilities and limitations on our operations related to compliance with these laws and regulations are an inherent part of our business, and future conditions may develop, arise or be discovered that create substantial environmental compliance or remediation liabilities and costs.

 

Key factors impacting the comparability of results

 

Results of Operations

 

The period to period comparisons of Signor’s results of operations have been prepared using the historical periods included in Signor’s financial statements. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

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Consolidated Results of Operations for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 and September 30, 2017

 

 

 

For the
period from
January 1,
2018 through
September 6,
2018

 

For the
nine months
ended
September 30,
2017

 

Amount of

 

 

 

(Predecessor)
Unaudited

 

(Predecessor)
Unaudited

 

Increase
(Decrease)

 

Service income

 

$

61,242

 

$

22,394

 

$

38,848

 

Costs of service

 

26,675

 

10,724

 

15,951

 

Depreciation & accretion

 

4,022

 

2,004

 

2,018

 

Gross Profit

 

30,545

 

9,666

 

20,879

 

Selling, general, and administrative

 

2,949

 

2,271

 

678

 

Acquisition expenses

 

411

 

 

411

 

Operating Income

 

27,185

 

7,395

 

19,790

 

Interest expense, net

 

268

 

80

 

188

 

Net Income

 

$

26,917

 

$

7,315

 

$

19,602

 

 

Period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 Compared to Nine months ended September 30, 2017

 

Service income.   Service income for the Predecessor was $61.2 million for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 and $22.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase in service revenue during the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 as compared to the same period in 2017 was primarily due to higher crude oil prices and greater U.S. drilling activity and acquisitions in the Permian, Eagle Ford, and SCOOP/STACK oil and gas regions in 2018. The average crude oil price in the period from January 2018 through September 2018 was $66.89 per barrel as compared to $49.39 per barrel in the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The rig count for Texas in September 2018 was 528 as compared to 453 in the same period in 2017. The increase in activity and personnel in the basin drove an increase in occupancy, thus leading to higher rooms, food service and other revenue.

 

Cost of service.   Cost of service for the Predecessor was $26.7 million for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 as compared to $10.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase in total service income was primarily due to expansions to add rooms while consistently maintaining a high occupancy rate. The average room count was 3,415 for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 as compared to 1,229 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Additionally, the average occupancy rate was 92% for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 as compared to 85% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. As a result, the cost of service related to Rooms and Food saw a significant increase.

 

Depreciation and accretion.   Depreciation was $4 million for period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 as compared to $2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 for the Predecessor. The increase in depreciation was due to a $2 million increase in depreciable base from September 30, 2017 to September 6, 2018.

 

Selling, general, and administrative.   Selling, general, and administrative was $3 million for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 for the Predecessor as compared to $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase was primarily due to an increase in personnel. The employee headcount as of September 6, 2018 was 334 as compared to 196 at September 30, 2017, resulting in increases in salaries expense, bonuses and incentives.

 

Acquisition expenses.   Acquisition expense was $0.4 million for the Predecessor for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018. The acquisition expenses were as a result of the transaction expenses incurred by the Predecessor.

 

Interest expense, net.   In the Predecessor period, interest expense, net was $0.3 million for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 as compared to $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase in Interest expense, net was due to larger borrowings during the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

 

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Consolidated Results of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

Amount of
Increase

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

(Decrease)

 

Service Income:

 

$

38,737

 

$

13,497

 

$

25,240

 

Costs of service

 

17,241

 

6,974

 

10,267

 

Depreciation & accretion

 

3,279

 

1,971

 

1,308

 

Gross Profit

 

18,217

 

4,552

 

13,665

 

Selling, general, and administrative

 

3,524

 

2,799

 

725

 

Net (loss) gain on sale and disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

(9

)

1,478

 

(1,487

)

Operating Income

 

14,684

 

3,231

 

11,453

 

Interest expense and other income, net

 

(132

)

(128

)

(4

)

Net income

 

$

14,552

 

$

3,103

 

$

11,449

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016

 

Total service income.   Total service income was $38.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 and $13.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in service income for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to December 31, 2016 was a result of higher crude oil prices and greater U.S. drilling activity in the Permian, Eagle Ford, and SCOOP/STACK oil and gas regions in 2017. The average crude oil price in 2017 was $50.88 per barrel as compared to $43.14 per barrel in 2016. The average rig count for Texas for December 2017 was 456 as compared to 310 in the same period in 2016. The increase in activity and personnel in the basin drove an increase in occupancy, thus leading to higher Rooms, Food Service, and Other Revenue.

 

Cost of service.   Cost of service was $17.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $7.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in total service income was primarily due to expansions to add rooms while consistently maintaining a high occupancy rate. The average room count was 1,535 for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to 754 for the year ended December 31, 2016. Additionally, the average occupancy rate was 87% for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to 60% for the same period in 2016. As a result, cost of service related to Rooms and Food saw a significant increase.

 

Depreciation.   Depreciation was $3.3 million for year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in depreciation was due to a $1.3 million increase in depreciable base from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017.

 

Selling, general, and administrative.   Selling, general, and administrative was $3.5 million for year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $2.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase was primarily due to an increase in personnel. The employee headcount as of December 31, 2017 was 240 as compared to 81 at December 31, 2016, resulting in a $0.6 million increase in salaries expense and a $0.2 million increase in bonuses and incentives.

 

Interest expense, net.   Interest expense, net was $0.1 million for year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in Interest expense, net was due to larger borrowings during the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Historically, Signor’s primary sources of liquidity have been capital contributions from our owners and cash flow from operations. Signor depended on cash flow from operations, cash on hand, borrowings under our revolving credit facility and equity financings to finance our acquisition strategy, working capital needs, and capital expenditures. The Predecessor had a revolving line of credit with Washington Federal for a maximum amount of $1.0 million.

 

We currently believe that our cash on hand, along with these sources of funds provides sufficient liquidity to fund debt service requirements, support our growth strategy, lease obligations, contingent liabilities and working capital investments for at least the next 12 months. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain future debt or equity financings adequate for our future cash requirements on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

 

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient, we may be forced to reduce or delay additional acquisitions, future investments and capital expenditures, and seek additional capital. Significant delays in our ability to finance planned acquisitions or capital expenditures may materially and adversely affect our future revenue prospects.

 

Capital Requirements

 

Our 2018 total annual capital budget is approximately $19.3 million, including growth projects to increase capacity and productivity. However, the amount and timing of these 2018 capital expenditures is largely discretionary. We could choose

 

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to defer or increase a portion of these planned 2018 capital expenditures depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, additional contracts awarded above and beyond our projections. As we pursue growth, we monitor which capital resources, including equity and debt financings, are available to us to meet our future financial obligations, planned capital expenditure activities and liquidity requirements. However, future cash flows are subject to a number of variables, including the ability to maintain existing contracts, obtain new contracts and manage our operating expenses. The failure to achieve anticipated service income and cash flows from operations could result in a reduction in future capital spending. We cannot assure you that operations and other needed capital will be available on acceptable terms or at all. In the event we make additional acquisitions and the amount of capital required is greater than the amount we have available for acquisitions at that time, we could be required to reduce the expected level of capital expenditures or seek additional capital. We cannot assure you that needed capital will be available on acceptable terms or at all.

 

The following table sets forth general information derived from our Statement of Cash Flows:

 

 

 

For the
period from
January 1,
2018 through
September 6,
2018

 

For the
nine months
ended
September 30,
2017

 

Amount of
Increase
(Decrease)

 

 

 

(Predecessor)
Unaudited

 

(Predecessor)
Unaudited

 

(Predecessor)
Unaudited

 

Net cash flow provided by operating activities

 

$

33,283

 

$

8,668

 

$

24,615

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(19,078

)

(12,440

)

$

(6,638

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

(973

)

6,645

 

$

(7,618

)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

13,232

 

$

2,873

 

$

10,359

 

 

Period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 Compared to Nine months ended September 30, 2017

 

Cash flows provided by operating activities.   Net cash provided by operating activities for the Predecessor was $33.3 million during the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018. This was attributed to net income of $27 million primarily adjusted for $4 million in depreciation. In addition, operating cash flows were positively impacted by a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets, along with increases in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and unearned revenue. Further, the increase in cash flows was offset by an increase in accounts receivable.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities for the Predecessor was $8.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. This was attributed to net income of $7.3 million primarily adjusted for $2 million in depreciation. Operating cash flows were positively impacted by a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets. In addition, the net increase in cash flows was offset by increases in accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and unearned revenue.

 

Cash flows used in investing activities.   Cash used in investing activities was $19.1 million during the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 which related to $19.1 million in asset purchases and improvements to property and equipment.

 

Cash used in investing activities was $12.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 which primarily related to $12.4 million in asset purchases and improvements to property and equipment.

 

Cash flows provided by financing activities.   Cash used in financing activities was $1 million during the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018 which related to $0.8 million in payments on notes payable, $0.1 million in capital lease payments, and $0.1 million in distributions.

 

Cash provided by financing activities was $6.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 which related to $4 million in proceeds from notes payable and $3 million in contributions, partially offset by $0.2 million in payments on notes payable, $0.1 million in payment of deferred financing costs, and $0.1 million in capital lease payments, and $4 thousand in distributions.

 

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The following table sets forth general information derived from our statement of cash flows:

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

Amount of
Increase

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

(Decrease)

 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

 

$

13,374

 

$

2,106

 

$

11,268

 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities

 

(23,184

)

(6,111

)

(17,073

)

Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

 

11,015

 

2,232

 

8,783

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,205

 

$

(1,773

)

$

2,978

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016

 

Cash flows provided by operating activities.   Net cash provided by operating activities was $13.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. This was attributed to net income of $14.6 million primarily adjusted for $3.3 million in depreciation. In addition, operating cash flows were positively impacted by a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets, along with increases in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and unearned revenue. Further, the increase in cash flows was offset by an increase in accounts receivable.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was $2.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2016. This was attributed to net income of $3.1 million primarily adjusted for $2.0 million in depreciation and a $1.5 million net gain on sale and disposal of property and equipment. In addition, the net increase in cash flows was offset by increases in accounts receivable and prepaid expenses and other assets, along with decreases in accounts payable and accrued expenses.

 

Cash flows used in investing activities.   Cash used in investing activities was $23.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. This was primarily attributed to $23.0 million in asset purchases and improvements to property and equipment, $0.1 million in restricted cash payments, a $0.1 million purchase of land held for investment, and $0.04 million from proceeds from sale of assets.

 

Cash used in investing activities was $6.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2016. This was attributed to $8.2 million in asset purchases and improvements to property and equipment and $0.1 million in restricted cash payments, partially offset by $2.1 million in proceeds from sale of assets and $0.1 million in proceeds from insurance claims.

 

Cash Flows provided by financing activities.   Cash provided by financing activities was $11.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. This was attributed to $7.8 million in contributions and $4.0 million in proceeds from notes payable, partially offset by $0.5 million in payments on notes payable, $0.1 million in payment of deferred financing costs, $0.2 million in capital lease payments, and $0.1 million in distributions.

 

Cash provided by financing activities was $2.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2016. This was attributed to $2.9 million in contributions and partially offset by $0.4 million in payments on notes payable and $0.3 million in capital lease payments.

 

Indebtedness

 

During 2014, Signor purchased certain workforce community equipment and entered into promissory notes with the vendor totaling $1.4 million. The five individual promissory notes have four-year terms maturing between November 2018 and January 2019. The promissory notes call for monthly payments of principal and interest, based on a variable interest rate based on the prime rate plus 4% with a stated minimum rate of 8% and a maximum of 9%. The promissory notes were collateralized by the property and equipment purchased. The balance of these notes was $86 thousand and $348 thousand as of September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

 

During 2015, Signor purchased 40 acres of land in Orla, Texas for $135 thousand and entered into a promissory note with the seller. The promissory note has a five-year term and calls for monthly payments of principal and interest, with a balloon payment of approximately $110 thousand in 2020, based on a 10.0% interest rate. The note has a maturity date of December 1, 2020. The promissory note is collateralized by the land purchased. The balance of this note was $123 thousand, and $125 thousand as of September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

 

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During 2017, Signor entered into a loan agreement with Washington Federal for a $4 million term loan. The term loan has an interest rate of 3.50% plus one-month LIBOR per annum. The interest rate on the term loan was 5.63% and 5.00% as of September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The note requires monthly payments of principal and interest and matures on October 1, 2022. The term loan is collateralized by real and personal property owned by Signor, excluding certain assets as defined in the loan agreement. The balance of this note was $3.2 million as of September 6, 2018 and $3.9 million as of December 31, 2017. The agreement also placed certain restrictions upon Signor and required Signor to maintain certain financial and non-financial covenants. As of September 6, 2018, Signor was in compliance with the financial covenants. As part of the transaction agreement, the loan was paid off in the amount of $3,270 thousand which was the outstanding principal and interest.

 

During 2017, Signor entered into a loan agreement with Washington Federal for a revolving line of credit not to exceed the lesser of $1 million and the borrowing base as defined in the loan agreement. In December 2017, the revolving line of credit was amended to provide for a maximum amount to be borrowed of $3.5 million until April 30, 2018, on which date the maximum amount shall be reduced to $1 million. The promissory note has an interest rate of 3.50% plus one-month LIBOR per annum. The interest rate on the revolving line of credit was 5.00%. The revolving line of credit note requires monthly interest-only payments with the entire unpaid principal balance due at maturity. The revolving line of credit has a maturity date of October 1, 2019 and is collateralized by real and personal property owned by Signor, excluding certain assets as defined in the loan agreements. The balance of this note was $0 September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

 

Off-balance sheet arrangements

 

Signor has not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Distributions

 

Signor did not have a legal obligation to make distributions except as provided in the partnership agreement. In determining the amount of distributions, the board of directors of their general partner would determine the amount of cash reserves to set aside for their operations, including reserves for future working capital, maintenance capital expenditures, expansion capital expenditures, acquisitions, and other matters, which will impact the amount of cash we are able to distribute to our unit holders. To the extent Signor was unable to finance growth externally and was unwilling to establish cash reserves to fund future expansions, their distributable cash flow would not significantly increase.

 

As of September 6, 2018, 51,003,049 Series A Units and 2,240,000 Series B Units were outstanding.

 

Concentration of Risks

 

We are exposed to certain credit risks relating to our ongoing business operations. Credit risk includes the risk that counterparties that owe us money will breach their obligations. If the counterparties to these arrangements fail to perform, we may be forced to enter into alternative arrangements. In that event, our financial results could be adversely affected and the partnership could incur losses.

 

We provide our services to customers based on an evaluation of the financial condition of our customers, generally without requiring collateral. Exposure to losses on receivables is principally dependent on each customer’s financial condition. We monitor the exposure for credit losses and maintain allowances for anticipated losses.

 

The Predecessor had three customers representing 21.5%, 20.1%, and 10.3% of total service income for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018. These customers also represented 34.7%, 13.0%, and 12.0% of accounts receivable as of September 6, 2018.

 

The Predecessor had three customers representing 32.7%, 16.8%, and 12.5% of total service income by customer for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. These customers also accounted for 35.1%, 18.5%, and 19.5% of accounts receivable as of September 30, 2017.

 

We had three customers representing 29.8%, 20.0%, and 13.1% or 62.9%, of total service income for the year ended December 31, 2017. These customers also accounted for 28.1%, 26.0%, and 11.4% of accounts receivables as of December 31, 2017.

 

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Major vendors are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the annual goods purchased. We had one vendor representing 31% of total purchases for the period from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2017, we had one major supplier that accounted for approximately 24% of total purchases.

 

We provide services almost entirely to customers involved the E&P industry in the Permian basin, Eagle Ford basin region of west Texas and the SCOOP/STACK area of Oklahoma, and as such, is almost entirely dependent upon the continued activity of such customers.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

The table below presents Signor’s significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2017.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

Total

 

Less than
1 year

 

1 - 3 years

 

3 - 5 years

 

More than
5 years

 

Promissory note 1

 

$

349

 

$

344

 

$

5

 

$

 

$

 

Promissory note 2

 

126

 

5

 

121

 

 

 

 

Term loan

 

3,867

 

800

 

1,600

 

1,467

 

 

Revolving line of credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Lease

 

443

 

234

 

209

 

 

 

Land and building leases

 

578

 

168

 

246

 

164

 

 

Total

 

$

5,363

 

$

1,551

 

$

2,181

 

$

1,631

 

$

 

 

Signor leased office space under a lease expiring August 31, 2018. Rent for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $121 thousand and $133 thousand, included in selling, general and administrative expense.

 

During 2017, Signor entered into a lease for land in Midland, Texas, which expires April 20, 2022. Rent for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $92 thousand and $54 thousand, respectively.

 

Signor entered into a workforce housing facility lease in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The initial lease term was from December 11, 2017 through March 11, 2018, and provided for up to three one-month extensions. The lease was extended until April 11, 2018. Rent for the period from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $240 thousand and $0 thousand, respectively. See Note 13. Commitments and Contingencies, in the notes to our consolidated quarterly financial statements.

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

As of December 31, 2017, Signor was involved in two pending litigation matters. The first matter, Todd Bell v. RL Signor Holdings, LLC, is a suit pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. This suit alleges Signor left a breach of contract and other related causes of action arising out of a ground lease entered into by the Signor with Mr. Bell. The terms of the ground lease allowed Signor to terminate the lease if they were unable to secure adequate utilities to build a community on Mr. Bell’s property. After receiving a denial of services letter from the City of El Reno, Signor terminated the lease and Mr. Bell sued. Signor filed a motion to dismiss all counts which was granted except for amounts owed during the period prior to the lease being terminated. This litigation matter was settled in June 2018 and paid in August 2018.

 

The second matter, Black Horse Lodge & Casino, LLC et al. v. MacBain Properties, Inc., et al. is a suit pending in Montana Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Roosevelt County. This suit alleges that the plaintiff had a written lease with MacBain for the Bainville property which was sold by MacBain to Signor in 2017. Signor’s purchase agreement with MacBain states that all leases are terminated prior to closing and contains a representation and warranty that Signor was receiving unencumbered title for the land and assets purchased. Signor filed a motion to dismiss in this case however it was settled in early November 2018 for $213 thousand. This amount was accrued as of September 6, 2018.

 

Signor accrues for contingent liabilities when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. In regards to legal costs, Signor records such costs as incurred.

 

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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Interest Rates

 

Capital markets conditions, include but not limited to availability and borrowing costs, could affect our ability to access the debt capital markets to the extent necessary to fund our future growth. In addition, interest rates on future credit facilities and debt offerings could be higher than current levels, causing our financing costs to increase accordingly, and could limit our ability to raise funds, or increase the price of raising funds, in the capital markets and may limit our ability to expand our operations or make future acquisitions. However, we expect to remain competitive with respect to acquisitions and capital projects, as our peers and competitors would likely face similar circumstances.

 

Commodity Risk

 

Commodity price fluctuations also indirectly influence our activities and results of operations over the long-term because they may affect production rates and investments by E&P companies in the development of oil and gas reserves. Generally, workforce community activity will increase as oil and gas prices increase.

 

We have limited direct exposure to risks associated with fluctuating commodity prices of crude oil. However, both our profitability and our cash flow are affected by volatility in the prices of crude oil. Adverse effects on our cash flow from reductions in crude oil prices could adversely affect our ability to make distributions to unit holders. We do not currently hedge our exposure to crude oil prices.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on the Predecessor’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported period.

 

On an ongoing basis, management would evaluate its estimates. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Principles of consolidation:

 

We prepared the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Predecessor from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018, the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. All of our subsidiaries are wholly owned, either directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Property and equipment:

 

Workforce community property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of buildings, land improvements, and furniture, fixtures and equipment, is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. We evaluate the recoverability of investments in property and equipment, technology, and land held for investment at the lowest identifiable level. Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when the sum of the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposal is less than its’ carrying amount. No impairment losses were identified or recorded from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018, the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as of December 31, 2017 or 2016.

 

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Goodwill:

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired. We review goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level annually or whenever events and changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may exceed its fair value. We have one reporting unit. Goodwill is evaluated for impairment using a qualitative and quantitative assessment approach. We use a qualitative assessment to determine if any facts or circumstances during the period could require a quantitative analysis for impairment. If we determine that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its’ carrying amount, an impairment on goodwill would be recorded using Level 3 inputs. We did not recognize any impairment from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018, the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as of December 31, 2017 or 2016.

 

Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill:

 

Intangible assets that are acquired by the Predecessor and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually. The Predecessor’s indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of trade names. The Predecessor calculates fair value by comparing a relief-from-royalty method to the carrying amount of the indefinite-lived intangible asset. This method is used to estimate the cost savings that accrue to the owner of an intangible asset who would otherwise have to pay royalties or license fees on revenues earned through the use of the asset. An impairment charge would be recorded by the Predecessor to the extent the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds the fair value.

 

Asset Retirement Obligations

 

The Predecessor recognized asset retirement obligations (“AROs”) related to legal obligations associated with the operation of our communities. The fair values of these AROs are recorded on a discounted basis, at the time the obligation is incurred and accreted over time for the change in present value. The Predecessor capitalized asset retirement costs by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived assets and depreciating these costs over the remaining useful life. The carrying amount of AROs included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets was $534 thousand and $477 thousand as of September 6, 2018, and the year ended December 31, 2017, respectively. Accretion expense was $55 thousand, and $63 thousand for the period from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.

 

Revenue recognition:

 

The Predecessor generated the majority of their revenue from remote accommodations, specifically by charging fees for workforce communities and related services to customers. Services include temporary living accommodations, catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, workforce community management, transportation, and laundry service. The fees charged were based upon firm commitment contracts (take-or-pay) or exclusivity contracts with their customer base.

 

Member Units.   Signor had two classes of units, Series A Units and Series B Units, the primary differences being that distributions are paid on Series B Units only after Series A Units have received a full return of capital and Series B Units are non-voting. As of September 6, 2018, 51,003,049 Series A Units and 2,240,000 Series B Units were outstanding, respectively.

 

Incentive Compensation Unit Awards

 

Signor recognized share-based compensation expense of $0.01 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, respectively.

 

Use of estimates:

 

We use estimates and assumptions in preparing the consolidated financial statements. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses. The more significant estimates include the realization of land held for investment, collectability of accounts receivable, and potential impairment of property and equipment, and goodwill, among others. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”). The core principle of this ASU is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which it expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In doing so, companies will need to use judgment and make estimates when evaluating contract terms and other relevant facts and circumstances. Additionally, ASU 2014-09 requires enhanced disclosures about the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which delayed the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. In 2016 and 2017, the FASB issued several accounting standards updates to clarify certain topics within ASU 2014-09, and to update certain other topics within the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) to conform with the new guidance in Topic 606. We are currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”), which was further clarified and amended in July 2018 by ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases (“ASU 2018-10”) and ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements (“ASU 2018-11”). These ASUs provide revised guidance for lease accounting and related disclosure requirements, including a requirement for lessees to recognize right-of use assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for leases with durations greater than twelve months. These ASUs are effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. As issued, ASU 2016-02 required modified retrospective application for all leases existing as of, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the consolidated financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. ASU 2018-11 simplifies the transition requirements by providing companies an option to initially apply the new lease requirements as of the date of adoption and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. We are currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment (“ASU 2017-04”). ASU 2017-04 eliminates the second step in goodwill impairment testing, which requires that goodwill impairment losses be measured as the difference between the implied value of a reporting unit’s goodwill and its carrying amount. ASU 2017-04 is expected to reduce the cost and complexity of impairment testing by requiring goodwill impairment losses to be measured as the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill and related goodwill tax effects, over its fair value. Beginning in 2018, if the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied value, the resulting amount of goodwill impairment recorded in the our consolidated financial statements could differ from the amount of goodwill impairment that would have been recorded prior to adoption of this ASU. Additionally, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business (“ASU 2017-01”) in January 2017. ASU 2017-01 changes the definition of a business for purposes of evaluating whether a transaction represents an acquisition (or disposal) of assets or a business. The revised definition of a business under ASU 2017-01 will reduce the number of transactions that are accounted for as Business Combinations. ASU 2017-01, is not expected to have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2017, FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting (“ASU 2017-09”). ASU 2017-09 clarifies when a change to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award must be accounted for as a modification. Limited and administrative modifications that do not change the value, vesting conditions, or classification of the award are exempt from following the modification guidance in Topic 718. This ASU, is not expected to have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (“ASU 2016-15”) to reduce diversity in practice by providing guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the statement of cash flows. This ASU, which we adopted as of January 1, 2018, is effective on a retrospective basis, and will result in the reclassification of certain types of activity in the consolidated statement of cash flows, as applicable to the prior year periods, beginning in 2018. The provisions of this ASU are not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments (Topic 326)—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which provides guidance regarding the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments. The new guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in the current guidance with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to determine credit loss estimates. This ASU will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. We are in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Restricted Cash. This ASU requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash. Amounts generally described as restricted cash should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. This update should be applied retrospectively to each period presented. The pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We have adopted this pronouncement as of January 1, 2018 on a retrospective basis resulting in $257 thousand and $257 thousand of restricted cash being reflected within the cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash on the statement of cash flows for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30,2017, respectively.

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“ASU 2016-01”), which provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial assets, and financial liabilities. ASU 2016-01 requires equity investments with readily determinable fair values, except for those accounted for under the equity method of accounting or those that are consolidated, to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. Equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values are permitted to be remeasured upon the occurrence of an observable price change or upon identification of an impairment. These ASUs are not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

Signor has included Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow which are measurements not calculated in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), in the discussion of its financial results because they are key metrics used by management to assess financial performance. Signor’s business is capital-intensive and these additional metrics allow management to further evaluate its operating performance.

 

Signor defines Adjusted gross profit, as gross profit plus depreciation and accretion.

 

Signor defines EBITDA as net income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit), interest expense, depreciation of specialty rental assets, and other depreciation and amortization.

 

Adjusted EBITDA reflects the following further adjustments to EBITDA to exclude certain non-cash items and the effect of what management considers transactions or events not related to its core business operations:

 

·                   Other expense: Other expense includes consulting expenses related to certain one-time projects, financing costs not classified as interest expense, gains and losses on disposals of property, plant, and equipment, and other immaterial non-cash charges.

 

We define Adjusted Free Cash Flow as Adjusted EBITDA plus increases in deferred revenue and customer deposits, less decreases in deferred revenue and customer deposits, less maintenance capital expenditures for specialty rental assets.

 

EBITDA reflects net income excluding the impact of interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation, and amortization. We believe that EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of operating performance because we use it to measure our ability to service debt, fund capital expenditures, and expand our business. We also use EBITDA, as do analysts, lenders, investors, and others, to evaluate companies because it excludes certain items that can vary widely across different industries or among companies within the same industry. For example, interest expense can be dependent on a company’s capital structure, debt levels, and credit ratings. Accordingly, the impact of interest expense on earnings can vary significantly among companies. The tax positions of companies can also vary because of their differing abilities to take advantage of tax benefits and because of the tax policies of the jurisdictions in which they operate. As a result, effective tax rates and provision for income taxes can vary considerably among companies. EBITDA also excludes depreciation and amortization expense, because companies utilize productive assets of different ages and use different methods of both acquiring and depreciating productive assets. These differences can result in considerable variability in the relative costs of productive assets and the depreciation and amortization expense among companies.

 

Signor also believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of operating performance. Our Adjusted EBITDA reflects adjustments to exclude the effects of additional items, including non-routine items, that are not reflective of the ongoing operating results of Signor .

 

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Signor also presents adjusted free cash flow because we believe it provides useful information regarding our liquidity and ability to meet our short-term obligations. Adjusted Free Cash Flow indicates the amount of cash available after maintenance capital expenditures for, among other things, investments in our existing business.

 

Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow are not measurements of Signor’s financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to gross profit, net income (loss) or other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP, or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities as measures of Signor’s liquidity. Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow should not be considered as discretionary cash available to Signor  to reinvest in the growth of its business or as measures of cash that is available to it to meet its obligations. In addition, its measurement of Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Signor’s management believe that Adjusted gross profit, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow provide useful information to investors about Signor and its financial condition and results of operations for the following reasons: (i) they are among the measures used by Signor’s management team to evaluate its operating performance; (ii) they are among the measures used by Signor’s management team to make day-to-day operating decisions, (iii) they are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a common performance measure to compare results across companies in Signor’s industry.

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of Signor’s consolidated gross profit to Adjusted gross profit:

 

 

 

Period from
January 1, to
September 6,

 

For the nine
months ended
September 30,

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2018

 

2017

 

2017

 

2016

 

Gross Profit

 

$

30,545

 

$

9,666

 

$

18,217

 

$

4,552

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

$

4,022

 

$

2,004

 

$

3,279

 

$

1,971

 

Adjusted gross profit

 

$

34,567

 

$

11,670

 

$

21,496

 

$

6,523

 

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of Signor’s consolidated net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:

 

 

 

Period from
January 1, to
September 6,

 

For the nine
months ended
September 30,

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

2017

 

2016

 

Net Income

 

$

26,917

 

$

7,315

 

$

14,552

 

$

3,103

 

Interest expense

 

268

 

80

 

132

 

128

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

4,022

 

2,004

 

3,279

 

1,971

 

EBITDA

 

$

31,207

 

$

9,399

 

$

17,963

 

$

5,202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition-related expenses

 

411

 

 

 

 

Non-routine bad debt expense

 

1,192

 

 

 

 

Other expense (income), net

 

 

 

9

 

(1,478

)

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

32,810

 

$

9,399

 

$

17,972

 

$

3,724

 

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of Signor’s Adjusted EBITDA to Net cash flows from operating activities to Adjusted Free Cash Flows:

 

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Period from January
1, to September 6,

 

For the nine
months ended
September 30,

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2018

 

2017

 

2017

 

2016

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

32,810

 

$

9,399

 

$

17,972

 

$

3,724

 

Interest payments

 

(271

)

(71

)

(113

)

(128

)

Acquisition-related expenses

 

(411

)

 

 

 

Other (expense) income, net

 

 

(9

)

(9

)

1,478

 

Working capital and other

 

1,155

 

(651

)

(4,476

)

(2,968

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

33,283

 

$

8,668

 

$

13,374

 

$

2,106

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest payments

 

271

 

71

 

113

 

128

 

Acquisition-related expenses

 

411

 

 

 

 

Other expense (income), net

 

 

9

 

9

 

(1,478

)

Working capital and other

 

(1,155

)

651

 

4,476

 

2,968

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

187

 

71

 

181

 

 

Maintenance capital expenditures for specialty rental assets

 

 

(77

)

(150

)

(106

)

Adjusted Free Cash Flows

 

$

32,997

 

$

9,393

 

$

18,003

 

$

3,618

 

 

Controls and Procedures

 

Upon becoming a public company, we are required to comply with the SEC’s rules implementing Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which require our management to certify financial and other information in our quarterly and annual reports. We are required to provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting beginning with our annual report for the year ending December 31, 2019. We are not required to have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 until our first annual report subsequent to our ceasing to be an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Ownership and Management

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 21, 2019 by:

 

·       each person who is the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock;

 

·       each person who became an executive officer or director of the Company at closing; and

 

·       all executive officers and directors of the Company as a group post-Business Combination.

 

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options or warrants currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding solely for purposes of calculating the percentage of class and percentage of total voting power of the beneficial owner thereof. Accordingly, the percentage of class and percentage of total voting power of some beneficial owners may be lower than the percentage of class and percentage of total voting power of some other beneficial owners for whom a higher number of shares beneficially owned is reported.

 

The beneficial ownership of our common stock is based on 105,232,933 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 19, 2019.

 

The beneficial ownership percentages set forth in the table below do not take into account the issuance of any shares of common stock (or options to acquire shares of common stock) under the Incentive Plan.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares common stock beneficially owned by them. To the Company’s knowledge, no shares of common stock beneficially owned by any executive officer, director or director nominee have been pledged as security.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

 

Number of Shares

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Directors and Executive Officers

 

 

 

 

 

James B. Archer

 

 

 

Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

 

Troy C. Schrenk

 

 

 

Heidi D. Lewis

 

 

 

Jason P. Vlacich

 

 

 

Stephen Robertson(2)

 

74,786,327

 

71.1

%

Eli Baker(3)

 

1,273,667

 

1.2

%

Martin L. Jimmerson

 

 

 

Gary Lindsay

 

 

 

Jeff Sagansky(4)

 

5,136,666

 

4.8

%

Andrew P. Studdert

 

 

 

All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (11 Individuals)

 

79,639,105

 

77.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five Percent Holders

 

 

 

 

 

Arrow Seller(5)

 

49,100,000

 

46.7

%

Algeco Seller(6)

 

25,686,327

 

24.4

%

 

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(1)           Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the stockholders listed is 2170 Buckthorne Place, Suite 440, The Woodlands, Texas.

 

(2)           TDR Capital LLP is manager of the investment fund which is the ultimate beneficial owner of the Algeco Seller and the Arrow Seller. See Notes (5) and (6) below. TDR Capital LLP is run by its board and investment committee which consists of the partners of the firm. As one of the founding partners of TDR Capital LLP, Mr. Robertson may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held by the Arrow Seller and the Algeco Seller through his ability to either vote or direct the vote of the securities or dispose or direct the disposition of the securities, either through his role at TDR Capital LLP, contract, understanding or otherwise. Mr. Robertson disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities, if any, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

 

(3)           Includes 466,667 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by Mr. Baker and 501,590 shares of common stock which were placed in escrow at the closing of the Business Combination and will be released to the Founder Group in accordance with the terms of the Earnout Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. While such shares are held in escrow Mr. Baker will not have the ability to transfer or vote such shares.

 

(4)           Includes 1,866,666 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by Mr. Sagansky and 2,006,359 shares of common stock which were placed in escrow at the closing of the Business Combination and will be released to the Founder Group in accordance with the terms of the Earnout Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. While such shares are held in escrow Mr. Sagansky will not have the ability to transfer or vote such shares.

 

(5)           TDR Capital LLP is manager of the investment fund which is the ultimate beneficial owner of the Arrow Seller. TDR Capital LLP controls all of the Arrow Seller’s voting rights in respect of its investments and no one else has equivalent control over the investments. The investors in the Arrow Seller are passive investors (as they are limited partners) and no investor directly or indirectly beneficially owns 20% or more of the shares or voting rights through their investment in the Arrow Seller. TDR Capital LLP is run by its board and investment committee which consists of the partners of the firm. See Note (2).

 

(6)           TDR Capital LLP is manager of the investment fund which is the ultimate beneficial owner of the Algeco Seller and is the controlling shareholder of the group of entities forming the direct and indirect ownership chain from the Algeco Seller to the investment fund of which TDR Capital LLP is the manager. TDR Capital LLP controls the majority of the Algeco Seller’s voting rights in respect of its investment and no one else has equivalent control over the investments. TDR Capital is run by its board and investment committee which consists of the partners of the firm. See Note (2).

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

Information with respect to the Company’s directors and executive officers immediately after the Business Combination is set forth in the section entitled “ Management of Target Hospitality Following the Business Combination ” beginning on page 218 of the Proxy, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The following table sets forth information regarding Target Hospitality’s directors and executive officers:

 

Name

 

Class*

 

Age

 

Position(s)

James B. Archer

 

III

 

48

 

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

53

 

Chief Financial Officer

Troy C. Schrenk

 

 

44

 

Chief Commercial Officer

Heidi D. Lewis

 

 

46

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary

Jason Vlacich

 

 

41

 

Chief Accounting Officer

Stephen Robertson

 

III

 

58

 

Director

Gary Lindsay

 

II

 

39

 

Director

Jeff Sagansky**

 

I

 

67

 

Director

Martin L. Jimmerson**

 

I

 

55

 

Director

Eli Baker**

 

I

 

44

 

Director

Andrew Studdert**

 

II

 

62

 

Director

 


*                                          Target Hospitality’s certificate of incorporation establishes a classified board of directors that is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Only the directors in one class will be subject to election by a plurality of votes cast at each annual meeting of Target Hospitality stockholders, with the directors in the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms.

 

**                                   Denotes independent director.

 

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James B. Archer serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Target. In this role, he is responsible for all strategic and operational aspects of the company’s business in the U.S. Mr. Archer joined Target in 2009 as Chief Operating Officer and has been in his current role since 2014. With 25 years in the specialty rental and hospitality industries, Mr. Archer is a proven leader with a track record of success in executive management which began with GE Capital Modular Space and then Resun Leasing from 1994 - 2004 where he primarily served in Senior Leadership roles ranging from Senior Vice President, VP of Operations and VP of Sales, before holding COO positions at other specialty rental and manufacturing companies.

 

Andrew A. Aberdale serves as the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Target. In this role, he is responsible for all strategic financial and administrative operations of the company’s business in the U.S. Mr. Aberdale joined Target as CFO and has been in the role since 2010. With over 20 years of experience in the financial, operational and technological areas, Mr. Aberdale is a proven leader with a track record of success in financial and business process management which began with W.R. Grace & Co, where he spent 12 years, was responsible for the Performance Chemical Division manufacturing facilities in North America and was ultimately responsible for the division’s 72 world-wide operations’ environmental, health, safety, product stewardship and quality assurance. Mr. Aberdale holds a master’s degree in business administration (“MBA”) from Saint Mary’s College of California and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

 

Troy C. Schrenk serves as Chief Commercial Officer of Target. In this role, he is responsible for commercial strategy, business development and marketing of the company’s business in the U.S. Mr. Schrenk joined Target in 2012 as Senior Vice President and has been in his current role since 2018. With 18 years in modular manufacturing, specialty rentals, home building and real estate development, Mr. Schrenk is a proven commercial leader with a track record of success in sales and growth management which began with Fortune 500, Centex Homes from 2000 - 2005 as Area Sales Manager, Director of Sales and VP of Sales and Marketing before holding similar positions at several other homebuilding, specialty rental and manufacturing companies. Mr. Schrenk holds an MBA from Boise State University and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from George Fox University.

 

Heidi D. Lewis serves as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Target. In this role, she is responsible for leading the company’s legal, compliance, human resources, safety, and corporate secretary functions. Ms. Lewis joined Target in January 2019. She has eighteen years of legal experience in capital markets and securities, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, board advisement, corporate governance, and corporate law. Prior to joining Target, she was Corporate and Commercial Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) from July 2018 to January 2019, where she executed on M&A, governance, capital markets and corporate transactions. Prior to that, Ms. Lewis was the Vice President, Group General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) (now Vistra Energy Group (NYSE: VST)), from 2013 until June 2018, where she led the company’s corporate legal group with her expertise in SEC and NYSE regulations and requirements. Ms. Lewis joined Dynegy in 2006, as a corporate counsel. Ms. Lewis began her legal career at King & Spalding LLP and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Ms. Lewis holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, a master’s degree from Northern Illinois University and a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University.

 

Jason Vlacich serves as the Chief Accounting Officer of Target. In this role, he is responsible for Target’s accounting and tax functions. Mr. Vlacich joined Target in October 2018. He has over eighteen years of experience in public accounting, hospitality accounting and finance. Prior to joining Target, he was the Chief Accounting Officer at Highgate Hotels, L.P., a third-party hotel management company, in their Irving, Texas corporate office from October 2012, where he oversaw the company’s corporate accounting department and global accounting services platform and led the company’s domestic and European accounting expansion and centralization as well as implementation of global accounting systems. Prior to that, Mr. Vlacich was Senior Audit Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP’s Dallas, Texas office, from September 2008, where he serviced public and private companies across multiple industries with a heavy concentration in the hospitality industry. He also worked in the Hartford, Connecticut and Orlando, Florida offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP during his tenure with the firm. Mr. Vlacich has several years of additional industry experience with General Electric (GE Asset Management) and Siemens in financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and corporate accounting roles. Mr. Vlacich holds a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from Bentley College and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

 

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Stephen Robertson is the chairman of Target Hospitality’s board of directors. He is a co-founder of TDR, a London-based private equity firm with more than €8 billion of committed capital, where he is heavily involved in strategic investment decisions, including acquisitions, capitalizations and monetizations. Prior to co-founding TDR in 2002, Mr. Robertson was managing partner at DB Capital Partners, where he helped build the European leveraged buyout arm of Deutsche Bank into a leading buyout firm in Europe. He also previously spent a year as managing director of European Leveraged Finance at Merrill Lynch and nine years as managing director of European Leveraged Finance at Bankers Trust.

 

Gary Lindsay is a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors. He is a partner at TDR, a London-based private equity firm with more than €8 billion of committed capital, where he works as a member of the firm’s investment team since 2008 and is involved in the day-to-day management of several TDR portfolio companies. Prior to joining TDR, Mr. Lindsay worked in the chemicals & industrials investment banking teams at both Citi and Bear Stearns in London and New York.

 

Martin L. Jimmerson is a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors. Since January 2017, Mr. Jimmerson has been the CFO and Interim CEO of NorAm Drilling Company, which owns and operates rigs for drilling of horizontal wells in the U.S. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Vice President and CFO and later the Interim CEO and President of RigNet, Inc., from 2006 to 2016, a global technology company that provides communications services, applications, real-time machine learning, and cybersecurity solutions. Mr. Jimmerson worked for River Oaks Imaging & Diagnostic, LP, a company that provides full modality technical diagnostic services using magnetic resonance imaging and other diagnostic equipment, as their CFO from November 2002 to December 2005. Mr. Jimmerson received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Baylor University.

 

Jeff Sagansky is a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors. Mr. Sagansky has been a director of WillScot Corporation since Double Eagle was formed in June 26, 2015 and served as Double Eagle’s President and Chief Executive Officer from August 6, 2015 until the consummation of its business combination in November 2017. Mr. Sagansky currently serves as co-founder and chairman of Hemisphere Capital Management LLC, a private motion picture and television finance company. Mr. Sagansky co-founded, together with Harry E. Sloan, Global Eagle Acquisition, which completed its business combination with Row 44 and AIA in January 2013. GEE currently is a Nasdaq-listed worldwide provider of media content, connectivity systems and operational data solutions to the travel industry. Mr. Sagansky served as Global Eagle Acquisition’s president from February 2011 through January 2013. He also co-founded, together with Mr. Sloan, Silver Eagle, which invested approximately $273.3 million in Videocon d2h in exchange for equity shares of Videocon d2h represented by ADSs in March 2015. Videocon d2h merged with DISH TV India Limited in March 2018. Mr. Sagansky served as Silver Eagle’s president from April 2013 through March 2015.

 

Mr. Sagansky was formerly chief executive officer and then vice chairman of Paxson Communications Corporation from 1998 to 2003, where he launched the PAX TV program network in 1998. Under his leadership, PAX TV became a highly rated family-friendly television network with distribution growing from 60% of U.S. television households to almost 90% in only four years. In addition, Mr. Sagansky drove substantial improvement in the network’s financial performance with compounded annual revenue growth of 24% and compounded annual gross income growth of 30% from 1998 to 2002. Prior to joining Pax, Mr. Sagansky was co-president of Sony Pictures Entertainment, or SPE, from 1996 to 1998 where he was responsible for SPE’s strategic planning and worldwide television operations. While at SPE, he spearheaded SPE’s acquisition, in partnership with Liberty Media Corporation and other investors, of Telemundo Network Group, LLC, or Telemundo. The transaction generated significant returns for SPE as Telemundo was sold to the National Broadcasting Company, Inc., for over six times its original investment less than three years later. Previously, as executive vice president of Sony Corporation of America, or SCA, Mr. Sagansky oversaw the 1997 merger of SCA’ s Loews Theaters unit with the Cineplex Odeon Corporation to create one of the world’s largest movie theater companies, and the highly successful U.S. launch of the Sony Playstation video game console. Prior to joining SCA, Mr. Sagansky was president of CBS Entertainment from 1990 to 1994, where he engineered CBS’s ratings rise from third to first place in eighteen months. Mr. Sagansky previously served as president of production and then president of TriStar Pictures, where he developed and oversaw production of a wide variety of successful films.

 

Mr. Sagansky graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College. He also serves on the boards of GEE and GoEuro and previously served on the boards of Scripps Networks Interactive, Stars, Inc. and Videocon d2h.

 

Eli Baker is a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors. Mr. Baker served as Double Eagle’s vice president, general counsel and secretary from June 2015 through its business combination in November 2017. Mr. Baker was also a director of Silver Eagle from July 2014 through Silver’ Eagle’s business combination in March 2015. Mr. Baker is a co-founder and partner of Manifest Investment Partners, LLC, a growth equity/venture fund that focuses in early stage technology-enabled business where he has served since June 2016. Mr. Baker continues to be co-managing director and a partner in Hemisphere

 

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Capital Management LLC, a private motion picture and television finance company where he has been since May 2009. Previously, Mr. Baker served as a principal at Grosvenor Park Investors from 2007 to 2009, a joint venture with Fortress Investment Group where he shared oversight over the special opportunity credit/debt funds in the media space. Mr. Baker is a former lawyer, and has served in a legal affairs capacity at various companies in and out of the media business. Mr. Baker earned a Juris Doctor from the University of California at Hastings Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Baker is a member of the California State Bar.

 

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Andrew P. Studdert is a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors. Mr. Studdert is currently the founder of Andrew P. Studdert & Associates, a private consultancy, focusing on finance, operations, technology, network security, and crisis management, that he established in 1994. In addition, from June 2004 to April 2017, Mr. Studdert served as the Chairman and CEO of NES Rentals Holdings, Inc., a heavy equipment rental company sold to United Rentals, Inc. in April 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Studdert served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of UAL Corporation and of its subsidiary, United Airlines, from July 1999 to 2002. He also served as Senior Vice President, Fleet Operations from 1997 to 1999 and Chief Information Officer from 1995 to 1997 for United Airlines. Mr. Studdert holds a bachelor’s degree in history from San Francisco State University.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

Audit Committee

 

The members of the audit committee are Martin Jimmerson, Jeff Sagansky and Andrew Studdert, with Mr. Jimmerson serving as the chair of the committee. Under the rules of the SEC, members of the audit committee must also meet heightened independence standards. Our board of directors has determined that all of the members of the audit committee are independent directors as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq with respect to audit committee membership and that Mr. Jimmerson qualifies as our “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K.

 

Compensation Committee

 

The members of the compensation committee are Stephen Robertson, Eli Baker and Andrew Studdert, with Andrew Studdert serving as the chair of the committee. Two of the members of Target Hospitality’s compensation committee are independent under the applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq, and each are “non-employee directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and “outside directors” as that term is defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 162(m)”). Mr. Robertson is not an independent director under Nasdaq rules and is being included on our compensation committee pursuant to the exception provided by Nasdaq Rule 5605(d)(2)(B).

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

 

The initial members of the nominating and corporate governance committee are Jeff Sagansky, Gary Lindsay, and Andrew Studdert, with Mr. Sagansky serving as the chair of the committee. Two of the members of Target Hospitality’s nominating and corporate governance committee are independent under the applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq. Mr. Lindsay is not an independent director under Nasdaq rules and is being included on our nominating and corporate governance committee pursuant to the exception provided by Nasdaq Rule 5605(e)(3).

 

Executive Compensation

 

The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers before and after the Business Combination is set forth in the section entitled “ Business of Target Hospitality Executive Compensation ” beginning on page 176 of the Proxy and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

 

The description of certain relationships and related transactions is included in the section entitled “ Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions ” beginning on page 232 of the Proxy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information set forth in the sections entitled “ Earnout Agreement ,” “ Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement ,” and “ Indemnification Agreements ” in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Director Independence

 

The listing standards of Nasdaq require that a majority of the Board be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of a company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the board of directors of such company, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

 

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Eli Baker, Martin L. Jimmerson, Jeff Sagansky and Andrew Studdert have been determined to be independent by the Board pursuant to the rules of Nasdaq.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

A description of our legal proceedings is included in the subsection “ Business of Target Hospitality —Legal Proceedings and Insurance ” beginning on page 175 of the Proxy and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters

 

Information about the ticker symbol, number of stockholders and dividends for the Company’s securities is set forth in the Proxy in the section entitled “ Ticker Symbol and Dividend Information ” on page 45, which is incorporated herein by reference. As of the Closing Date, there were approximately 19 holders of record of the Company’s common stock and approximately 8 holders of record of the Company’s warrants to purchase common stock.

 

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, our shares of common stock and warrants began trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “TH” and “THWWW,” respectively. Platinum Eagle’s public units automatically separated into their component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as a separate security and were delisted from Nasdaq.

 

Description of the Company’s Securities

 

A description of the Company’s securities is included in the section entitled “ Description of Securities ” beginning on page 237 of the Proxy, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Information about the indemnification of the Company’s directors and officers is set forth in the section entitled “ Management of Target Hospitality Following the Business Combination—Limitation on Liability and Indemnification Matters ” on page 222 of the Proxy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information set forth in the section entitled “ Indemnification Agreements ” in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Financial Statements, Supplementary Data and Exhibits

 

The information set forth under Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03 .   Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant .

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under “ ABL Facility ” and “ Indenture ” is incorporated in this Item 2.03 by reference.

 

Item 3.02 . Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities .

 

Merger Consideration

 

Under the Merger Agreements, the Holdco Acquiror purchased all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Target Parent and Signor Parent and for $1.311 billion, of which (A) $563,065,204.26 was Cash Consideration and (B) the remaining $747,934,795.74 was Stock Consideration, with (i) 25,686,327 shares of Target Hospitality common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, delivered to the Algeco Seller pursuant to the Target Merger Agreement and (ii) 49,100,000 shares of Target Hospitality common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, delivered to the Arrow Seller pursuant to the Signor Merger Agreement.

 

The Cash Consideration came from the following sources: (1) $146,136,727 in proceeds available from the Company’s trust account (“Trust Account”), after giving effect to any and all redemptions; (2) the gross proceeds from the offering of the Notes by Arrow Bidco and proceeds from the New ABL Facility of $380 million (the “Debt Financing”); and (3) $80 million of proceeds from private placements of Platinum Eagle’s Class A ordinary shares (the “Equity Offering”).

 

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The Stock Consideration was issued to the Algeco Seller and the Arrow Seller pursuant to and in accordance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

As previously disclosed, on November 13, 2018, in order to finance a portion of the Cash Consideration, Platinum Eagle entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain institutions and accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, Platinum Eagle agreed to issue and sell, in the Equity Offering, an aggregate of 8 million of its Class A ordinary shares to the Investors for $10 per share. The Equity Offering closed immediately prior to the Business Combination on the Closing Date.

 

The shares issued to the Investors in the Equity Offering on the Closing Date were issued pursuant to and in accordance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act, under Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

As previously disclosed, on March 12, 2019, the Company was redomesticated from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware. We refer to Platinum Eagle prior to the domestication as “ Platinum Eagle Cayman ” and following the domestication as “ Platinum Eagle Delaware .” Platinum Eagle Delaware discontinued its existence as a Cayman Islands exempted company as provided under the Cayman Islands Companies Law (2018 Revision) and, pursuant to Section 388 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), continued its existence under the DGCL as a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware. Also as previously disclosed, in accordance with Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, the shares of common stock of Platinum Eagle Delaware, as the successor to Platinum Eagle Cayman, are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

Thereafter, on March 15, 2019, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company changed its name to Target Hospitality and adopted the Proposed Organizational Documents (as defined in the Proxy). The material terms of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and the general effect upon the rights of holders of the Company’s common stock are included in the section entitled “Comparison of Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights” beginning of page 146 of the Proxy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

As described in Item 2.01, in connection with the Business Combination, each currently issued and outstanding share of Platinum Eagle Delaware Class A common stock automatically converted by operation of law, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of the common stock of Target Hospitality. Similarly, Platinum Eagle Delaware’s outstanding warrants converted by operation of law into the same number of warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock on the same terms as were contained in such warrants prior to the domestication.

 

The Company’s common stock and public warrants are listed for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbols “TH” and “THWWW,” respectively. Upon consummation of the Business Combination, the CUSIP numbers relating to the Company’s common stock and warrants changed to 87615L107 and 87615L115, respectively.

 

Copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company are included as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 5.01. Changes in Control of the Registrant.

 

The disclosure set forth under “ Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ” above is incorporated in this Item 5.01 by reference.

 

Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements with Certain Officers.

 

The disclosure set forth under “ Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets—Directors and Executive Officers ” above is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference. Each of the directors and executive officers of Platinum Eagle resigned, effective March 15, 2019 concurrent with the closing of the Business Combination, with the exception of Messrs. Sagansky and Baker in respect of their positions on our Board.

 

The information set forth under “ Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets—Directors and Executive Officers ,” “ —Executive Compensation ” and “ —Director Compensation ” and under “ Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement—201 9 Incentive Award Plan ,” “— Employment Agreement with James B. Archer, ” “ —Employment Agreement with Andrew A. Aberdale —,” “— Employment Agreement with Troy Schrenk and “—Employment Agreement with Heidi D. Lewis ” of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03.   Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

The disclosure set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.

 

Item 5.05 . Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

 

On March 15, 2019, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, the Board approved and adopted a Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers (the “ Code of Ethics”). The Code of Ethics applies to the Company’s chief executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, and controller (each, a “Covered Officer”). In addition to other policies and procedures adopted by the Company, the Covered Officers are subject to the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code of Conduct”) that applies to all officers, directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Code of Ethics and the Code of Conduct replaced the Code of Ethics of Platinum Eagle (the “Platinum Eagle Code of Ethics”), which was previously adopted by Platinum Eagle in connection with its initial public offering in January 2018.

 

The Code of Ethics reflects (among other matters) amendments, clarifications, revisions and updates in relation to (i) the general principles and standards of ethical conduct of the Covered Officers designed to deter wrongdoing, (ii) the responsibility of the Covered Officers regarding public disclosure of the Company’s public communications, including, but not limited to, the full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents filed with or submitted to the SEC, (iii) the Covered Officers’ internal control over financial reporting and record keeping, (iv) internal procedures for the reporting of violations of the Code of Ethics, and (v) requests for waivers and amendments of the Code of Ethics. The amendments, clarifications, revisions and updates reflected in the Code of Ethics did not relate to or result in any waiver, explicit or implicit, of any provision of the Platinum Eagle Code of Ethics.

 

A copy of the Code of Ethics is available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website (www.targethospitality.com) under the heading “Investors”—“Governance”—“Governance Documents.” The information contained on or accessible through the Company’s website shall not be deemed to be a part of this Current Report on Form 8-K and is not incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing description of the updates to our Code of Ethics does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers, attached hereto as Exhibit 14.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 5.06.   Change in Shell Company Status.

 

As a result of the Business Combination, which fulfilled the definition of an “initial business combination” as required by Platinum Eagle’s organizational documents, the Company ceased to be a shell company upon the closing of the Business Combination. The material terms of the Business Combination are described in the section entitled “ The Business Combination Proposal ” beginning on page 86 of the Proxy, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On March 15, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the consummation of the Business Combination, which is included in this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.6.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial statements of the business acquired

 

The combined financial statements of Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The financial statements of Algeco US Holdings as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The consolidated financial statements of Arrow Parent Corporation as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017 and for the periods September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018 and January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2018 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The financial statements of RL Signor Holdings, LLC  as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.4 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

 

Certain pro forma financial information of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.5 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Exhibit Description

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger among Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., Topaz Holdings Corp., Arrow Bidco, LLC and Algeco Investments B.V., dated as of November 13, 2018 (incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to Platinum Eagle’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-228363), filed with the SEC on November 13, 2018).

 

 

 

2.2

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger among Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., Topaz Holdings Corp., Signor Merger Sub Inc. and Arrow Holdings S.a.r.l., dated as of November 13, 2018 (incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to Platinum Eagle’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-228363), filed with the SEC on November 13, 2018).

 

 

 

2.3

 

Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger among Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., Topaz Holdings LLC., Arrow Bidco, LLC, Algeco Investments B.V. and Algeco US Holdings LLC, dated as of January 4, 2019 (incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to Amendment No. 2 to Platinum Eagle’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-228363), filed with the SEC on January 4, 2019).

 

 

 

2.4

 

Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, among Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., Topaz Holdings LLC, Signor Merger Sub LLC, Arrow Parent Corp. and Arrow Holdings S.a.r.l., dated as of January 4, 2019 (incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to Amendment No. 2 to Platinum Eagle’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-228363), filed with the SEC on January 4, 2019).

 

 

 

3.1*

 

Certificate of Incorporation of Target Hospitality Corp.

 

 

 

3.2*

 

Bylaws of Target Hospitality Corp.

 

 

 

4.1*

 

Form of Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Target Hospitality.

 

 

 

4.2*

 

Form of Warrant Certificate of Target Hospitality.

 

 

 

4.3

 

Warrant Agreement between Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of January 11, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Platinum Eagle’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 18, 2018).

 

 

 

4.4*

 

Indenture dated March 15, 2019, by and among Arrow Bidco, the Note Guarantors and the Trustee and Collateral Agent (including the form of note as Exhibit A thereto).

 

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10.1*

 

ABL Credit Agreement dated March 15, 2019, by and among Arrow Bidco, Topaz Holdings, Target, Signor and each of their domestic subsidiaries, and the lenders named therein.

 

 

 

10.2*

 

Earnout Agreement dated March 15, 2019 by and among the Company and the Founder Group.

 

 

 

10.3*

 

Escrow Agreement dated March 15, 2019 by and among the Company, the Founder Group and the escrow agent named therein.

 

 

 

10.4*

 

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated March 15, 2019 by and among the Company, Arrow Seller, the Algeco Seller and the other parties named therein.

 

 

 

10.5

 

Amended and Restated Private Placement Warrant Purchase Agreement among Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., Platinum Eagle Acquisition LLC, Harry E. Sloan and the other parties thereto, dated as of January 16, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Platinum Eagle’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 18, 2018).

 

 

 

10.6*

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement.

 

 

 

10.7*+

 

Target Hospitality 2019 Incentive Award Plan.

 

 

 

10.8*+

 

Employment Agreement with James B. Archer.

 

 

 

10.9*+

 

Employment Agreement with Andrew A. Aberdale.

 

 

 

10.10*+

 

Employment Agreement with Heidi D. Lewis.

 

 

 

10.11*+

 

Employment Agreement with Troy Schrenk.

 

 

 

14.1*

 

Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers, effective March 15, 2019.

 

 

 

21.1*

 

Subsidiaries of the registrant.

 

 

 

99.1*

 

Combined financial statements of Target Parent and Signor Parent as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

 

 

99.2*

 

Financial statements of Target Parent as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

 

 

99.3*

 

Consolidated financial statements of Signor Parent as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017 and for the periods September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018 and January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

 

 

 

99.4*

 

Financial statements of Signor as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

 

 

99.5*

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information of Target Hospitality at December 31, 2018 and for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

 

 

99.6*

 

Press release, dated March 15, 2019.

 


* Filed herewith

+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

 

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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.

 

 

Target Hospitality Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Heidi D. Lewis

Dated: March 21, 2019

 

Name:

Heidi D. Lewis

 

 

Title:

Executive VP, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

March 15, 2019

 

ARTICLE 1
NAME

 

The name of the Corporation is Target Hospitality Corp. (the “ Corporation ”).

 

ARTICLE 2
REGISTERED AGENT, REGISTERED OFFICE

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

ARTICLE 3
PURPOSES

 

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 (the “ DGCL ”).

 

ARTICLE 4
INCORPORATOR

 

The name and mailing address of the incorporator are Eli Baker, c/o Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300, Los Angeles, California 90067.

 

ARTICLE 5
CAPITAL STOCK

 

1.                                       Authorized Stock .  The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 401,000,000 shares of stock, consisting of (a) 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), and (b) 400,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 (“ Common Stock ”). Each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder hereof to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders.

 

2.                                       Preferred Stock . Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series pursuant to a resolution or resolutions providing for such issue duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”), authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the Board. The Board is further authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations, powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, including

 


 

without limitation authority to fix by resolution or resolutions the dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption price or prices, and liquidation preferences of any such series, and the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, or any of the foregoing.

 

3.                                       Common Stock .

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise required by law or this Certificate, the holders of the Common Stock shall possess all voting power with respect to the Corporation. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders on which the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to vote. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall at all times vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

(b)                                  Except as otherwise required by law or this Certificate, at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and on all other matters properly submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

 

(c)                                   Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of the Corporation) when, as and if declared thereon by the Board from time to time out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor, and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.

 

(d)                                  Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of the Common Stock held by them.

 

ARTICLE 6
BYLAWS

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board shall have the power to adopt, amend, repeal or otherwise alter the bylaws of the Corporation (the “ Bylaws ”) without any action on the part of the stockholders; provided , however , that any Bylaws made by the Board may be amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders.

 

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ARTICLE 7
DIRECTORS

 

1.                                       Board of Directors . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

 

2.                                       Number; Term; Election; Qualification . The number of directors that constitutes the initial Board is seven and shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board in accordance with the Bylaws. The Board shall be divided into three classes designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The number of directors elected to each class shall be as nearly equal in number as possible. Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board. Each Class I director shall be elected to an initial term to expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders following effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation, each Class II director shall be elected to an initial term to expire at the second annual meeting of stockholders following effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation and each Class III director shall be elected to an initial term to expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders following effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation. Upon the expiration of the initial terms of office for each class of directors, the directors of each class shall be elected for a term of three years to serve until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal, except that if any such election shall not be so held, such election shall take place at a stockholders’ meeting called and held in accordance with the DGCL. Each director shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her death, resignation, or removal. If the number of directors is hereafter changed, no decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

3.                                       Removal and Vacancies . Vacancies occurring on the Board for any reason and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled only by vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, at any meeting of the Board. A person so elected by the Board to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be duly elected and qualified.

 

ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

 

1.                                       Limitation of Liability . A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If the DGCL is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further limiting or eliminating the personal liability of directors, then the liability of each current or former director or officer of the Corporation shall be limited or eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended from time to time. Neither

 

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any amendment nor repeal of this Article 8, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article 8, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article 8 in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article 8, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

 

2.                                       Indemnification . The Corporation shall, in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) (a “ proceeding ”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, member, trustee, partner, representative or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation (an “ indemnitee ”), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall be required to indemnify an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if the initiation of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the indemnitee was authorized by the Board. Each person who was, is or becomes a director or officer of the Corporation shall be deemed to have served or to have continued to serve in such capacity in reliance upon the indemnity provided for in this Article 8. All rights to indemnification under this Article 8 shall be deemed to have vested at the time such person becomes or became a director or officer of the Corporation, and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, modification, alteration or repeal of this Article 8 that in any way diminishes, limits, restricts, adversely affects or eliminates any right of an indemnitee or his or her successors to indemnification, advancement of expenses or otherwise shall be prospective only and shall not in any way diminish, limit, restrict, adversely affect or eliminate any such right with respect to any actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission then or previously existing, or any action, suit or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission. Claims for indemnification shall be made pursuant to the procedural requirements of the Bylaws.

 

3.                                       Insurance . The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

 

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ARTICLE 9
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS

 

1.                                       Exclusive Forum . Unless the Board or one of its committees otherwise approves, in accordance with Section 141 of the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, the selection of an alternate 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, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if the Superior Court of the State of Delaware also does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws or (v) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine (each, a “Covered Proceeding”).

 

2.                                       Personal Jurisdiction . If any action the subject matter of which is a Covered Proceeding is filed in a court other than the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, where permitted in accordance with paragraph (1) above, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, (each, a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any person or entity (a “Claiming Party”) without the prior approval of the Board or one of its committees in the manner described in paragraph (1) above, such Claiming Party shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, where applicable, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, in connection with any action brought in any such courts to enforce paragraph (1) above (an “Enforcement Action”) and (ii) having service of process made upon such Claiming Party in any such Enforcement Action by service upon such Claiming Party’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such Claiming Party.

 

3.                                       Notice and Consent . Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in the shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article 9 and waived any argument relating to the inconvenience of the forums reference above in connection with any Covered Proceeding.

 

ARTICLE 10
SEVERABILITY

 

If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the

 

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provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE 11
CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY

 

The doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any other analogous doctrine, shall not apply with respect to the Corporation or any of its non-employee directors, or any of their affiliates, in circumstances where the application of any such doctrine would conflict with any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations they may have as of the date of this Certificate of Incorporation or in the future. In addition to the foregoing, the doctrine of corporate opportunity shall not apply to any other corporate opportunity with respect to any of the non-employee directors of the Corporation unless such corporate opportunity is offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Corporation and such opportunity is one the Corporation is legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for the Corporation to pursue.

 

ARTICLE 12
AMENDMENT

 

Except as expressly provided herein, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation; provided , however , that Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of this Certificate of Incorporation may only be amended or repealed by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of all capital stock entitled to vote upon such amendment or repeal, voting as a single class

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Incorporation to be executed on March 15, 2019

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eli Baker

 

Name:

Eli Baker

 

Title:

Incorporator

 


Exhibit 3.2

 

BYLAWS

OF

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

March 15, 2019

 

ARTICLE 1
STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1.1                                     Place of Meetings . Meetings of stockholders of Target Hospitality Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), shall be held at the place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) from time to time; provided , that the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”).

 

Section 1.2                                     Annual Meetings . Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at such time and place as fixed by the Board of Directors for the purpose of electing directors and transacting any other business as may properly come before such meetings.

 

Section 1.3                                     Special Meetings . Except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, to be held at such place, date and time as shall be designated in the notice or waiver of notice thereof. Only business within the purposes described in the Corporation’s notice of meeting required by Section 1.4 may be conducted at the special meetings. The ability of the stockholders to call a special meeting is specifically denied.

 

Section 1.4                                     Notice of Meetings .  Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time, the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”) or these Bylaws, the written notice of any meeting shall be given no fewer than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. If delivered or given by any other permitted means, such notice shall be deemed delivered when dispatched by any generally accepted means of electronic communication, addressed to the stockholder at any address of or for that stockholder that is appropriate in view of the means of communication used. Personal delivery of any such notice to any officer of a corporation or association or to any member of a partnership shall constitute delivery of such notice to such corporation, association or partnership.

 


 

Section 1.5                                     Adjournments . Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 1.6                                     Quorum . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum, and the stockholders present at any duly convened meeting may continue to do business until adjournment notwithstanding any withdrawal from the meeting of holders of shares counted in determining the existence of a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders so present may, by majority vote, adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.5 of these Bylaws until a quorum shall attend. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary of 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 to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

 

Section 1.7                                     Organization . Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board of the Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in his or her absence by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation, by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 1.8                                     Voting; Proxies . Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder that has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders who are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. All other elections and questions shall, unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, be decided by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders who are present in person or represented by

 


 

proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote. In the case of a matter submitted for a vote of the stockholders as to which a stockholder approval requirement is applicable under the stockholder approval policy of the Nasdaq Stock Market or any other exchange or quotation system on which the capital stock of the Corporation is quoted or traded, the requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), or any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), in each case for which no higher voting requirement is specified by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the vote required for approval shall be the requisite vote specified in such stockholder approval policy, Rule 16b-3 or Code provision, as the case may be (or the highest such requirement if more than one is applicable).

 

Section 1.9                                     Stockholder Action by Written Consent . Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by the DGCL to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, provided, however, that an action by written consent to elect directors, unless such action is unanimous, may be in lieu of the holding of an annual meeting only if all the directorships to which directors could be elected at an annual meeting held at the effective time of such action are vacant and are filled by such action.

 

Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to in such consent unless written consents signed by the requisite number of stockholders required to take the action are delivered to the corporation within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation in the manner required by this Section 1.9 . Delivery to the corporation shall be by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, principal place of business or secretary or assistant secretary, if any, and, except for deliveries to the corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware, may be by electronic transmission to the extent permitted by Section 228 of the DGCL, including to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the Board of Directors. Any such consent shall be inserted in the minute book as if it were the minutes of a meeting of the stockholders.

 

Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action were delivered to the corporation.

 

Section 1.10                              Record Date . In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or 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 for stockholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting of stockholders or any other

 


 

action, which shall not be more than 60 nor fewer than 10 days before the date of such meeting or other action. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive notice of a meeting of stockholders, such date shall also 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 such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed: (1) 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 (2) 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 determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote.

 

Section 1.11                              List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote . The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. The Corporation shall not be required 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 10 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 Corporation’s principal place of business. In the event that 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 a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 1.1                                     Notice of Stockholder Business; Nominations . Annual Meetings of Stockholders . Nominations of one or more individuals to the Board of Directors (each, a “ Nomination ,” and more than one, “ Nominations ”) and the proposal of business other than Nominations (“ Business ”) to be considered by the stockholders of the Corporation may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (1) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting or any supplement thereto ( provided , however , that reference in the Corporation’s notice of meeting to the election of directors or to the election of members of the Board of Directors shall not include or be deemed to include Nominations), (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (3) by any stockholder of the Corporation who

 


 

was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 1.1 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.1 . Subclause (3) above shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereto) under the Exchange Act and indicated in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of stockholders.

 

(b)                                  Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such Business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting; provided , however , that reference in the Corporation’s notice of meeting to the election of directors or to the election of members of the Board of Directors shall not include or be deemed to include Nominations. Nominations may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (2) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 1.1 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.1 . 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 in such election of directors may make Nominations of one or more individuals (as the case may be) for election to such positions as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 1.1(c)(1)  shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(1)(E) .

 

(c)                                   Stockholder Nominations and Business . For Nominations and Business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(3) , the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in compliance with this Section 1.1 , and any such proposed Business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. For Nominations to be properly brought before a special meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 1.1(b)(2) , the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in compliance with this Section 1.1 .

 

(1)                                  Stockholder Nominations.

 


 

(A)                                Only individuals subject to a Nomination made in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.1 shall be eligible for election at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, and any individuals subject to a Nomination not made in compliance with this Section 1.1 shall not be considered nor acted upon at such meeting of stockholders.

 

(B)                                For Nominations to be properly brought before an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation by a stockholder pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(3)  or Section 1.1(b)(2) , respectively, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation pursuant to this Section 1.1 . To be timely, the stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation as provided in Section 1.1(c)(1)(C)  or Section 1.1(c)(1)(D) , in the case of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, and Section 1.1(c)(1)(E) , in the case of a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, respectively.

 

(C)                                In the case of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, to be timely, any Nomination made pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(3)  shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day, nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting ( provided , however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(D)                                Notwithstanding Section 1.1(c)(1)(C) , in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, the stockholder’s notice required by this Section 1.1 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following

 


 

the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

(E)                                 In the case of a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, to be timely, any Nomination made pursuant to Section 1.1(b)(2)  shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of such special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such special meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(F)                                  To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice of Nomination(s) pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(3)  or Section 1.1(b)(2)  shall set forth: (i) as to any Nomination to be made by such stockholder, (a) all information relating to the individual subject to such Nomination 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 Section 14 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, without regard to the application of the Exchange Act to either the Nomination or the Corporation and (b) such individual’s written consent to being named in a proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the Nomination is made (a) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (b) the class, series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (c) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and such stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such Nomination, (d) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk of stock price changes for, or to increase the voting power of, such stockholder or beneficial owner or any of its affiliates with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, (e) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group that intends (1) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to

 


 

holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to elect the individual subject to the Nomination and/or (2) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders of the Corporation in support of such Nomination and (f) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the Nomination between or among such stockholder, any of its affiliates or associates and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing, including the individual subject to the Nomination. The Corporation may require any individual subject to such Nomination to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such individual to serve as a director of the Corporation.

 

(2)                                  Stockholder Business.

 

(A)                                Only such Business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as shall have been brought before such meeting in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.1 , and any Business not brought in accordance with this Section 1.1 shall not be considered nor acted upon at such meeting of stockholders.

 

(B)                                In the case of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, to be timely, any such written notice of a proposal of Business pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(3)  shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting ( provided , however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(C)                                To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice of a proposal of Business pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(3)  shall set forth: (i) as to the Business proposed by such stockholder, a brief description of the Business desired to be brought before the meeting, 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), the reasons for conducting such Business at the meeting and any material

 


 

interest in such Business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made (a) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (b) the class, series, and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (c) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and such stockholder (or a qualified representative of such stockholder) intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such Business, (d) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk of stock price changes for, or to increase the voting power of, such stockholder or beneficial owner or any of its affiliates with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation and (e) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group that intends (1) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposed Business and/or (2) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders of the Corporation in support of such Business.

 

(d)                                  General .

 

(1)                                  Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a Nomination or Business proposed to be brought before such meeting was made or proposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.1 , and (b) if any proposed Nomination or Business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 1.1 , to declare that such Nomination or Business shall be disregarded or that such proposed Nomination or Business shall not be considered or transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.1 , if a stockholder (or a qualified representative of such stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a Nomination or Business, such Nomination or Business shall be disregarded and such Nomination or Business shall not be considered or transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

 

(2)                                  For purposes of this Section 1.1 , “public announcement” shall include 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.

 


 

(3)                                  Nothing in this Section 1.1 shall be deemed to affect (a) the rights or obligations, if any, of stockholders of the Corporation to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereto) under the Exchange Act or (b) the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE 2
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 2.1                                     Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and if so determined, notices thereof need not be given.

 

Section 2.2                                     Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, the Secretary or by a majority of the Board of Directors. Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:

 

(a)                                  delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;

 

(b)                                  sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;

 

(c)                                   sent by facsimile; or

 

(d)                                  sent by electronic mail,

 

directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, facsimile number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the Corporation’s records. If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile or (iii) sent by electronic mail, it shall be delivered or sent at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice may be communicated to the director. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the Corporation’s principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting.

 

Section 2.3                                     Telephonic Meetings Permitted . Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting thereof by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 2.4                                     Quorum; Vote Required for Action . At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any agreement binding upon the Corporation otherwise provide, the vote of a majority of the

 


 

directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.5                                     Organization . Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in their absence by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 2.6                                     Board of Directors Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if such minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if such minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

Section 2.7                                     Fees and Compensation of Directors . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors, or may delegate such authority to an appropriate committee.

 

ARTICLE 3
COMMITTEES

 

Section 3.1                                     Committees . The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate two or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may unanimously 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 permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, 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 affixed to all pages that may require it.

 

Section 3.2                                     Committee Rules . Unless the Board of Directors or the charter of any such committee otherwise provides, 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 2 of these Bylaws. Each committee and subcommittee shall keep regular

 


 

minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors, or the committee, when required.

 

ARTICLE 4
OFFICERS

 

Section 4.1                                     Executive Officers ; Election; Qualifications; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies . The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and the Board of Directors may, if it so determines, choose a Chairman of the Board of Directors and a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors from among its members. The Board of Directors may also elect a General Counsel, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Controllers, Assistant Controllers and such other officers as the Board of Directors deems necessary. Each such officer shall hold office for the term for which he or she is elected or appointed and until his or her successor has been elected or appointed and qualified or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without cause at any time, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

 

Section 4.3                                     Powers and Duties of Executive Officers . The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, and to the extent not so prescribed, they shall each have such powers and authority and perform such duties in the management of the property and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, as generally pertain to their respective offices. The Board of Directors may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties. Without limitation of the foregoing:

 

(a)                                  Chairman of the Board of Directors . The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall be a director of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall undertake duties prescribed herein and such other duties or responsibilities as the Board of Directors may assign.

 

(b)                                  Lead Director of the Board of Directors . The Lead Director of the Board, if any, shall be a director of the Corporation, who is not also an officer of the Corporation. The Lead Director of the Board of Directors shall undertake duties prescribed herein and such other duties or responsibilities as the Board of Directors may assign.

 

(c)                                   Chief Executive Officer . The Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal executive officer of the Corporation. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision over the business of the Corporation and shall have such other

 


 

powers and duties as chief executive officers of corporations usually have or as the Board of Directors may assign.

 

(d)                                  President . The President shall be the chief operations officer of the Corporation. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the President shall have general supervision over the business of the Corporation, to the extent not the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer, and shall have such other powers and duties as presidents of corporations usually have or as the Board of Directors may assign.

 

(e)                                   Chief Financial Officer . The Chief Financial Officer shall be the principal financial officer of the Corporation and shall have custody of all funds and securities of the Corporation and shall sign all instruments and documents as require his or her signature. The Chief Financial Officer shall undertake such other duties or responsibilities as the Board of Directors may assign.

 

(f)                                    Vice President . Each Vice President shall have such powers and duties as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may assign.

 

(g)                                   Secretary . The Secretary shall issue notices of all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors where notices of such meetings are required by law or these Bylaws and shall keep the minutes of such meetings. The Secretary shall sign such instruments and attest such documents as require his or her signature of attestation and affix the corporate seal thereto where appropriate.

 

Section 4.4                                     Compensation . The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Nothing contained herein shall preclude any officer from serving the Corporation in any other capacity, including that of director, or from serving any of its stockholders, subsidiaries or affiliated entities in any capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.

 

Section 4.5                                     Representation of Shares of Other Corporations . Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.

 

ARTICLE 5
STOCK

 

Section 5.1                                     Certificates .

 

(a)                                  The Corporation is authorized to issue shares of common stock of the Corporation in certificated or uncertificated form. The shares of the common stock of the Corporation shall be registered on the books of the

 


 

Corporation in the order in which they shall be issued. Any certificates for shares of the common stock, and any other shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented by certificates, shall be numbered, shall be signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and (ii) the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile signature. 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 officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he, she or it were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the Corporation shall send, or cause to be sent, to the record owner thereof a written statement setting forth the name of the Corporation, the name of the stockholder, the number and class of shares and such other information as is required by law, including Section 151(f) of the DGCL. Any stock certificates issued and any notices given shall include such other information and legends as shall be required by law or necessary to give effect to any applicable transfer, voting or similar restrictions.

 

(b)                                  No certificate representing shares of stock shall be issued until the full amount of consideration therefor has been paid, except as otherwise permitted by law.

 

Section 5.2                                     Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates . The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. If shares represented by a stock certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed have become uncertificated shares, the Corporation may, in lieu of issuing a new certificate, cause such shares to be reflected on its books as uncertificated shares and may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate.

 

Section 5.3                                     Dividends . The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. The Board of Directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, and meeting contingencies.

 


 

Section 5.4                                     Transfer of Shares .

 

(a)                                  Transfers of shares shall be made upon the books of the Corporation (i) only by the holder of record thereof, or by a duly authorized agent, transferee or legal representative and (ii) in the case of certificated shares, upon the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for such shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, 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.

 

(b)                                  The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any legal, equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share or shares of stock on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by law.

 

Section 5.5                                     Transfer Agent; Registrar . The Board of Directors may appoint a transfer agent and one or more co-transfer agents and registrar and one or more co-registrars and may make, or authorize any such agent to make, all such rules and regulations deemed expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE 6
INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 6.1                                     Right to Indemnification . The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), 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 she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, member, trustee, partner, manager, representative or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation (an “ Indemnitee ”), whether the basis in such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as director, officer, employee, member, trustee, partner, manager, representative or agent or in any other capacity while serving as such, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in connection therewith, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The Corporation shall indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof)

 


 

initiated by such Indemnitee only if the initiation of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Indemnitee was authorized by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6.2                                     Limitations on Indemnification . Subject to the requirements in the DGCL, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person pursuant to this Article 6 in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):

 

(a)                                  for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of such person under any statute, insurance policy, indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid;

 

(b)                                  for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or similar provisions of federal, state or local statutory law or common law, if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

 

(c)                                   for any reimbursement of the Corporation by such person of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by such person from the sale of securities of the Corporation, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Corporation pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), or the payment to the Corporation of profits arising from the purchase and sale by such person of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

 

(d)                                  initiated by such person, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by such person against the Corporation or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board of Directors authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) the Corporation provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under applicable law, or (iii) otherwise required by applicable law; or

 

(e)                                   if prohibited by applicable law.

 

Section 6.3                                     Prepayment of Expenses . The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnitee 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 shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking (an “ Undertaking ”) by or on behalf of 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 Article or otherwise.

 


 

Section 6.4                                     Claims .

 

(a)                                  To obtain indemnification under this Article 6, an Indemnitee shall submit to the Corporation a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the claimant is entitled to indemnification. Upon written request by an Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 6.4(a) , a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to the Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who are not and were not parties to the matter in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee (“ Disinterested Directors ”), (2) if a quorum of the Board of Directors consisting of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, such quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by less than a quorum of the Board of Directors consisting of Disinterested Directors or (3) if a majority of Disinterested Directors so directs, by the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

(b)                                  If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article 6 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim therefor by the Indemnitee has been received by the Corporation (except in the case of a claim for advancement of expenses, for which the applicable period is 30 days), the Indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required Undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct that makes it permissible under the DGCL for the Corporation to indemnify the Indemnitee for the amount claimed. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6.4(b)  that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 6.4(b) . The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 6.4(b)  that the procedures and presumptions of this Article 6 are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in such proceeding that the Corporation is bound by all the provisions of this Article 6.

 


 

Section 6.5                                     Employees and Agents . The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to any current or former employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article 6 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of current or former directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

Section 6.6                                     Nonexclusivity of Rights . The rights conferred on any person by this Article 6 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise.

 

Section 6.7                                     Other Indemnification . The Corporation’s 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 shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 6.1                                     Survival; Amendment or Repeal . Each person who was, is, or becomes a director or officer shall be deemed to have served or to have continued to serve in such capacity in reliance upon the indemnity provided for in this Article 6. Such rights shall be deemed to have vested at the time such person becomes or became a director or officer of the Corporation, and such rights shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, modification, alteration or repeal of this Article 6 that in any way diminishes, limits, restricts, adversely affects or eliminates any right of an Indemnitee or his or her successors to indemnification, advancement of expenses or otherwise shall be prospective only and shall not in any way diminish, limit, restrict, adversely affect or eliminate any such right with respect to any actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission then or previously existing, or any action, suit or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission.

 

Section 6.3                                     Enforceability . If any provision or provisions of this Article 6 shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, then (1) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article 6 (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section or paragraph of this Article 6 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and (2) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article 6 (including, without limitation, each such portion of any Section or paragraph of this Article 6 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Section 6.4                                     Insurance for Indemnification . The Corporation may purchase and maintain, at its expense, insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a

 


 

director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL. To the extent that the Corporation maintains any policy or policies providing such insurance, each such current or former director or officer, and each such agent or employee to whom rights to indemnification have been granted as provided in Section 6.4 , shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage thereunder for any such current or former director, officer, employee or agent.

 

ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.1                                     Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any document or instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

 

Section 7.2                                     Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year, unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7.3                                     Seal . The corporate seal shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7.4                                     Notices .

 

(a)                                  Notice to Directors . Whenever under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any director, such notice shall be given either (i) in writing and sent by mail, or by a nationally recognized delivery service, (ii) by means of facsimile telecommunication or other form of electronic transmission, or (iii) by oral notice given personally or by telephone. A notice to a director will be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, orally, or by telephone, when actually received by the director, (ii) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (iv) if sent by facsimile telecommunication, when sent to the

 


 

facsimile transmission number for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation, (v) if sent by electronic mail, when sent to the electronic mail address for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation, or (vi) if sent by any other form of electronic transmission, when sent to the address, location or number (as applicable) for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation.

 

(b)                                  Notice to Stockholders . Whenever under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any stockholder, such notice may be given (i) in writing and sent either by hand delivery, through the United States mail, or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery, or (ii) by means of a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder, to the extent permitted by, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 232 of the DGCL. A notice to a stockholder shall be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, when actually received by the stockholder, (ii) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation, and (iv) if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given and otherwise meeting the requirements set forth above, (A) if by facsimile transmission, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (B) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (C) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specified posting, upon the later of (1) such posting and (2) the giving of such separate notice, and (D) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent to receiving notice by means of electronic communication by giving written notice of such revocation to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (1) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (2) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or to the Corporation’s transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

 

(c)                                   Electronic Transmission . “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 a recipient through an automated process, including but not limited to transmission by telex, facsimile telecommunication, electronic mail, telegram and cablegram.

 

(d)                                  Notice to Stockholders Sharing Same Address . Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively by the Corporation to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent by delivering written notice of such revocation to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send such a single written notice shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

 

(e)                                   Exceptions to Notice Requirements . Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

 

Whenever notice is required to be given by the Corporation, under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any stockholder to whom (1) notice of two consecutive annual meetings of stockholders and all notices of stockholder meetings or of the taking of action by written consent of stockholders without a meeting to such stockholder during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (2) all, and at least two payments (if sent by first-class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a 12-month period, have been mailed addressed to such stockholder at such stockholder’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such stockholder shall not be required. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to such stockholder shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth such stockholder’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such stockholder shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate need not state that

 


 

notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to Section 230(b) of the DGCL. The exception in subsection (1) of the first sentence of this paragraph to the requirement that notice be given shall not be applicable to any notice returned as undeliverable if the notice was given by electronic transmission.

 

Section 7.5                                     Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees . Whenever any notice is required to be given under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a written waiver of such notice, signed before or after the date of such meeting by the person or persons entitled to said notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to said notice, shall be deemed equivalent to such required notice. All such waivers shall be kept with the books of the Corporation. Attendance at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 7.6                                     Interested Directors; Quorum . No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof that authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (a) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the Disinterested Directors, even though the Disinterested Directors be less than a quorum; (b) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (c) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders. All directors, including interested directors, may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee that authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

Section 7.7                                     Form of Records . Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept on, or be in the form of, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, hard drives or any other information storage device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect the same.

 

Section 7.8                                     Amendment of Bylaws .

 

(a)                                  These Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the stockholders at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, the notice for which designates that an amendment or repeal of one or more of such sections is to be considered, only by an affirmative vote of the stockholders holding a

 


 

majority in interest of all shares entitled to vote upon such amendment or repeal, voting as a single class; provided , however , that Article 1, Section 2.2 , Article 6 and Section 7.7 of these Bylaws may only be amended or repealed by the stockholders at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, the notice for which designates that an amendment or repeal of one or more of such sections is to be considered, only by an affirmative vote of the stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of the stockholders entitled to vote at an election for directors of the Corporation, voting as a single class.

 

(b)                                  The Board of Directors shall have the power to amend or repeal these Bylaws of, or adopt new bylaws for, the Corporation. Any such bylaws, or any alternation, amendment or repeal of these Bylaws, may be subsequently amended or repealed by the stockholders as provided in Section 7.8(a)  of these Bylaws.

 


Exhibit 4.1

 

NUMBER

SHARES

C-

 

 

 

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP 87615L107

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

COMMON STOCK

 

This Certifies that                      is the owner of                      fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP. , a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), transferable on the books of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.

 

This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar of the Company. Witness the facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Company.

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

Transfer Agent

 


 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

The Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the shares represented thereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and all amendments thereto and resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issue of securities (copies of which may be obtained from the secretary of the Company), to all of which the holder of this certificate by acceptance hereof assents.

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

 

TEN COM

as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT

Custodian

TEN ENT

as tenants by the entireties

 

 

(Cust)

(Minor)

 

 

 

 

 

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

 

 

 

 

 

 

JT TEN

as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

For value received,                      hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER(S) OF ASSIGNEE(S))

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES), INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE(S))

 

s hares of the common stock represented by this certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints

 

attorney to transfer the said shares of common stock on the books of the within-named company with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

 

 

Dated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice:

The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

Signature(s) Guaranteed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM) PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE).

 


Exhibit 4.2

 

Form of Warrant Certificate

 

[FACE]

 

Number

 

Warrants

 

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO
THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN THE
WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

Incorporated Under the Laws of the Delaware

 

CUSIP 87615L115

 

Warrant Certificate

 

This Warrant Certificate certifies that         , or its registered assigns, is the registered holder of warrant(s) evidenced hereby (the “Warrants” ) to purchase shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock” ), of Target Hospitality Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” ). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (each, a “Warrant” ) as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Exercise Price” ) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable in lawful money of the United States of America (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Each whole Warrant is initially exercisable for one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of any Warrant. If, upon the exercise of Warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional share of Common Stock, the Company will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrant holder. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

The initial Exercise Price is equal to $11.50 per share. The Exercise Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants may be exercised only during the Exercise Period and to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period, such Warrants shall become void.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement.

 

This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 


 

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY as Warrant Agent

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

[Reverse]

 

The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive shares of Common Stock and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of January 11, 2018 (the “Warrant Agreement” ), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent” ), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the Company. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Warrants may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his, her or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised.

 

Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be exercised unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating to the shares of Common Stock is current, except through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement.

 

The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. If, upon exercise of a Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, the Company shall, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder of the Warrant.

 

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

 

Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Company.

 


 

Election to Purchase

(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive shares of Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for such shares of Common Stock to the order of Target Hospitality Corp. (the “Company” ) in the amount of $    in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such shares of Common Stock be registered in the name of            whose address is              and that such shares of Common Stock be delivered to whose address is            . If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares of Common Stock be registered in the name of                 , whose address is            and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to               , whose address is          .

 

In the event that the Warrant has been called for redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 6 of the Warrant Agreement and the Company has required cashless exercise pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares of Common Stock that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(b)  and Section 6.3 of the Warrant Agreement.

 

In the event that the Warrant is a Private Placement Warrant that is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(c)  of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares of Common Stock that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(c)  of the Warrant Agreement.

 

In the event that the Warrant is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares of Common Stock that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement.

 

In the event that the Warrant may be exercised, to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise (i) the number of shares of Common Stock that this Warrant is exercisable for would be determined in accordance with the relevant section of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following: The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive shares of Common Stock. If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares of Common Stock be registered in the name of       , whose address is        and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to                        , whose address is                .

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 


 

Date:                 , 20

 

 

 

 

(Signature)

 

 

 

 

 

(Address)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Tax Identification Number)

 

 

 

Signature Guaranteed:

 

 

 

 

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17Ad-15 (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE).

 


Exhibit 4.4

 

 

ARROW BIDCO, LLC

 

as Issuer and

 

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

 


 

9.50% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2024

 


 

INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF MARCH 15, 2019

 


 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

as Trustee and Collateral Agent

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Clause

 

Page

 

 

Article I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

1

 

 

 

SECTION 1.1 Definitions

1

 

SECTION 1.2 Other Definitions

55

 

SECTION 1.3 Trust Indenture Act Term

56

 

SECTION 1.4 Rules of Construction

56

 

 

Article II THE NOTES

57

 

 

 

SECTION 2.1 Form and Dating

57

 

SECTION 2.2 Execution and Authentication

58

 

SECTION 2.3 Registrar; Paying Agent

59

 

SECTION 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

59

 

SECTION 2.5 Holder Lists

60

 

SECTION 2.6 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities

60

 

SECTION 2.7 Replacement Notes

62

 

SECTION 2.8 Outstanding Notes

62

 

SECTION 2.9 Treasury Notes

63

 

SECTION 2.10 Temporary Notes

63

 

SECTION 2.11 Cancellation

63

 

SECTION 2.12 [Reserved]

63

 

SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Number

63

 

SECTION 2.14 Special Transfer Provisions

64

 

SECTION 2.15 Issuance of Additional Notes

66

 

 

Article III REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

66

 

 

 

SECTION 3.1 Notices to Trustee

66

 

SECTION 3.2 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed

67

 

SECTION 3.3 Notice of Redemption

67

 

SECTION 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption

68

 

SECTION 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price

68

 

SECTION 3.6 Notes Redeemed in Part

68

 

SECTION 3.7 Optional Redemption

68

 

SECTION 3.8 Offer to Purchase

70

 

SECTION 3.9 [Reserved]

71

 

SECTION 3.10 Mandatory Redemption

71

 

 

Article IV COVENANTS

71

 

 

 

SECTION 4.1 Payment of Notes

71

 

SECTION 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency

72

 

SECTION 4.3 Reports

72

 

SECTION 4.4 Compliance Certificate

73

 

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SECTION 4.5 Taxes

73

 

SECTION 4.6 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

74

 

SECTION 4.7 Limitation on Restricted Payments

74

 

SECTION 4.8 Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

79

 

SECTION 4.9 Limitation on Incurrence of Debt

81

 

SECTION 4.10 Limitation on Asset Sales

83

 

SECTION 4.11 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

85

 

SECTION 4.12 Limitation on Liens

89

 

SECTION 4.13 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

89

 

SECTION 4.14 Offer to Purchase upon a Change of Control

90

 

SECTION 4.15 Maintenance of Properties, Corporate Existence and Insurance

91

 

SECTION 4.16 Limited Condition Transactions

91

 

SECTION 4.17 Additional Note Guarantees

93

 

SECTION 4.18 Limitation on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries

93

 

SECTION 4.19 Creation and Perfection of Certain Security Interests After the Issue Date

94

 

SECTION 4.20 Further Assurances

94

 

SECTION 4.21 Suspension of Covenants

94

 

 

Article V SUCCESSORS

95

 

 

 

SECTION 5.1 Consolidation, Amalgamation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease

95

 

SECTION 5.2 Successor Person Substituted

98

 

 

Article VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

98

 

 

 

SECTION 6.1 Events of Default

98

 

SECTION 6.2 Acceleration

100

 

SECTION 6.3 Other Remedies

101

 

SECTION 6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults

101

 

SECTION 6.5 Control by Majority

101

 

SECTION 6.6 Limitation on Suits

102

 

SECTION 6.7 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment

102

 

SECTION 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee

102

 

SECTION 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

103

 

SECTION 6.10 Priorities

103

 

SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs

104

 

 

Article VII TRUSTEE

104

 

 

 

SECTION 7.1 Duties of Trustee

104

 

SECTION 7.2 Rights of Trustee

105

 

SECTION 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee

107

 

SECTION 7.4 Trustee’s Disclaimer

107

 

SECTION 7.5 Notice of Defaults

107

 


 

 

SECTION 7.6 [Reserved]

108

 

SECTION 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity

108

 

SECTION 7.8 Replacement of Trustee

109

 

SECTION 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

110

 

SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification

110

 

SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company

111

 

SECTION 7.12 Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company

111

 

SECTION 7.13 Limitation of Liability

111

 

SECTION 7.14 Collateral Agent and Holders’ Authorization to Trustee

111

 

SECTION 7.15 Co-Trustees; Separate Trustee; Collateral Agent

112

 

 

Article VIII LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

113

 

 

 

SECTION 8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

113

 

SECTION 8.2 Legal Defeasance

113

 

SECTION 8.3 Covenant Defeasance

114

 

SECTION 8.4 Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

114

 

SECTION 8.5 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

116

 

SECTION 8.6 Repayment to Company

116

 

SECTION 8.7 Reinstatement

117

 

SECTION 8.8 Discharge

117

 

 

Article IX AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

118

 

 

 

SECTION 9.1 Without Consent of Holders

118

 

SECTION 9.2 With Consent of Holders

120

 

SECTION 9.3 Revocation and Effect of Consents

121

 

SECTION 9.4 Notation on or Exchange of Notes

121

 

SECTION 9.5 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.

122

 

 

Article X SECURITY

122

 

 

 

SECTION 10.1 Appointment and Authorization of the Collateral Agent

122

 

SECTION 10.2 Security Documents; Additional Collateral

123

 

SECTION 10.3 Recording, Registration and Opinions

124

 

SECTION 10.4 Releases of Collateral

124

 

SECTION 10.5 Form and Sufficiency of Release

125

 

SECTION 10.6 Possession and Use of Collateral

125

 

SECTION 10.7 Purchaser Protected

125

 

SECTION 10.8 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Collateral Agent Under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement

126

 

SECTION 10.9 Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Agreement

126

 

SECTION 10.10 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Collateral Agent

126

 

 

 

Article XI NOTE GUARANTEES

126

 


 

 

SECTION 11.1 Note Guarantees

126

 

SECTION 11.2 [Reserved]

128

 

SECTION 11.3 Severability

128

 

SECTION 11.4 Limitation of Guarantors’ Liability

128

 

SECTION 11.5 Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms

128

 

SECTION 11.6 Release of a Guarantor

129

 

SECTION 11.7 Benefits Acknowledged

130

 

SECTION 11.8 Future Guarantors

130

 

SECTION 11.9 Subordination of TLM Equipment, LLC’s Guarantee

131

 

 

Article XII MISCELLANEOUS

131

 

 

 

SECTION 12.1 [Reserved]

131

 

SECTION 12.2 Notices

131

 

SECTION 12.3 [Reserved]

133

 

SECTION 12.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

133

 

SECTION 12.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

133

 

SECTION 12.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents

134

 

SECTION 12.7 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

134

 

SECTION 12.8 Governing Law

134

 

SECTION 12.9 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury; Service of Process

134

 

SECTION 12.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

134

 

SECTION 12.11 Successors

135

 

SECTION 12.12 Severability

135

 

SECTION 12.13 Counterpart Originals

135

 

SECTION 12.14 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

135

 

SECTION 12.15 Acts of Holders

135

 

SECTION 12.16 Security Documents

136

 

SECTION 12.17 [Reserved]

137

 

SECTION 12.18 USA Patriot Act

137

 

SECTION 12.19 Force Majeure

137

 

SECTION 12.20 Calculations

137

 


 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

FORM OF 9.50% SENIOR SECURED NOTE DUE 2024

 

 

Exhibit B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO RULE 144A

 

 

Exhibit C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S

 

 

Exhibit D

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY ANY FUTURE GUARANTORS

 


 

This Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2019 is by and among Arrow Bidco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (in such capacity and not in its individual capacity, and together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity and not in its individual capacity, and together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”).

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreements (as defined herein), Topaz Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company to be converted to a Delaware corporation on or prior to the Issue Date (the “ SPAC ”) will acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of each of Algeco Parent (as defined herein) and Arrow Parent (as defined herein).

 

Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties hereto and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Company’s (as defined below) $340,000,000 9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 issued on the date hereof (the “ Initial Notes ”) and (ii) Additional Notes (as defined herein) issued from time to time (together with the Initial Notes and, in each case, any Notes issued in replacement or substitution therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the “ Notes ”).

 

Article I

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

SECTION 1.1 Definitions .

 

Acquired Debt ” means Debt of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person; provided , however , that Debt of such Person which is redeemed, defeased, retired, or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon consummation of the transactions by which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such asset acquisition shall not be Acquired Debt.

 

Acquisitions ” means the acquisitions by Holdings of each of Algeco Parent and Arrow Parent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the applicable Merger Agreement.

 

Additional First Lien Claimholders ” means, with respect to any Series of Additional First Lien Debt, the holders of such Debt, the First Lien Representative with respect thereto, the First Lien Collateral Agent with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional First Lien Loan Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Company or any Guarantor under any related Additional First Lien Loan Documents and the holders of any other Additional First Lien Obligations secured by the First Lien Collateral Documents for such Series of Additional First Lien Debt.

 

Additional First Lien Debt ” means any Debt and guarantees thereof that is incurred, issued or guaranteed by the Company and/or any Guarantor other than the Initial First Lien Debt,

 


 

which Debt and guarantees are secured by the First Lien Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a basis senior to the Second Lien Obligations; provided , however , that with respect to any such Debt incurred after the Issue Date (i) such Debt is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each First Lien Loan Document and Second Lien Debt Document, (ii) unless already a party with respect to that Series of Additional First Lien Debt, each of the First Lien Representative and the First Lien Collateral Agent for the holders of such Debt shall have become party to (A) the Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions to becoming a party thereto set forth therein and (B) the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions to becoming a party thereto set forth therein; provided , further , that, if such Debt will be the initial Additional First Lien Debt incurred by the Company or any Guarantor after the Issue Date, then the Guarantors, the Initial First Lien Representative, the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Representative for such Debt and the First Lien Collateral Agent for such Debt shall have executed and delivered the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (iii) each of the other requirements of the Intercreditor Agreement shall have been complied with.  The requirements shall be tested only as of (x) the date of execution of such joinder agreement by the applicable Additional First Lien Collateral Agent and Additional First Lien Representative if the Debt is incurred pursuant to a commitment entered into at the time of such joinder agreement and (y) with respect to any later commitment or amendment to those terms to permit such Debt, as of the date of such commitment and/or amendment, in each case, assuming such commitments are fully drawn as of such date.  Additional First Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor.

 

Additional First Lien Loan Documents ” means, with respect to any Series of Additional First Lien Debt, the loan agreements, promissory notes, indentures and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Debt, any document governing reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued pursuant to any Additional First Lien Loan Documents and the First Lien Collateral Documents securing such Series of Additional First Lien Debt.

 

Additional First Lien Obligations ” means, with respect to any Series of Additional First Lien Debt, (a) all principal, interest (including any post-petition interest), premium (if any), penalties, fees, expenses (including fees, expenses and disbursements of agents, professional advisors and legal counsel), indemnifications, reimbursement obligations (including in respect of letters of credit), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of the foregoing amounts, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, payable with respect to such Additional First Lien Debt, (b) all other amounts payable to the related Additional First Lien Claimholders under the related Additional First Lien Loan Documents (other than in respect of any Debt not constituting Additional First Lien Debt), (c) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, any Hedging Obligations and Bank Product Obligations secured under the First Lien Collateral Documents securing such Series of Additional First Lien Debt and (d) any renewals or extensions of the foregoing.

 

Additional Second Lien Claimholders ” means, with respect to any Series of Additional Second Lien Debt, the holders of such Debt, the Second Lien Representative with respect thereto, the Second Lien Collateral Agent with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Second Lien Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each

 

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indemnification obligation undertaken by the Company or any other Guarantor under any related Additional Second Lien Debt Documents and the holders of any other Additional Second Lien Obligations secured by the Second Lien Collateral Documents for such Series of Additional Second Lien Debt.

 

Additional Second Lien Debt ” means any Debt and guarantees thereof that is incurred, issued or guaranteed by the Company and/or any Guarantor other than the Initial Second Lien Debt, which Debt and guarantees are secured by the Second Lien Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a basis junior to the First Lien Obligations; provided, however , that with respect to any such Debt incurred after the Issue Date (i) the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, determined on a Pro Forma Basis but without netting the cash proceeds of any such Additional Second Lien Debt to the extent not applied in such Pro Forma Basis determination, (ii) such Debt is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each First Lien Loan Document and Second Lien Debt Document, (iii) unless already a party with respect to that Series of Additional Second Lien Debt, each of the Second Lien Representative and the Second Lien Collateral Agent for the holders of such Debt shall have become party to (A) the Intercreditor Agreement and by satisfying the conditions to becoming a party thereto set forth therein and (B) the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to and by satisfying the conditions to becoming a party thereto set forth therein; provided, further , that, if such Debt will be the initial Additional Second Lien Debt incurred by the Company or any other Guarantor after the Issue Date, then the Guarantors, the Initial Second Lien Representative, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Representative for such Debt and the Second Lien Collateral Agent for such Debt shall have executed and delivered the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) each of the other requirements of the Intercreditor Agreement shall have been complied with.  The requirements of the Intercreditor Agreement shall be tested only as of (x) the date of execution of such joinder agreement by the applicable Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent and Additional Second Lien Representative if the Debt in incurred pursuant to a commitment entered into at the time of such joinder agreement, and (y) with respect to any later commitment or amendment to those terms to permit such Debt, as of the date of such commitment and/or amendment, in each case, assuming such commitments are fully drawn as of such date.  Additional Second Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor.

 

Additional Second Lien Debt Documents ” means, with respect to any Series of Additional Second Lien Debt, the loan agreements, promissory notes, indentures and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Debt, any document governing reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued pursuant to any Additional Second Lien Debt Documents and the Second Lien Collateral Documents securing such Series of Additional Second Lien Debt.

 

Additional Second Lien Obligations ” means, with respect to any Series of Additional Second Lien Debt, (a) principal, interest (including without limitation any post-petition interest), premium (if any), penalties, fees, expenses (including, without limitation, fees, expenses and disbursements of agents, professional advisors and legal counsel), indemnifications, reimbursement obligations (including in respect of letters of credit), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of the foregoing amounts, in each case whether or not allowed or

 

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allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, payable with respect to such Additional Second Lien Debt, (b) all other amounts payable to the related Additional Second Lien Claimholders under the related Additional Second Lien Debt Documents (other than in respect of any Debt not constituting Additional Second Lien Debt), (c) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, any Hedging Obligations and Bank Product Obligations secured under the Second Lien Collateral Documents securing such Series of Additional Second Lien Debt and (d) any renewals or extensions of the foregoing.

 

Additional Notes ” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 4.9 hereof, of the same series as the Initial Notes.

 

Affiliate ” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “ control ” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “ controlling ” and “ controlled ” have meanings that correspond to the foregoing.

 

Agent ” means any Registrar, co-register Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

 

Algeco Parent ” means Algeco U.S. Holdings, LLC a Delaware limited liability company and the owner of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Target Logistics Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company.

 

Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to any Note on any applicable redemption date, as calculated by the Company, the greater of:

 

(1)          1.00% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; and

 

(2)          the excess of:

 

(a)          the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at March 15, 2021 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.7(b)), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through March 15, 2021 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to such redemption date), in each case, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

 

(b)          the then outstanding principal amount of the Note.

 

Arrow Parent ” means Arrow Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation and the owner of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Company.

 

Asset Acquisition ” means:

 

(a)          an Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary

 

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(including the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary), or shall be merged with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

 

(b)          the acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the assets of any Person (other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, any division or line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of business.

 

Asset Sale ” means:

 

(a)          the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) of any assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries outside the ordinary course in any single transaction or series of related transactions; provided that the disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, will be governed by Section 4.14 and/or Section 5.1 and not by Section 4.10; and

 

(b)          the issue or sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Equity Interests in the Company or directors’ qualifying shares or shares or interests required to be held by foreign nationals pursuant to local law).

 

provided, however , that the term “Asset Sale” shall exclude:

 

(a)          any disposition of Equity Interests, property or assets, the gross proceeds of which (exclusive of indemnities) do not exceed in any one or related series of transactions $15.0 million;

 

(b)          dispositions of (i) cash, (ii) Cash Equivalents or (iii) other Investments in existence on the Issue Date that are properly characterized under GAAP as cash and cash equivalents, short term investments, restricted cash or long term investments;

 

(c)           the disposition, abandonment or lease of equipment, products, services, and inventory in the ordinary course of business and any disposition or abandonment of damaged, worn-out, used, surplus, obsolete or permanently retired assets or assets that, in the good faith judgment of the Company, are no longer used or useful in its business;

 

(d)          the sale and leaseback of any assets within 90 days of the acquisition thereof;

 

(e)           a Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.7 or a Permitted Investment;

 

(f)            any trade-in of equipment in exchange for other equipment in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(g)           the Incurrence of a Lien otherwise than in contravention of Section 4.12 (and the exercise of any power of sale or other remedy thereunder);

 

(h)          leases, assignments, licenses or subleases in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and are otherwise not prohibited under this Indenture;

 

(i)              dispositions (i) by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or (ii) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(j)             issuances of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(k)          dispositions of accounts receivable including in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;

 

(l)              any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, or surrender of contract, tort, intangible claims or other claims;

 

(m)      licensing of intellectual property;

 

(n)          dispositions of accounts receivable, or a fractional undivided interest therein, by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(o)          dispositions of accounts receivable, chattel paper and assets related thereto, including collateral securing such accounts receivable, contracts and contract rights, purchase orders, security interests, financing statements and other documentation, and all guarantees, warranties or other documentation or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, and other assets which are customarily transferred in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar to such accounts receivable (and any collections or proceeds thereof), in each case, to a Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(p)          the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;

 

(q)          any sale of Equity Interests in, or Debt or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(r)             the issuance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Disqualified Stock that is permitted by Section 4.9;

 

(s)            dispositions to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture agreements and similar binding agreements;

 

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(t)             dispositions to the extent made pursuant to casualty or condemnation events or business interruption; or

 

(u)          dispositions made to comply with any order of any agency of the U.S. federal government or any state authority or other regulatory body or any applicable law.

 

For purposes of this definition, any series of related transactions that, if effected as a single transaction, would constitute an Asset Sale, shall be deemed to be a single Asset Sale effected when the last such transaction which is part thereof is effected.

 

Asset Sale Offer ” means an Offer to Purchase required to be made by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 to all Holders.

 

Attributable Debt ” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP) of the obligations of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended); provided , however , that if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Debt represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”

 

“Available Excluded Contribution Amount” means the aggregate amount of cash, Cash Equivalents or the Fair Market Value of other assets or property (as reasonably determined by the Company) received by Holdings (and promptly contributed by Holdings to the Company) after the Issue Date from (without duplication): (i) contributions in respect of Equity Interests of Holdings other than Disqualified Stock (other than any amounts received from the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), and (ii) the sale of Equity Interests of Holdings (other than (x) to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (y) pursuant to any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or (z) Disqualified Stock); provided that, such amounts are designated as “Available Excluded Contribution Amounts” pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on or promptly after the date the relevant capital contribution is made or the relevant proceeds are received, as the case may be; provided , further that:

 

(1)          any such amounts received shall not increase the amount available for making Restricted Payments to the extent the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred Debt in reliance thereon, and such Debt (or Refinancing Debt in respect thereof) remains outstanding; and

 

(2)          any such amounts received shall be excluded for purposes of Debt permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.9 to the extent the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries make a Restricted Payment in reliance thereon.

 

Bank Product Obligations means, all obligations and liabilities (whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due or now existing or hereafter incurred) of the Company, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise,

 

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which may arise under, out of, or in connection with any treasury, investment, depository, clearing house, wire transfer, cash management or automated clearing house transfers of funds services or any related services, to any Person permitted to be a secured party in respect of such obligations under the applicable First Lien Loan Documents or Second Lien Debt Documents.

 

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

 

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or any other United States federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, fraudulent transfer or conveyance statute and any related case law.

 

Board of Directors ” means (i) with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, its board of directors or any duly authorized committee thereof; (ii) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of such corporation or any duly authorized committee thereof; and (iii) with respect to any other entity, the board of directors or similar body of the general partner or managers of such entity or any duly authorized committee thereof.

 

Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

 

Borrowing Base ” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum (expressed in U.S. Dollars) of, without duplication, 85% of the book value of the accounts receivable of the Company and the Guarantors and (2) 95% of the book value of the inventory and rental equipment (which shall include, without limitation, value-added products) of the Company and the Guarantors, in each case calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and in accordance with GAAP.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

 

Capital Lease Obligation ” means, as to any Person, the obligation of such Person under a lease that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or finance lease obligation under GAAP as in effect on the Issue Date; and the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated or prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty. For purposes of Section 4.12, a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed secured by a Lien on the property being leased.

 

Capital Stock ” means:

 

(1)          in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;

 

(2)          in the case of an association or business entity other than a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) similar to corporate stock;

 

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(3)          in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

 

(4)          any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of the issuing Person.

 

Cash Equivalents ” means:

 

(a)          U.S. Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Euros or such other foreign currencies held by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)          securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or unconditionally guaranteed by (i) the United States government, or by any state of the United States of America, or, in each case, by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or (ii) the Canadian government or any province, territory, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof;

 

(c)           domestic and LIBOR certificates of deposit, demand deposits and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding two years and overnight bank deposits, in each case, issued by lender under the ABL Credit Facility or any other bank having combined capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million (in the case of domestic banks);

 

(d)          repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above or securities dealers of recognized national standing;

 

(e)           commercial paper, marketable short-term money market and similar securities at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);

 

(f)            marketable short-term money market and similar funds having (i) assets in excess of $250.0 million or (ii) a rating of at least A-1 or P-1 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);

 

(g)           Debt or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of A- or higher from S&P or A3 or higher from Moody’s (or, if at the time, neither is issuing comparable ratings, then a comparable rating of another rating agency) with maturities of twelve (12) months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

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(h)          bills of exchange issued in the United States or Canada eligible for rediscount at the relevant central bank and accepted by a bank (or any dematerialized equivalent);

 

(i)              Investments with average maturities of twelve (12) months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s;

 

(j)             investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities which are one or more of the types of securities described in clauses (b) through (i) above; and

 

(k)          in the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside Canada and the United States, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) direct obligations of the sovereign nation (or any agency thereof) in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or where such Investment is made, or in obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation (or any agency thereof), in each case maturing within a two years after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating equivalent to one of the two highest ratings from either S&P or Moody’s, (ii) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (b) through (j) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies, (iii) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets otherwise satisfying the requirements of this definition (including this clause (iii)) and (iv) other short-term investments utilized by such Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (b) through (j).

 

Cash Management Agreements ” means any agreement providing for treasury, depository, purchasing card or cash management services, including in connection with any automated clearing house transfer of funds or any similar transaction.

 

Certificated Notes ” means Notes that are in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, including the applicable legend or legends set forth in Exhibit A .

 

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)          any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), becoming the ultimate “beneficial owner” (as such term is used in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause (a), such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock in the Company unless the Permitted Holders otherwise have the right (pursuant to contract, proxy

 

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or otherwise), directly or indirectly, to designate, nominate or appoint a majority of the directors of the Company;

 

(b)          the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, conveys, transfers or leases (either in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ assets (determined on a consolidated basis) to any Person other than the Company, or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted Holder;

 

(c)           the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person (other than a Permitted Holder), or any Person (other than a Permitted Holder) consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where (i) the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitutes or is converted into or exchanged for a majority of the outstanding shares of the Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such transaction) or (ii) one or more Permitted Holders becomes a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock (immediately after giving effect to such transaction); or

 

(d)          Holdings ceases to own 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control (1) if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a company and (b) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the ultimate parent holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (2) solely as a result of a Permitted Holder ceasing to be a Permitted Holder as result of the disposition of Voting Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent thereof by any other Permitted Holder.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Common Stock ” means with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interest or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or nonvoting) of such Person’s common stock, whether or not outstanding on the Issue Date, and includes all series and classes of such common stock.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means the successor.

 

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Consolidated EBITDA ” means, with respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period:

 

(i)                            the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period, taken as a single accounting period, of:

 

(a)          Consolidated Net Income;

 

(b)          Consolidated Income Tax Expense;

 

(c)           Consolidated Interest Expense for such period (but including items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (1)(i) through (1)(ix) thereof), to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income

 

(d)          depreciation and amortization of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income;

 

(e)           any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expenses) related to any equity offering (including by any direct or indirect parent of the Company), acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the Incurrence of Debt permitted to be Incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing of any Credit Facilities) (whether or not successful), and any amendment or modification to the terms of any such transaction including such fees, expenses or charges (i) related to the Transactions or (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Credit Facilities or this Indenture, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income;

 

(f)            the amount of any restructuring charges or reserves, business optimization expenses or non-recurring integration costs deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs Incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Issue Date and costs and charges related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities opening costs, transition costs and other restructuring costs;

 

(g)           any other non-cash charges, including any write offs or write downs (other than write offs or write downs on accounts or chattel paper of the Company), reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (and not added back) ( provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA in such future period to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period);

 

(h)          the amount of any non-controlling interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority Equity Interests of third parties in any non-

 

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wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;

 

(i)              the amount of loss or discount on sale of receivables and related assets to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;

 

(j)             any costs or expenses Incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the applicable Person or Net Cash Proceeds of an issuance of Capital Stock or other Equity Interests of the applicable Person, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;

 

(k)          the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option holders of Holdings or any other parent (direct or indirect) of the Company in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person or its parent, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Indenture and to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;

 

(l)              costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith or other enhanced accounting functions and Public Company Costs, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;

 

(m)      costs of surety bonds Incurred in such period in connection with financing activities to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income; and

 

(n)          payments paid or accrued during such period in respect of purchase price holdbacks or earn-outs of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Debt), in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;

 

(ii)                         less (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; provided that, to the extent non-cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (ii) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to Consolidated EBITDA,

 

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Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) in respect of such non-cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such Person’s most recent Four-Quarter Period, for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of the transaction (the “ Transaction Date ”) giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to the Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four-Quarter Period. For purposes of this definition, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

In calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

 

(a)          interest on outstanding Debt determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter (other than working capital borrowings under any revolving credit facility incurred in the ordinary course of business) shall be deemed to have accrued at the average rate per annum on such Debt during the Four-Quarter Period (or if less, such period of time that it was outstanding);

 

(b)          if interest on any Debt (other than working capital borrowings under any revolving credit facility incurred in the ordinary course of business) actually Incurred on the Transaction Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four-Quarter Period; and

 

(c)           notwithstanding clause (a) or (b) above, interest on Debt determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Hedging Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of these agreements.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charges ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such period of:

 

(i)                            Consolidated Interest Expense; and

 

(ii)                         all dividends and other distributions paid or accrued during such period in respect of Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than dividends paid in Equity Interests not constituting Disqualified Stock), in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Income Tax Expense ” means, with respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, foreign, U.S. federal, state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and

 

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foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income and any payments to any direct or indirect parent of the Company in respect of any such taxes.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, with respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i)                            consolidated interest expense of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Debt at less than par, other than with respect to Debt issued in connection with the Transactions, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations, and (e) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Debt, and excluding (i) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (ii) any “additional interest” relating to customary registration rights with respect to any securities, (iii) non-cash interest expense attributable to movement in mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivatives (in each case permitted hereunder under GAAP), (iv) interest expense attributable to a direct or indirect parent thereof resulting from push-down accounting, (v) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Debt, (vi) any expense resulting from the discounting of Debt in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (vii) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and, with respect to Debt issued in connection with the Transactions, original issue discount, (viii) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (ix) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables Transaction); plus

 

(ii)                         consolidated capitalized interest of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued;

 

(iii)                      less interest income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate of the consolidated net income (or loss) attributable to

 

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the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP and before any deduction in respect of any Dividends on preferred stock, adjusted by:

 

(A)        excluding, to the extent included in calculating such net income, without duplication

 

(i)                            any after-tax effect of (a) extraordinary gains, losses or charges (including all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses and (b) non-recurring or unusual gains, losses or charges (including all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including the Transaction Expenses);

 

(ii)                         the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies;

 

(iii)                      any after-tax effect of income (loss) from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations or fixed assets;

 

(iv)                     any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments or the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Company;

 

(v)                        the net income for such period of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary, any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) by such Non-Recourse Subsidiary or Person that is not a Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;

 

(vi)                     effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and in process research and development, deferred revenue and debt line items in the Company’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes;

 

(vii)                  any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Debt or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid);

 

(viii)               any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, Investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, the amortization of intangibles, and the effects of adjustments to

 

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accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates and other chargebacks (including government program rebates), in each case, pursuant to GAAP;

 

(ix)                     any (a) non-cash compensation charge or expense related to the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options, restricted stock or other rights and (b) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts;

 

(x)                        accruals and reserves that are established within twelve (12) months after the Issue Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions (or within twelve (12) months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition) in accordance with GAAP or charges, accruals, expenses and reserves as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies in accordance with GAAP;

 

(xi)                     any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency transaction or translation gains or losses related to currency remeasurements and (b) any income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Debt, intercompany balance sheet items and Hedging Obligations; and

 

(xii)                  any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such item.

 

(B)        including, to the extent not already accounted for, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, (i) the amount of proceeds received during such period from business interruption insurance in respect of insured claims for such period, (ii) the amount of proceeds as to which the Company has determined there is reasonable evidence it will be reimbursed by the insurer in respect of such period from business interruption insurance (with a deduction for any amounts included to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days) and (iii) reimbursements received of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets, in each case to the extent permitted under this Indenture.

 

Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien on the assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of determination, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recent Four-Quarter Period, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

Consolidated Total Assets ” means the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company; provided that, for purposes of calculating “Consolidated Total Assets” for purposes of testing the covenants under this Indenture in connection with any transaction, the total consolidated assets of the Company and

 

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its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the most recent Four-Quarter Period.

 

Consolidated Total Debt ” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with any Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition), consisting of indebtedness for borrowed money, Capital Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments.

 

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of determination, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recent Four-Quarter Period prior to such date for which the Company has internal financial statements available, in each case, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

Corporate Trust Office ” means an office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the Issue Date is located at 60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630, New York, New York 10005, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by written notice to the Holders and the Company, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

Credit Facilities ” means (i) that certain ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ ABL Credit Facility ”), by and among the Company, Target Logistics Management, LLC, RL Signor Holdings, LLC and certain other subsidiaries of the Company and the Target, as borrowers, Holdings, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other lenders named therein, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing, supplementing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Debt thereunder or increasing or supplementing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof whether pursuant to a credit agreement, indenture or other debt facility (any of the foregoing, an “ Amendment ”) and (ii) whether or not the financing agreement referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “Credit Facilities,” one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to a Receivables Subsidiary or other special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Debt, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part

 

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from time to time; provided , the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, do not incur Debt pursuant to any Amendment defined in clause (i) or any Debt incurred under clause (ii) in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding in excess of the maximum aggregate principal amount of Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of “Permitted Debt.”

 

Custodian ” means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under Bankruptcy Law or any other person with like powers.

 

Debt ” means at any time (without duplication), with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person, or non-recourse, the following: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments; (iii) all obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit (except letters of credit that are (x) secured by cash or Cash Equivalents, (y) issued under any Credit Facility or (z) securing obligations, other than obligations referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (v), entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the 10th Business Day following payment on the letter of credit), bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person; (iv) indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property and all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property or assets acquired by such Person(even if the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property or assets), in each case, excluding any trade payables or other current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business; (v) all Capital Lease Obligations (including Attributable Debt with regards to Sale and Leaseback Transactions) of such Person (but excluding obligations under operating leases); (vi) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of Disqualified Stock in such Person at the time of determination; (vii) any Hedging Obligations of such Person at the time of determination (but taking into account only the mark-to-market value or, if any actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close-out of such transaction, that amount); and (viii) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) of this definition of another Person, the payment of which (A) such Person has Guaranteed or (B) is secured by (or the holder of such Debt has an existing right, whether contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon the property or other assets of such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt, in each case if and to the extent that any of the foregoing (other than clauses (iii) and (viii) of this definition) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of the foregoing: (a) the maximum fixed repurchase price of any Disqualified Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were repurchased on any date on which Debt shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided , however , that, if such Disqualified Stock is not then permitted to be repurchased, the repurchase price shall be the book value of such Disqualified Stock; (b) the amount outstanding at any time of any Debt issued with original issue discount is the principal amount of such Debt less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Debt at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP; (c) the amount of any Debt described in clause (ix)(A) above shall be

 

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the maximum liability under any such Guarantee; (d) the amount of any Debt described in clause (ix)(B) above shall be the lesser of (I) the maximum amount of the obligations so secured and (II) the Fair Market Value of such property or other assets; and (e) interest, fees, premium, and expenses and additional payments, if any, will not constitute Debt.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase or sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets or business, the term “Debt” will exclude (x) customary indemnification obligations, (y) post-closing payment adjustments to which the other party may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment is otherwise contingent and (z) trade payments and accrued expenses, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business, and deferred or prepaid revenue; provided that the amount of such payment would not be required to be reflected on the face of a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

The amount of Debt of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligations, of any contingent obligations at such date.

 

Default ” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.

 

Depositary ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.3 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, until a successor shall have been appointed pursuant to Section 2.6(b), and, thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.

 

Designated Non-cash Consideration ” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as “Designated Non-cash Consideration” pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the basis of determining the Fair Market Value thereof.

 

Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any event:

 

(1)          matures or is mandatorily redeemable under a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

 

(2)          is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Debt or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); or

 

(3)          is redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the holder thereof;

 

in each case on or prior to the day that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided , however , that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem

 

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such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring on or prior to the 91st day after the Stated Maturity of the Notes will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the “asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable, as measured by the purchase or redemption price or the breadth of the definition of the event or events triggering such purchase or redemption obligation to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions of Section 4.10 and Section 4.14, respectively, and any such requirement becomes operative only after compliance with such corresponding terms applicable to the Notes, including the purchase of any Notes tendered pursuant thereto; provided, further , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations; and provided , further , that any Capital Stock held by any future, current or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or their respective trusts, estates, investment funds, investment vehicles or immediate family members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof, in each case upon the termination of employment or death of such person pursuant to any stockholders’ agreement, management equity plan, stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Company.

 

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

Enforcement Action ” means any action to:

 

(1)          foreclose, execute, levy, or collect on, take possession or control of (other than for purposes of perfection), sell or otherwise realize upon (judicially or non-judicially), or lease, license, or otherwise dispose of (whether publicly or privately), Collateral, or otherwise exercise or enforce remedial rights with respect to Collateral under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Debt Documents (including by way of setoff, recoupment, notification of a public or private sale or other disposition pursuant to the UCC or other applicable law, notification to account debtors, notification to depositary banks under deposit account control agreements, or exercise of rights under landlord consents, if applicable);

 

(2)          solicit bids from third Persons, approve bid procedures for any proposed disposition of Collateral, conduct the liquidation or disposition of Collateral or engage or retain sales brokers, marketing agents, investment bankers, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers, or other third Persons for the purposes of valuing, marketing, promoting, and selling Collateral;

 

(3)          receive a transfer of Collateral in satisfaction of Debt or any other Obligation secured thereby;

 

(4)          otherwise enforce a security interest or exercise another right or remedy, as a secured creditor or otherwise, pertaining to the Collateral at law, in equity, or

 

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pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents or Second Lien Debt Documents (including the commencement of applicable legal proceedings or other actions with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral to facilitate the actions described in the preceding clauses, and exercising voting rights in respect of equity interests comprising Collateral); or

 

(5)          effectuate or cause the disposition of Collateral by the Company or any Guarantor after the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default under any of the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Debt Documents with the consent of the applicable First Lien Collateral Agent (or First Lien Claimholders) or Second Lien Collateral Agent (or Second Lien Claimholders).

 

Equity Interests ” in any Person means all Capital Stock in such Person and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for Capital Stock) in such Person.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Assets ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Security Documents.

 

Excluded Subsidiary ” means (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company; (b) (i) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable law or, solely with respect to Subsidiaries existing on the Issue Date or on the date such Subsidiary is acquired ( provided , that such prohibition is not be created in contemplation of such acquisition), its organic documents from guaranteeing the Note Obligations, (ii) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by any contractual obligation existing on the Issue Date or on the date any such Subsidiary is acquired from guaranteeing the Note Obligations ( provided , that such prohibition is not created in contemplation of such acquisition) and (iii) to the extent that the provision of any Guarantee of the Note Obligations would require the consent, approval, license or authorization of any governmental authority which has not been obtained, any Subsidiary that is subject to such restrictions; provided that after such time that such restrictions on Guarantees are waived, lapse, terminate or are no longer effective, such Restricted Subsidiary shall no longer be an Excluded Subsidiary; (c) (i) any wholly-owned Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada or (ii) any wholly-owned Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia that (a) has no material assets other than Equity Interests of one or more Subsidiaries that are “controlled foreign corporations” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code) or (b) is a Subsidiary of a Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code) ( provided any Subsidiary described in the foregoing clauses (c)(i) or (c)(ii) shall be an Excluded Subsidiary only with respect to the guarantee of an obligation of a United States person); (d) each Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary, (e) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada or a wholly-owned Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, (f) each Non-Recourse Subsidiary, (g) each Unrestricted Subsidiary and (h) any Subsidiary for which the provision of a Guarantee would result in a material adverse tax or regulatory consequence to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable.

 

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Excluded Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Person, or the grant by such Person of a Lien to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Person’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee of such Person or the grant of such Lien becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation.  If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or Lien is or becomes illegal.

 

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to the consideration received or paid in any transaction or series of transactions, the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

First Lien Claimholders ” means the Initial First Lien Claimholders and any Additional First Lien Claimholders.

 

First Lien Collateral ” means any “Collateral” or “Pledged Collateral” or similar term as defined in any First Lien Loan Document or any other assets of the Company or any Guarantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted or required to be granted pursuant to a First Lien Loan Document as security for any First Lien Obligations and shall include any property or assets subject to replacement Liens or adequate protection Liens in favor of any First Lien Claimholder.

 

First Lien Collateral Agent ” means (i) in the case of any Initial First Lien Obligations or the Initial First Lien Claimholders, the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of any Additional First Lien Obligations and the Additional First Lien Claimholders in respect thereof, the Person serving as collateral agent (or the equivalent) for such Additional First Lien Obligations and that is named as the First Lien Collateral Agent in respect of such Additional First Lien Obligations in the applicable joinder agreement (each, in the case of this clause (ii) together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, an “ Additional First Lien Collateral Agent ”).

 

First Lien Collateral Documents ” means the “Security Documents” or “Collateral Documents” or similar term (as defined in the applicable First Lien Loan Documents) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any First Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

 

First Lien Debt ” means the Initial First Lien Debt and any Additional First Lien Debt.

 

First Lien Loan Documents ” means the Initial First Lien Loan Documents and any Additional First Lien Loan Documents.

 

First Lien Obligations ” means the Initial First Lien Obligations and any Additional First Lien Obligations, and shall not include, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

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First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement ” means an agreement among each First Lien Representative and each First Lien Collateral Agent allocating rights among the various Series of First Lien Obligations.

 

First Lien Representative ” means (i) in the case of any Initial First Lien Obligations or the Initial First Lien Claimholders, the Initial First Lien Representative and (ii) in the case of any Additional First Lien Obligations and the Additional First Lien Claimholders in respect thereof, each trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent and similar agent that is named as the First Lien Representative in respect of such Additional First Lien Obligations in the applicable joinder agreement (each, in the case of this clause (ii), together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, an “ Additional First Lien Representative ”).

 

Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, any territory thereof, or the District of Columbia.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States from time to time.

 

Global Note Legend ” means the legend identified as such in Exhibit A hereto.

 

Global Notes ” means the Notes in global form that are in the form of Exhibit A hereto, including the applicable legend or legends set forth in Exhibit A .

 

Guarantee ” means, as applied to any Debt of another Person, a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such Debt. “ Guaranteed ” and “ Guaranteeing ” shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing.

 

Hedge Agreement ” means a Swap Contract entered into by the Company, any other Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries with a counterparty as permitted under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Debt Documents, as the case may be.

 

Hedging Obligations ” of any Person means any obligation of such Person pursuant to any Hedge Agreement.

 

Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

Holdings has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Incur ” means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Debt or other obligation on the balance sheet of such Person; provided , however , that a change in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time becoming Debt shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such Debt.  Debt otherwise Incurred by a Person before it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed to be Incurred at the time at which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company. “ Incurrence ” “ Incurred ,” “ Incurrable ” and “ Incurring ” shall have meanings that correspond to

 

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the foregoing.  A Guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Debt Incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall not be a separate Incurrence of Debt.  In addition, the following shall not be deemed a separate Incurrence of Debt:

 

(1)          amortization of debt discount or accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;

 

(2)          the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Debt of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Equity Interests in the form of additional Equity Interests of the same class and with the same terms;

 

(3)          the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Debt arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of redemption or making of a mandatory offer to purchase such Debt; and

 

(4)          unrealized losses or charges in respect of Hedging Obligations.

 

Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Initial First Lien Claimholders ” means the “Secured Parties” under the ABL Credit Facility.

 

Initial First Lien Collateral Agent ” means Bank of America, N.A. , as administrative agent and collateral agent under the ABL Credit Facility, and its successors and/or assigns in such capacity.

 

Initial First Lien Debt ” means the Debt and guarantees thereof now or hereafter incurred pursuant to the Initial First Lien Loan Documents.

 

Initial First Lien Loan Documents ” means the ABL Credit Facility and the other “Loan Documents” under the ABL Credit Facility and any other document or agreement entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Initial First Lien Obligations.

 

Initial First Lien Obligations ” means “Secured Obligations” under the ABL Credit Facility.

 

Initial First Lien Representative ” means Bank of America, N.A.

 

Initial Purchasers ” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

 

Initial Second Lien Claimholders ” shall mean (i) the Holders, (ii) the Trustee, (iii) the Collateral Agent and (iv) each of their respective successors and assigns and their permitted transferees and endorsees.

 

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Initial Second Lien Debt ” means the Debt and guarantees thereof now or hereafter incurred pursuant to the Initial Second Lien Debt Documents.  Initial Second Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange thereof.

 

Initial Second Lien Debt Documents ” means the Indenture and the other Note Documents and any other document or agreement entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Notes Obligations.

 

Initial Second Lien Representative ” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

 

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ” means any case or proceeding, application, meeting convened, resolution passed, proposal, corporate action or any other proceeding commenced by or against a Person under any state, provincial, territorial, federal or foreign law for, or any agreement of such Person to, (a) the entry of an order for relief under the Bankruptcy Code, or any other steps being taken under any other insolvency, debtor relief, bankruptcy, receivership, debt adjustment law or other similar law (whether state, provincial, territorial, federal or foreign), including the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) and the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act (Canada); (b) the appointment of a custodian for such Person or any part of its property; (c) an assignment or trust mortgage for the benefit of creditors; (d) the winding-up or strike off of such Person; (e) the proposal or implementation of a scheme or plan of arrangement or composition; and/or (f) a suspension of payment, moratorium of any debts, official assignment, composition or arrangement with a Person’s creditors.

 

Intercreditor Agreement ” means, as the context may require, (i) the intercreditor agreement, to be dated as of the Issue Date, among the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company and each Guarantor and (ii) any other intercreditor agreement that may be entered into after the Issue Date by the Company, any Guarantor and the Collateral Agent in connection with Credit Facilities not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture (which is not materially less favorable to the Collateral Agent and the holders of the Notes (taken as a whole) than the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (i) of this definition) (as certified to by the Company in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent), in each case, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and this Indenture.

 

Investment ” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons in the form of loans, advances (or other extensions of credit) or capital contributions (by means of any transfer of cash or other property or assets to another Person or any other payments for property or services for the account or use of another Person), including the following: (i) the purchase or acquisition of any Equity Interest or other evidence of beneficial ownership in another Person; and (ii) the purchase, acquisition or Guarantee of the obligations of another Person, but shall exclude: (a) accounts receivable, notes receivable and other extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business; (b) other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (c) the acquisition of property and assets (including inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or licenses or leases of intellectual property); (d) the purchase or acquisition of the business,  assets or services of another Person; (e) prepaid expenses and

 

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workers’ compensation, utility, lease and similar deposits, in the ordinary course of business; (f) negotiable instruments held for collection and endorsements for collection or deposit; and (g) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for commission, travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, in each case, made in the ordinary course of business.  If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investments in such Person that were not sold or disposed of.  The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person.  Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

 

Investment Grade Status ” shall apply at any time the Notes receive both a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) from S&P and a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) from Moody’s.

 

Issue Date ” means March 15, 2019, the date on which Notes are originally issued under this Indenture.

 

Junior Lien Obligations ” means obligations under Debt that is unsecured or is secured by a Lien on a junior basis to the Liens securing the Note Obligations and subject to a customary intercreditor agreement.

 

Legal Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, or at a place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date in a place of payment is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge (including, without limitation, disclosed, undisclosed, possessory and non-possessory), security interest, hypothecation, assignment, statutory trust, deemed trust, privilege, lien, charge, bailment or similar encumbrance, whether statutory, based on common law, contract or otherwise, and including any option or agreement to give any of the foregoing, any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) (or equivalent or successor statutes) of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any reservation of ownership or any lease in the nature thereof.

 

Limited Condition Transaction ” means any Investment or acquisition (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or the acquisition of Equity Interests or otherwise) whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

 

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Material Subsidiary ” means, as at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (a) whose total assets (other than intercompany receivables) at the last day of the most recently ended Four-Quarter Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues (other than revenues generated from sales to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) for such Four-Quarter Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Borrower (as defined in the ABL Credit Facility) that is a Subsidiary of the Company shall at all times be deemed to be a Material Subsidiary.

 

Merger Agreements ” means (a) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 13 2018, by and among Arrow Holdings S.à.r.l., the SPAC and Signor Merger Sub Inc., a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the SPAC, pursuant to which Arrow Parent will merge with and into Signor Merger Sub Inc., with Arrow Parent surviving such merger; and (b) the Agreement and Plan of merger, dated as of November 13, 2018, by and among Algeco Investments B.V., the SPAC and the Company, pursuant to which Algeco Parent will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving such merger, in each case, as amended supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

Net Cash Proceeds ” means, with respect to Asset Sales of any Person, cash and Cash Equivalents received, net of: (i) the direct costs and expenses of such Person incurred in connection with such a sale, including all legal, tax, investment banking, accounting, title and recording tax expenses, broker or finder fees, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred and all federal, state, foreign and local taxes arising in connection with such an Asset Sale that are paid or required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP by such Person; (ii) all payments made by such Person on any Debt that is secured by such properties or other assets in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or with respect to such properties or other assets or that must, by the terms of such Lien or such Debt, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such transaction or by applicable law, be repaid to any other Person (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof) in connection with such Asset Sale; (iii) distributions and other payments made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person as a result of such transaction and (iv) any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP or amount placed in an escrow account or cash reserves for purposes of such an adjustment and escrowed amounts and amounts taken by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve against liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale, all as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided , however , that any non-cash consideration received in connection with any transaction, which is subsequently converted to cash, shall become Net Cash Proceeds only at such time as it is so converted.

 

Non-Recourse Debt ” means Debt (a) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Recourse Subsidiaries) (i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Debt) other

 

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than a pledge of the equity interests of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary, (ii) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise) other than by virtue of a pledge of the equity interests of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary, or (iii) constitutes the lender; (b) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against any Non-Recourse Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Debt (other than Debt under the Credit Facilities or the Notes) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Debt or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and (c) as to which the lenders thereunder will not have any recourse to the Equity Interests or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Non-Recourse Subsidiaries).

 

Non-Recourse Subsidiary ” means any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada, or under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, which is created for the purpose of obtaining stand-alone financing for the acquisition and lease of rental equipment to customers, and all of whose Debt is Non-Recourse Debt.

 

Note Custodian ” means the Trustee when serving as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.

 

Note Documents ” means this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents.

 

Note Guarantee ” means the Guarantee of the Notes, on a joint and several basis, by Holdings and each direct or indirect wholly-owned U.S. organized Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees the Debt under the ABL Credit Facility.

 

Note Liens ” means all Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent on Collateral securing the Note Obligations, including any Second Lien Obligations.

 

Note Obligations ” means the Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents, to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes and the performance of all other obligations to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents, according to the respective terms thereof.

 

Obligations ” means all obligations of every nature of the Company and each other Guarantor from time to time owed to any agent or trustee, the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Claimholders or any of them or their respective Affiliates, in each case, under the First Lien Loan Documents, the Second Lien Debt Documents, Hedge Agreements or Bank Product Obligations, whether for principal, interest or payments for early termination of Swap Contracts, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and all guarantees of any of the foregoing and including any interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Person of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

 

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Offer to Purchase ” means a written offer (the “ Offer ”) sent by the Company by first class mail, postage prepaid (or, to the extent permitted by applicable procedures or regulations, electronically), to each Holder at his address appearing in the security register on the date of the Offer, offering to purchase up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth in such Offer at the purchase price set forth in such Offer (as determined pursuant to this Indenture). Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Offer shall specify an expiration date (the “ Expiration Date ”) of the Offer to Purchase which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, not less than thirty (30) days or more than sixty (60) days after the date of mailing of such Offer and a settlement date (the “ Purchase Date ”) for purchase of Notes within five Business Days after the Expiration Date. The Company shall notify the Trustee at least fifteen (15) days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the delivery of the Offer of the Company’s obligation to make an Offer to Purchase, and the Offer shall be sent by the Company or, at the Company’s request and provision of such offer information, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. The Offer shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The Offer shall also state:

 

(1)          the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Offer to Purchase is being made;

 

(2)          the Expiration Date and the Purchase Date;

 

(3)          the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes offered to be purchased pursuant to the Offer to Purchase (including, if less than 100%, the manner by which such amount has been determined pursuant to Section 4.10);

 

(4)          the purchase price to be paid by the Company for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted for payment (as specified pursuant to this Indenture);

 

(5)          that the Holder may tender all or any portion of the Notes registered in the name of such Holder and that any portion of a Note tendered must be tendered in a minimum amount of $1,000 principal amount;

 

(6)          the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered for tender pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, if applicable;

 

(7)          that, unless the Company defaults in making such purchase, any Note accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will cease to accrue interest on and after the Purchase Date, but that any Note not tendered or tendered but not purchased by the Company pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will continue to accrue interest at the same rate;

 

(8)          that, on the Purchase Date, the Purchase Price will become due and payable upon each Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase;

 

(9)          that each Holder electing to tender a Note pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will be required to surrender such Note or cause such Note to be surrendered at the place or places set forth in the Offer prior to the close of business on the

 

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Expiration Date (such Note being, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing);

 

(10)   that Holders will be entitled to withdraw all or any portion of Notes tendered if the Company (or its paying agent) receives, not later than the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to the Expiration Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes the Holder tendered, the certificate number of the Note the Holder tendered and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing all or a portion of his tender; and

 

(11)   if applicable, that, in the case of any Holder whose Note is purchased only in part, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in the aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unpurchased portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes so tendered.

 

Offering Circular ” means the Offering Circular, dated March 12, 2019, related to the issuance of the Initial Notes on the Issue Date.

 

Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by an Officer of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable.

 

Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion reasonably acceptable to the Trustee from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Pari Passu Debt ” means (1) the Notes and any Debt which ranks equally in right of payment to the Notes and, in respect of any Asset Sale involving Collateral, with an equal ranking Lien on the assets disposed of in such Asset Sale and (2) with respect to any Guarantor, its Note Guarantee and any Debt which ranks equally in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee and, in respect of any Asset Sale involving Collateral, with an equal ranking Lien on the assets disposed of in such Asset Sale.

 

Participant ” means, with respect to DTC, a Person who has an account with DTC, including the Euroclear System and Clearstream Banking, S.A.

 

Paying Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, covenant defeasance or similar payment with respect to, any Notes on behalf of the Company.

 

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Permitted Business ” means any business similar in nature to any business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any business reasonably ancillary, incidental, complementary or related to the business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Permitted Collateral Liens ” means Permitted Liens (other than Liens described in clause (t) of the definition thereof).

 

Permitted Debt ” means

 

(i)                            First Lien Obligations (including amounts outstanding on the Issue Date) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $200.0 million and (y) the Borrowing Base;

 

(ii)                         Debt outstanding under the Notes (excluding any Additional Notes) and contribution, indemnification and reimbursement obligations owed by the Company or any Guarantor to any of the other of them in respect of amounts paid or payable on such Notes, and any Refinancing Debt with respect to the foregoing;

 

(iii)                      Guarantees of the Notes, including any Refinancing Debt is respect thereof;

 

(iv)                     (A) Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any unused commitment) existing on the Issue Date (other than Debt described in clause(i), (ii) or (iii) above) and (B) any Refinancing Debt with respect to the foregoing; provided that, the incurrence of any such Refinancing Debt shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(v)                        intercompany Debt owed to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that if such Debt is owed by the Company or any Guarantor to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Debt shall be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s Note Obligations;

 

(vi)                     Guarantees Incurred by the Company of Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;

 

(vii)                  Guarantees by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including Guarantees by any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt under Credit Facilities; provided that (a) such Debt is Permitted Debt or is otherwise Incurred in accordance with Section 4.9 and (b) such Guarantees are subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantees to the same extent, if any, as the Debt being guaranteed is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes;

 

(viii)               Debt incurred in respect of workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits, property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance obligations, indemnity, bid, performance, warranty, release, appeal, surety and similar bonds or obligations, bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, letter of credit, warehouse receipt, completion guarantees and similar facilities, or other Debt with

 

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respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding the foregoing, in each case, provided or incurred (including Guarantees thereof) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ix)                     the Incurrence of Hedging Obligations by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries except Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes;

 

(x)                        (A) the Incurrence of Debt (including Debt comprised of Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations and Debt arising under leases entered into in connection with a Sale and Leaseback Transaction not prohibited by this Indenture), Disqualified Stock or preferred stock by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, Incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, lease, installation or improvement of, or repairs, improvements or additions to property (real or personal), plant or equipment used or useful in the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that at the time of Incurrence of any such Debt, the aggregate amount of Debt outstanding under this clause (x)(A) does not exceed the greater of (x) $40.0 million and (y) 7.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and (B) any Refinancing Debt in respect of each of the foregoing; provided that, the Incurrence of any such Refinancing Debt shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xi)                     Debt arising from agreements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, contribution, earnout, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

 

(xii)                  the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided , however , that:

 

(a)          any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to the extent secured by a Permitted Lien until such Collateral has been foreclosed upon); and

 

(b)          any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than to the extent secured by a Permitted Lien until such Collateral has-been foreclosed upon);

 

shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (xii);

 

(xiii)               Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds; provided , however , that such Debt is extinguished within ten (10) Business Days after the Company receiving notice of the Incurrence thereof;

 

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(xiv)              (A) additional Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $60.0 million and (y) 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and (B) any Refinancing Debt with respect thereto; provided , that the Incurrence of such Refinancing Debt shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xv)                 Refinancing Debt in respect of Debt Incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 4.9;

 

(xvi)              (A) Debt Incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 8.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last date of the most recently ended Four-Quarter Period and (B) any Refinancing Debt with respect thereto; provided , that the Incurrence of such Refinancing Debt shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xvii)           (A) Non-Recourse Debt of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate Debt incurred under this clause (xvii) at any one time outstanding does not exceed $40.0 million and (B) any Refinancing Debt with respect thereto; provided , that the Incurrence of such Refinancing Debt shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xviii)        Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of the financing of insurance premiums or “take or pay” obligations in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xix)              Debt consisting of unsecured promissory notes or similar Debt issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to current, future or former officers, directors and employees thereof, or to their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests the Company to any direct or indirect parent thereof to the extent described in clause (iv) of the second paragraph of Section 4.7 and (B) any Refinancing Debt with respect thereto; provided that, the incurrence of any such Refinancing Debt shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xx)                 Debt Incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the Trustee to redeem the Notes in full or to defease or to satisfy and discharge the Notes;

 

(xxi)              (A) Debt of any Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction in respect of any Qualified Receivables Transaction that is without recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective assets (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings) and (B) any Refinancing Debt with respect to the foregoing; provided that, the incurrence of any such Refinancing Debt shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xxii)           (A) (i) Acquired Debt or (ii) other Debt of such Persons or the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred (x) to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to

 

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consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (including being designated as a Restricted Subsidiary) or was otherwise acquired by, or merged into or amalgamated, arranged or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (y) otherwise in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger, amalgamation, arrangement or consolidation; provided , however , in each case set forth in clause (x) or (y), that such Debt constitutes either Additional Second Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations; provided further that if such Debt constitutes Junior Lien Obligations, the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to the first paragraph under Section 4.9, and (B) any Refinancing Debt with respect thereto;

 

(xxiii)        Debt of the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Cash Management Agreements and other Debt in respect of netting services, employees’ credit or purchase cards, overdraft protections and similar arrangements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xxiv)       customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers of goods and services purchased in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xxv)          (A) Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Available Excluded Contribution Amount, and (B) any Refinancing Debt with respect to the foregoing; provided that, the incurrence of any such Refinancing Debt shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A); or

 

(xxvi)       (A) Debt Incurred in connection with any Sale and Leaseback Transaction permitted under Section 4.13 in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $40.0 million and (y) 7.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and (B) any Refinancing Debt with respect thereto; provided , that the Incurrence of such Refinancing Debt shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A).

 

Permitted Holder ” means the Sponsor, its Affiliates and/or the Sponsor Affiliates (in each case, including, as applicable, related funds and general partners thereof).

 

Permitted Investments ” means:

 

(a)          Investments (i) in existence on, or contemplated as of, the Issue Date or (ii) in connection with the Transactions as contemplated by the Merger Agreements, and, in each case, any extension, modification, renewal or reinvestment of any such Investments, but only to the extent not involving additional advances, contributions or increases thereof (other than as a result of accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities, in each case, pursuant to the terms thereof); provided that the amount of any such Investments may be increased (x) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture or (y) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date;

 

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(b)          Investments required pursuant to any agreement or obligation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in effect on the Issue Date, to make such Investments;

 

(c)           Investments in (x) cash and assets constituting Cash Equivalents at the time made and (y) the Notes and Additional Second Lien Obligations (by way of purchase or other acquisition);

 

(d)          Investments in property and other assets, owned or used by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the operation of a Permitted Business;

 

(e)           Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(f)            Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person, if (A) as a result of such Investment such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (B) in connection with such Investment such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated or wound-up into, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(g)           Investments represented by Hedging Obligations not for speculative purposes;

 

(h)          Investments received or acquired (x) in settlement, compromise, partial or full satisfaction, or resolution of obligations owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings (including as a result of any workout, reorganization or recapitalization), (y) on account of any claim or Lien against, or interest in, any other Person or its properties as a result of a foreclosure or enforcement by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such claim or Lien against, or interest in, such other Person or its properties, or (z) in compromise or resolution of any litigation, arbitration or other disputes (including those arising in the ordinary course of business) with Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;

 

(i)              Investments consisting of loans and advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees (i) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests in any direct or indirect parent of the Company and (ii) otherwise, in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate at any one time outstanding the greater of (x) $5.0 million and (y) 0.875% of Consolidated Total Assets;

 

(j)             Investments in any Person to the extent the consideration for such Investments consist solely of Equity Interests of the Company any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

 

(k)          any Investment in any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale

 

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consummated in compliance with Section 4.10 or any other sale, transfer or other disposition of property not constituting an Asset Sale;

 

(l)              Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of UCC Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

 

(m)      payroll, travel and similar advances that are made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(n)          guarantees of (x) Debt permitted by Section 4.9 and (y) leases (other than capital leases) or other obligations that do not constitute Debt entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)          Investments by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(p)          Investments made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to repurchase or retire Equity Interests of a direct or indirect parent of the Company owned by any employee stock ownership plan or key employee stock ownership plan of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent thereof;

 

(q)          [reserved];

 

(r)             cash or Cash Equivalents or other property deposited in the ordinary course of business to secure (or to secure letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or bank guarantees in connection with) the performance of statutory obligations (including obligations under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or similar legislation), surety or appeal bonds, customs bonds, leases, bids, agreements or other obligations under arrangements with utilities, insurance agreements, construction agreements, government contracts, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(s)            Investments of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time such Person is acquired or otherwise merges or consolidates with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, in compliance with this Indenture; provided that such Investments were not made by such Person in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

 

(t)             Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures and Unrestricted Subsidiaries made after the Issue Date in an amount, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (t) since the Issue Date and then outstanding, not to exceed $25.0 million;

 

(u)          Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures in connection with reorganizations and related activities related to tax planning; and

 

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(v)          other Investments not otherwise permitted under this definition in an aggregate amount, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (w) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $60.0 million and (b) 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last date of the most recently ended Four-Quarter Period;

 

provided, however, that with respect to any Investment, the Company may, in its sole discretion, at any time allocate or re-allocate all or any portion of such Investment to one or more of the above clauses (a) through (v) so that all or a portion of such Investment would be a Permitted Investment.

 

The amount of any Investment shall be measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value other than as a result of repayments of loans or advances, redemptions, returns of capital, sales or other dispositions thereof or similar events.

 

Permitted Joint Venture ” means, with respect to any Person at any time, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity (1) of which at least 20%, but not more than 50%, of the Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) of that Person and (2) whose primary business constitutes or is reasonably expected to constitute at such time a Permitted Business.

 

Permitted Liens ” means:

 

(a)          Liens existing on the Issue Date or pursuant to agreements in existence on the Issue Date, other than pursuant to clause (b) below;

 

(b)          Liens to secure First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”; provided that, in each case, the First Lien Collateral Agent, or another agent for the holders of such Liens, shall have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement or a supplement or amendment thereto agreeing on behalf of the holders of such Liens to be bound by the terms thereof applicable to the holders of the First Lien Obligations;

 

(c)           Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith, if such proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property or assets subject to any such Lien; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor or for property taxes on property if the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries has determined to abandon such property and if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim is to such property;

 

(d)          Liens imposed or permitted by applicable federal, state, provincial, municipal, territorial, local or statutory law, rules or regulations, including, but not limited to, carrier’s, freight forwarder’s, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, logger’s, contractor’s, supplier of materials, architects’, mechanic’s, landlord’s or

 

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other similar Liens and inchoate statutory Liens arising under ERISA, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not then due or payable or past due by more than sixty (60) days (or which are being contested in good faith and, to the extent necessary to prevent the forfeiture or sale of the property or assets subject to any such Lien, by appropriate proceedings);

 

(e)           survey exceptions, encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of; or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, drains, sewers, utilities (including Liens securing the payment of charges for hydroelectricity), electric lines, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes, or other similar restrictions (including minor defects and irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Debt and which do not in the aggregate materially impair the operation of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(f)            Liens, pledges, deposits and security (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, social security benefits and other types of statutory obligations, insurance related obligations or the requirements of any official body (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto); (ii) to secure the performance of tenders, bids, surety, warranty, release, appeal or performance bonds, leases, purchase, construction, sales or servicing contracts and other similar obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with industry practice; (iii) to secure indemnification obligations (including to obtain or secure obligations with respect to letters of credit, Guarantees, bonds or other sureties or assurances) given in connection with the activities described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in each case not Incurred or made in connection with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property or services; (iv) arising in connection with any attachment or judicial proceeding unless the Liens so arising shall not be satisfied or discharged or stayed pending appeal within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof or the expiration of any such stay; or (v) to secure the payment or performance of statutory or public obligations (including environmental, municipal and public utility commission obligations and requirements);

 

(g)           Liens (x) on property or shares of stock or other assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated or amalgamated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , that such Liens were not created or incurred in the contemplation of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged with or into or consolidated or amalgamated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than after-acquired property that is (1) affixed or appurtenant thereto or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (2) after-acquired property of such Person subject to a Lien securing such Debt, the

 

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terms of which Debt require or include a pledge of after-acquired property and (3) the proceeds and products thereof or improvements thereon); (y) on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , that such Liens were in existence prior to such acquisition, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition; and (z) on assets, property or shares of Equity Interests of another Person at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , however , that (A) the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than after-acquired property that is (1) affixed or appurtenant thereto or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (2) after-acquired property of such Person subject to a Lien securing such Debt, the terms of which Debt require or include a pledge of after-acquired property and (3) the proceeds and products thereof or improvements thereon) and (B) such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(h)          Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that if such Liens are on the assets of a Guarantor, such Liens are in favor of the Company or another Guarantor ;

 

(i)              other Liens (not securing Debt) incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or the ownership of their assets which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of such assets, taken as a whole, or materially impair the operation of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(j)             Liens to secure any Refinancing Debt incurred in compliance with this Indenture to refinance Debt secured by Liens referred to in clauses (a), (g), (m), (o), (u), (gg) ( provided that capacity under clause (gg) shall not be deemed to be refreshed), (hh), (mm) ( provided that if the Debt being refinanced constitutes Junior Lien Obligations, the Liens to secure any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof shall constitute Junior Lien Obligations, and the same requirement will apply to successive financings) or (nn) ( provided that capacity under clause (nn) shall not be deemed to be refreshed) of this definition or to this clause (j); provided that (x) such Liens do not extend to any property or assets other than the property or assets securing the Debt being extended, renewed, refinanced or refunded and after-acquired property affixed or incorporated in the property covered by such Lien or subject to a Lien securing such Debt and (y) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the obligations secured by such Liens is not increased (except to the extent of any premiums, underwriting discounts, original issue discount and other fees, commissions, expenses paid and transaction costs incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding);

 

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(k)          Liens in favor of customs or revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

 

(l)              Liens arising out of licenses, leases, sublicenses and subleases of assets (including real property and intellectual property rights) or on vehicles or equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)      Liens securing Debt (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (x) of the definition of “Permitted Debt,” covering only the property or assets (or property affixed or appurtenant thereto and any proceeds thereof) acquired with or financed by such Debt;

 

(n)          Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Person’s obligation in respect of banker’s acceptances or trade letters of credit issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

(o)          Liens securing Debt (or Obligations in respect of such Debt) Incurred to finance the construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, property, plant or equipment of such Person; provided , however , that the Lien may not extend to any property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred (other than assets and property acquired, constructed, purchased, leased, repaired or improved with the proceeds of such Debt or affixed or appurtenant thereto and any proceeds and products thereof), and the Debt (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien must be permitted by Section 4.9;

 

(p)          banker’s Liens, Liens that are contractual rights of set-off and similar Liens (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Debt, (B) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations and other cash management activities incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC (or any comparable or successor provision) on items in the course of collection, (X) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (Y) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law or pursuant to customary account agreements encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

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(q)          Liens (i) arising by reason of any judgment, order or decree, but not giving rise to an Event of Default, (ii) arising pursuant to an order of attachment, condemnation, eminent domain, distraint or similar legal process arising in connection with legal proceedings, but not giving rise to an Event of Default, (iii) that are required to protect or enforce rights in any administrative, arbitration or other court proceeding in the ordinary course of business, but not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired and (iv) arising out of judgments or awards with regard to which an appeal or other proceeding for review is in process;

 

(r)             Deposits made or other security in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers and Liens securing insurance premium financing arrangements ;

 

(s)            Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings (including as a precautionary measure) in connection with Capital Lease Obligations permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (x) of the definition of “Permitted Debt,” operating leases or consignments entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, in each case, covering only the property or assets (or property affixed or appurtenant thereto and any proceeds thereof) acquired with, financed by or subject to such leases or consignments;

 

(t)             Liens on the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor securing Debt and other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor incurred in compliance with this Indenture (including Liens incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction);

 

(u)          Liens on the Collateral granted under the Security Documents in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the Notes (including Additional Notes to the extent constituting Additional Second Lien Obligations) and all corresponding Obligations under the Note Documents (including the Notes Guarantees), any Additional Second Lien Obligations and administrative expenses of the Collateral Agent;

 

(v)          Liens (i) on assets purported to be sold or otherwise transferred to a Receivables Subsidiary, (ii) over bank accounts of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, into which assets of the Qualified Receivables Transaction are paid or (iii) on Equity Interests in a Receivables Subsidiary or on assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, in each case, created, incurred or arising in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(w)        any customary provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property (including Equity Interests) or any related restrictions thereon in joint venture, partnership, membership, stockholder and limited liability company agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale

 

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agreements and other similar agreements, including owners’ participation or similar agreements governing projects owned through an undivided interest; provided , however , that any such limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subjects of such agreements;

 

(x)          Liens granted by a Person in favor of a commercial trading counterparty pursuant to a netting agreement, which Liens encumber rights under agreements that are subject to such netting agreement and which Liens secure such Person’s obligations to such counterparty under such netting agreement; provided that any such agreements and netting agreements are entered into in the ordinary course of business; and provided , further , that the Liens are incurred in the ordinary course of business and when granted, do not secure obligations which are past due;

 

(y)          Liens securing Hedging Obligations permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;

 

(z)           Liens on raw materials or on manufactured products as security for any drafts or bills of exchange drawn in connection with the importation of such raw materials or manufactured products ;

 

(aa)         Liens consisting of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(bb)         any pledge of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to secure Debt or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(cc)           Liens on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement;

 

(dd)         Liens in the nature of the right of setoff in favor of counterparties to contractual agreements with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ee)           Liens arising by operation of law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code in favor of a reclaiming seller of goods or buyer of goods;

 

(ff)             Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other property arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Debt;

 

(gg)           Liens Incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Obligations in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed $25.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

(hh)         Liens securing Obligations in respect of Debt incurred pursuant to clause (xxii) of the definition of the term “Permitted Debt” so long as such Debt constitutes Additional Second Lien Obligations;

 

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(ii)                 Liens arising or imposed under ERISA or the Code in connection with any “plan” (as defined in ERISA); provided that reasonable and appropriate provision has been made in accordance with GAAP for the payment of the obligations secured thereby;

 

(jj)               Liens on accounts receivable and any assets related thereto, customarily created in connection with sales, assignments, transfers or other dispositions of accounts receivable in transactions not involving the Incurrence of Debt, and entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

 

(kk)         Liens securing Cash Management Agreements and related Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ll)                 Liens (x) deemed to exist in connection with Permitted Investments in repurchase agreements, (y) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or (z) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under this Indenture in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of creation of such Lien;

 

(mm)       Liens securing Obligations in respect of Debt incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 4.9; provided , that (x) such Liens may secure Debt that constitutes either Additional Second Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations to the extent the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio for the most recently ended Four-Quarter Period the date on which such Debt is Incurred would have been no greater than 2.50 to 1.00, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, and (y) otherwise, such Liens may secure Debt that constitutes Junior Lien Obligations;

 

(nn)         other Liens securing obligations which do not exceed an amount at any one time outstanding equal to the greater of (x) $60.0 million and (y) 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets; and

 

(oo)         any extensions, modifications, refundings, substitutions, replacements or renewals (or successive extensions, refundings, replacements or renewals) of the foregoing; provided that any Liens securing Debt on a junior basis to the Liens securing the Note Obligations prior to being extended, modified, refunded, substituted, replaced or renewed pursuant to this clause (oo) may only be extended, modified, refunded, substituted, replaced or renewed pursuant to this clause (oo) with Liens that are junior to the Liens securing the Note Obligations.

 

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, Liens securing First Lien Obligations will only constitute Permitted Liens to the extent incurred pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

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Pro Forma Basis ” means, with respect to the calculation of any test, financial ratio, basket or covenant under this Indenture, including for purposes of determining the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, and Consolidated Total Assets, of any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, or the Borrowing Base, as of any date, that pro forma effect will be given to the transactions and events giving rise to the need to make such calculation, including any acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, Investment, Incurrence of Debt (including Debt issued, Incurred or assumed or repaid or redeemed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transaction and for which any such test, financial ratio, basket or covenant is being calculated), any other issuance or redemption of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock, Asset Sales or other sales, transfers and other dispositions or discontinuance of any Subsidiary, lines of business, divisions, segments or operating units, any operational change (including the entry into any material contract or arrangement) or any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, that have occurred during the Company’s four most recent full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of the transaction or event giving rise to the need to make such calculation (such four full fiscal quarter period being referred to herein as the “ Four-Quarter Period” ), or subsequent to the end of such Four-Quarter Period but on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of calculation or event or transaction for which a determination under this definition is made (including any such event occurring at a Person who became a Restricted Subsidiary of the subject Person or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the subject Person or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the subject Person after the commencement of the applicable Four-Quarter Period), as if each such event and transaction occurred on the first day of that Four-Quarter Period.  Whenever pro forma effect is to be given with respect to a transaction or event pursuant to this definition, pro forma calculations with respect thereto may include the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions (including as a result of entering into any material contract or arrangement, strategic initiatives and purchasing improvements) charges attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of cost savings initiatives and improvements, business optimization and other restructuring and integration charges and other synergies resulting from or relating to such transaction or event projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of actions taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such net costs savings, operating expense reductions, charges and other synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such net costs savings, operating expense reductions, charges and other synergies were realized during the entirety of such period and such that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken, for which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of a public target’s compliance costs with Public Company Costs) net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions), and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of such financial ratios, tests baskets or covenants relating to such transaction or event (and in respect of any subsequent pro forma calculations in which such transaction or costs savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are given pro forma effect) and during any applicable subsequent Four-Quarter Period for any subsequent calculation of such financial ratios, tests, baskets and covenants; provided that (A) such amounts are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable in the good faith judgment of the Company as set forth in an Officer’s

 

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Certificate of the Company, (B) such amounts have been realized, or are reasonably expected to be realized, within eighteen (18) months of the date of such transaction, (C) no amounts shall be added to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA (or any other components thereof), whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period and (D) the aggregate of such amounts added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA (or any other components thereof) with respect to such period shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA calculated prior to giving effect to such amounts being added back). Any calculation may include adjustments appropriate to reflect all adjustments included in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA set forth in the Offering Circular.

 

For purposes of making any computation referred to above:

 

(1)          if any Debt bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Debt shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date for which a determination under this definition is made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any hedging obligations applicable to such Debt);

 

(2)          interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP;

 

(3)          interest on any Debt under a revolving credit facility computed on a Pro Forma Basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during the applicable period;

 

(4)          interest on Debt that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate; and

 

To the extent not already covered above, any such calculation may include adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Public Company Costs ” means costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees.

 

Purchase Money Note ” means a promissory note of a Receivables Subsidiary to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, which note must be repaid from cash available to the Receivables Subsidiary, other than amounts required to be established as reserves pursuant to

 

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agreements, amounts paid to investors in respect of interest, principal and other amounts owing to such investors and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables. The repayment of a Purchase Money Note may be subordinated to the repayment of other liabilities of the Receivables Subsidiary on terms determined in good faith by the Company to be substantially consistent with market practice in connection with Qualified Receivables Transactions.

 

Qualified Equity Offering ” means (i) an underwritten public equity offering of Equity Interests pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (ii) a private equity offering of Equity Interests of the Company or a direct or indirect parent entity of the Company other than any public offerings of securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans.

 

Qualified Receivables Transaction ” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in or pledge, any accounts receivable or interests therein (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights, purchase orders, security interests, financing statements or other documentation in respect thereof, and all Guarantees, indemnities, warranties or other documentation or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and any other assets which are customarily transferred, or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted, in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any collections or proceeds of the foregoing.

 

Receivables Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the Company:

 

(1)          that engages in no activities other than activities in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(2)          that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as a Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate and delivered to the Trustee;

 

(3)          no portion of the Debt or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of which (a) is at any time Guaranteed by the Company. or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding Guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Debt) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (b) is at any time recourse to or obligates the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any way, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (c) subjects any asset of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than accounts receivable and related assets as provided in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction”), directly or indirectly,

 

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contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

 

(4)          with which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than (a) those entered into in the ordinary course of business on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, (b) fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable and (c) any Purchase Money Note issued by such Receivables Subsidiary to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

(5)          with respect to which neither the Company nor any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Subsidiary’s financial condition or cause such Subsidiary to achieve certain levels of operating results.

 

Redemption Price ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Refinancing Debt ” means Debt that refunds, refinances, renews, replaces, repays, purchases, redeems, defeases, retires or extends any Debt permitted to be Incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, whether involving the same or any other lender or creditor or group of lenders or creditors, but only to the extent that

 

(i)                            the Refinancing Debt is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes to at least the same extent as the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, purchased, redeemed, defeased, retired or extended, if such Debt was subordinated in right of payment to the Notes,

 

(ii)                         the Refinancing Debt is scheduled to mature either (a) no earlier than the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, purchased, redeemed, defeased, retired or extended or (b) at least 91 days after the maturity date of the Notes,

 

(iii)                      the Refinancing Debt has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Debt is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased, retired or extended,

 

(iv)                     such Refinancing Debt is in an aggregate principal amount that is less than or equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal or accreted amount (in the case of any Debt issued with original issue discount) then outstanding under the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, purchased, redeemed, defeased, retired or extended, (b) the amount of accrued and unpaid interest and premiums (including tender premiums), if any, on such Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, purchased, redeemed, defeased, retired or

 

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extended and (c) the amount of all fees (including underwriting discounts and other arranger fees), commissions, expenses and costs (including original issue discounts or similar payments Incurred in connection therewith) related to the Incurrence of such Refinancing Debt, and

 

(v)                        such Refinancing Debt shall not include (x) Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Debt of the Company or a Guarantor that could not have been initially Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.9 or(y) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Registrar ” means any Person authorized by the Company to maintain the Note Register.

 

Registered Equivalent Notes ” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees and substantially the same collateral provisions) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.

 

Replacement Assets ” means (i) assets not classified as current assets under GAAP that are used or useful in a Permitted Business, (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Equity Interests of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Equity Interests, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (iii) Equity Interests constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Resale Restriction Termination Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Restricted Notes Legend.

 

Responsible Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee within the Corporate Trust Office (or any successor unit or department) who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for administration of this Indenture.

 

Restricted Notes Legend ” means the legend identified as such in Exhibit A hereto.

 

Restricted Payment ” is defined to mean any of the following:

 

(a)          any dividend or other distribution declared and paid on the Equity Interests in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the direct or indirect holders thereof in their capacity as such (other than (i) any dividends or distributions to the extent payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in the Company and (ii) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and if such Restricted Subsidiary has stockholders other than the Company or other Restricted Subsidiaries, to its stockholders on no more than a pro rata basis));

 

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(b)          any payment made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to the extent payment is made in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in the Company) to purchase, redeem, acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any issuance of Debt in exchange for such Equity Interests or the conversion or exchange of such Equity Interests into or for Debt) other than any such Equity Interests held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(c)           any payment made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to the extent payment is made in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in the Company) to redeem, purchase, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to the scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or schedule sinking fund payment, any Debt (excluding any intercompany Debt between the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or among Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Note Guarantee (it being understood that, in each case, that payments of regularly scheduled principal and interest and mandatory prepayments, redemptions or offers to purchase shall be permitted), except payments of principal or interest in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation or final maturity, in each case, within one year of the due date thereof; or

 

(d)          any Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person, other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Subsidiary ” means the Company and any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, and its successors.

 

Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means any direct or indirect arrangement, or series of arrangements, pursuant to which property, real or personal, now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person and in connection therewith is thereafter rented or leased back by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Person with the intention to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed.

 

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto. “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Second Lien Claimholders ” means the Initial Second Lien Claimholders and any Additional Second Lien Claimholders.

 

Second Lien Collateral ” means any “Collateral,” “Pledged Collateral” or similar term as defined in any Second Lien Debt Document or any other assets of the Company or any Guarantor with respect to which a Lien is granted, purported to be granted or required to be granted pursuant to a Second Lien Debt Document as security for any Second Lien Obligations

 

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and shall include any property or assets subject to replacement Liens or adequate protection Liens in favor of any Second Lien Claimholder.

 

Second Lien Collateral Agent ” means (i) in the case of the Note Obligations, the Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of any other Additional Second Lien Obligations and the Additional Second Lien Claimholders in respect thereof, the Person serving as collateral agent (or the equivalent) for such Additional Second Lien Obligations and that is named as the Second Lien Collateral Agent in respect of such Additional Second Lien Obligations in the applicable joinder agreement (each, in the case of this clause (ii), together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, an “ Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent ”).

 

Second Lien Collateral Documents ” means the “Security Documents” or “Collateral Documents” (as defined in the applicable Second Lien Debt Documents) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Second Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

 

Second Lien Debt ” means the Initial Second Lien Debt and any Additional Second Lien Debt.

 

Second Lien Debt Documents ” means the Initial Second Lien Debt Documents and any Additional Second Lien Debt Documents.

 

Second Lien Obligations ” means the Note Obligations and any Additional Second Lien Obligations, including Additional Notes, and shall not include, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement ” means an agreement among each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent allocating rights among the various Series of Second Lien Obligations.

 

Second Lien Representative ” means (i) in the case of the Note Obligations or the Initial Second Lien Claimholders, the Initial Second Lien Representative and (ii) in the case of any Additional Second Lien Obligations and the Additional Second Lien Claimholders in respect thereof, each trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent and similar agent that is named as the Second Lien Representative in respect of such Additional Second Lien Obligations in the applicable joinder agreement (each, in the case of this clause (ii), together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, an “ Additional Second Lien Representative ”).

 

Security Agreement ” means (i) the security agreement to be dated as of the Issue Date among the Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and (ii) any other security agreement that may be entered into after the Issue Date by the Company, the Collateral Agent and any Guarantors, identical in form and substance to the security agreement referred to in clause (i) of this definition except with such changes as are necessary for such document to be governed by U.S. law and to perfect the Note Liens in Collateral of such Guarantors, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Indenture.

 

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Security Documents ” means the Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, any Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, any mortgages and all of the security agreements, hypothecs, debentures, fixed and floating charges, pledges, collateral assignments, deeds of trust, trust deeds or other instruments evidencing or creating or purporting to create any security interests in favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders and the holders of any Second Lien Debt, in all or any portion of the Collateral, as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

 

Senior Management ” means the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company.

 

Series ” means, (x) with respect to First Lien Debt or Second Lien Debt, all First Lien Debt or Second Lien Debt, as applicable, represented by the same Representative acting in the same capacity and (y) with respect to First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, all such obligations secured by same First Lien Collateral Documents or same Second Lien Collateral Documents, as the case may be.

 

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as deemed in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.

 

SPAC ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Sponsor ” means TDR Capital LLP, a limited liability company organized under the laws of England and Wales, having its registered office at 20 Bentinck, London W1U 2EU and being registered with Companies House under number OC302604.

 

Sponsor Affiliates ” means (a) TDR Capital II Holdings LP (as hereinafter used in this definition, the “ TDR Investor ”) and any other fund (including, without limitation, any unit trust, investment trust, limited partnership or general partnership) which is advised by, or the assets of which are managed (whether solely or jointly with others) from time to time by, the Sponsor or the TDR Investor (or a group controlled by and whose members include the Sponsor and/or the TDR Investor or their Affiliates (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any portfolio company of the Sponsor or the TDR Investor)); and (b) any other fund (including, without limitation, any unit trust, investment trust, limited partnership or general partnership) of which the Sponsor or the TDR Investor (or a group controlled by and whose members include the Sponsor and/or the TDR Investor or their Affiliates (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any portfolio company of the Sponsor or the TDR Investor)) or the TDR Investor’s general partner, trustee or nominee, is a general partner, manager, adviser, trustee or nominee (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any portfolio company of the Sponsor or the TDR Investor).

 

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which are reasonably customary in an accounts receivable securitization transaction in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

 

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Stated Maturity ,” when used with respect to any Debt (including the Notes) or any installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in the instrument governing such Debt as the fixed date on which the principal of such Debt or such installment of interest is due and payable, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such principal or interest prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and (b) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

 

Swap Contract ” means (a) any and all interest 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 for 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, including such obligations or liabilities under any such master agreement.

 

Swap Obligation ” means, with respect any Person, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended from time to time.

 

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).

 

Transaction Expenses ” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions.

 

Transactions ” means the transactions described in the Offering Circular.

 

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Transfer Restricted Notes ” means Notes that bear or are required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

 

Treasury Rate ” means with respect to the Notes, at any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two (2) Business Days prior to such redemption date (or, if such statistical release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to March 15, 2021 ; provided , however , that if no published maturity exactly corresponds with such date, then the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis from the arithmetic mean of the yields for the next shortest and next longest published maturities; provided further , however , that if the period from such redemption date to March 15, 2021, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means the successor.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided , however , that, in the event that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, priority or remedies.

 

U.S. Government Obligation ” means:

 

(1)          any security which is: (x) a direct obligation of the United States of America the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (y) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally Guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States of America, which, in either case, is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof; and

 

(2)          any depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depository receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

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Voting Stock ” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding entitling the holders thereof generally to vote on the election of members of the Board of Directors or comparable body of such Person.

 

SECTION 1.2 Other Definitions .

 

Term

 

Defined in Section

“ABL Credit Facility”

 

1.1

“Act”

 

12.15

“Advanced Offer to Purchase”

 

4.14

“Affiliate Transaction”

 

4.11

“Agent Members”

 

2.6

“Applicable Premium Deficit”

 

8.8

“Authentication Order”

 

2.2

“Base Currency”

 

12.17

“Change of Control Offer”

 

4.14

“Collateral Agent”

 

Preamble

“covenant defeasance”

 

8.3

“defeasance”

 

8.3

“Discharge”

 

8.8

“Event of Default”

 

6.1

“Excess Proceeds”

 

4.10

“Expiration Date”

 

1.1

“Four-Quarter Period”

 

1.1

“Guarantor”

 

4.17

“Judgment Currency”

 

12.17

“Initial Notes”

 

Preamble

“legal defeasance”

 

8.2

“Note Register”

 

2.3

“Notes”

 

Preamble

“Offer”

 

1.1

“Offer Amount”

 

3.8

“Payment Default”

 

6.1

“Purchase Date”

 

1.1

“Purchase Price”

 

4.14

“QIB”

 

2.1

“QIB Global Note”

 

2.1

“rate(s) of exchange”

 

12.17

“redemption date”

 

3.1

“Regulation S”

 

2.1

“Regulation S Global Note”

 

2.1

“Restricted Period”

 

2.14

“Reversion Date”

 

4.21

“Rule 144A”

 

2.1

“Successor Guarantor”

 

11.5

“Surviving Entity”

 

5.1

“Suspended Covenants”

 

4.21

 

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Term

 

Defined in Section

“Suspension Period”

 

4.21

“TLM Equipment”

 

11.9

“Unrestricted Subsidiary”

 

4.18

 

SECTION 1.3 Trust Indenture Act Term .

 

The following TIA term used in this Indenture has the following meaning:

 

obligor ” on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Note Guarantees, respectively.

 

SECTION 1.4 Rules of Construction .

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(1)                                  a term has the meaning assigned to it herein;

 

(2)                                  an accounting term not otherwise defined herein has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(3)                                  “or” is disjunctive and not necessarily exclusive;

 

(4)                                  words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(5)                                  “including” means including without limitation;

 

(6)                                  unless otherwise specified, any reference to a Section or an Article refers to such Section or Article of this Indenture;

 

(7)                                  references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the TIA shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

 

(8)                                  References to “$” are to U.S. Dollars; and

 

(9)                                  Any reference herein to a merger, consolidation, or transfer of assets, or similar terms, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, consolidation, or transfer of assets, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, Restricted Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).

 

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Article II

 

THE NOTES

 

SECTION 2.1 Form and Dating .

 

The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes initially shall be issued only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

(a)                                  The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one (1) or more Global Notes substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

 

Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions and transfers of interests. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Note Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with written instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.6.

 

Except as set forth in Section 2.6, the Global Notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor of the Depositary or its nominee.

 

(b)                                  The Initial Notes are being issued by the Company only to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144A ”)) (“ QIBs ”) and outside the United States to persons other than U.S. persons in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act (“ Regulation S ”). Initial Notes to non-U.S. persons that are Transfer Restricted Notes may be transferred to QIBs, in reliance on Rule 144A, outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S or to the Company, in accordance with Section 2.14. Initial Notes that are offered in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one (1) or more permanent Global Notes substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “ QIB Global Note ”) deposited with the Trustee, as Notes Custodian, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Initial Notes that are resold in offshore transactions in reliance on

 

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Regulation S shall be issued in the form of one (1) or more Global Notes substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “ Regulation S Global Note ”) deposited with the Trustee, as Notes Custodian, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The QIB Global Note and the Regulation S Global Note shall each be issued with separate CUSIP numbers. The aggregate principal amount of each Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as Notes Custodian. Transfers of Notes to QIBs or pursuant to Regulation S shall be represented by appropriate increases and decreases to the respective amounts of the appropriate Global Notes, as more fully provided in Section 2.14.

 

(c)                                   Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.

 

The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, in accordance with Section 2.1(b) and Section 2.2, authenticate and deliver the Global Notes, which (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions or held by the Trustee as Note Custodian for the Depositary.

 

The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Holder, any member of(or a Participant in) DTC or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of DTC (or its nominee) or of any Participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other security or property) under or with respect to the Notes. The Trustee may rely (and shall be fully protected in relying) upon information furnished by DTC with respect to its members, Participants and any owners of beneficial interests in the Notes.

 

(d)                                  Notes issued in certificated form, including Global Notes, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

SECTION 2.2 Execution and Authentication .

 

An Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by one Officer of the Company (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate Notes for original issue up to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be validly issued under this Indenture including (i) Initial Notes for original issuance in an aggregate principal amount of $340,000,000 and (ii) subject to compliance with Sections 4.9 and 4.12, any Additional Notes for original issuance from time to time after the Issue Date.

 

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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes to the same extent that the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

SECTION 2.3 Registrar; Paying Agent .

 

The Company shall maintain (i) an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee) where Notes may be presented to a Registrar for registration of transfer or for exchange and (ii) an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee) where Notes may be presented to a Paying Agent for payment. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (the “ Note Register ”) and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one (1) or more co-registrars and one (1) or more paying agents; provided , however , that at all times there shall be only one (1) Note Register. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the provisions of Section 317(b) of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent.

 

The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the office or agency of the Company for such purposes.

 

The Company initially appoints DTC to act as the Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

SECTION 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .

 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such Default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary thereof acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon the occurrence of events specified in clause (8) of the first paragraph of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

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SECTION 2.5 Holder Lists .

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven (7) Business Days before each interest payment date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders, including the aggregate principal amount of the Notes held by each Holder thereof.

 

SECTION 2.6 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities .

 

(a)                                  Each Global Note shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends as required by Section 2.6(e).

 

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

 

(b)                                  Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with Section 2.14 and the rules and procedures of the Depositary. In addition, Certificated Notes shall be transferred to all owners of a beneficial interest in exchange for their beneficial interests only if the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Notes or the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of such notice.

 

(c)                                   In connection with the transfer of the entire Global Note to owners of beneficial interests pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 2.6, such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon receipt of an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver, to each owner of a beneficial interest identified in writing by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note an equal aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes of authorized denominations.

 

(d)                                  The registered holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold an interest through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or any Note.

 

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(e)                                   Each Global Note shall bear the Global Note Legend on the face thereof. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary Global Notes bearing the Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend.

 

(f)                                    At such time as all beneficial interests in Global Notes have been exchanged for Certificated Notes, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, all Global Notes shall be returned to or retained by the Trustee and cancelled in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Certificated Notes, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Note Custodian at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.

 

(g)                                   General provisions relating to transfers and exchanges, subject to Section 2.14:

 

(i)                                      To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Certificated Notes at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii)                                   No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such stamp or transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.2, 2.10, 3.6, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.4 hereto).

 

(iii)                                All Global Notes and Certificated Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Certificated Notes shall, upon execution by the Company and authentication by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Certificated Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(iv)                               The Registrar shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange Notes during a period beginning at the opening of fifteen (15) days before the day of any mailing of a notice of Notes selected for redemption under Section 3.2 and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part, or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

 

(v)                                  Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes, and neither the Trustee, any Agent nor the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(vi)                               The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Certificated Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2. Except as provided in Section 2.6(b),

 

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neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall authenticate or deliver any Certificated Note in exchange for a Global Note.

 

(vii)                            Each Holder agrees to provide indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Note in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state securities law.

 

(viii)                         The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or owners of beneficial interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

SECTION 2.7 Replacement Notes .

 

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of (i) the Trustee to protect the Trustee and (ii) the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge a Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.

 

Every replacement Note shall be an obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

SECTION 2.8 Outstanding Notes .

 

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.9, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company holds the Note.

 

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7, it ceases to be outstanding except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law.

 

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.1, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

 

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If the Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

 

SECTION 2.9 Treasury Notes .

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or by any Affiliate of the Company shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes shown on the Notes Register as being so owned shall be so disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Notes that are to be acquired by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company pursuant to an exchange offer, tender offer or other agreement shall not be deemed to be owned by such entity until legal title to such Notes passes to such entity.

 

SECTION 2.10 Temporary Notes .

 

Until Certificated Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate Certificated Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

 

Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 2.11 Cancellation .

 

The Company at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder or which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee upon the receipt of a cancellation request from the Company signed by an Officer. All Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation. Subject to Section 2.7, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has redeemed or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be cancelled and disposed of in accordance with its customary practice, and certification of their cancellation delivered to the Company upon written request.

 

SECTION 2.12 [Reserved] .

 

SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Number .

 

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other similar number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar number printed in the notice or on the Notes and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar number.

 

SECTION 2.14 Special Transfer Provisions .

 

Unless and until a Transfer Restricted Note is transferred or exchanged pursuant to an exemption under the Securities Act or under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act the following provisions shall apply:

 

(a)                                  Transfers to QIBs . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note (other than pursuant to Regulation S):

 

(i)                                      The Registrar shall register the transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note by a Holder to a QIB if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has provided the Registrar with (a) an appropriately completed certificate of transfer in the form attached to the Note and (b) a letter substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

 

(ii)                                   If the proposed transferee is an Agent Member and the Transfer Restricted Note to be transferred consists of an interest in the Regulation S Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the items required by paragraph (i) above and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures therefor, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the QIB Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an appropriate decrease in the principal amount of such Regulation S Global Note.

 

(b)                                  Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S. On or after the termination of the Restricted Period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163 -5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), interests in a Global Note bearing the Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend shall be exchangeable for corresponding interests in a Global Note. Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Global Note bearing the Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Transfers of beneficial interests in a Global Note bearing the Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend only may be transferred upon (A) delivery by a beneficial owner of an interest therein to the Depositary or its nominee (as the case may be) of a written certification in the form of Exhibit C , and (b) delivery by the transferee of such interest to the Depositary or its nominee (as the case may be) of a written certification in the form of Exhibit C . After the expiration of the Restricted Period, the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Regulation S Global Note without requiring any additional certification. The following provisions shall apply with respect to registration of any proposed transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note pursuant to Regulation S:

 

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(i)                                      The Registrar shall register any proposed transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note pursuant to Regulation S by a Holder if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has provided the Registrar with (a) an appropriately completed certificate of transfer in the form attached to the Note and (b) a written certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto.

 

(ii)                                   If the proposed transferee is an Agent Member and the Transfer Restricted Note to be transferred consists of an interest in a QIB Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the items required by paragraph (i) above and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures therefor, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the QIB Global Note to be transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an appropriate decrease in the principal amount of the QIB Global Note.

 

(c)                                   [Reserved].

 

(d)                                  [Reserved].

 

(e)                                   Restricted Notes Legend . Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Restricted Notes Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Restricted Notes Legend. Until the Resale Restriction Termination Date, upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Restricted Notes Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Restricted Notes Legend unless there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. On and after the Resale Restriction Termination Date, upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Restricted Notes Legend, which transfer, exchange or replacement may be initiated by the Company, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Restricted Notes Legend. Upon request by any Holder, the Company shall cooperate to have the Restricted Notes Legend removed if the Company has determined such legend is no longer required. At any time on or after the Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to a Note, if such Note is represented by one or more Global Notes that bear the Restricted Notes Legend, the Company shall remove the Restricted Notes Legend on such Note by:

 

(1)                                  providing written notice to the Trustee and the Registrar that the Resale Restriction Termination Date has occurred and instructing the Trustee to remove the Restricted Notes Legend from such Global Notes;

 

(2)                                  providing written notice to each Holder of such Global Notes, which notice will state that the Restricted Notes Legend has been removed from the applicable Global Note and include the unrestricted CUSIP that will thereafter apply to such applicable Global Note;

 

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(3)                                  providing written notice to the Trustee and the Depositary that the CUSIP number for each such Global Note will be changed to an unrestricted CUSIP number, which unrestricted CUSIP number will be listed in such notice; and

 

(4)                                  complying with any Applicable Procedures for legend removal.

 

(f)                                    Genera l. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Notes Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the applicable restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Restricted Notes Legend and agrees that it shall transfer such Note only as provided herein and therein.

 

SECTION 2.15 Issuance of Additional Notes .

 

The Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture that shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price, accreted value, CUSIP or ISIN numbers, first interest payment date and amount of interest payable on the first interest payment date applicable thereto, as applicable; provided that such issuance is not otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Indenture, including Section 4.9 and Section 4.12. All Notes issued under this Indenture (including Additional Notes) shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture including for purposes of any vote, consent, waiver or other act of Holders; provided , however, that if any such Additional Notes are not fungible with other Notes issued hereunder for federal income tax purposes, then such additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number.

 

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

 

(1)                                  the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture; and

 

(2)                                  the issue price, the issue date, the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes, the first interest payment date and the amount of interest payable on such first interest payment date applicable thereto and the date from which interest shall accrue.

 

Article III

 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

SECTION 3.1 Notices to Trustee .

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.7, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least fifteen (15) days but not more than sixty (60) days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the Trustee) before a date fixed for redemption (the “ redemption date ”), an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (i) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the Redemption Price.

 

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SECTION 3.2 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed .

 

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time pursuant to Section 3.7, the Trustee will select the Notes (or portions thereof) on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (subject to the Depositary’s procedures as applicable); provided that no Notes of $2,000 principal amount or less will be redeemed in part. The Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000.

 

SECTION 3.3 Notice of Redemption .

 

At least fifteen (15) days but not more than sixty (60) days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed by first class mail (or, deliver electronically if held by DTC or in accordance with DTC’s applicable procedures), a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address and for the Notes registered in the name of the Depositary, in accordance with the Depositary’s applicable procedures.

 

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(1)                                  the redemption date;

 

(2)                                  the Redemption Price;

 

(3)                                  if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Note, and in the case of physical Notes, new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

 

(4)                                  the name, telephone number and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(5)                                  that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

 

(6)                                  that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(7)                                  the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

 

(8)                                  that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

 

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have delivered to the Trustee at least twenty (20) days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the Trustee), an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in the notices as provided in the preceding paragraph. The notice sent in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not a Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail (or electronically if held by DTC) or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note shall not affect the validity of the proceeding for the redemption of any other Note.

 

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, notices of redemption may be sent more than sixty (60) days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption .

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.3, subject to any conditions, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the Redemption Price. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption, provided that the Company has delivered the requisite funds to the Trustee or the Paying Agent.

 

SECTION 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price .

 

On or before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each redemption date the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price (including any applicable premium) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, for all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Redemption Price (including any applicable premium) of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed.

 

SECTION 3.6 Notes Redeemed in Part .

 

In the case of Certificated Notes, upon surrender and cancellation of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

 

SECTION 3.7 Optional Redemption .

 

(a)                                  [Reserved] .

 

(b)                                  Optional Redemption on or After March 15, 2021 . At any time and from time to time on and after March 15, 2021, the Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Holders and not less than twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee (or such shorter timeline as the Trustee may agree), at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the

 

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principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on March 15 of each of the years set forth below.

 

Year

 

Redemption Price

 

2021

 

104.750

%

2022

 

102.375

%

2023 and thereafter

 

100.000

%

 

(c)                                   Optional Redemption with Proceeds of Qualified Equity Offerings . At any time and from time to time prior to March 15, 2021, upon not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Holders and not less than twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee (or such shorter timeline as the Trustee may agree), the Company, at its option, may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price equal to 109.50% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date) if:

 

(1)                                  such redemption is made with the net proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings;

 

(2)                                  at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Additional Notes) issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries); and

 

(3)                                  the redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of such Qualified Equity Offering.

 

(d)                                  Optional Redemption at Make-Whole Price . At any time and from time to time prior to March 15, 2021, upon not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Holders and not less than twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee (or such shorter timeline as the Trustee may agree), the Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date).

 

(e)                                   Optional Redemption before March 15 , 2021 At any time and from time to time prior to March 15 , 2021, upon not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Holders and not less than twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee (or such shorter timeline as the Trustee may agree), the Company, at its option, may redeem up to 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including any Additional Notes) during each twelve-month period commencing with the Issue Date, at a redemption price

 

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equal to 103% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date).

 

(f)                                    Notice of any redemption or any redemption in respect of the Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of any related Qualified Equity Offering. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice of redemption shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived), or such redemption may not occur and such notice, upon written notice to the Trustee, may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (waived) by the redemption date as stated in such notice, or by the redemption date as so delayed; provided that in no event shall such redemption date be delayed to a date later than sixty (60) days after the date on which the original redemption notice was sent. The Company shall provide notice to the Trustee at least one Business Day prior to the then scheduled redemption date of the delayed redemption date or the rescinding of the redemption notice. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

 

(g)                                   Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the applicable redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

 

SECTION 3.8 Offer to Purchase .

 

In the event that the Company shall be required to commence an Offer to Purchase pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall follow the procedures specified below.

 

On the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary in the case of an Asset Sale Offer, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and not withdrawn; provided , however , that the authorized denominations of the Notes are maintained. All such Notes delivered in response of an Offer to Purchase shall be in $2,000 principal amounts or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

On the Purchase Date, the Company shall purchase the aggregate principal amount of Notes so accepted for payment (the “ Offer Amount ”). If the Purchase Date is on or after the interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to the Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.

 

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On or before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof) the aggregate purchase price equal to the Offer Amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, for all the Notes accepted for payment (taking into account the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph). The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly, following such payment to Holders, return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Offer Amount together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes accepted for payment and not withdrawn (taking into account the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph). The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than three (3) Business Days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes accepted for payment (taking into account the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph), and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and mail or deliver at the expense of the Company such new Note to such Holder, equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of such Holder’s Notes surrendered; provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Offer to Purchase on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Purchase Date.

 

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.8, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.8 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.6 hereof.

 

SECTION 3.9 [Reserved]

 

SECTION 3.10 Mandatory Redemption .

 

The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes; provided , however , that under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to offer to purchase the Notes described under Sections 4.10 and 4.14 hereof.  The Company may at any time and from time to time purchase the Notes in the open market or otherwise.

 

Article IV

 

COVENANTS

 

SECTION 4.1 Payment of Notes .

 

The Company shall pay or cause to be paid through the Paying Agent the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid for all purposes hereunder on the

 

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date the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds, as of 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all such principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.  All of the funds provided to the Paying Agent must be in U.S. Dollars.

 

SECTION 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency .

 

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate one (1) or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

SECTION 4.3 Reports .

 

Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will provide the Trustee with such annual and quarterly reports (the “Financial Reports”) and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such Sections, such information, documents and reports to be so provided at the times specified for the filing of such information, documents and reports under such Sections.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to furnish any information required by Rule 3-05, 3-09, 3-10 or 3-16 of Regulation S-X.

 

The financial statements, information and other documents required to be provided as described above may be those of (i) the Company or (ii) any direct or indirect parent of the Company; provided that, if the financial information so delivered relates to such direct or indirect parent of the Company, and such parent conducts, transacts or engages in any material business or operations other than its direct or indirect ownership of all of the Equity Interests in, and its management, of the Company, the same is accompanied by a reasonably detailed description of the quantitative differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

 

The Company will not be required to provide the Trustee with any such information, documents or reports that are filed with the SEC and the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine if such reports and information have been filed with the SEC or to monitor the Company’s filings.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations hereunder for purposes of Section 6.1(5) until 120 days after the date any report hereunder is due.

 

In addition, the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company will:

 

(1) hold a quarterly conference call to discuss the information contained in the Financial Reports not later than ten (10) business days from the time the Company furnishes the Financial Reports to the Trustee; and

 

(2) no fewer than two (2) business days prior to the date of the conference call required to be held in accordance with clause (1) above, issue a press release to an internationally recognized wire service announcing the time and date of such conference call and either including all information necessary to access the call or directing the holders or beneficial owners of, and prospective investors in, the notes and securities analysts and market makers to contact an individual at the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (for whom contact information shall be provided in such press release) to obtain the Financial Reports and information on how to access such conference call.

 

Any such reports delivered or filed by the Company with the Trustee shall be considered for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute notice or actual knowledge of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate).

 

SECTION 4.4 Compliance Certificate .

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that, to his or her knowledge, each of the Company and the Guarantors is not in default as of the end of such fiscal year in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that, to his or her knowledge, no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer of the Company becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 4.5 Taxes .

 

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contested in good faith and by appropriate negotiations and proceedings and with respect to which appropriate reserves have been taken in accordance with GAAP or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

SECTION 4.6 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws .

 

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

SECTION 4.7 Limitation on Restricted Payments

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

 

(a)                                  no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

(b)                                  after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a Pro Forma Basis, the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to the provisions described in the first paragraph under Section 4.9; and

 

(c)                                   such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii) through (xii) and (xiv) through (xvi) of the next succeeding paragraph), shall not exceed the sum (without duplication) of:

 

(1)                                  50% of the Consolidated Net Income (or, if Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) of the Company accrued on a cumulative basis during the period (taken as one accounting period) from and including the first day of the first full fiscal quarter commencing after the Issue Date and ending on the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, plus

 

(2)                                  100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the Fair Market Value of property other than cash) received by the Company subsequent to the Issue Date either (i) as a contribution to its common equity capital or (ii) from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that (x) this shall apply only to the extent such net proceeds have not been used to make any Restricted Payments pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii)(y) of the next succeeding paragraph and (y) such proceeds shall not include any Available Excluded Contribution Amount that has been used to make a Restricted Payment, plus

 

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(3)                                  the amount equal to the sum of (x) the net reduction in Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, subsequent to the Issue Date, in any Person, resulting from payments of interest on Debt, dividends, repayments of loans or advances, repurchases, repayments or redemptions of such Investments by such Person; proceeds (including the Fair Market Value of property other than cash) representing the return of capital; and proceeds (including the Fair Market Value of property other than cash) received upon the sale or other disposition of such Investments and (y) in the event that any Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary, the portion (proportionate to the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that the foregoing sum will not exceed, in the case of any such Person, the amount of Investments (other than Permitted Investments) previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

 

(4)                                  the amount by which Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on the Company’s balance sheet upon the conversion into or exchange (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) subsequent to the Issue Date for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (less the amount of any cash, or the Fair Market Value of any other property, distributed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) upon such conversion or exchange).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may take the following actions:

 

(i)                                      the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any redemption within sixty (60) days after the date of declaration of the dividend or distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend, distribution or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(ii)                                   any Restricted Payment made in exchange for, or with the net proceeds from, the substantially concurrent issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent of the Company) or a substantially concurrent equity contribution received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(iii)                                the making of any payment (including a sinking fund payment) on or with respect to, or the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or retirement for value of any Debt or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (A) with, in exchange for, or with the net proceeds from (x) an Incurrence of new Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, Incurred in accordance with this Indenture or (y) an issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent of the Company),

 

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and/or any capital contribution in respect of such Equity Interests (other than any amount that has been added to the Available Excluded Contribution Amount), and (B) as a result of the conversion of all or any portion of such Debt or Disqualified Stock into Equity Interests of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent of the Company) (other than Disqualified Stock of the Company);

 

(iv)                               the purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests in the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held by current or former officers, directors, employees or consultants (or their respective permitted transferees, estates or beneficiaries under their estates) of any such parent, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate consideration paid for such purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of such Equity Interests does not exceed in any calendar year $10.0 million ( plus the amount of net cash proceeds received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in respect of “key-man” life insurance, (b) from the issuance of Equity Interests by the Company to members of management of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to the extent that those amounts did not provide the basis for any previous Restricted Payment and (c) amounts obtained by any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) during the applicable calendar year from the sale of Equity Interests to other officers, directors, employees or consultants of such parent and its Subsidiaries in connection with any permitted compensation or incentive arrangements) in any calendar year; provided that any unused amounts in any fiscal year may be carried forward to one or more future periods; provided , further , that the aggregate amount of repurchases made pursuant to this clause (iv) may not exceed $20.0 million ( plus the amount of net cash proceeds received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in respect of “key-man” life insurance, (b) from the issuance of Equity Interests by the Company to members of management of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to the extent that those amounts did not provide the basis for any previous Restricted Payment, and (c) amounts obtained by any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) during the applicable calendar year from the sale of Equity Interests to other officers, directors, employees or consultants of such parent and its Subsidiaries in connection with any permitted compensation or incentive arrangements) in any calendar year;

 

(v)                                  repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities to the extent such Equity Interests represent all or a portion of the exercise price of those stock options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities or all or a portion of any taxes required to be withheld in connection with such exercise;

 

(vi)                               the prepayment of Debt owed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Incurrence of which was permitted pursuant to Section 4.9;

 

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Incurred in compliance with Section 4.9 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charges”;

 

(viii)                       the declaration of any dividend or distribution by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

 

(ix)                               upon the occurrence of (i) a Change of Control and after the completion of the Offer to Purchase pursuant to Section 4.14 or (ii) an Asset Sale to the extent that an Offer to Purchase is required to be made in accordance with this Indenture and after the completion of the Offer to Purchase pursuant to Section 4.10 (including, in each case, the purchase of all Notes validly tendered (and not withdrawn), any purchase, defeasance, retirement, redemption or other acquisition of Debt that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Note Guarantee required under the terms of such Debt as a result of such Change of Control or Asset Sale, as applicable;

 

(x)                                  payments or distributions of Equity Interests or Debt or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that the assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary do not consist primarily of cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(xi)                               Restricted Payments to a direct or indirect parent of the Company in amounts sufficient to permit such parent to pay (or to make a dividend to permit any direct or indirect parent to pay):

 

(A)                                income tax obligations in each relevant jurisdiction, for so long as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is a member of the group filing a consolidated, combined, unitary, affiliated or other similar tax return with such parent, and only to the extent that such tax liability is directly attributable to the taxable income of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (that are included in such consolidated, combined, unitary, affiliated or other similar tax return), determined as if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary filed a separate consolidated, combined, unitary, affiliated or other similar tax return as a stand-alone group and will be used to pay (or to make distributions to allow any direct or indirect parent to pay), promptly, and in any event within forty-five (45) days of the receipt thereof, the tax liability in each relevant jurisdiction in respect of such consolidated, combined, unitary, affiliated or other similar returns;

 

(B)                                franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain such parent’s corporate existence; and

 

(C)                                (i) operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), plus any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors or officers of the Company (or any parent thereof) attributable to the ownership or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii) fees and expenses otherwise (1) due and payable by the Company or any of its

 

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Subsidiaries and (2) permitted to be paid by the Company or such Subsidiary under this Indenture;

 

(xii)                            Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed the portion, if any of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Company elects to apply to this clause (xii);

 

(xiii)                         so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof, dividends and other distributions from the Company to any direct or indirect parent of the Company in an aggregate amount per annum not to exceed 6% of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to the Company from a capital contribution or the issuance or offering of its Equity Interests after the Issue Date, other than (x) with respect to Disqualified Stock or (y) to the extent such proceeds constitute Available Excluded Contribution Amounts the Company has elected to apply to clause (xii) above;

 

(xiv)                        Restricted Payments, the proceeds of which are applied on the Issue Date solely to effect the consummation of the Transactions;

 

(xv)                            additional Restricted Payments so long as the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended Four-Quarter Period for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which any such Restricted Payment is made would have been no greater than 1.50 to 1.00, determined on a Pro Forma Basis; and

 

(xvi)                        other Restricted Payments not in excess of an aggregate amount equal to $50.0 million.

 

For purposes of this Section 4.7, if any Investment or Restricted Payment would be permitted pursuant to one or more provisions described above and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” the Company may classify all or any portion of such Investment or Restricted Payment in any manner that complies with this Section 4.7 and may later reclassify from time to time all or any portion of such Investment or Restricted Payment so long as the Investment or Restricted Payment (as so reclassified) would be permitted to be made in reliance on the applicable exception as of the date of such reclassification.

 

If any Person in which an Investment is made, which Investment constitutes a Restricted Payment when made, thereafter becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Indenture, all such Investments previously made in such Person shall no longer be counted as Restricted Payments for purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (c) of the first paragraph under this Section 4.7, in each case to the extent such Investments would otherwise be so counted.

 

For purposes of this Section 4.7, if a particular Restricted Payment involves a non-cash payment, including a distribution of assets or securities, then such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the cash portion of such Restricted Payment, if any, plus an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the non-cash portion of such Restricted Payment, and

 

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the Fair Market Value of any such non-cash portion shall be determined conclusively by the Board of Directors of the Company acting in good faith.

 

SECTION 4.8 Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries .

 

The Company shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(i)                                      pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to its Capital Stock or any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits or pay any Debt owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that the priority of any preferred stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on Common Stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to other Debt Incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to pay any Debt or other Obligations);

 

(ii)                                   make any loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to other Debt Incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances); or

 

(iii)                                sell, lease or transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that such transfers shall not include any type of transfer described in clause (i) or (ii) above).

 

However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(a)                                  agreements or instruments in effect or entered into on the Issue Date, including agreements or instruments governing Debt outstanding on the Issue Date, and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions thereof; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Company, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the agreements or instruments governing such Debt on the Issue Date;

 

(b)                                  an agreement relating to an acquisition of property, so long as the encumbrances or restrictions in any such agreement relate solely to the property so acquired (and are not or were not created solely in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition thereof) and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions thereof; provided that such amendments, modifications,

 

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restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Company, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the agreement prior to such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions;

 

(c)                                   any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired, and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions thereof; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Company, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in such agreements or other instruments prior to such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions;

 

(d)                                  customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any property or asset that is subject to any lease, contract, or license of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or provisions in agreements that restrict the assignment or transfer of such agreement or any rights thereunder;

 

(e)                                   applicable law, rule, regulation, order, approval, license, permit or similar restriction;

 

(f)                                    any restriction on the sale or other disposition of assets or property securing Debt as a result of a Permitted Lien on such assets or property;

 

(g)                                   the Note Documents, the ABL Credit Facility or the other Loan Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Facility, as in effect on the Issue Date) and in each case any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions thereof; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or extensions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Company, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the Note Documents, the ABL Credit Facility or the other Loan Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Facility), as the case may be, on the Issue Date;

 

(h)                                  restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(i)                                      customary provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational materials, stockholder agreements, joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock

 

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sale agreements and other similar agreements, which limitation is applicable only to the assets (including Equity Interests of Subsidiaries) that are the subject of such agreements;

 

(j)                                     Liens permitted to be incurred under this Indenture, including under Section 4.12, that limit the right of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to sell or dispose of the property or assets subject to such Liens;

 

(k)                                  any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;

 

(l)                                      customary arrangements entered into or incurred by and relating exclusively to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction that, in the good faith determination of the Company is reasonably necessary to effect such Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(m)                              (i) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Capital Lease Obligations permitted under this Indenture that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (iii) of the preceding paragraph of this Section 4.8;

 

(n)                                  restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary a party entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)                                  those arising in connection with any Hedging Obligations and/or Bank Product Obligations; and

 

(p)                                  other Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.9; provided that the restrictions contained therein are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in this Indenture or would not materially adversely affect the Company’s ability to make anticipated principal and interest payments on the Notes, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Company.

 

Nothing contained in this Section 4.8 shall prevent the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from creating, incurring or suffering to exist any Permitted Lien or Permitted Collateral Lien.

 

SECTION 4.9 Limitation on Incurrence of Debt .

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, Incur any Debt (including Acquired Debt); provided, however, that the Company and any Guarantor may Incur Debt (including Acquired Debt) if, the Company’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended Four-Quarter Period for which internal financial statements are available on or immediately preceding the date on which such additional Debt is Incurred, would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom).

 

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Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Section 4.9, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur Permitted Debt.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.9, (x) Guarantees or obligations with respect to letters of credit supporting Debt otherwise included in the determination of the amount of Debt shall not be included and (y) in the event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt and/or would have been permitted to have been Incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4.9, the Company, in its sole discretion, may classify, and from time to time may reclassify, all or any portion of such item of Debt as being within one or more of such categories or as being Debt permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4.9; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility on the Issue Date shall be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clause (i) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”.  Debt permitted by this Section 4.9 need not be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such Debt but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this Section 4.9 permitting such Debt.

 

The accrual of interest and dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Debt in the form of additional Debt, the payment of dividends on Equity Interests in the forms of additional shares of Equity Interests with the same terms, and changes to amounts outstanding in respect of Hedging Obligations solely as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or interest rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Debt.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Debt, the U.S. Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Debt denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Debt was Incurred, in the case of term Debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Debt; provided that if such Debt is Incurred to refinance other Debt denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Debt does not exceed the principal amount of such Debt being refinanced (plus interest or premiums, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.9, any increase in the U.S. Dollar equivalent of outstanding Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars resulting from fluctuations in the exchange values of currencies will not be considered to be an Incurrence of Debt for purposes of this Section 4.9; provided that the amount of Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding at any time for purposes of covenant compliance will be the U.S. Dollar equivalent of all such Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding at such time.

 

In the event an item of Debt (or any portion thereof) is Incurred as Permitted Debt (other than Permitted Debt pursuant to clause (xv) of the definition thereof) on the same date that an item of Debt is Incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 4.9, then the Consolidated Fixed

 

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Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated with respect to such Incurrence under the first paragraph of this Section 4.9 without regard to any Incurrence of such Permitted Debt. Unless the Company elects otherwise, the Incurrence of Debt will be deemed Incurred first under the first paragraph of this Section 4.9 to the extent permitted, with the balance Incurred as Permitted Debt.

 

The Company will not, and will not permit any Guarantor to Incur, any Debt that pursuant to its terms is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Debt of the Company or such Guarantor, unless such Debt is also subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor, as the case may be, on substantially identical terms; provided that Debt will not be considered subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Debt solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on a junior lien or priority basis.

 

SECTION 4.10 Limitation on Asset Sales .

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

 

(1)                                  The Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

(2)                                  at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in such Asset Sale is in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents or Replacement Assets; provided that to the extent the assets disposed of constituted Collateral, any Replacement Assets received constitute Collateral.

 

For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

 

(a)                                  any liabilities (as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent of the Company) or in the notes thereto or, if incurred, increased, or decreased subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on such balance sheet or in the notes thereto if such incurrence, increase or decrease had taken place on the date of such balance sheet, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee (or a third party on behalf of the transferee) of any such assets pursuant to an agreement that releases or indemnifies the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (or a third party on behalf of the transferee), as the case may be, from further liability;

 

(b)                                  any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (b), less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or payment of, or collected on or with respect to any such Designated Non-cash Consideration, not to exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash

 

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Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); and

 

(c)                                   any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 180 days of their receipt to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion;

 

Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply (or cause to be applied) such Net Cash Proceeds at its option:

 

(1)                                  (x) to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds constitute proceeds from the sale of Collateral, to repay First Lien Obligations, or (y) to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds constitute proceeds from the sale of assets not constituting Collateral, to repay any Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;

 

(2)                                  to prepay, repay or purchase (or offer to prepay, repay or purchase, as applicable) the Notes and any other Additional Second Lien Obligations on a pro rata basis; provided that any repayment, prepayment or purchase of (or offer to repay, prepay or purchase) obligations under the Notes shall be made (x) as provided in Section 3.7, (y) through open-market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date of purchase) or (z) by making an Offer to Purchase (in accordance with the procedures set forth below with respect to Excess Proceeds) to all holders of Notes to purchase their Notes (at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date of purchase);

 

(3)                                  to make capital expenditures or expenditures for maintenance, repair or improvement of existing properties and assets; provided that to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds constitute proceeds from the disposition of Collateral, such properties and assets constitute Collateral;

 

(4)                                  to acquire Replacement Assets; provided that to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds constitute proceeds from the disposition of Collateral, such Replacement Assets also constitute Collateral; or

 

(5)                                  any combination of the foregoing;

 

or enter into a binding commitment regarding clauses (3) or (4) above; provided that such binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of Net Cash Proceeds from the date of such commitment until the earlier of (x) the date on which such acquisition or expenditure is consummated and (y) the 180th day following the expiration of the aforementioned 365 day period. If such acquisition or expenditure is not consummated on or before such 180th day and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall not have applied such Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to clauses (1) through (5) of this paragraph on or before such 180th day, such commitment shall be deemed not to have been a permitted application of Net Cash Proceeds on such 180th day.

 

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Pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Debt under Credit Facilities or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

Any Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the third paragraph of this Section 4.10 will constitute “ Excess Proceeds. ” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, within thirty days thereof, the Company will make an Offer to Purchase to all Holders and all holders of Pari Passu Debt containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets, in each case, equal to the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Debt that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any such Offer to Purchase will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of such an Offer to Purchase, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture and such remaining amount shall not be added to any subsequent Excess Proceeds for any purpose under this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Debt tendered into such Offer to Purchase exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and the Company will select such other Pari Passu Debt to be purchased on a pro rata basis as between the Notes and Pari Passu Debt. Upon completion of each Offer to Purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. Any such Offer to Purchase will be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 3.8.

 

To the extent that any portion of Net Cash Proceeds payable in respect of the Notes is denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, the amount thereof payable in respect of the Notes shall not exceed the net amount of funds in U.S. Dollars that is actually received by the Company upon converting such portion into U.S. Dollars.

 

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Section 3.8 or this Section 4.10, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.8 or this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance.

 

SECTION 4.11 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates .

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from in any transaction or series of related transactions, or enter into or make or amend, any contract, agreement, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless:

 

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(i)                                      such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could reasonably have been obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unaffiliated third party; and

 

(ii)                                   with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20.0 million, the Company delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.

 

The foregoing limitation does not limit, and shall not apply to:

 

(i)                                      Permitted Investments and/or other Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.7;

 

(ii)                                   the payment of any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions;

 

(iii)                                any employment or consulting agreement, director’s engagement agreement, employee benefit plan, officer or director indemnification agreement, severance arrangement, compensation or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or approved in good faith by the relevant Board of Directors and payments pursuant thereto;

 

(iv)                               the payment of reasonable fees, reasonable out of pocket costs, compensation and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock, option, deferred compensation and other benefit plans), reimbursements and indemnities paid to, or provided on behalf of, or for the benefit of, former, current or future directors, officers, employees, managers and consultants of any direct or indirect parent of the Company, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(v)                                  payments to any future, current or former employee, director, officer or consultant of Company (any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement and any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any health, disability and similar insurance or benefit plans or supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers or consultants that are, in each case, approved by the Company in good faith;

 

(vi)                               transactions between or among the Company and one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such transaction) or between or among one or more Restricted

 

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Subsidiaries (including any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such transaction);

 

(vii)                            any transaction with a Person which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of or otherwise controls such Person

 

(viii)                         the issuance or sale of Capital Stock or other Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the management of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), or any of their respective subsidiaries pursuant to employee and severance arrangements in the ordinary course of business, or to any director, officer, employee or consultant (or their respective estates, investment funds, investment vehicles, spouses or former spouses) of the Company, any of the Company’s subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Company and the granting and performing of reasonable and customary registration rights;

 

(ix)                               any agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date (including agreement, instrument or arrangement underlying affiliate transactions described in the Offering Circular), and any transactions contemplated thereby and amendments or modifications thereto or replacements thereof, so long as any such amendment, modification or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders, taken as a whole, as compared to the original agreement, instrument or arrangement in effect on the Issue Date;

 

(x)                                  transactions as to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary delivers to the Trustee a written opinion of an investment banking, accounting, consulting or appraisal firm of national standing in the United States to the effect that the transaction complies with clause (i) above or is fair, from a financial point of view or otherwise, to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary that is a party thereto, as the case may be;

 

(xi)                               any contribution of capital to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder;

 

(xii)                            transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent in all material respects with past practice and which are (x) in the good faith determination of the Company (including by senior management or the board thereof), fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (y) on terms that are not less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an unaffiliated third party;

 

(xiii)                         sales or other dispositions of accounts receivable and related assets and interests therein of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction and Permitted Investments and other transactions in connection with a Qualified Receivables

 

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Transaction and any other Standard Securitization Undertakings in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(xiv)                        the entering into of a tax sharing agreement, or payments pursuant thereto, between the Company and one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other Person (including any direct or indirect parent of the Company) with which the Company and/or such Restricted Subsidiaries files a consolidated tax return; provided that any such tax sharing agreement, or payment pursuant thereto, shall be on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the relevant Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(xv)                           any merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose and with the sole effect of forming a holding company or reincorporating the Company in a new jurisdiction;

 

(xvi)                        transactions between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that is an Affiliate solely because one or more of its directors is also a director of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

 

(xvii)                     any issuance or sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of the Company and any agreement that grants registration and other customary rights in connection therewith or otherwise to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company (and the performance of such agreements);

 

(xviii)                  (A) investments by Affiliates (other than any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any such parent’s subsidiaries) in securities of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (and payment of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection therewith) so long as (x) the investment is being offered generally to investors on the same or more favorable terms and (y) the investment constitutes less than 10.0% of the proposed issue amount of such class of securities, and (B) transactions with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Debt or Equity Interests of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as such transaction is with all holders of such class (and there are such non-Affiliate holders) and such Affiliates are treated no more favorably than all other holders of such class generally;

 

(xix)                        any agreement between any Person and an Affiliate of such Person existing at the time such Person is acquired by, merged into or amalgamated, arranged or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation, arrangement or consolidation and any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not materially more disadvantageous to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in the good faith judgment of Senior Management or the Board of Directors of the Company, when taken as a whole, as compared to the applicable

 

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agreement as in effect on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation, arrangement or consolidation);

 

(xx)                           any lease entered into between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee, and any Affiliate of the Company, as lessor, in the ordinary course of business, and any lease, sublease, license or sublicense of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xxi)                        pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries to support the Debt of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

 

(xxii)                     payments to and from and transactions with any joint venture in the ordinary course of business; provided that such joint venture is not controlled by an Affiliate (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Company.

 

SECTION 4.12 Limitation on Liens .

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur or assume any Lien of any kind securing Debt on the Collateral, except Permitted Collateral Liens.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, in the event that a proposed Lien (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories described in one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Liens,” the Company will be entitled to divide or classify (or later divide, classify or reclassify in whole or in part in its sole discretion) such Lien (or any portion thereof) among one or more clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Liens” in a manner that otherwise complies with this Section 4.12. In the event a Lien (or any portion thereof) is Incurred under clause (mm) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” on the same date that a Lien is incurred under a different clause of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, then the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio will be calculated with respect to such Incurrence under such clause (mm) without regarding to any Incurrence of such other Permitted Lien.

 

SECTION 4.13 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions .

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless:

 

(i)                                      the consideration received in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the property that is the subject of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, and in the case of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction with a Fair Market Value equal to or greater than $10.0 million, such Fair Market Value is certified to the Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate;

 

(ii)                                   the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred an aggregate amount of such Debt in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction under Section 4.9; and

 

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(iii)                                if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction constitutes an Asset Sale, the transfer of assets in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted by, and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, applies the Net Cash Proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 4.10.

 

SECTION 4.14 Offer to Purchase upon a Change of Control .

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an Offer to Purchase (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price (the “ Purchase Price ”) in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes tendered, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the Purchase Date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the Purchase Date). For purposes of the foregoing, a Change of Control Offer shall be deemed to have been made if (i) within thirty (30) days following a Change of Control, the Company commences an Offer to Purchase all outstanding Notes at the Purchase Price and (ii) all Notes validly tendered (and not withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer to Purchase are purchased in accordance with the terms of such Offer to Purchase. Any Change of Control Offer will be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 3.8.

 

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if (i) a third party makes such Offer to Purchase in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.14 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered (and not withdrawn) under such Change of Control Offer or (ii) a notice of redemption for all of the outstanding Notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.7. An Offer to Purchase may be made in advance of a Change of Control(an “ Advanced Offer to Purchase ”), conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time such Advanced Offer to Purchase is made. The Company will not be required to make another Change of Control Offer if an Advanced Offer to Purchase has already been made.

 

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with any Offer to Purchase described above. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Section 3.8 or this Section 4.14, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.8 or this Section 4.14 by virtue of such compliance.

 

In the event that Holders of not less than 90% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes accept a Change of Control Offer (or Advanced Offer to Purchase) and the Company purchases all of the Notes held by such Holders, within 90 days of such purchase, the Company will have the right, upon not less than fifteen (15) days’ nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior notice, to redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at the Purchase Price plus, to the extent not included in the Purchase Price, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant

 

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record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date).

 

SECTION 4.15 Maintenance of Properties, Corporate Existence and Insurance .

 

Subject to and in compliance with the provisions of Article X and the provisions of the applicable Security Documents, all property (including equipment) material to, and used or useful in the conduct of the business of, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as whole, shall be maintained and kept in good operating condition and working order (ordinary wear and tear and casualty loss excepted), and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall make any repairs, replacements and improvements thereto as they determine to be reasonable and prudent; provided that the Company. and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be obligated to comply with the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.15 to the extent that the failure to do so would not result in a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to satisfy their obligations under the Notes, the Guarantees, this Indenture and the Security Documents.

 

The Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (a) this Section 4.15 shall not apply to any transaction or series of transactions to which Article V is applicable and (b) the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine, in its discretion, that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and that the loss thereof would not result in a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to satisfy their obligations under the Notes, the Guarantees, this Indenture and the Security Documents.

 

The Company will provide or cause to be provided, for itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) on its and its Subsidiaries business and the Collateral, with recognized, financially sound insurers or with the government of the United States of America, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles and by such methods as are determined by the Company in good faith to be reasonable and prudent, taking into account the risks that are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same business or a business that the Company deems reasonably similar (in each case, after giving effect to any self-insurance determined by the Company to be reasonable and prudent).

 

SECTION 4.16 Limited Condition Transactions .

 

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acquisitions, Investments, the Incurrence of Debt and the use of proceeds therefrom, the incurrence of Liens and Restricted Payments), and determining compliance with Defaults and Events of Default, in each case, at the option of the Company (the Company’s election to exercise such option, an “ LCT Election ”), the date of determination for availability under any such basket or ratio and whether any such action or transaction is permitted (or any requirement or condition therefor is complied with or satisfied (including, without limitation, as to the absence of any continuing Default or Event of Default)) under this Indenture shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (or, if applicable, the date of delivery of an irrevocable notice or similar event) (the “ LCT Test Date ”), and if, after giving effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including, without limitation, acquisitions, Investments, the Incurrence of Debt and the use of proceeds therefrom, the incurrence of Liens and Restricted Payments) on a Pro Forma Basis, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such actions or consummate such transactions on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions), such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions) shall be deemed to have been complied with (or satisfied) for all purposes under this Indenture (in the case of Debt, for example, whether such Debt is committed, issued or otherwise Incurred at the LCT Test Date or at any time thereafter); provided , that compliance with such ratios, tests or baskets (and any related requirements and conditions) shall not be determined or tested at any time after the applicable LCT Test Date for such Limited Condition Transaction or any actions or transactions related thereto (including, without limitation, acquisitions, Investments, the Incurrence of Debt and the use of proceeds therefrom, the incurrence of Liens and Restricted Payments).

 

For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has made an LCT Election, (1) if any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would at any time after the LCT Test Date have been exceeded or otherwise failed to have been complied with as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets of the Company or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded or failed to have been complied with as a result of such fluctuations; (2) if any related requirements and conditions (including as to the absence of any continuing Default or Event of Default) for which compliance or satisfaction was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would at any time after the LCT Test Date not have been complied with or satisfied (including due to the occurrence or continuation of an Default or Event of Default), such requirements and conditions will not be deemed to have been failed to be complied with or satisfied (and such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed not to have occurred or be continuing); and (3) in calculating the availability under any ratio, test or basket in connection with any action or transaction unrelated to such Limited Condition Transaction following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or date for redemption, purchase or repayment specified in an irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated, expires or passes, as applicable, without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio, test or basket shall be determined or tested giving pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Transaction.

 

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SECTION 4.17 Additional Note Guarantees .

 

After the Issue Date, the Company will cause each existing and subsequently acquired or organized direct or indirect wholly-owned U.S. organized Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees the Debt under the ABL Credit Facility or any other Debt for borrowed money in a principal amount in excess of $25.0 million to Guarantee the Notes (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”).

 

Any Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor after the Issue Date shall execute (i) a supplemental indenture, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee, on a senior secured basis, all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes upon the terms set forth in this Indenture and (ii) a joinder agreement to the applicable Security Documents defining the terms of the security interests that secure payment and performance when due of the Notes, and take all actions required by the Security Documents to cause the Note Liens created thereunder to be duly perfected in accordance with applicable law (subject to Section 4.19 hereof), including the execution and delivery of other applicable Security Documents and the filing of financing statements in the jurisdictions of incorporation or formation of the Company and the Guarantors .

 

SECTION 4.18 Limitation on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries .

 

The Company may designate any of its Subsidiaries to be an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” as provided below, in which event such Subsidiary and each other Person that is a Subsidiary of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means:

 

(i)                                    any Subsidiary of the Company designated as such by the Board of Directors of the Company after the Issue Date as set forth below; and

 

(ii)            any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

After the Issue Date, the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless after giving effect to such designation, such Subsidiary would own any Equity Interests of, or would own or hold any Lien on any property of, any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that either:

 

(x)                                  the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) of $100,000 or less; or

 

(y)                                  the Company could make a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in an amount equal to the greater of the Fair Market Value or book value of such Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.7 and such amount is thereafter treated as a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment, as applicable, for the purpose of calculating the amount available for Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments thereunder.

 

An Unrestricted Subsidiary may be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary if (i) all the Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be Incurred under Section 4.9 and (ii) all the Liens on the property and assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be incurred under Section 4.12.

 

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SECTION 4.19 Creation and Perfection of Certain Security Interests After the Issue Date .

 

The Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all acts and things that would be required, including obtaining any required consents from third parties, to have all security interests in the Collateral duly created and enforceable and perfected, to the extent required by the Security Documents, in each case, promptly following the Issue Date, but in no event later than 120 days thereafter. Failure to obtain such consents and create and perfect a security interest in such Collateral within such period constitutes an Event of Default if and to the extent provided under clause (9) under Section 6.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if after using commercially reasonable efforts such a security interest in an asset could not be created or perfected because a third party consent had not been obtained or local law did not permit a security interest to more than one secured party, the Company will not be required to create or perfect such security interest. For the avoidance of doubt, references in this paragraph to Collateral do not include Excluded Assets. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent on behalf of the holders of the Notes has any duty or responsibility to see to or monitor the performance of the Company and the Guarantors with regard to these matters.

 

SECTION 4.20 Further Assurances .

 

The Company and each of the Guarantors shall execute and deliver such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take all such further actions as may be reasonably required from time to time in order to:

 

(1)                                  carry out more effectively the purposes of the Security Documents;

 

(2)                                  create, grant, perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority (subject to Permitted Collateral Liens) of any of the Security Documents and the Liens created, or intended to be created, by the Security Documents; and

 

(3)                                  ensure the protection and enforcement of any of the rights granted or intended to be granted to the Collateral Agent or Trustee under any other instrument executed in connection therewith

 

SECTION 4.21 Suspension of Covenants .

 

(a)                                  The covenants contained in Section 4.7; Section 4.8; Section 4.9; Section 4.10; Section 4.11; clauses (ii) and (iii) of Section 4.13 and clause (vii) of Section 5.1 (collectively, the “ Suspended Covenants ”) will not apply during any period during which the Notes have an Investment Grade Status (a “ Suspension Period ”).

 

(b)                                  Additionally, during any Suspension Period, the Company will no longer be permitted to designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

(c)                                   In the event that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “ Reversion Date ”) the Notes cease to have Investment Grade Status, then the

 

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Suspended Covenants will apply with respect to events occurring following the Reversion Date (unless and until the Notes subsequently attain an Investment Grade Status, in which case the Suspended Covenants will again be suspended for such time that the Notes maintain an Investment Grade Status); provided , however , that no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind will be deemed to exist under any of the Note Documents with respect to the Suspended Covenants, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will bear any liability for any actions taken or events occurring during a Suspension Period and before any related Reversion Date, or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation or binding commitment arising prior to such Reversion Date, regardless of whether those actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenant had remained in effect during such period.

 

On each Reversion Date, all Debt Incurred during the Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date will be deemed to be Debt existing on the Issue Date. For purposes of calculating the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under clause (c) of the first paragraph of Section 4.7 on or after the Reversion Date, such calculations shall be made as though such covenant had been in effect during the entire period of time after the Issue Date (including the Suspension Period).

 

Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period not otherwise permitted pursuant to any of clauses (ii) through (xvi) under the second paragraph of Section 4.7 will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under clause (c) of the first paragraph of Section 4.7; provided that the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments on the Reversion Date shall not be reduced to below zero solely as a result of such Restricted Payments. In addition, for purposes of the other Suspended Covenants all agreements entered into and all actions taken during the Suspension Period, including the Incurrence of Debt shall be deemed to have been taken or to have existed prior to the Issue Date.

 

The Company, in an Officer’s Certificate, shall provide the Trustee notice of any Suspension Period or Reversion Date. The Trustee will have no obligation to (i) independently determine or verify if such events have occurred, (ii) make any determination regarding the impact of actions taken during the Suspension Period on the Company’s future compliance with its covenants or (iii) notify the Holders of a Suspension Period or Reversion Date.

 

Article V

 

SUCCESSORS

 

SECTION 5.1 Consolidation, Amalgamation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease .

 

The Company shall not, in any transaction or series of related transactions (i) consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into any other Person (other than (i) the Merger, (ii) a consolidation, or merger or amalgamation, of a Restricted Subsidiary into the Company in which the Company is the continuing or surviving Person, or the consolidation, or merger or amalgamation, of a Restricted Subsidiary into or with another Restricted Subsidiary or another Person that as a result of such transaction or series of transactions becomes, consolidates with, or amalgamates or merges into a Restricted Subsidiary) or (ii) sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or

 

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otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the property and assets of, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any other Person, unless:

 

(i)                                      either:

 

(a)                                  if the transaction or series of transactions is a consolidation or amalgamation of the Company with, or a merger of the Company with or into, any other Person, the Company shall be the surviving Person of such consolidation, amalgamation or merger; or

 

(b)                                  if the transaction or series of transactions is a consolidation or amalgamation of the Company with, or a merger of the Company with or into, any other Person, or involves the sale, assignment, conveyance, lease, disposal or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets or properties of the Company, the Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Company is merged, or to which all or substantially all of such properties and assets are sold, assigned, conveyed, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of (such Person, the “ Surviving Entity ”) shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any political subdivision thereof or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person shall expressly assume by (i) supplemental indenture, all of the Obligations of the Company under this Indenture and (ii) amendment, supplement or other instrument, all of the Obligations of the Company under the Security Documents, and in connection therewith shall cause such instruments to be filed and recorded in such jurisdictions and take such other actions as may be required by applicable law to perfect or continue the perfection of the Note Lien created under the Security Documents on the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Surviving Entity;

 

(ii)                                   immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of related transactions on a Pro Forma Basis (including any Debt Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and have resulted therefrom;

 

(iii)                                the Company or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, causes such amendments, supplements or other instruments to be executed, delivered, filed and recorded, as applicable, in such jurisdictions as may be required by applicable law to preserve and protect the Note Lien of the Security Documents on the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Company or the Surviving Entity, as applicable;

 

(iv)                               the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Company or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, shall (a) continue to constitute Collateral under this Indenture and the Security Documents, (b) be subject to the Note Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, and (c) not be subject to any Lien other than such Liens as are permitted pursuant to the terms of this Indenture;

 

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(v)                                  after giving effect to any such transaction or series of transactions on a Pro Forma Basis (including any Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions) as if such transaction or series of transactions had occurred on the first day of the applicable determination period, the Surviving Entity (a) would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth under the first paragraph of Section 4.9 or (b) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Surviving Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries would not be less than such ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

 

(vi)                               each Guarantor, unless it is the Surviving Entity, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Note Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Entity’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

 

(vii)                            the property and assets of each Person which is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company to the extent that they are property or assets of the types which would constitute Collateral of the Company under the Security Documents, shall be treated as after-acquired property and the Company, the Surviving Entity shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Note Lien of the Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture.

 

The foregoing requirements shall not apply to (A) any consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition effected in connection with the consummation of the Transactions or (B) any transaction or series of transactions involving the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of any properties or assets by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any Guarantor or by any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Material Subsidiary to another Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Material Subsidiary, or the consolidation, amalgamation or merger of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with or into the Company or any Guarantor or of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary with or into another Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Material Subsidiary.  Clauses (ii) through (vii) of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (a) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction, (b) a merger transaction among the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or (c) a merger, consolidation or amalgamation of a Foreign Subsidiary with another Foreign Subsidiary or the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of any properties or assets of a Foreign Subsidiary to another Foreign Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) Arrow Parent may merge with Holdings, and (ii) Algeco Parent may merge with the Company, in each case without regard to the requirements set forth in the preceding paragraph.

 

In connection with any consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition contemplated by the foregoing provisions, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale,

 

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assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition complies with the requirements of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 5.2 Successor Person Substituted .

 

Upon the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions that are of the type, and are effected in accordance with the conditions, described in Section 5.1 and for which there is a Surviving Entity (other than the Company) (i) the Surviving Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Note Documents with the same effect as if such Surviving Entity had originally been named as the Company therein; and (ii) when a Surviving Entity duly assumes all of the obligations and covenants of the Company pursuant to this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees, as applicable, the predecessor Person shall be released from of all of its Obligations and covenants under the Note Documents, except in the case of a lease.

 

Any restriction in the Indenture applicable to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term (including, without limitation, the restrictions set forth in Sections 4.10 and 5.1) shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or analogous action taken pursuant to applicable law), or an allocation of assets arising out of or relating to any such division, as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable.

 

Article VI

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

SECTION 6.1 Events of Default .

 

Each of the following constitutes an “ Event of Default ”:

 

(1)          default in the payment when due of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption or otherwise);

 

(2)          default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of thirty (30) days;

 

(3)          failure to perform or comply with Section 5.1;

 

(4)          except as permitted by this Indenture, the Note Guarantee of any Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), shall be held in a judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Note Guarantee (other than by reason of a release of such Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture, as applicable);

 

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(5)          default in the performance, or breach, of (i) any covenant or agreement of the Company or any Guarantor in this Indenture (other than (x) a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically dealt with in clause (1), (2), (3) or (4) above or (y) Section 4.3), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of sixty (60) days after written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes or (ii) Section 4.3 and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 120 days after written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;

 

(6)          default under any bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of Debt for money borrowed (other than the Notes) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries whether such Debt exists on the Issue Date or shall thereafter be created, which default (A) is caused by a failure to pay the principal of such Debt when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period provided in such Debt (a “ Payment Default ”) or (B) results in the acceleration of such Debt prior to its Stated Maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated and remains unpaid, aggregates in excess of $30.0 million;

 

(7)          failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final and non-appealable judgments aggregating in excess of $30.0 million, which are not covered by indemnities or third-party insurance, which judgments are not paid, discharged, vacated or stayed for a period of 60 consecutive days;

 

(8)          the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), pursuant to or under or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(a)          commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

 

(b)          consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

(c)           consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

 

(d)          makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

 

(e)           admits, in writing, its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due; or

 

(f)            a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(i)                   is for relief against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken

 

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as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

(ii)              appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); or

 

(iii)    orders the liquidation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or

 

(9)                unless all of the Collateral has been released from the Note Liens in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the default, repudiation or disaffirmation by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of their obligations under the Security Documents (other than by reason of a release of such obligation or Lien related thereto in accordance with this Indenture or the Security Documents), which default, repudiation or disaffirmation results in Collateral having an aggregate Fair Market Value in excess of $15.0 million not being subject to a valid, perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent under any applicable law (other than the law of any foreign jurisdiction) (to the extent required under the Collateral Documents), or a determination in a judicial proceeding that the Security Documents are unenforceable or invalid against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for any reason with respect to Collateral having an aggregate Fair Market Value of $15.0 million or more; provided that such default, repudiation, disaffirmation or determination is not rescinded, stayed, or waived by the Persons having such authority pursuant to the Security Documents or otherwise cured within sixty (60) days after the Company receives written notice thereof specifying such occurrence from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes demanding that such default be remedied.

 

SECTION 6.2 Acceleration .

 

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (8) of Section 6.1 with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing and is actually known to a responsible officer of the Trustee, then and in every such case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of the Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be due and payable immediately by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders); provided , however , that after such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration if (i) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal of or interest on the Notes, have been cured or waived as provided herein and (ii) such

 

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rescission or annulment would not conflict with any decree of judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes because an Event of Default described in clause (6) of Section 6.1 has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of default or payment default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (6) of Section 6.1 shall be remedied or cured by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or waived by the holders of the relevant Debt within thirty (30) Business Days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if the rescission and annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Trustee for the payment of amounts due on the Notes.

 

If an Event of Default specified in clause (8) of Section 6.1 occurs with respect to the Company, the principal amount of and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any Default (except Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, any Note) if the Trustee determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

SECTION 6.3 Other Remedies .

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes, this Indenture or any Security Document, subject, in each case, to the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

SECTION 6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults .

 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes (other than as a result of an acceleration), which shall require the written consent of all of the Holders of the Notes then outstanding.

 

SECTION 6.5 Control by Majority .

 

Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, (i) the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction

 

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that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, and (ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

SECTION 6.6 Limitation on Suits .

 

No Holder of any Note will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture or for any remedy hereunder, unless:

 

(a)                                  such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(b)                                  the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have in writing requested the Trustee to institute such proceeding;

 

(c)                                   such Holders shall have offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and

 

(d)                                  the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes a written direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within sixty (60) days.

 

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

 

SECTION 6.7 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment .

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an Offer to Purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

SECTION 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee .

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding related thereto, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including without limitation any amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.7), its agents and counsel.

 

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SECTION 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other securities or property payable or deliverable upon the conversion or exchange of the Notes or on any such claims and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

SECTION 6.10 Priorities

 

Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, any money or property collected by the Trustee (or received by the Trustee from the Collateral Agent under any Security Documents) pursuant to this Article VI and any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

First: to the Trustee, Collateral Agent (including any predecessor Trustee, and/or Collateral Agent), its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.7, including payment of all reasonable compensation, fees, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest respectively;

 

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Third: without duplication, to the Holders for any other Obligations owing to the Holders under this Indenture and the Notes; and Fourth: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

Article VII

 

TRUSTEE

 

SECTION 7.1 Duties of Trustee .

 

(a)                                  If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and the Security Documents, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)                                  Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i)                                      the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii)                                   in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the certificates and opinions specifically required to be furnished to it to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts or conclusions stated therein).

 

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(i)                                      this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraphs (b) or (e) of this Section 7.1;

 

(ii)                                   the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(iii)                                the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(d)                                  Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or any provision of any Security Document that in any way relates to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent is subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2.

 

(e)                                   No provision of this Indenture or the Security Documents shall require the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of their rights and powers under this Indenture or the Security Documents at the request of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any and all loss, claim, liability or expense.

 

(f)                                    The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(g)                                   The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; provided , however , that if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign.

 

(h)                                  The Trustee and the Collateral Agent agree to accept and act upon facsimile or electronic transmission of manually-signed documents (including portable document format) hereunder.

 

SECTION 7.2 Rights of Trustee

 

(a)                                  The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document.

 

(b)                                  Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of the Trustee’s own choosing and the Trustee shall be fully protected from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance on the advice or opinion of such counsel or on any Opinion of Counsel.

 

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(c)                                   The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any attorney or agent appointed with due care.

 

(d)                                  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture. Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate and a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee. Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.

 

(e)                                   Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company or a Guarantor shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company or such Guarantor.

 

(f)                                    The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the losses, claims, costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

(g)                                   The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or documents, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall have reasonable access after reasonable notice during normal business hours to the books, records and premises of the Company or any Guarantor, personally or by agent or attorney and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(h)                                  The rights, privileges, protections and benefits given to the Trustee, including its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Persons employed to act hereunder or under any Security Document (including the Collateral Agent).

 

(i)                                      The permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any actions enumerated in this Indenture or any Security Document shall not be construed as a duty.

 

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Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Trustee may give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Holders requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with any written instructions received from a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, the Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person. If the Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten (10) days of such notice (or such shorter period as reasonably may be specified in such notice or as may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action as it shall deem to be in the interests of the Holders and the Trustee shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.

 

(k)                                  The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

 

SECTION 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

SECTION 7.4 Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, or the existence, genuineness, enforceability, value, filing financing or continuation statements or any other filings, or protection of any Collateral (except for the safe custody of Collateral in its possession in accordance with the terms hereof), for the legality, effectiveness, enforceability or sufficiency of any Security Document, or for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Note Lien, and it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein, any statement in the Notes, or any statement or recital in any document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication on the Notes. The Trustee shall not be responsible for calculating the Applicable Premium, or determining whether such amounts are due.

 

SECTION 7.5 Notice of Defaults

 

If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders a notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs, or if discovered after such 90 day period, promptly after the Trustee learns of such Default (unless such Default shall have been cured or waived). Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

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The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes)unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or shall have received written notice thereof at its address set forth in Section 12.2 from the Company, any Guarantor or Holders of 30 % in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes specifying the occurrence and nature thereof and stating that such notice is a notice of default.

 

SECTION 7.6 [ Reserved ]

 

SECTION 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity

 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation as shall be agreed to in writing by the Company and the Trustee for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder (it being hereby agreed that the compensation set forth in any fee letter between the Company and the Trustee shall be deemed to be reasonable). The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements, fees and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 7.7 shall include its officers, directors, agents and employees) against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities (including environmental liabilities) or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.7) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense may be attributable to its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel, including, if necessary, one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may be a single local counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions). The Company and the Guarantors need not pay for any settlement made without their consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.7 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge or termination for any reason of this Indenture, including any termination or rejection hereof under any Bankruptcy Law, or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

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To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in this Section 7.7, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge or termination for any reason of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

In addition, and without prejudice to the rights provided to the Trustee under any of the provisions of this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (8) of the first paragraph of Section 6.1 occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

“Trustee” for the purposes of this Section 7.7 shall include any predecessor Trustee and the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder and each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder or under any Security Document; provided , however , that the negligence or willful misconduct of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.

 

The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

 

SECTION 7.8 Replacement of Trustee

 

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.8.

 

The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(a)                                  the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

(b)                                  the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(c)                                   a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d)                                  the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns, is removed or becomes incapable of acting, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within sixty (60) days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Company’s expense), the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six (6) months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and the duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided that all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.7. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under and the Lien provided for in Section 7.7 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

SECTION 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

Any entity into which the Trustee or any Agent may be merged or converted or with which the Trustee or any Agent may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or any Agent shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee or any Agent, shall be the successor of the Trustee or any Agent hereunder, as applicable, provided such entity shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VII, to the extent operative, without the execution or filing of any document or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In the case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes.

 

SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust power and that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. The Trustee shall at all times have a combined capital surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent annual report of condition. If at any time the Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.10, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article VII.

 

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA §§ 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b) including the provision in § 310(b)(1); provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company or the Guarantors are outstanding if the requirements for exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

 

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SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company

 

The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

SECTION 7.12 Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company

 

Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than twenty (20) Business Days after the date any Officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such Officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

 

SECTION 7.13 Limitation of Liability

 

In no event shall the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, Paying Agent or Registrar or in any other capacity hereunder, be liable under or in connection with this Indenture or under any Security Documents for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, Paying Agent or Registrar or in any other capacity hereunder, has been advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the form of action in which such damages are sought. The Trustee, the Collateral Agent and/or the Agent shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authority and governmental action. The provisions of this Section 7.13 shall survive satisfaction and discharge or the termination for any reason of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Agent.

 

SECTION 7.14 Collateral Agent and Holders’ Authorization to Trustee

 

(a)                                  The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Collateral Agent, including under the Note Documents.

 

(b)                                  The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Collateral Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement are incorporated herein and enforceable by the Collateral Agent.

 

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SECTION 7.15 Co-Trustees; Separate Trustee; Collateral Agent.

 

At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any of the Collateral may at the time be located, the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall have power to appoint, and, upon the written request of (i) the Trustee or the Collateral Agent or (ii) the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Notes, the Company shall for such purpose join with the Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one (1) or more Persons approved by the Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Trustee, or to act as separate trustee, co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section 7.15. If the Company does not join in such appointment within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by it of a request in accordance with this Section 7.15 so to do, or in case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent alone shall have power to make such appointment.

 

Should any written instrument from the Company be requested by any co-trustee or separate trustee or co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right or power, any and all such instruments shall, on request of such co-trustee or separate trustee or separate collateral agent, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Company.

 

Any co-trustee, separate trustee or co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent shall agree in writing to be and shall be subject to the provisions of the applicable Security Documents as if it were the Trustee thereunder (and the Trustee shall continue to be so subject).

 

Every co-trustee or separate trustee or co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms and subject in all cases to the provisions of the Security Documents, namely:

 

The Notes shall be authenticated and delivered, and all rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustee hereunder, shall be exercised solely, by the Trustee.

 

The rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee or by the Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, or by the Trustee and such co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent jointly as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee, separate trustee or separate collateral agent, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed

 

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by such co-trustee, separate trustee or co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent.

 

The Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with the concurrence of the Company evidenced by a Board Resolution, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee, separate trustee or co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent appointed under this Section 7.15, and, in case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or remove, any such
co-trustee, separate trustee or co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent without the concurrence of the Company. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall join with the Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee, separate trustee or co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section 7.15.

 

No co-trustee, separate trustee or co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent hereunder shall be liable by reason of any act or omission of the Trustee, or any other such trustee, co-trustee, separate trustee, co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent hereunder.

 

The Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act or omission of any co-trustee, separate trustee, co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent.

 

Any Act of Holders delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee, separate trustee or co-collateral agent, sub-collateral agent or separate collateral agent, as the case may be.

 

Article VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

SECTION 8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

 

The Company may, at its option and at any time evidenced by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.2 or 8.3 applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.

 

SECTION 8.2 Legal Defeasance .

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.1 of the option applicable to this Section 8.2, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes, and all obligations of the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees, on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ legal defeasance ”). For this purpose, legal defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.5 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on written demand of and at

 

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the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

(a)                                  the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.4(l);

 

(b)                                  the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes under Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.10 and 4.2;

 

(c)                                   the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(d)                                  the provisions of this Article VIII.

 

Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.3.

 

SECTION 8.3 Covenant Defeasance .

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.1 of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 and 5.1 with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ covenant defeasance ” and, together with legal defeasance, “ defeasance ”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.1, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.1 of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4, clauses (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9) of the first paragraph of Section 6.1 shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

SECTION 8.4 Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

 

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.2 or 8.3 to the outstanding Notes:

 

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(1)                                  the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. Dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent chartered public accountants, expressed in a written opinion thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to Stated Maturity or to a particular redemption date;

 

(2)                                  in the case of legal defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders and beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;

 

(3)                                  in the case of covenant defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders and beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;

 

(4)                                  no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or the granting of any Lien to secure such borrowing);

 

(5)                                  such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound; and

 

(6)                                  the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent relating to such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance have been satisfied.

 

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for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee.

 

SECTION 8.5 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions .

 

Subject to Section 8.6, all money and non-callable U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.5, the “ Trustee ”) pursuant to Section 8.4 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or any Subsidiary thereof acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge in connection with any investment, reinvestment or liquidation of an investment imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.4 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

Anything in this Article VIII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the written request of the Company and be relieved of all liability with respect to any money or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent chartered public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.4(1)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent legal defeasance or covenant defeasance.

 

SECTION 8.6 Repayment to Company .

 

Subject to applicable law, any money or property deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for one (1) year after such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its written request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money or property then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.

 

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SECTION 8.7 Reinstatement .

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Dollars or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.2 or 8.3, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.3 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.2 or 8.3, as the case may be; provided , however , that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or property held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

SECTION 8.8 Discharge .

 

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder (subject to those provisions that by their express terms shall survive) (a “ Discharge ”), when:

 

(1)                                  either

 

(A)                                all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or

 

(B)                                all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise, (ii) will become due and payable within one year or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption and, in each case, the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in trust of cash in U.S. Dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the principal, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes to the Stated Maturity thereof or the date of redemption, as the case may be; provided , that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of redemption (any such amount, the “ Applicable Premium Deficit ”) only required to be deposited with the Trustee by 11:00 am NY time on or prior to the date of redemption. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Applicable Premium

 

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Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption);

 

(2)                                  the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums then due and payable under this Indenture by the Company;

 

(3)                                  the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

 

(4)                                  the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be; and

 

(5)                                  the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee, each stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the Discharge have been satisfied.

 

The Collateral will be released from the Note Lien securing the Notes, as provided under Section 10.4 hereof, upon a Discharge in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.8.

 

Article IX

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

SECTION 9.1 Without Consent of Holders.

 

Notwithstanding Section 9.2 of this Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may amend or supplement the Note Documents to:

 

(1)                                  cure any ambiguity, defect, omission, mistake, or inconsistency or to make any modification of a formal, minor or technical nature;

 

(2)                                  evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants and other obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Security Documents;

 

(3)                                  comply with the covenant relating to consolidations, amalgamations, mergers, conveyances, transfers and leases;

 

(4)                                  add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(5)                                  add additional Events of Default;

 

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(6)                                  provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, provided that such uncertificated Notes are in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code;

 

(7)                                  evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture or the Security Documents of a successor Trustee or Collateral Agent;

 

(8)                                  provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes and all related obligations in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents;

 

(9)                                  add Guarantors with respect to the Notes or to release a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture;

 

(10)                           make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights of the Holders in any material respect, as determined by the Company in good faith;

 

(11)                           make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes or to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depository; provided , however , that (i) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (ii) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes;

 

(12)                           conform the text of this Indenture or any other Note Document to any provision of the “Description of Notes” in the Offering Circular to the extent that such was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture or any other Note Documents, as certified in an Officer’s Certificate;

 

(13)                           provide for the release, addition, completion, confirmation or grant of Collateral or Note Guarantees permitted or required by this Indenture or the Security Documents, including the entering into or execution of additional or supplemental Collateral Documents, supplemental indentures and/or Note Guarantees or to subordinate such Lien when permitted or required by this Indenture or the Security Documents, including the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(14)                           mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant any other Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, as additional security for the payment and performance of all or any portion of the Note Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, in any property or assets, including any which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or in which a Lien is required to be granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, any of the Security Documents or otherwise;

 

(15)                           (i) enter into additional, amended or supplemental Security Documents (including an amended Intercreditor Agreement to provide for additional First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to this Indenture) or (ii) provide for the release of

 

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Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents when permitted or required by the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or this Indenture; or

 

(16)                           secure any Additional Second Lien Obligations under the Security Documents.

 

SECTION 9.2 With Consent of Holders .

 

Except as provided below in this Section 9.2, the Note Documents may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Note Documents may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in connection with purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes); provided , however , that without the consent of each Holder of Notes affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

 

(1)                                  change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;

 

(2)                                  reduce the principal of, or rate of interest on, or premium payable on, any Note;

 

(3)                                  change the place of payment where, or the currency in which, the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on any Note is payable or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof;

 

(4)                                  change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption or reduce the redemption price therefor (it being understood that a change to any advance notice requirement with respect to such date shall not be deemed to be a change of such date);

 

(5)                                  reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(6)                                  subordinate, in right of payment, the Notes to any other Debt of the Company;

 

(7)                                  waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes and the consequences thereof by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(8)                                  waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by Section 4.10 or Section 4.14);

 

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(9)                                  make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when due and payable; or

 

(10)                           make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

 

In addition, any amendment or supplement to, or waiver of, the provisions of the Note Documents that has the effect of releasing (x) all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Note Liens securing the Notes or (y) any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, will, in each case, require the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

 

The consent of the Holders is not necessary under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment of any Note Document. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment. A consent to any amendment or waiver under this Indenture by any Holder of Notes given in connection with a tender of such Holder’s Notes will not be rendered invalid by such tender.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, no amendment to, or deletion of any of the covenants described in Article IV or action taken in compliance with the covenants in effect at the time of such action, shall be deemed to impair or affect any rights of any Holder of Notes to receive payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes.

 

SECTION 9.3 Revocation and Effect of Consents .

 

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. When an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms, it thereafter binds every Holder.

 

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for determining which Holders consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver. If the Company fixes a record date, the record date shall be fixed at (i) the later of thirty (30) days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished for the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 2.5 or (ii) such other date as the Company shall designate.

 

SECTION 9.4 Notation on or Exchange of Notes .

 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

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Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

After any amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment, supplement or waiver. The failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

SECTION 9.5 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company and the Guarantors may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until their respective Boards of Directors approve it. In signing or refusing to sign any amendment or supplemental indenture the Trustee shall receive and shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that all conditions precedent thereto have been satisfied or waived, that such amendment or supplemental indenture is not inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms. The Trustee may but need not sign any such amendment or supplemental indenture.  In signing such amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it.

 

Article X

 

SECURITY

 

SECTION 10.1 Appointment, Authorization and Rights of the Collateral Agent .

 

(a)                                  The Collateral Agent is hereby designated and appointed as the Collateral Agent of the Trustee and the Holders under the Security Documents, and is authorized as the Collateral Agent for the Trustee and such Holders to execute and enter into each of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and all other instruments relating to the Security Documents and (i) to take action and exercise such powers as are expressly required or permitted hereunder and under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and all instruments relating hereto and thereto and (ii) to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are in each case, expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof and thereof together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental hereto and thereto.

 

(b)                                  The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into any other Intercreditor Agreement that may be entered into after the Issue Date by the Company, any Guarantor and the Collateral Agent in connection with Credit Facilities not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture (which is not materially less favorable to the Collateral Agent and the Holders (taken as a whole) than the Intercreditor Agreement referred to in clause (i) of the definition of “Intercreditor Agreement” set forth in Section 1.1) (as certified to by the Company in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent).

 

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duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or therein or any fiduciary relationship with any Holder or the Trustee, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.

 

(d)                                  Before the Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel or both. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on any such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Collateral Agent may consult with counsel of the Collateral Agent’s own choosing and the Collateral Agent shall be fully protected from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder or under the Security Documents in good faith and in reliance on the advice or opinion of such counsel or on any Opinion of Counsel.

 

(e)                                   In the event that the Collateral Agent is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Collateral Agent’s sole discretion may cause the Collateral Agent to be considered an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Collateral Agent to incur, or to be exposed to, any environmental liabilities or any other liability under any other federal, state or local law, the Collateral Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Collateral Agent or to arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver.  The Collateral Agent will not be liable to any Person for any environmental liabilities or any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous substances into the environment.

 

(f)                                    The Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility for or liability with respect to monitoring compliance of any other party to this Indenture or any other document related hereto or thereto.  The Collateral Agent has no duty to monitor the value or rating of any collateral on an ongoing basis.

 

SECTION 10.2 Security Documents; Additional Collateral .

 

(a)                                  Security Documents . In order to secure the due and punctual payment of the Note Obligations, the Company, the Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto have simultaneously with the execution of this Indenture entered or, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.19, Section 4.20 and this Article X and Sections 5.1 and 12.1 of the security agreement referred to in clause (i) of the definition of “Security Agreement” set forth in Section 1.1, will enter into the Security Documents, including any security agreement entered into after the Issue Date by the Company, the Collateral Agent and any Guarantors, identical in form and substance to the abovementioned Security Agreement, except with such changes as are necessary for such document to be governed by U.S. law and to perfect the Note Liens in the Collateral owned by such Guarantors.

 

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(b)                                  Additional Collateral . With respect to assets acquired after the Issue Date, the Company or applicable Guarantor will take the applicable actions required by the Security Documents.

 

SECTION 10.3 Recording, Registration and Opinions .

 

The Company shall furnish to the Collateral Agent (with a copy to the Trustee) on or within one month after March  15 of each year, commencing March 15, 2020, an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements have been or will be executed (if required) and filed that are necessary, as of such date or promptly thereafter and during the succeeding twelve (12) months, to maintain the perfection of Note Liens under the Security Documents on the Collateral, and reciting the details of such action or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such Note Liens. Such Opinion of Counsel may refer to prior Opinions of Counsel and contain customary assumptions, qualifications and exceptions and may rely on an Officer’s Certificate of the Company.

 

SECTION 10.4 Releases of Collateral .

 

The Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to releases of assets included in the Collateral from the Note Liens securing the Obligations under the Notes and the Note Guarantees under any one or more of the following circumstances:

 

(1)                                  in whole or in part, as applicable, as to all or any portion of property subject to such Note Liens which has been taken by eminent domain, condemnation or other similar circumstances;

 

(2)                                  in connection with asset dispositions permitted or not prohibited under Section 4.10 (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if any assets included in the Collateral are released to a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, the assets will not be released from the Note Liens securing the Obligations under the Notes and the Note Guarantees);

 

(3)                                  if any Guarantor is released from its Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (including by virtue of such Guarantor ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary), that Guarantor’s assets will also be released from the Note Liens securing the Obligations under the Notes and the Note Guarantees; or

 

(4)                                  if required in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, including in connection with any Enforcement Action by any First Lien Representative or any First Lien Collateral Agent or any other exercise of any First Lien Representative’s or any First Lien Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral.

 

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(1)                                  upon legal defeasance or covenant defeasance or discharge of this Indenture as described in Article VIII; or

 

(2)                                  with the consent of the holders of the requisite percentage of Notes in accordance with Article IX.

 

SECTION 10.5 Form and Sufficiency of Release .

 

In the event that either Company or any Guarantor has sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of or proposes to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any portion of the Collateral that, under the terms of this Indenture may be sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any Guarantor, and the Company or such Guarantor requests the Trustee to furnish a written disclaimer, release or quitclaim of any interest in such property under this Indenture, the applicable Guarantee and the Security Documents, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release complies with Section 10.4 and specifying the provision in Section 10.4 pursuant to which such release is being made (upon which the Trustee may exclusively and conclusively rely), the Trustee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company or such Guarantor (or instruct the Collateral Agent to do the same) such an instrument in the form provided by the Company, and providing for release without recourse and shall take such other action as the Company or such Guarantor may reasonably request and as necessary to effect such release. Before executing, acknowledging or delivering any such instrument, the Trustee shall be furnished with an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (on which the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively and exclusively rely) each to the effect that such release is authorized and permitted by the terms hereof and the Security Documents and that all conditions precedent with respect to such release have been satisfied.

 

SECTION 10.6 Possession and Use of Collateral .

 

Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall have the right to remain in possession and retain exclusive control of and to exercise all rights with respect to the Collateral (other than monies or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Article VIII, and other than as set forth in the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and this Indenture), to operate, manage, develop, lease, use, consume and enjoy the Collateral (other than monies and U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Article VIII and other than as set forth in the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and this Indenture), to alter or repair any Collateral so long as such alterations and repairs do not impair the Lien of the Security Documents hereon, and to collect, receive, use, invest and dispose of the reversions, remainders, interest, rents, lease payments, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds and other income thereof.

 

SECTION 10.7 Purchaser Protected .

 

No purchaser or grantee of any property or rights purporting to be released shall be bound to ascertain the authority of the Trustee or Collateral Agent to execute the release or to inquire as to the existence of any conditions herein prescribed for the exercise of such authority so long as the conditions set forth in Section 10.5 have been satisfied.

 

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SECTION 10.8 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Collateral Agent Under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement .

 

The Holders and the parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the Collateral Agent by the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement. Furthermore, each Holder of a Note, by accepting such Note, consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement in each of its capacities thereunder.

 

SECTION 10.9 Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Agreement .

 

The Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of Holders distributed under the Security Documents to the Trustee, and to apply such funds as provided in Section 6.10.

 

SECTION 10.10 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Collateral Agent .

 

In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article X upon the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such Collateral may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, or of any Officer or Officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article X.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall require the Collateral Agent to file financing statements or continuation statements, or to be responsible for maintaining the security interests purported to be created as described herein (except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder or under any other Security Documents) and such responsibility shall be solely that of the Company.

 

Article XI

 

NOTE GUARANTEES

 

SECTION 11.1 Note Guarantees .

 

(a)                                  Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the Notes and obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, and guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, that: (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise (including, without limitation, the amount that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code), and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or of any such other obligations, the same shall be

 

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paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Each of the Note Guarantees of the Guarantors shall be a guarantee of payment and not of collection.

 

(b)                                  Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.

 

(c)                                   Each Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company or any other Person, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor shall not be discharged as to any Note except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Note and such Note Guarantee or as provided for in this Indenture. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal or premium, if any, or interest on such Note, whether at its Stated Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Note, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against each of the Guarantors to enforce such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company or any other Guarantor. Each Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the Notes, to collect interest on the Notes, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the Notes, such Guarantor shall pay to the Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.

 

(d)                                  If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or any Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, the Note Guarantee of each of the Guarantors, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. This paragraph (d) shall remain effective notwithstanding any contrary action which may be taken by the Trustee or any Holder in reliance upon such amount required to be returned. This paragraph (d) shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

 

(e)                                   Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor.

 

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SECTION 11.2 [Reserved] .

 

SECTION 11.3 Severability .

 

In case any provision of any Note Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

SECTION 11.4 Limitation of Guarantors’ Liability .

 

Each Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the Obligations of such other Guarantor under its Note Guarantee, result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not becoming voidable under applicable Bankruptcy Law relating to fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance.

 

SECTION 11.5 Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms .

 

Subject to Section 11.6, a Guarantor (other than the Company) may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person unless:

 

(1)                                  immediately after giving effect to such transactions, no Default or Event of Default exists;

 

(2)                                  either:

 

(A)                                the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) (the “ Successor Guarantor ”) assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D ; or

 

(B)                                the Net Cash Proceeds of any such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10; and

 

(3)                                  in the case of any transaction pursuant to subclause (2)(A) above,

 

(A)                                such Guarantor or the Successor Guarantor, as applicable, causes such amendments, supplements or other instruments to be executed, delivered, filed and recorded, as applicable, in such jurisdictions as may be required by applicable law to preserve and protect the Lien of the Security

 

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Documents on the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Successor Guarantor;

 

(B)                                the Collateral owned by or transferred to such Guarantor or the Successor Guarantor, as applicable, shall (a) continue to constitute Collateral under this Indenture and the Security Documents, (b) be subject to the Note Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and (c) not be subject to any Lien other than Permitted Collateral Liens;

 

(C)                                the property and assets of the Person which is merged or consolidated with or into such Guarantor or the Successor Guarantor, as applicable, to the extent that they are property or assets of the types which would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, shall be treated as after-acquired property and such Guarantor or the Successor Guarantor shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Note Lien of the Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture; and

 

(4)                                  the Company delivers, or causes to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (upon which the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively and exclusively rely), each stating that such sale, other disposition, consolidation or merger complies with the requirements of this Indenture.

 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the Successor Guarantor, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such Successor Guarantor shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. All the Note Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

 

Except as set forth in Articles IV and V, and notwithstanding clauses (1) and (2)above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.

 

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 11.5, (i) Arrow Parent may merge with Holdings, and (ii) Algeco Parent may merge with the Company, in each case,in connection with the Acquisitions.

 

SECTION 11.6 Release of a Guarantor .

 

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(a)                                  in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 or Section 5.1;

 

(b)                                  in connection with any sale, issuance or other disposition of Equity Interests of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale, issuance or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 and the Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as a result of such sale, issuance or other disposition;

 

(c)                                   if the Company designates that Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

 

(d)                                  upon receipt by the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Guarantor has met the definition of an Excluded Subsidiary;

 

(e)                                   upon the release, discharge or termination of the guarantee by, or direct obligations of, such Guarantor under the ABL Credit Facility and all other Debt for borrowed money in a principal amount in excess of $25.0 million (if any), other than a release, discharge or termination by or as a result of payment in connection with the enforcement of remedies under such guarantee or direct obligations;

 

(f)                                    upon the release of such Guarantor from its Note Guarantee with the consent of the Holders of the requisite percentage of Notes in accordance with Article IX; or

 

(g)                                   upon legal defeasance, covenant defeasance or Discharge of this Indenture under Article VIII.

 

Upon any release of a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee, such Guarantor shall also be automatically and unconditionally released from its obligations under the Security Documents. At the Company’s request and expense, the Trustee will execute and deliver any instrument evidencing the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee pursuant to this Section 11.6.

 

SECTION 11.7 Benefits Acknowledged .

 

Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its Guarantee and waivers pursuant to its Note Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

SECTION 11.8 Future Guarantors .

 

Each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of the United States, any political subdivision thereof, any state thereof or the District of Columbia that is required to Guarantee the Notes (and thereby become a Guarantor) after the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.17 shall promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture, in

 

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substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D , pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee, on a senior secured basis, all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes upon the terms set forth in this Indenture and (ii) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a joinder agreement to each of the applicable Security Documents defining the terms of the security interests that secure payment and performance when due of the Notes, and take all actions required by the Security Documents to cause the Note Liens created thereunder to be duly perfected in accordance with applicable law, including the execution and delivery of other applicable Security Documents and the filing of financing statements in the jurisdictions of incorporation or formation of such Guarantor and where such Guarantor’s assets are located. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate (upon which the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively and exclusively rely) to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Guarantor and that such supplemental indenture is a legally valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms and/or to such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request (subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications).

 

SECTION 11.9 Subordination of TLM Equipment, LLC’s Guarantee.

 

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each of the Company and the Guarantors, for itself and its successors, and each Holder agrees that the payment by TLM Equipment, LLC (“ TLM Equipment ”) of all Obligations with respect to its Note Guarantee is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations under the ABL Credit Facility.  The Trustee is authorized and shall take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Section 11.9.  No provision of this Section 11.9 shall prevent the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder.

 

Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of TLM Equipment to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or dissolution, or in a reorganization, of TLM Equipment, or, in each case, any similar proceeding relating to TLM Equipment or its property, the holders of Obligations under the ABL Credit Facility shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash with respect to the assets or property of TLM Equipment before Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to receive any payment with respect to the assets or property of TLM Equipment.

 

Article XII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 12.1 [ Reserved ].

 

SECTION 12.2 Notices .

 

Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested) or sent by electronic transmission (including facsimile transmission or e- mail) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others address:

 

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If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:

 

Arrow Bidco, LLC

2170 Buckthorne Place
Suite 440
The Woodlands, TX 77380

 

With a copy to:

 

Allen & Overy LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
21
st  Floor
New York, New York 10020
Facsimile: (212) 610-6399
Attention: William F. Schwitter

 

If to the Trustee or to the Collateral Agent:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor

Mail Stop: NYC60-1630

New York, New York 10005

USA

Attn: Corporates Team, Arrow BidCo, LLC

F:  (732) 578-4635

 

The Company, the Guarantors the Trustee, and the Collateral Agent by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if delivered by electronic transmission; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier promising next Business Day delivery. All notices and communications to the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent shall only be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee.

 

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail or by overnight air courier promising next Business Day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

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notices or communications given to the Trustee, which shall be effective only upon actual receipt.

 

If the Company sends a notice or communication to Holders, it shall send a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption or purchase) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to DTC (or its designee) if delivered electronically.

 

SECTION 12.3 [ Reserved ].

 

SECTION 12.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent .

 

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (other than the initial issuance of the Notes), the Company shall furnish to the Trustee upon request:

 

(a)                                  an Officer’s Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.5) to the effect that, in the opinion of the signer or signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

 

(b)                                  an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.5) to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied.

 

SECTION 12.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion .

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

 

(a)                                  a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(b)                                  a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(c)                                   a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

 

(d)                                  a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied;

 

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provided , that an issuer of an Opinion of Counsel may rely as to matters of fact on an Officer’s Certificate or a certificate of a public official.

 

SECTION 12.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents .

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

SECTION 12.7 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders .

 

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as such, will have any personal liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor by reason of his, her or its status as such director, officer, employee, stockholder, general partner, limited partner or incorporator, under the Note Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the U.S. federal securities laws or other corporate laws, and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

 

SECTION 12.8 Governing Law .

 

THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES OF THE GUARANTORS, IF ANY.

 

SECTION 12.9 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury; Service of Process .

 

The parties to this Indenture each hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Notes, the Note Guarantees or this Indenture, and all such parties hereby irrevocably agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or federal court and hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent that they may legally do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE NOTE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

SECTION 12.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements .

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 12.11 Successors .

 

All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees, as applicable, shall (except as provided in Section 11.6) bind their respective successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns.

 

SECTION 12.12 Severability .

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

SECTION 12.13 Counterpart Originals .

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Indenture by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

 

SECTION 12.14 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

SECTION 12.15 Acts of Holders .

 

(a)                                  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one (1) or more instruments (including instruments in electronic, digital or other machine-readable form) of substantially similar tenor signed (including signatures in electronic, digital or other machine-readable form) by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing (including signatures in electronic, digital or other machine-readable form); and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “ Act ” of Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 12.15.

 

(b)                                  The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer’s

 

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individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer’s authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

(c)                                   The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Holder list maintained under Section 2.5 hereunder.

 

(d)                                  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

(e)                                   If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective(pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, to the extent applicable) not later than six (6) months after the record date.

 

SECTION 12.16 Security Documents .

 

The Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders are bound by the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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SECTION 12.17 [ Reserved ].

 

SECTION 12.18 USA Patriot Act .  In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of the United States (“ Applicable AML Law ”), the Trustee and Collateral Agent are required to obtain, verify, record and update certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee and Collateral Agent.  Accordingly, each of the parties agree to provide the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, upon their request from time to time, such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee and Collateral Agent to comply with Applicable AML Law.

 

SECTION 12.19 Force Majeure . In no event shall the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and/or the Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

SECTION 12.20 Calculations . The Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company will make all such calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee and the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of such calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will deliver a copy of such schedule to any Holder upon the written request of such Holder.

 

[Signatures on following pages]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

ARROW BIDCO, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

TOPAZ HOLDINGS LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

TARGET LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

TLM EQUIPMENT, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

RL SIGNOR BARNHART, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR CARRIZO, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR CONSTRUCTION SERCIVES, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR EL RENO, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR JAL, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR KENEDY, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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RL SIGNOR KERMIT, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR MIDLAND, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR ODESSA, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR ORLA, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR PECOS, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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RL SIGNOR RANCHO AGAVE, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR WATER TOWER, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

TARGET H2O, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS HOLDINGS DICKINSON, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS HOLDINGS TIOGA, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS HOLDINGS WILLISTON, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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US IRON BIDCO, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Julia Engel

 

 

Name: Julia Engel

 

 

Title:Vice President

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Luke Russell

 

 

Name: Luke Russell

 

 

Title: Assistant Vice President

 


 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Julia Engel

 

 

Name: Julia Engel

 

 

Title:Vice President

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Luke Russell

 

 

Name: Luke Russell

 

 

Title: Assistant Vice President

 


 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF 9.50% SENIOR SECURED NOTE DUE 2024

 

(Face of 9.50% Senior Secured Note)
9.50% Senior Secured Note due 2024

 

[Insert Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.6 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.6 OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUIRED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC OR SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC(AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

[Insert Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, DISPOSED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT, PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS

 

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THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”), SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (A) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE), (D) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (E) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THIS SECURITY. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

 

[Insert Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

THIS SECURITY IS A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE. EXCEPT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, NO TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN A TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTE. NO EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE EXCEPT (A) ON OR AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND (B) UPON DELIVERY OF THE OWNER NOTES CERTIFICATION AND THE TRANSFEREE NOTES CERTIFICATION RELATING TO SUCH INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.

 

UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE OFFERING OF THE NOTES, AN OFFER OR SALE OF THE NOTES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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ARROW BIDCO, LLC
9.50% SENIOR SECURED NOTE DUE 2024

 

No. [A-1][S-1]

 

NOTES CUSIP: [144A: 042728AA3]/[Reg S: U0424NAA2]

 

 

NOTES ISIN: [144A: US042728AA35]/[Reg S: USU0424NAA29]

 

Arrow Bidco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor entities) for value received promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [  ·  ][  ·  ] UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$[  ·  ]) on March 15, 2024, and to pay interest thereon as hereinafter set forth.

 

Interest Payment Dates: September 15 and March 15 , beginning September 15, 2019

 

Record Dates: September 1 and March 1

 

Dated: March 15, 2019

 

Reference is made to further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

 

ARROW BIDCO, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one (1) of the 9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2024
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:
Dated: March 15, 2019

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as Trustee

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

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(Reverse of 9.50% Senior Secured Note)
9.50% Senior Secured Note due 2024
ARROW BIDCO, LLC

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

(1)                                  Interest . The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate of 9.50% per annum from March 15, 2019 until maturity. The Company will pay interest in U.S. Dollars (except as otherwise provided herein) semiannually in arrears on September 15 and March 15, commencing on September 15, 2019 or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “ Interest Payment Date ”). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date, except in the case of the original issuance of Notes, in which case interest shall accrue from the date of authentication. Interest will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) months of thirty (30) days.

 

(2)                                  Method of Payment . The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) on the applicable Interest Payment Date to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the September 1 and March 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture (as defined below). The Notes shall be payable as to principal of, premium, if any, interest, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, at the option of the Company, with respect to Notes represented by definitive Notes; payment may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders, or, with respect to Notes represented by global Notes the Holders of which have provided the Company or the Paying Agent with wire transfer instructions, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account or accounts specified. Principal, premium, if any, interest, shall be considered paid for all purposes hereunder on the date the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds, as of 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all such principal, premium, if any, interest, then due. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

Any payments of principal of and interest on this Note prior to the Stated Maturity shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. The amount due and payable at the maturity of this Note shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at an office of the Paying Agent or the Paying Agent’s agent appointed for such purposes.

 

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(3)                                  Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

 

(4)                                  Indenture . The Company issued this Note under an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2019 (the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent. The terms of this Note include those stated in the Indenture. To the extent the provisions of this Note are inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, the Indenture shall govern. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. The Notes issued on the Issue Date are senior secured Obligations of the Company limited to $340,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Indenture permits the issuance of Additional Notes subject to compliance with certain conditions.

 

(5)                                  Guarantees and Security . The payment of principal and interest on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by the Company and the other Guarantors to the extent set forth in and subject to the conditions of the Indenture. The Notes will be secured by the Collateral on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents.

 

(6)                                  Optional Redemption.

 

(a)                                  [ Reserved ] .

 

(b)                                  Optional Redemption on or After March 15 , 2021 . At any time and from time to time on and after March 15, 2021, the Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Holders and not less than twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee (or such shorter timeline as the Trustee may agree), at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on August 15 of each of the years set forth below.

 

Year

 

Redemption Price

 

2021

 

104.750

%

2022

 

102.375

%

2023 and thereafter

 

100.000

%

 

(c)                                   Optional Redemption with Proceeds of Qualified Equity Offerings . At any time and from time to time prior to March 15, 2021, upon not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Holders and not less than twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee (or such shorter timeline as the Trustee may agree), the Company, at its option, may redeem up to 40% of the

 

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aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price equal to 109.50 % of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date) if:

 

(1)         such redemption is made with the net proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings;

 

(2)         at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Additional Notes) issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries); and

 

(3)         the redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of such Qualified Equity Offering.

 

(d)                                  Optional Redemption at Make-Whole Price . At any time and from time to time prior to March 15, 2021, upon not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Holders and not less than twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee (or such shorter timeline as the Trustee may agree), the Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date).

 

(e)                                   Optional Redemption before March 15 , 2021.  At any time, and from time to time, prior to March 15, 2021, upon not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Holders and not less than twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee (or such shorter timeline as the Trustee may agree), the Company, at its option, may redeem up to 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including any Additional Notes) during each twelve-month period commencing with the Issue Date, at a redemption price equal to 103% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date).

 

(f)                                    Notice of any redemption or any redemption in respect of the Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of any related Qualified Equity Offering. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice of redemption shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may

 

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be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived), or such redemption may not occur and such notice, upon written notice to the Trustee, may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (waived) by the redemption date as stated in such notice, or by the redemption date as so delayed; provided that in no event shall such redemption date be delayed to a date later than sixty (60) days after the date on which the original redemption notice was sent. The Company shall provide notice to the Trustee at least one Business Day prior to the then scheduled redemption date of the delayed redemption date or the rescinding of the redemption notice. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

 

(g)                                   Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the applicable redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

 

(h)                                  If any Note is redeemed in part only, a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. Subject to any conditions, Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date and interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions of the Notes called for redemption.

 

(i)                                      Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, notices of redemption may be sent more than sixty (60) days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a Discharge of this Indenture.

 

(j)                                     The Company may at any time, and from time to time, purchase Notes by means other than redemption, whether in open market transactions or otherwise, subject to compliance with applicable securities laws.

 

(7)                                  Mandatory Redemption . The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

(8)                                  [Reserved] .

 

(9)                                  Notice of Redemption . Subject to Section 3.3 of the Indenture, notice of redemption will be mailed by first class mail (or, delivered electronically if held by DTC) at least fifteen (15) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address and for the Notes registered to DTC, in accordance with DTC’s applicable procedures. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. No Notes of $2,000 principal amount or less will be redeemed in part.

 

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(10)                           Repurchase at Option of Holder .

 

(a)                                  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an Offer to Purchase (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price (the “ Purchase Price ”) in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes tendered, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the Purchase Date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the Purchase Date). For purposes of the foregoing, a Change of Control Offer shall be deemed to have been made if (i) within thirty (30) days following a Change of Control, the Company commences an Offer to Purchase all outstanding Notes at the Purchase Price and (ii) all Notes validly tendered (and not withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer to Purchase are purchased in accordance with the terms of such Offer to Purchase. Any Change of Control Offer will be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 3.8 of the Indenture.

 

(b)                                  If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consummates an Asset Sale, any Net Cash Proceeds therefrom that are not applied or invested as provided in the third paragraph of Section 4.10 of the Indenture within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from such applicable Asset Sale will constitute Excess Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, within thirty days thereof, the Company will make an Offer to Purchase (“ Asset Sale Offer ”) to all Holders and all holders of Pari Passu Debt containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets, in each case, equal to the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Debt that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any such Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture and such remaining amount shall not be added to any subsequent Excess Proceeds for any purpose under the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Debt tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and the Company will select such other Pari Passu Debt to be purchased on a pro rata basis as between the Notes and Pari Passu Debt. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. Any Asset Sale Offer will be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 3.8 of the Indenture.

 

(c)                                   Holders that are the subject of a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer (each, an “ Offer to Purchase ”), will receive notice of an Offer to Purchase from the Company prior to any related Purchase Date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form titled “ Option of Holder to Elect Purchase ” appearing below.

 

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(11)                           Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of the Notes may be registered and the Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company and the Registrar shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange Notes during a period beginning at the opening of fifteen (15) days before the day of any mailing of a notice of redemption under Section (6) hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part, or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

(12)                           Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

(13)                           Discharge and Defeasance . Subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors at any time shall be entitled to terminate some or all of their obligations under the Indenture and the Notes or the Note Guarantees, as applicable, if the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. Dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be; provided , that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of the Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of redemption (any such amount, the “ Applicable Premium Deficit ”) only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of redemption. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption).

 

(14)                           Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . The Indenture, the Notes or any Note Document may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

 

(15)                           Defaults and Remedies . The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 6.1 of the Indenture. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(h) of the Indenture with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of the Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be due and payable immediately by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by

 

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Holders); provided , however , that after such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration if (i) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal of or interest on the Notes, have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture and (ii) such rescission or annulment would not conflict with any decree of judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes because an Event of Default described in Section 6.1(f) of the Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of default or payment default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.1(f) shall be remedied or cured by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or waived by the holders of the relevant Debt within thirty (30) Business Days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if the rescission and annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Trustee for the payment of amounts due on the Notes.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(h) occurs with respect to the Company, the principal amount of and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any Default (except Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, any Note) if the Trustee determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

(16)                           Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

(17)                           No Recourse Against Others . No past, present or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as such, will have any personal liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor by reason of his, her or its status as such director, officer, employee, stockholder, general partner, limited partner or incorporator, under the Note Documents, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the U.S. federal securities laws or other corporate laws, and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

 

(18)                           Authentication . This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

(19)                           Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the

 

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entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

(20)                           CUSIP, ISIN Number s. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to the Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

Arrow Bidco, LLC

2170 Buckthorne Place
Suite 440
The Woodlands, TX 77380

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to

 

 

(Insert assignee’s legal name and soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint                                         to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Signature:

 

 

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

 

Signature guarantee:

 

 

(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 (Asset Sales) or 4.14 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, as applicable, check the box below:

 

o Section 4.10 o Section 4.14

 

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture, as applicable, state the amount you elect to have purchased: $

 

Date:

 

 

Your Signature:

 

 

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the Note)

 

Tax Identification No.:

 

Signature guarantee:

 

 

(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)

 

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES BY A PERSON OTHER THAN THE COMPANY

 

Arrow Bidco, LLC

2170 Buckthorne Place

Suite 440

The Woodlands, TX 77380

 

DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256 USA

Attention:  Transfer

 

Re:                              Arrow Bidco, LLC

9.50% Senior Secured Note due 2024

CUSIP # U0424NAA2/042728AA3

 

Reference is hereby made to that certain Indenture, dated March 15, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among Arrow Bidco, LLC (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

 

                    (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein in the principal amount of $             in such Note[s] held in (check applicable space)         book-entry or        definitive form by the undersigned.

 

The Transferor                     (check one (1) box below):

 

o                                     hereby requests the Registrar to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note held by the Depositary a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above), in accordance with Section 2.6 of the Indenture; or

 

o                                     hereby requests the Trustee to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes to               (transferee).

 

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the periods referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), the Transferor confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

 

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CHECK ONE (1) BOX BELOW:

 

(1)                        o                            to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or

 

(2)                        o                            inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A; or

 

(3)                        o                            outside the United States in an offshore transaction to a person other than a “U.S. person” within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, in compliance with Rule 904 thereunder.

 

Unless one (1) of the boxes is checked, the Registrar will refuse to register any of the Note[s] evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided that if box (2) or (3) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Note[s], in its sole discretion, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Trustee or the Company reasonably request to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

Signature guarantee:

 

 

(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)

 

 

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

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[Name of Transferee]

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF 9.50% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2024

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for other [ · ]% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

 

Amount of Decrease
in Principal Amount
of This Global Note

 

Amount of Increase
in Principal Amount
of This Global Note

 

Principal Amount of
This Global Note
Following Such
Decrease (or
Increase)

 

Authorized Officer
of Trustee or 9.50%
Senior Secured Note
due 2024 Custodian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO RULE 144A]

 

Arrow Bidco, LLC
2170 Buckthorne Place
Suite 440
The Woodlands, TX 77380

 

DB Services Americas, Inc.
5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200
Jacksonville, FL 32256 USA
Attention:  Transfer

 

Re:                              Arrow Bidco, LLC (the “ Company ”)
9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made to that certain Indenture, dated March 15, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among Arrow Bidco, LLC (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

 

                             (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein. In connection with the Transferor’s proposed sale of $           aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Note[s], the Transferor hereby certifies that such transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A (“ Rule 144A ”) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the Note[s] are being transferred to a person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Note[s] for its own account, or for one (1) or more accounts with respect to which such person exercises sole investment discretion, and such person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Note[s] are being transferred in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred Note[s] will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the QIB Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

The addressees of this letter are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

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Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

[Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

 

Signature guarantee:

 

 

(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS
PURSUANT TO REGULATION S]

 

Arrow Bidco, LLC

2170 Buckthorne Place
Suite 440
The Woodlands, TX 77380

 

DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256 USA

Attention:  Transfer

 

Re:                            Arrow Bidco, LLC (the “ Company ”)
9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made to that certain Indenture, dated March 15, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among Arrow Bidco, LLC (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

 

                             (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein. In connection with our proposed sale of $         aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Note[s], the Transferor confirms that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“ Regulation S ”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor represents that:

 

(1)                                  the transfer of the Note[s] was not made to a person in the United States;

 

(2)                                  either (a) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on the Transferor’s behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on the Transferor’s behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

(3)                                  no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

 

(4)                                  the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

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In addition, if the sale is made during a restricted period and the provisions of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, the Transferor confirms that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b), as the case may be. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred Note[s] will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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The addressees of this letter are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

[Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

 

Signature guarantee:

 

 

(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

 

ARROW BIDCO, LLC

 

as Issuer and

 

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

 


 

9.50% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2024

 


 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF [   ]

 


 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

as Trustee and Collateral Agent

 

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This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of [   ] is by and among Arrow Bidco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), each of the parties identified under the caption “Guarantors” on the signature page hereto (the “ Guarantors” ), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (in such capacity and not in its individual capacity, the “ Trustee ”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent (in such capacity and not in its individual capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent entered into an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2019 (the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance of $340,000,000 in principal amount of 9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.1(2) of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may supplement the Indenture in order to add Guarantors pursuant to Sections 4.17 and 11.8 thereof, without the consent of the Holders; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and procedures prescribed by the Indenture to make this Supplemental Indenture a legally valid and binding instrument on the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

(1)                                  This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

(2)                                  This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent.

 

(3)                                  From this date, by executing this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantors whose signatures appear below are subject to the provisions of the Indenture to the extent applicable.

 

(4)                                  Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed ( mutatis mutandis ) and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture.

 

(5)                                  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions

 

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were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent with respect hereto.

 

(6)                                  No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, partner, member or joint venturer of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

(7)                                  NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

(8)                                  The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Supplemental Indenture by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

 

[NEXT PAGE IS SIGNATURE PAGE]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

 

 

ARROW BIDCO, LLC

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

[GUARANTORS]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

[ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 15, 2019

 

among

 

ARROW BIDCO, LLC,

 

TARGET LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, LLC,

 

RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC

 

AND THE OTHER BORROWERS AND GUARANTORS IDENTIFIED HEREIN,

as Borrowers and Guarantors,

 

TOPAZ HOLDINGS LLC,

as Holdings,

 

any other Borrowers and Guarantors party hereto from time to time,

 

CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,

as Lenders,

 

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Agent

 


 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

 

CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC

 

and

 

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

as Joint Lead Arrangers and as Joint Bookrunners

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

1

1.1

Definitions

1

1.2

Accounting Terms

66

1.3

Uniform Commercial Code

67

1.4

Certain Matters of Construction

67

1.5

Currency Calculations

68

1.6

[Reserved]

68

1.7

Pro Forma Calculations

68

1.8

Limited Condition Acquisition

70

1.9

Compliance with Certain Sections

71

 

 

 

SECTION 2.

CREDIT FACILITIES

71

2.1

Commitment

71

2.2

[Reserved]

80

2.3

[Reserved]

80

2.4

[Reserved]

80

2.5

Letters of Credit

80

2.6

Borrower Sublimits

83

 

 

 

SECTION 3.

INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES

84

3.1

Interest

84

3.2

Fees

86

3.3

Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield Protection

87

3.4

Reimbursement Obligations

87

3.5

Illegality

88

3.6

Inability to Determine Rates

88

3.7

Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy

90

3.8

[Reserved]

92

3.9

Mitigation

92

3.10

Funding Losses

92

3.11

Maximum Interest

92

 

 

 

SECTION 4.

LOAN ADMINISTRATION

93

4.1

Manner of Borrowing and Funding Loans

93

4.2

Defaulting Lender

94

4.3

Number and Amount of LIBOR Loans; Determination of Rate

95

4.4

Administrative Borrower

96

4.5

Reserved

96

4.6

Effect of Termination

96

 

 

 

SECTION 5.

PAYMENTS

97

5.1

General Payment Provisions

97

 

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5.2

Repayment of Obligations

97

5.3

Payment of Other Obligations

97

5.4

Marshaling; Payments Set Aside

97

5.5

Post-Default Allocation of Payments

98

5.6

Application of Payments

99

5.7

Loan Account; Account Stated

99

5.8

Taxes

99

5.9

Lender Tax Information

101

5.10

Guarantees

102

5.11

Reserved

105

5.12

Currency Matters

105

5.13

Release of Guarantors

105

 

 

 

SECTION 6.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

105

6.1

Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date

105

6.2

Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions after the Closing Date

109

 

 

 

SECTION 7.

[RESERVED]

110

 

 

 

SECTION 8.

COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION

110

8.1

Administration of Accounts

110

8.2

Administration of Rental Equipment

111

8.3

Administration of Deposit Accounts

112

8.4

General Provisions

112

8.5

Cash Collateral

113

 

 

 

SECTION 9.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

113

9.1

General Representations and Warranties

113

 

 

 

SECTION 10.

COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS

120

10.1

Affirmative Covenants

120

10.2

Negative Covenants

135

10.3

Financial Covenants

157

 

 

 

SECTION 11.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES ON DEFAULT

157

11.1

Events of Default

157

11.2

Cure Right

161

11.3

License

162

11.4

Setoff

163

11.5

Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver

163

11.6

Judgment Currency

163

 

 

 

SECTION 12.

THE AGENT

164

12.1

Appointment, Authority and Duties of the Agent

164

12.2

Reserved

166

12.3

Reserved

166

12.4

Agreements Regarding Collateral and Field Examination Reports

166

 

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12.5

Reliance By the Agent

167

12.6

Action Upon Default

167

12.7

Ratable Sharing

167

12.8

Indemnification of the Agent Indemnitees

168

12.9

Limitation on Responsibilities of the Agent

168

12.10

Successor Agent and Co-Agents

169

12.11

Due Diligence and Non-Reliance

170

12.12

Remittance of Payments and Collections

170

12.13

The Agent in its Individual Capacity

171

12.14

ERISA Matters

171

12.15

Bank Product Providers

173

12.16

No Third Party Beneficiaries

173

12.17

The Agent May File Proofs of Claim

173

 

 

 

SECTION 13.

BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS

173

13.1

Successors and Assigns

173

13.2

Participations

174

13.3

Assignments

175

 

 

 

SECTION 14.

MISCELLANEOUS

178

14.1

Consents, Amendments and Waivers

178

14.2

Indemnity

180

14.3

Notices and Communications

180

14.4

Performance of Loan Parties’ Obligations

181

14.5

Credit Inquiries

182

14.6

Severability

182

14.7

Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms; Headings

182

14.8

Counterparts

182

14.9

Entire Agreement

182

14.10

Relationship with Lenders

182

14.11

No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

183

14.12

Confidentiality

183

14.13

GOVERNING LAW

184

14.14

Consent to Forum; Process Agent

184

14.15

[Reserved]

185

14.16

Waivers by Loan Parties

185

14.17

Reserved

185

14.18

Reserved

185

14.19

Patriot Act Notice

185

14.20

[Reserved]

186

14.21

Know Your Customer

186

14.22

[Reserved]

186

14.23

[Reserved]

186

14.24

Reinstatement

186

14.25

Nonliability of Lenders

186

14.26

Certain Provisions Regarding Perfection of Security Interests

186

14.27

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

187

 

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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit B

 

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

Exhibit C

 

Form of Revolver Note

Exhibit D

 

Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit E

 

Form of Notice of Borrowing

Exhibit F

 

Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation

Exhibit G

 

Form of Perfection Certificate

Exhibit H

 

Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit I

 

Form of Joinder Agreement

Exhibit J-1

 

Form of Non-Bank Certificate for Non-Partnership

Exhibit J-2

 

Form of Non-Bank Certificate for Partnership

Exhibit K

 

Form of Intercreditor Agreement

Exhibit L

 

Form of Security Agreement

Exhibit M

 

Form of Intercompany Note

 

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Schedule 2.1.1(a) 

 

Revolver Commitment

Schedule 6.1(a)

 

Other Loan Documents

Schedule 8.3

 

Deposit Accounts

Schedule 8.4.1

 

Location of Collateral

Schedule 9.1.4

 

Litigation

Schedule 9.1.12

 

Subsidiaries/Excluded Subsidiaries

Schedule 9.1.25

 

Labor Matters

Schedule 10.1.10

 

Permitted Transactions with Affiliates

Schedule 10.1.15

 

Post-Closing Actions

Schedule 10.2.1

 

Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 10.2.2

 

Existing Liens

Schedule 10.2.5

 

Permitted Investments

Schedule 10.2.10

 

Permitted Burdensome Agreements

Schedule 14.3.1

 

Notice Addresses

 

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ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of March 15, 2019 among ARROW BIDCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Arrow Bidco ”), TARGET LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“ Target Logistics ”), RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ RL Signor ”), and each of the other Persons identified on the signature pages hereto as a “Borrower” (together with Arrow Bidco, Target Logistics and RL Signor, each, an “ Initial Borrower ” and, collectively, the “ Initial Borrowers ”), any other Person from time to time party to this Agreement as a Borrower, TOPAZ HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”), the Persons from time to time party to this Agreement as Guarantors (as defined herein), the financial institutions party to this Agreement from time to time as lenders (collectively, the “ Lenders ”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, in its capacity as collateral agent and administrative agent for itself and the other Secured Parties (as defined herein) (together with any successor agent appointed pursuant to Section 12.10 , including any branches from which such successor agent acts in such capacity, the “ Agent ”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

A.                                     Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Acquisition Agreements (as defined below), Holdings will consummate the acquisitions and mergers described therein (the “ Acquisitions ”) in accordance with and pursuant to the terms thereof.  Immediately following the transactions contemplated by the Signor Acquisition Agreement and prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Target Acquisition Agreement, Arrow Parent Corp. will merge with and into Holdings, with Holdings surviving such merger.  Upon consummation of the Acquisitions, Holdings will be the sole member of Arrow Bidco, which will be the sole member of each of RL Signor and Target Logistics.

 

B.                                     The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders make available to the Borrowers the Revolver Commitments (as defined below) as described herein.

 

C.                                     The Lenders have indicated their willingness to provide the Revolver Commitments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                                                  DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

1.1                                Definitions .  As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

 

Account :  as defined in the UCC, including all rights to payment for goods sold or leased, or for services rendered, whether or not they have been earned by performance.

 

Account Debtor :  any Person who is obligated under an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangible.

 


 

Accounting Change :  as defined in Section 1.2 .

 

Acquisition Agreements : the Signor Acquisition Agreement and the Target Acquisition Agreement. .

 

Acquisitions : as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Additional Revolver Lender :  as defined in Section 2.1.11(a) .

 

Administrative Borrower :  as defined in Section 4.4.1 .

 

Affiliate :  with respect to any Person, any branch of such Person or any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.  “ Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have correlative meanings.

 

Agent :  as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Agent Indemnitees :  the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives.

 

Agent Professionals :  attorneys, accountants, appraisers, auditors, business valuation experts, environmental engineers or consultants and field examiners.

 

Agreement :  this ABL Credit Agreement, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Allocable Amount :  as defined in Section 5.10.3(b) .

 

AML Legislation :  as defined in Section 14.19 .

 

Anti-Corruption Laws : all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or that prohibit bribery or corruption, including without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and other similar legislation in any other jurisdictions in which Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries has operations.

 

Applicable Law :  all laws, rules, regulations and legally binding governmental guidelines applicable to the Person and its Property, conduct, transaction, agreement or matter in question, including all applicable statutory law and common law, and all provisions of constitutions, treaties, statutes, rules, regulations, orders and decrees of Governmental Authorities (having the force of law).

 

Applicable Margin :  with respect to any Type of Revolver Loan and such other Obligations specified below, the respective margin set forth below, as determined by reference to the Borrowers’ average daily Excess Availability for the fiscal quarter then most recently ended:

 

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Level

 

Average Daily
Excess
Availability

 

LIBOR Loans

 

Base
Rate Loans

 

I

 

> 66.7% of the Line Cap

 

2.25

%

1.25

%

II

 

< 66.7% of the Line Cap but > 33.3% of the Line Cap

 

2.50

%

1.50

%

III

 

< 33.3% of the Line Cap

 

2.75

%

1.75

%

 

Until June 30, 2019, margins shall be determined as if Level II were applicable.  For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Arrow Bidco based upon the Borrowers’ average daily Excess Availability during such prior fiscal quarter and (b) each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Excess Availability shall be effective during the period commencing on the first day following the last day of such fiscal quarter and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.

 

Applicable Borrower :  (a) the Initial Borrowers, or (b) any other Borrower, as the context requires.

 

Approved Fund :  any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in its ordinary course of activities and is administered or managed by a Lender, an entity that administers or manages a Lender, or an Affiliate of either and (in the case of assignment of Revolver Loans) has the capacity to fund Revolver Loans hereunder.

 

Arrow Bidco :  as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Asserted Contingent Claims :  as defined in the definition of “Full Payment”.

 

Assignment and Acceptance :  an assignment agreement between a Lender and Eligible Assignee (and, to the extent required by the definition of “Eligible Assignee,” consented to by the Administrative Borrower) in the form of Exhibit A (or such other form approved by the Agent and the Administrative Borrower).

 

Availability Reserves :  the sum (without duplication) of (a) the aggregate amount of the Rent Reserve, if any, established pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Eligible Rental Equipment; (b) the Bank Product Reserve; (c) obligations of any Borrower under contracts and purchase orders relating to the purchase or other acquisition of Rental Equipment which are, or could reasonably be expected to be, subject to retention of title or similar claims by contract or law; (d) the aggregate amount of liabilities secured by Liens upon Collateral owned by any Borrower that are senior to or pari passu with the Agent’s Liens (but imposition of any such reserve shall not waive an Event of Default arising therefrom); and (e) such additional reserves,

 

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in such amounts and with respect to such matters, as the Agent may establish in its Permitted Discretion.

 

Available Excluded Contribution Amount : the aggregate amount of cash or Permitted Investments or the fair market value of other assets or property (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Borrower, but excluding any Cure Amount) received by Holdings (and promptly contributed by Holdings to the Administrative Borrower) after the Closing Date from (without duplication):

 

(1) contributions in respect of Equity Interests of Holdings other than Disqualified Stock (other than any amounts received from the Administrative Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); and

 

(2) the sale of Equity Interests of Holdings (other than (x) to the Administrative Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (y) pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or (z) Disqualified Stock),

 

in each case, designated as “Available Excluded Contribution Amounts” pursuant to a certificate of a Senior Officer on or promptly after the date the relevant capital contribution is made or the relevant proceeds are received, as the case may be; provided that, (x) such amounts which are or have been used to incur Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.2.1(b)(xx)  or otherwise been applied to make a Dividend pursuant to Section 10.2.6(h) , or a voluntary prepayment, repurchase, redemption, or other defeasance or sinking fund payment in respect of Junior Debt pursuant to clause (iii)(A) of the first proviso to Section 10.2.7(a) , shall not constitute (and shall be excluded from being added to) the Available Excluded Contribution Amount and (y) the Available Excluded Contribution Amount shall be reduced to the extent of any usage thereof to make an Investment pursuant to Section 10.2.5(q) , a Dividend pursuant to Section 10.2.6(f)  or a voluntary prepayment, repurchase, redemption, or other defeasance or sinking fund payment in respect of Junior Debt pursuant to clause (iii)(D) of the first proviso to Section 10.2.7(a) .

 

Bail-In Action : 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 : 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.

 

Bank of America :  Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association, and its successors and assigns.

 

Bank of America Indemnitees :  Bank of America and its Affiliates (including, in each case, any applicable branches from which any of the foregoing act) and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives.

 

Bank Product :  any of the following products, services or facilities extended to any Borrower or any other Loan Party by a Lender or any of its Affiliates or branches: (a) Cash Management Services; (b) products under Hedge Agreements; (c) commercial credit card,

 

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purchase card and merchant card services; and (d) other banking products or services as may be requested by any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries, other than loans and letters of credit.

 

Bank Product Debt :  Indebtedness and other obligations of a Loan Party relating to Bank Products.

 

Bank Product Document :  any agreement, instrument or other document entered into in connection with any Bank Product Debt.

 

Bank Product Reserve :  at any time, the sum of (i) with respect to Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations, an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amounts of the then outstanding Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations of the Loan Parties to be secured as set forth in the notices delivered by Secured Bank Product Providers providing such Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations and the Administrative Borrower to the Agent in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of Secured Bank Product Providers and (ii) with respect to any other Secured Bank Product Obligations, reserves established by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion in consultation with the Administrative Borrower to reflect the reasonably anticipated liabilities in respect of such other then outstanding Secured Bank Product Obligations.

 

Base Rate :  for any day, a per annum rate equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate for such day; (b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day, plus 0.50%; or (c) LIBOR for a one-month interest period as determined as of such day, plus 1.0%.  In no event shall the Base Rate be less than zero.

 

Base Rate Loan :  any Revolver Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

 

Basel III :  the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated.

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification : a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

Beneficial Ownership Regulation : 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

Benefit Plan :  any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

Board of Governors :  the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

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Borrowers :  (a) the Initial Borrowers and (b) each other U.S. Subsidiary that, after the date hereof, has executed a supplement or joinder to this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.1.12 specifying that it wishes to be a Borrower.

 

Borrowing :  a group of Revolver Loans of one Type that are made on the same day or are converted into Revolver Loans of one Type on the same day.

 

Borrowing Base :

 

(1)                                  from the Closing Date until the Deemed Borrowing Base Termination Date, the sum of (without duplication) (a) with respect to Target Logistics and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder, the amount of the “Borrowing Base” under (and as calculated in accordance with) the Existing Facility Agreement that is attributable to Target Logistics and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder, as indicated in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i)(i)  or the most recent update thereto delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1(e)(ii) , plus (b) with respect to RL Signor and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder, the amount of the Borrowing Base hereunder (calculated pursuant to the following clause (2) of this definition as if the Deemed Borrowing Base Termination Date had occurred) that is attributable to RL Signor and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder, as indicated in the certificate delivered pursuant to clause (i) of the penultimate sentence of Section 10.1.14 or the most recent update thereto delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1(e)(ii) ; provided that, amounts pursuant to this clause (b)  shall only be included upon the completion of a field examination and equipment appraisal reasonably satisfactory to the Agent with respect RL Signor and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder pursuant to Section 10.1.14 ;

 

(2)                                  at any time from and following the Deemed Borrowing Base Termination Date, an amount equal to the difference (expressed in Dollars) of, without duplication:

 

(a)                                  the General Asset Component, minus

 

(b)                                  upon five Business Days’ prior written notification thereof to the Administrative Borrower by the Agent (after consultation with the Administrative Borrower in accordance with the definition of the term “Permitted Discretion”), any and all Availability Reserves.

 

Component (2)(a) of the Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate theretofor delivered to the Agent with such adjustments as the Agent, after consultation with the Administrative Borrower, deems appropriate in its Permitted Discretion to assure that the Borrowing Base is calculated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Borrowing Base Certificate :  a certificate, executed by a Senior Officer of the Administrative Borrower in the form of Exhibit B to this Agreement, with such changes as may be agreed to by the Administrative Borrower and the Agent, setting forth the Borrowers’ calculation of the Borrowing Base.

 

Borrowing Base Test Event :  any time when (i) a Specified Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) Excess Availability shall at any time be less than the greater of (A) 12.5% of

 

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the Line Cap and (B) $12,500,000 for a period of five consecutive Business Days; provided , that, if a Borrowing Base Test Event has occurred, such Borrowing Base Test Event shall continue until such time as Excess Availability shall thereafter have exceeded the greater of (x) 12.5% of the Line Cap and (y) $12,500,000 for at least 20 consecutive days and no Specified Default is outstanding during such 20-day period, at which time the Borrowing Base Test Event shall be deemed to be over.

 

Business Day :  any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any other day that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of North Carolina or the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are closed; and when used with reference to a LIBOR Loan, the term shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for the transaction of banking business in London, England.

 

Capital Expenditures : with respect to any Person, for any period, all liabilities incurred or expenditures made by such Person for the acquisition of fixed assets, or any improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto with a useful life of more than one year that, in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be included as Capital Expenditures on the balance sheet.

 

Capital Lease :  as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person; provided that, the adoption or issuance of any accounting standards after the Closing Date will not cause any lease that was not or would not have been a Capital Lease prior to such adoption or issuance to be deemed a Capital Lease.

 

Capital Lease Deposit Account :  any Deposit Account established by a Borrower for the sole purpose of collecting proceeds of Accounts and Chattel Paper of such Borrower which are not included in the Borrowing Base and which arise under Stand-Alone Customer Capital Leases of equipment by such Borrower acquired by such Borrower under Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transactions.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligations :  as applied to any Person, all obligations under Capital Leases of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as liabilities in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cash Collateral :  cash, and any interest or other income earned thereon, that is delivered to the Agent to Cash Collateralize any Secured Obligations.

 

Cash Collateralize :  the delivery of Cash Collateral to the Agent, as security for the payment of Secured Obligations, in an amount equal to (a) with respect to LC Obligations, 103% of the aggregate LC Obligations, and (b) with respect to any inchoate, contingent or other Secured Obligations, the Agent’s good faith estimate of the amount due or to become due, including all fees and other amounts relating to such Secured Obligations.  “ Cash Collateralization ” and “ Cash Collateralized ” have correlative meanings.

 

Cash Contribution :  as defined in Section 6.1(g)(ii) .

 

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Cash Dominion Event :  the occurrence of any one of the following events: (i) Excess Availability shall be less than the greater of (A) 12.5% of the Line Cap and (B) $12,500,000 for a period of five consecutive Business Days; or (ii) a Specified Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided , that, if a Cash Dominion Event has occurred due to clause (i) of this definition, such Cash Dominion Event shall continue until such time as (x) Excess Availability shall thereafter have exceeded the greater of (1) 12.5% of the Line Cap and (2) $12,500,000 for at least 20 consecutive days and (y) no Specified Default has occurred or was continuing during such 20-day period, at which time the related Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed to be over.  At any time that a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed to be over or otherwise cease to exist, the Agent shall take such actions as may reasonably be required by the Administrative Borrower to terminate the cash sweeps and other transfers existing on Deposit Accounts of the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 5.6 as a result of any notice or direction given by the Agent during the existence of a Cash Dominion Event.

 

Cash Management Services :  any services provided from time to time by any Lender or any of its Affiliates to any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with operating, collections, payroll, trust, or other depository or disbursement accounts, including automated clearinghouse, e-payable, electronic funds transfer, wire transfer, controlled disbursement, overdraft, depository, information reporting, lockbox and stop payment services.

 

Certificate of Title : shall mean certificates of title, certificates of ownership or other registration certificates issued or required to be issued under the certificate of title or other similar laws of any state, province or other jurisdiction for any of the Rental Equipment.

 

Certificated Units : each Unit that is the subject of a Certificate of Title issued under the motor vehicle or other applicable statute of any state, province or other jurisdiction, other than New Mexican Units.

 

Change in Law :  the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of (a) the adoption, taking effect or phasing in of any law, rule, regulation or treaty; (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof; or (c) the making, issuance or application of any request, guideline, requirement 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 in Tax Law :  the enactment, promulgation, execution or ratification of, or any change in or amendment to, any law (including the Code), treaty, regulation or rule (or in the official application or interpretation of any law, treaty, regulation or rule, including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) relating to Taxes.

 

Change of Control :  shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if (a) any person, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,

 

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as amended), other than Parent, the Sponsor and/or the Sponsor Affiliates, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership of both (x) 35% or more of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings and (y) more than the percentage of the voting power of such Voting Stock then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, by the Parent, the Sponsor and the Sponsor Affiliates collectively, unless the Parent, the Sponsor and/or the Sponsor Affiliates has or have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of managers or similar governing body of Holdings; (b) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interests in each of the Borrowers’ equity (subject to director qualifying shares and management owned shares in a percentage not in excess of that held by managers on the Closing Date) unless 100% of the equity of such Borrower is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted hereunder or (c) a “change of control”, “change in control” or similar term as defined in any of the Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other document, instrument or agreement evidencing or governing Indebtedness of a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in a principal amount in excess of $25,000,000.

 

Claims :  all claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, proceedings, interest, costs and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of any kind (including remedial response costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees (which shall be limited to the fees, disbursements and other charges of one primary counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for all Indemnitees taken as a whole (unless there is an actual or perceived conflict of interest, in which case the affected Indemnitees similarly situated (taken as a whole) may retain one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction)) and Extraordinary Expenses) at any time (including after Full Payment of the Obligations, replacement of the Agent or any Lender) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Loan Party or other Person, in any way relating to (a) any Loans, Letters of Credit, Loan Documents, the Commitment Letter, or the use thereof or transactions relating thereto, (b) the existence or perfection of any Liens, or realization upon any Collateral, (c) the exercise of any rights or remedies under any Loan Documents or Applicable Law or (d) the failure by any Loan Party to perform or observe any terms of any Loan Document, in each case, including all costs and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses relating to any investigation, litigation, arbitration or other proceeding (including an Insolvency Proceeding or appellate proceedings), whether or not the applicable Indemnitee is a party thereto.

 

Closing Date : March 15, 2019.

 

Closing Date Financial Statements :  audited consolidated balance sheets of each of Target Logistics, RL Signor and the Parent and their respective consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of, and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of each of Target Logistics, RL Signor and the Parent and their respective consolidated subsidiaries for, (i) in respect of each of Target Logistics and RL Signor, the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2018 and (ii) in respect of the Parent, the period from July 12, 2017 to December 31, 2017 and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

 

Code :  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

 

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Collateral :  all Property described in any Security Document as security for any Secured Obligation, and all other Property that now or hereafter secures (or is intended to secure) any Secured Obligations.

 

Collateral Access Agreement :  a landlord waiver, bailee letter, warehouse letter, agreement regarding processing arrangements or other access agreement, collateral management agreement or warehouse receipt, reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

 

Commitment Letter :  the Commitment Letter, dated as of November 13, 2018, among Holdings and each of the Joint Lead Arrangers party thereto.

 

Commodity Agreement :  any commodity swap agreement, futures contract, option contract or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the commodity price exposure associated with any Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes.

 

Commodity Exchange Act :  the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Compliance Certificate :  a certificate, in the form of Exhibit D with such changes as may be agreed to by the Administrative Borrower and the Agent, by which the Borrowers certify to the matters set forth in Section 10.1.1(d) .

 

Consolidated EBITDA :  with respect to Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period,

 

(1)                                  increased (without duplication) by:

 

(a)                                  provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, foreign, U.S. federal, state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income and (without duplication) any payments to a Parent Entity in respect of any such taxes; plus

 

(b)                                  Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (but including items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (1)(i)  through (1)(ix)  thereof), to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(c)                                   depreciation and amortization of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(d)                                  any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expenses) related to any equity offering (including by any Parent Entity), Permitted Investment, acquisition (including any Permitted Acquisition), disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing hereof) (whether or not successful), and any amendment or modification to the terms of any such

 

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transaction, including such fees, expenses or charges related to (i) the Transactions or (ii) any amendment or other modification of this Agreement, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(e)                                   the amount of any restructuring charges or reserves, business optimization expenses or non-recurring integration costs deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Closing Date and costs and charges related to the non-ordinary course closure and/or consolidation of facilities, severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities opening costs, transition costs and other restructuring costs; provided that the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of increases pursuant to this clause (e) , plus (2) the aggregate amount of increases pursuant to clause (i)  below, plus (3) the aggregate amount of operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies pursuant to Section 1.7(b) , plus (4) the aggregate amount of increases pursuant to clause (p)  below shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for any four consecutive fiscal quarter period (calculated prior to giving effect to such adjustments); plus

 

(f)                                    any other non-cash charges, including any write offs or write downs (other than write offs or write downs on (i) solely for purposes of the determination of the Total Net Leverage Ratio or the Secured Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable, pursuant to Section 10.2.1(a)  or Section 10.2.1(b)(ix) , Accounts or Chattel Paper of a Borrower or (ii) in all other cases, Specified Assets), reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (and not added back) ( provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA in such future period to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus

 

(g)                                   the amount of any non-controlling interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Arrow Bidco deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof; plus

 

(h)                                  the amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions, charges attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of cost savings initiatives and improvements, business optimization and other restructuring and integration charges, and other synergies set forth in the model delivered to the Agent on October 18, 2018 (without duplication of any amounts added back pursuant to Section 1.7(b) , clause (e)  above, clause (i)  below or clause (p)  below) projected by Arrow Bidco in good faith to result from actions taken or expected to be taken within twenty-four (24) months following the Closing Date (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such net cost savings, operating expense reductions, charges and other synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions (including, without limitation, business optimization costs, charges and expenses, costs and expenses incurred in connection with new product design, development and introductions, costs and expenses incurred in connection with intellectual property development and new systems design, and costs and expenses incurred in connection with the implementation, replacement, development or upgrade of operational, reporting and information technology systems and technology initiatives); provided that (x) such net cost savings, operating expense reductions, charges or other synergies are reasonably identifiable (in the good faith determination

 

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of the Administrative Borrower) and quantifiable and reflected in each Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent for any Test Period in which such net cost savings, operating expense reductions, charges or other synergies are reflected in Consolidated EBITDA, and (y) no net cost savings, operating expense reductions, charges or other synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (h)  to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such net cost savings and operating improvements or synergies that are included pursuant to Section 1.7(b)  or added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (e)  above, clause (i)  below or clause (p)  below; plus

 

(i)                                      the amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions, charges attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of cost savings initiatives and improvements, business optimization and other restructuring and integration charges, and other synergies (without duplication of any amounts added back pursuant to Section 1.7(b )) projected by Arrow Bidco in good faith to result from actions taken or expected to be taken within 24 months following the date of determination as a result of specified actions initiated or expected to be taken (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such net cost savings, operating expense reductions, charges and other synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions (including, without limitation, business optimization costs, charges and expenses, costs and expenses incurred in connection with new product design, development and introductions, costs and expenses incurred in connection with intellectual property development and new systems design, and costs and expenses incurred in connection with the implementation, replacement, development or upgrade of operational, reporting and information technology systems and technology initiatives); provided that (w) such net cost savings, operating expense reductions or other synergies are reasonably identifiable (in the good faith determination of the Administrative Borrower) and quantifiable and reflected in each Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent for any Test Period in which such net cost savings, operating expense reductions, charges or other synergies are reflected in Consolidated EBITDA, (x) no net cost savings, operating expense reductions, charges or other synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (i)  to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such net cost savings and operating improvements or synergies that are included in clause (e)  above and (y) the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of increases pursuant to this clause (i) , plus (2) the aggregate amount of increases pursuant to clause (e)  above, plus (3) the aggregate amount of operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies pursuant to Section 1.7(b) , plus (4) the aggregate amount of increases pursuant to clause (p)  below shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for any four consecutive fiscal quarter period (calculated prior to giving effect to such adjustments); provided further that the adjustments pursuant to this clause (i)  may be incremental to pro forma adjustments made pursuant to Section 1.7(b)  (subject to the caps provided for in this clause (i)  and in such Section 1.7(b) ); plus

 

(j)                                     the amount of loss or discount on sale of receivables and related assets to a Receivables Entity in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(k)                                  any costs or expenses incurred by Arrow Bidco or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the applicable Person or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Stock or other Equity Interests of the

 

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applicable Person, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(l)                                      the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option holders of Holdings or any Parent Entity in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person or its Parent Entity, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Agreement, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(m)                              costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith or other enhanced accounting functions and Public Company Costs, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(n)                                  costs of Surety Bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(o)                                  payments by any of the Borrowers or Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period in respect of purchase price holdbacks or earn-outs to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(p)                                  adjustments consistent with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; provided, that the sum of (1) aggregate amount of increases pursuant to this clause (p), plus (2) the aggregate amount of increases pursuant to clause (e) above, plus (3) the aggregate amount of increases pursuant to clause (i) above, plus (4) the aggregate amount of operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies pursuant to Section 1.7(b)  shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for any four consecutive fiscal quarter period (calculated prior to giving effect to such adjustments); and

 

(2)                                  decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; provided that, to the extent non-cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (2) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) in respect of such non-cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio :  for any Test Period, and subject to Section 1.7 , the ratio of (a) the difference between (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period and (ii) the sum of (A) Unfinanced Capital Expenditures made by Arrow Bidco and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Test Period plus (B) income taxes actually paid in cash by Arrow Bidco and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such Test Period and provisions for cash income taxes to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Test Period.

 

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Consolidated Fixed Charges :  for any period, and subject to Section 1.7 , the sum, without duplication, of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Total Debt (excluding Indebtedness between or among Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary) paid or payable in cash, and (c) Dividends (on any class of Stock) paid in cash during such period (other than Dividends paid by a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings to a Loan Party).

 

Consolidated Interest Expense : with respect to Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

 

(1)                                  consolidated interest expense of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, other than with respect to Indebtedness issued in connection with the Transactions, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (e) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate hedging obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (i) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (ii) any “additional interest” relating to customary registration rights with respect to any securities, (iii) non-cash interest expense attributable to movement in mark-to-market valuation of hedging obligations or other derivatives (in each case permitted hereunder under GAAP), (iv) interest expense attributable to a Parent Entity resulting from push-down accounting, (v) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (vi) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (vii) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and, with respect to Indebtedness issued in connection with the Transactions, original issue discount, (viii) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (ix) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables Transaction); plus

 

(2)                                  consolidated capitalized interest of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

 

(3)                                  interest income of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Net Income : with respect to Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate of the net income (loss), attributable to Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP and before any deduction in respect of Preferred Stock Dividend; provided , however , that, without duplication,

 

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(1)                                  any after-tax effect of (a) extraordinary gains, losses, charges (including all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses and (b) non-recurring or unusual gains, losses, charges (including all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including the Transaction Expenses) shall be excluded,

 

(2)                                  the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded,

 

(3)                                  any after-tax effect of income (loss) from disposed of, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on the disposal of, or disposed-of, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued, operations or fixed assets shall be excluded,

 

(4)                                  any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments or the sale or other disposition of any Stock of any Person other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, as determined in good faith by Arrow Bidco, shall be excluded,

 

(5)                                  the net income for such period of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary, any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of Arrow Bidco shall be increased by the amount of Dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Permitted Investments) by such Non-Recourse Subsidiary, Person that is not a Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, to Arrow Bidco or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

 

(6)                                  effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and in process research and development, deferred revenue and debt line items in Arrow Bidco’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

 

(7)                                  any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedge Agreements or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid) shall be excluded,

 

(8)                                  any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, the amortization of intangibles, and the effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates and other chargebacks (including government program rebates), in each case, pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,

 

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(9)                                  any (i) non-cash compensation charge or expense related to the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options, restricted stock or other rights and (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts shall be excluded,

 

(10)                           [Reserved],

 

(11)                           accruals and reserves that are established within 12 months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions (or within 12 months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition) in accordance with GAAP or charges, accruals, expenses and reserves as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded,

 

(12)                           (i) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency transaction or translation gains or losses related to currency remeasurements and (ii) any income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balance sheet items and hedging obligations shall be excluded, and

 

(13)                           any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such item, shall be excluded.

 

In addition, to the extent not already accounted for in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include (i) the amount of proceeds received during such period from business interruption insurance in respect of insured claims for such period, (ii) the amount of proceeds as to which Arrow Bidco has determined there is reasonable evidence it will be reimbursed by the insurer in respect of such period from business interruption insurance (with a deduction for any amounts so included to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days) (it being understood and agreed that any amount included pursuant to clause (i) of the foregoing shall not also be included pursuant to clause (ii) of the foregoing and that any amount included pursuant to clause (ii) of the foregoing shall not also be included pursuant to clause (i) of the foregoing) and (iii) reimbursements received of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder.

 

Consolidated Total Assets :  the total assets of Arrow Bidco and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Arrow Bidco delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

Consolidated Total Debt :  as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) (i) solely for purposes of determining the satisfaction of the Payment Condition and compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 10.3.2 , up to $75,000,000 of cash and Permitted Investments held in accounts on the consolidated balance sheet of Arrow Bidco and

 

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the Restricted Subsidiaries as at such date to the extent the use thereof for application to payment of Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract to which any such Person is a party or (ii) in all other cases, the aggregate amount of cash and Permitted Investments held in accounts on the consolidated balance sheet of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at such date to the extent the use thereof for application to payment of Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract to which any such Person is a party.

 

Cost :  with respect to Rental Equipment, the cost thereof, as determined in the same manner and consistent with the most recent Rental Equipment Appraisal which has been received and approved by the Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

Credit Documents :  the Loan Documents and the Bank Product Documents.

 

Credit Party :  the Agent, a Lender or any Fronting Bank; and “ Credit Parties ” means the Agent, Lenders and Fronting Banks.

 

Creditor Representative :  under any Applicable Law, a receiver, manager, controller, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee (including any trustee in bankruptcy), custodian, conservator, administrator, examiner, sheriff, monitor, assignee, liquidator, provisional liquidator, sequestrator, administrative receiver, judicial manager, statutory manager or similar officer or fiduciary.

 

Cure Amount :  as defined in Section  11.2(a) .

 

Cure Right :  as defined in Section  11.2(a) .

 

Currency Agreement :  any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the foreign currency risk associated with any Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes.

 

Custodian Agreement : the Custodian Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among each Borrower, the Agent and the Custodians.

 

Custodians :  as defined in the Custodian Agreement.

 

Deemed Borrowing Base Termination Date :  the first date upon which (x) a satisfactory field examination and equipment appraisal with respect to each of the Borrowers shall have been completed by Gordon Brothers or another independent appraisal firm reasonably acceptable to the Agent pursuant to Section 10.1.14 and (y) a Borrowing Base Certificate covering all Borrowers shall have been delivered to the Agent (such date, the “ Initial Borrowing Base Materials Delivery Date ”).

 

Default :  an event or condition that, with the lapse of time or giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate :  for any Obligation not paid when due (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest not paid when due), 2.00% plus the interest rate otherwise applicable thereto, or if

 

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such Obligation does not bear interest, a rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans plus 2.00%.

 

Defaulting Lender :  any Revolver Lender that, as reasonably determined by the Agent, (a) has failed to perform any funding obligations hereunder, and such failure is not cured within two Business Days, unless such Revolver Lender notifies the Agent and the Administrative Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Revolver Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable Default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing) have not been satisfied; (b) has notified the Agent or any Borrower that such Revolver Lender does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or generally under other credit facilities (unless such notice or public statement relates to such Revolver Lender’s obligation to fund a Revolver Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Revolver Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding cannot be satisfied); (c) has failed, within three Business Days following written request by the Agent, to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that such Revolver Lender will comply with its funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Revolver Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt by the Agent of such confirmation); or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action or an Insolvency Proceeding or taken any action in furtherance thereof; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, a Revolver Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of (i) a Governmental Authority’s ownership or acquisition of an equity interest in such Revolver Lender or parent company as long as such ownership does not give immunity or (ii) in the case of a solvent Person, the precautionary appointment of an administrator, guardian, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a Governmental Authority under or based on the law of the country where such Person is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed in any such case (and for only so long as there is no public disclosure of such appointment), where, in the case of clauses (i) or (ii), such ownership or action does not give immunity from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

 

Deposit Account :  (i) any “deposit account” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC and in any event shall include all accounts and sub-accounts relating to any of the foregoing and (ii) with respect to any account located outside of the U.S., any bank account with a deposit function.

 

Deposit Account Control Agreements :  the deposit account control agreements (whether in the form of an agreement, notice and acknowledgement or like instrument), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Administrative Borrower, executed by each lockbox servicer and financial institution maintaining a lockbox and/or Deposit Account other than an Excluded Deposit Account for a Loan Party, in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the Secured Obligations.

 

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Designated Non-Cash Consideration : the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by any Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 10.2.4(b)  that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Senior Officer of the Administrative Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition).

 

Disqualified Institution : (i) those banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders and investors that have been separately identified in writing by Holdings or by the Sponsor to the Joint Lead Arrangers on or prior to November 13, 2018, (ii) those persons who are competitors of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by Holdings to the Agent from time to time (which shall not apply to retroactively disqualify any person who previously acquired, and continues to hold, any Loans, Revolver Commitments or participations in respect of any Facility or any person who at the time of such designation has entered into an Assignment and Acceptance or a participation in respect of any Loans, Revolver Commitments or any Facility that has not yet become effective) and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any of their Affiliates (excluding, in the case of clause (ii), bona fide debt fund affiliates predominantly engaged in the business of debt investing) that are either (a) identified in writing by Holdings to the Agent from time to time, which shall not apply to retroactively disqualify any person who previously acquired, and continues to hold, any Loans, Revolver Commitments or participations in respect of any Facility or any person who at the time of such designation has entered into an Assignment and Acceptance or a participation in respect of any Loans, Revolver Commitments or any Facility that has not yet become effective or (b) readily identifiable on the basis of such Affiliate’s name.  The designation of a Disqualified Institution pursuant to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii)(a) shall not be effective until three Business Days after the Agent has made available the list of such Disqualified Institutions to the Lenders.

 

Disqualified Stock : with respect to any Person, any Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the Revolver Facility Termination Date or the date of Full Payment of the Secured Obligations; provided , however , that if such Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of Arrow Bidco or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Arrow Bidco or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations, provided , further , that any Stock held by any future, current or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or their respective trusts, estates, investment funds, investment vehicles or immediate family members) of Arrow Bidco, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity in each case upon the termination of employment or death of such person pursuant to any stockholders’ agreement, management equity plan, stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely

 

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because it may be required to be repurchased by Arrow Bidco or its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of Arrow Bidco.

 

Disposition :  as defined in Section 10.2.4(b) .

 

Dividends :  as defined in Section 10.2.6 .

 

Document :  as defined in the UCC or any other Applicable Law, as applicable.

 

Dollar Equivalent :  on any date, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount in Dollars, and with respect to any stated amount in a currency other than Dollars, the amount of Dollars that the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) would be necessary to be sold on such date at the applicable Exchange Rate to obtain the stated amount of the other currency.

 

Dollars or $ :  lawful money of the United States.

 

Dominion Account :  each account established by the Loan Parties at Bank of America or another bank acceptable to the Agent, which is maintained in accordance with Section 8.1.4 and is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement.

 

EEA Financial Institution : (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 : any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority : 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 Accounts :  at any time, the Accounts or Chattel Paper of any Borrower at such date except any Account or Chattel Paper:

 

(a)                                  which is not subject to a duly perfected security interest in favor of the Agent;

 

(b)                                  (i) which is subject to any Lien (including Liens permitted by Section 10.2.2 ) other than (x) a Lien in favor of the Agent and (y) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.2 which do not have priority over (and are not pari passu with) the Lien in favor of the Agent; provided , with respect to any tax Lien having such priority, eligibility of Accounts shall be reduced by the amount of such tax Lien having such priority or (ii) which arises under a Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transaction;

 

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(c)                                   owing by any Account Debtor with respect to which more than 120 days have elapsed since the date of the original invoice therefor or which is more than 90 days past the due date for payment;

 

(d)                                  which is owing by an Account Debtor for which more than 50% of the Accounts owing from such Account Debtor are ineligible pursuant to clause (c) above;

 

(e)                                   which is owing by an Account Debtor to the extent the aggregate amount of all otherwise Eligible Accounts owing from such Account Debtor to all Borrowers exceeds 30% of all of the aggregate Eligible Accounts (or such higher percentage as the Agent may establish for the Account Debtor from time to time), in each case, only to the extent of such excess;

 

(f)                                    with respect to which any covenant, representation, or warranty relating to such Account or Chattel Paper contained in this Agreement or any Security Document has been breached or is not true in any material respect;

 

(g)                                   which (i) does not arise from the sale or lease of Rental Equipment, the provision of build-own-operate service or performance of other services in the Ordinary Course of Business, (ii) is not evidenced by an invoice, or other documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, which has been sent to the Account Debtor, (iii) represents a progress billing ( provided , that unbilled Accounts (other than progress billing) not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time may constitute Eligible Accounts to the extent they satisfy the other criteria set forth in this definition), (iv) is contingent upon such Applicable Borrower’s completion of any further performance, or (v) represents a sale on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment which is billed prior to actual sale to the end user, cash-on-delivery or any other repurchase or return basis;

 

(h)                                  for which any Rental Equipment (other than Rental Equipment utilized in build-own-operate services) giving rise to such Account or Chattel Paper have not been shipped to the Account Debtor or for which the services giving rise to such Account or Chattel Paper have not been performed by such Borrower;

 

(i)                                      with respect to which any check or other instrument of payment has been returned uncollected for any reason;

 

(j)                                     which is owed by an Account Debtor in respect of which an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced or which is otherwise a debtor or a debtor in possession under any bankruptcy law or any other federal, state or foreign (including any province or territory) receivership, insolvency relief or other law or laws for the relief of debtors, including the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, unless the payment of Accounts or Chattel Paper from such Account Debtor is secured by assets of, or guaranteed by, in either case in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, a Person that is reasonably acceptable to the Agent or, if the Account or Chattel Paper from such Account Debtor arises subsequent to a decree or order for relief with respect to such Account Debtor under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in effect, the Agent shall have reasonably

 

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determined that the timely payment and collection of such Account or Chattel Paper will not be impaired;

 

(k)                                  which is owed by an Account Debtor which has suspended or ceased doing business, is liquidating, dissolving or winding up its affairs or is not solvent, or is a Restricted Party;

 

(l)                                      which is owed by an Account Debtor which is not organized under the applicable law of the U.S., any state of the U.S. or the District of Columbia or does not have its principal place of business in the U.S. unless such Account or Chattel Paper is backed by a letter of credit or other credit support reasonably acceptable to the Agent and which is in the possession of the Agent;

 

(m)                              which is owed in any currency other than Dollars;

 

(n)                                  which is owed by any Governmental Authority, unless (i) the Account Debtor is the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, and the Account has been assigned to the Agent in compliance with the U.S. Assignment of Claims Act, and any other steps necessary to perfect the Lien of the Agent on such Account have been complied with to the Agent’s reasonable satisfaction, (ii) such Account is backed by a letter of credit reasonably acceptable to the Agent and which is in the possession of the Agent or (iii) the Agent otherwise reasonably approves;

 

(o)                                  which is owed by any Affiliate, employee, director, or officer of any Loan Party; provided that portfolio companies of the Sponsor or Parent that do business with an Applicable Borrower in the Ordinary Course of Business will not be treated as Affiliates for purposes of this clause (o);

 

(p)                                  which is owed by an Account Debtor which is the holder of Indebtedness issued or incurred by any Loan Party; provided , that any such Account or Chattel Paper shall only be ineligible as to that portion of such Account or Chattel Paper which is less than or equal to the amount owed by the Loan Party to such Person;

 

(q)                                  which is subject to any counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute, but only to the extent of the amount of such counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute, unless (i) the Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, has established Availability Reserves and determines to include such Account as an Eligible Account or (ii) such Account Debtor has entered into an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Agent to waive such rights.

 

(r)                                     which is evidenced by any promissory note or instrument (in each case, other than any such items that are delivered to the Agent);

 

(s)                                    which is owed by an Account Debtor located in any jurisdiction that requires, as a condition to access to the courts of such jurisdiction, that a creditor qualify to transact business, file a business activities report or other report or form, or take one or more other actions, unless such Applicable Borrower has so qualified, filed such reports or forms, or taken such actions (and, in each case, paid any required fees or

 

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other charges), except to the extent such Applicable Borrower may qualify subsequently as an entity authorized to transact business in such state or jurisdiction and gain access to such courts, without incurring any cost or penalty reasonably viewed by the Agent to be material in amount, and such later qualification cures any access to such courts to enforce payment of such Account;

 

(t)                                     with respect to which such Applicable Borrower has made any agreement with the Account Debtor for any reduction thereof, but only to the extent of such reduction, other than discounts and adjustments given in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(u)                                  which arises out of the sale or lease of Rental Equipment or build-own-operate services that are the subject of a Surety Bond or is otherwise covered by a Surety Bond or securing any obligations under a Surety Bond;

 

(v)                                  which includes or represents accrued sales taxes payable by an Account Debtor, but only to the extent of such accrued sales taxes payable; or

 

(w)                                which is offset by a deposit made by an Account Debtor, but only to the extent of such deposit.

 

Subject to Section 14.1 , the Agent may modify the foregoing criteria in its Permitted Discretion (after consultation with the Administrative Borrower in accordance with the definition of “Permitted Discretion”).

 

Eligible Assignee :  subject to the requirements of Section 13.3.3 , a Person that is (a) a Lender or an Affiliate or branch of a Lender; (b) an Approved Fund; (c) any other financial institution approved by the Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the Administrative Borrower (which approval by the Administrative Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall be deemed given if no objection is made within 10 Business Days after notice of the proposed assignment) whose becoming an assignee would not constitute a prohibited transaction under Section 4975 of the Code or any other Applicable Law, or would, immediately following any such assignment, not result in increased costs or Taxes payable by the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 5.8 ; or (d) during the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default arising under Section 11.1.1 or Section 11.1.5 , any Person acceptable to the Agent in its discretion, which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided , that in no event shall (x) a natural person or (y) Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates be an Eligible Assignee.  For the avoidance of doubt, any Disqualified Institution is subject to Section 13.3.6 .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Borrower shall at all times have a consent right on assignments to Disqualified Institutions.

 

Eligible Rental Equipment :  at any date of determination thereof, the aggregate amount of all Rental Equipment owned by the Borrowers at such date except any Rental Equipment:

 

(a)                                  which is not subject to a duly perfected Lien in favor of the Agent;

 

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(b)                                  which is subject to any Lien (including Liens permitted by Section 10.2.2 ) other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Agent and (ii) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.2 which do not have priority over (and are not pari passu with) the Lien in favor of the Agent (other than any bailee, warehouseman, landlord or similar non-consensual Liens having priority of operation of law to the extent either subclause (i) or (ii) of clauses (h) or (i) below is satisfied with respect to the relevant Rental Equipment); provided , with respect to any tax Lien having such priority, eligibility of Rental Equipment shall be reduced by the amount of such tax Lien having such priority;

 

(c)                                   which is slow moving, obsolete, unmerchantable, defective, unfit for sale and rent, not salable at prices approximating at least the cost of such Rental Equipment in the Ordinary Course of Business or unacceptable due to age, type, category and/or quantity;

 

(d)                                  with respect to which any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or any Security Document has been breached or is not true in any material respect;

 

(e)                                   which does not conform in all material respects to all standards imposed by any applicable Governmental Authority (except that any standard that is qualified as to “materiality” shall have been conformed to in all respects), or has been acquired from a Restricted Party;

 

(f)                                    which constitutes packaging and shipping material, manufacturing supplies, display items, bill-and-hold goods returned or repossessed goods (other than goods that are undamaged and able to be resold in the Ordinary Course of Business), defective goods, goods held on consignment, goods to be returned to such Borrower’s suppliers or goods which are not of a type held for lease or sale in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(g)                                   which is not located in the United States or Canada or is not (i) at a location listed on Schedule 8.4.1 (as updated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof), (ii) in transit between locations of the Loan Parties or (iii) located on the premises of any customer of any Loan Party or in transit to or from the location of any customer of any Loan Party;

 

(h)                                  which is located in any location leased by such Borrower unless (i) the lessor has delivered to the Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or (ii) a Rent Reserve has been established by the Agent;

 

(i)                                      which is located in any third party warehouse or is in the possession of a bailee, processor or other Person (other than a customer to whom such Rental Equipment is leased), unless (i) such warehouseman, bailee, processor or other Person has delivered to the Agent a Collateral Access Agreement and/or such other documentation as the Agent may reasonably require or (ii) appropriate Availability Reserves have been established by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion;

 

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(j)                                     which is the subject of a consignment by such Borrower as consignor unless (i) a protective UCC-1 financing statement has been properly filed by the Applicable Borrower against the consignee in respect of such Borrower’s interests in and to such Rental Equipment, and (ii) there is a written agreement acknowledging that such Rental Equipment is held on consignment, that such Borrower retains title to such Rental Equipment, that no Lien arising by, through or under such consignee has attached or will attach to such Rental Equipment and requiring consignee to segregate the consigned Rental Equipment from the consignee’s other personal or movable property and having other terms consistent with such Borrower’s past practices for consigned Rental Equipment;

 

(k)                                  the Rental Equipment (other than storage containers) is owned by a Borrower other than the Unit Subsidiary, in each case unless the respective Rental Equipment constitutes Qualified Certificated Units owned by a Borrower with respect to which all actions required to be taken pursuant to Section 10.1.19 have in fact been taken;

 

(l)                                      which is evidenced by a warehouse receipt or a Document;

 

(m)                              which is the subject of a Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transaction;

 

(n)                                  which contains or bears any intellectual property rights licensed to such Borrower unless the Agent is satisfied that it may sell or otherwise dispose of such Rental Equipment without (i) infringing the rights of such licensor in any material respect or (ii) incurring any material liability with respect to payment of royalties other than royalties incurred pursuant to sale of such Rental Equipment under the current licensing agreement; or

 

(o)                                  which is ascribed no value in the most recent Rental Equipment Appraisal delivered to the Agent.

 

Subject to Section 14.1 , the Agent may modify the foregoing criteria in its Permitted Discretion (after consultation with the Administrative Borrower in accordance with the definition of the term “Permitted Discretion”).

 

Enforcement Action :  any action to enforce any Obligations or Loan Documents or to exercise any rights or remedies relating to any Collateral (whether by judicial action, self-help, notification of Account Debtors, exercise of setoff or recoupment, exercise of any right or vote to act in a Loan Party’s Insolvency Proceeding, or otherwise).

 

Environmental Claims :  any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demands, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance, violation, general notice letters issued to potentially responsible parties pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., or government investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law, including, (i) any and all such claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and (ii) any and all such claims by any third party seeking

 

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damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief relating to the presence, release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials).

 

Environmental Law :  any applicable federal, commonwealth, state, provincial, territorial, foreign, municipal or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance and code, and any binding judicial or administrative order, agreement, consent decree or judgment, relating to the protection of the environment, including, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, or the protection of human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or Hazardous Materials.

 

Equity Contribution :  as defined in Section 6.1(g)(ii) .

 

Equity Interests : Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Stock, but excluding any other debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Stock.

 

ERISA :  the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

ERISA Affiliate :  any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with a Loan Party or treated as a single employer with a Loan Party, in each case within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.

 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule : 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 :  as defined in Section 11.1 .

 

Excess Availability :  as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the Maximum Revolver Facility Amount and (ii) the Borrowing Base, minus (b) the sum of the aggregate principal balance of all Revolver Loans and all LC Obligations (other than, if no Event of Default exists, those constituting charges owing to any Fronting Bank).

 

Exchange Rate :  the exchange rate, as determined by the Agent, that is applicable to conversion of one currency into another currency, which is (a) the exchange rate reported by Bloomberg (or other commercially available source designated by the Agent) as of the end of the preceding Business Day in the financial market for the first currency or (b) if such report is unavailable for any reason, the spot rate for the purchase of the first currency with the second currency as in effect during the preceding business day in the Agent’s principal foreign exchange trading office for the first currency.

 

Excluded Deposit Account :  any deposit account (i) which is used for the sole purpose of making payroll and withholding tax payments related thereto and other employee wage and benefit payments and accrued and unpaid employee compensation (including salaries, wages, benefits and expense reimbursements), (ii) which is a zero balance account, (iii) which is used solely for paying taxes, including sales taxes, (iv) which is used solely as an escrow account or solely as a fiduciary or trust account, (v) which, individually or in the aggregate with all other

 

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accounts being treated as Excluded Deposit Accounts pursuant to this clause (v), has a daily balance of less than $1,000,000, (vi) which is an account from which disbursements are made in the ordinary course of business or (vii) which is then a Capital Lease Deposit Account.

 

Excluded Subsidiary :  (a) each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 9.1.12 hereto as an Excluded Subsidiary; (b) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (other than any Borrower); (c) (i) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by any Applicable Law or, solely with respect to Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date or on the date such Subsidiary is acquired ( provided , that such prohibition is not be created in contemplation of such acquisition), its Organic Documents from guaranteeing the Secured Obligations, (ii) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by any contractual obligation existing on the Closing Date or on the date any such Subsidiary is acquired from guaranteeing the Secured Obligations ( provided , that such prohibition is not be created in contemplation of such acquisition) or (iii) to the extent that the provision of any guarantee of the Secured Obligations would require the consent, approval, license or authorization of any Governmental Authority which has not been obtained, any Subsidiary that is subject to such restrictions; provided that after such time that such restrictions on guarantees are waived, lapse, terminate or are no longer effective, such Restricted Subsidiary shall no longer be an Excluded Subsidiary; (d) any U.S. Subsidiary that (a) has no material assets other than equity interests of one or more Subsidiaries that are “controlled foreign corporations” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code) or (b) is a Subsidiary of a Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code; (e) each Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary, (f) any Subsidiary that is not a U.S. Subsidiary, (g) each Non-Recourse Subsidiary, (h) each Unrestricted Subsidiary and (i) any Subsidiary for which the provision of a Guarantee would result in a material adverse tax or regulatory consequence to the Borrowers or one of their respective Subsidiaries (in each case as reasonably determined by the Administrative Borrower in consultation with the Agent); provided , that no Subsidiary shall be an Excluded Subsidiary to the extent it is required to be or becomes a guarantor of (x) the Senior Secured Notes or (y) any other Indebtedness for borrowed money of a Loan Party in a principal amount in excess of $25,000,000.

 

Excluded Swap Obligation :  with respect to any Guarantor, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, as applicable, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an “Excluded Swap Obligation” of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Loan Parties and hedge counterparty applicable to such Swap Obligations, and agreed by the Agent. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

Excluded Taxes :  with respect to the Agent, any Lender, any Fronting Bank or any other recipient of a payment to be made by or on behalf of any Loan Party on account of any Obligation, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (i) by a jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) as a result

 

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of the 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 (ii) as the result of any other present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan, Letter of Credit or Loan Document); (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such recipient has a branch; (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than in the case of an assignee pursuant to a request by any Borrower under Section 13.3.4 ), any United States federal withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender (or designates a new Lending Office) hereunder, except that taxes in this clause (c) shall not include (i) additional withholding tax that may be imposed on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender after the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new Lending Office), as a result of a Change in Tax Law after such time or (ii) any amount with respect to withholding tax that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was previously entitled to receive pursuant to Section 5.8 of this Agreement, if any, with respect to such withholding tax at the time such Foreign Lender designates a new Lending Office (or at the time of the assignment); (d) any United States withholding tax imposed under FATCA; or (e) any withholding tax that is attributable to such recipient’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Tax Law) to comply with Section 5.9 .

 

Existing Facility Agreement :  certain of the Borrowers’ and their Affiliates’ existing Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of February 15, 2018, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof.

 

Extended Tranche :  as defined in Section 2.1.10(a) .

 

Extending Lender :  as defined in Section 2.1.10(a) .

 

Extension Offer :  as defined in Section 2.1.10(a) .

 

Extraordinary Expenses :  all costs, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses or advances that the Agent may incur during an Event of Default, or during the pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, including those relating to (a) any audit, inspection, repossession, storage, repair, appraisal, insurance, manufacture, preparation or advertising for sale, sale, collection, or other preservation of or realization upon any Collateral; (b) any action, arbitration or other proceeding (whether instituted by or against the Agent, any Fronting Bank, any Lender, any Loan Party, any representative of creditors of any Loan Party or any other Person) in any way relating to any Collateral (including the validity, perfection, priority or avoidability of the Agent’s Liens with respect to any Collateral), Loan Documents, Letters of Credit or Obligations, including any lender liability or other Claims; (c) the exercise, protection or enforcement of any rights or remedies of the Agent in, or the monitoring of, any Insolvency Proceeding; (d) settlement or satisfaction of any taxes, charges or Liens with respect to any Collateral; (e) any Enforcement Action; (f) negotiation and documentation of any modification, waiver, workout, restructuring or forbearance with respect to any Loan Documents or Obligations; and (g) Protective Advances.  Such costs, expenses and

 

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advances include transfer fees, Other Taxes, storage fees, insurance costs, permit fees, utility reservation and standby fees, appraisal fees, brokers’ fees and commissions, auctioneers’ fees and commissions, accountants’ fees, environmental study fees, wages and salaries paid to employees of any Loan Party or independent contractors in liquidating any Collateral, travel expenses, receivers’ and managers’ fees and legal fees (which shall be limited to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one primary counsel and one local counsel in each appropriate state, province or foreign jurisdiction for the Agent).

 

Facility :  the credit facility provided by the Revolver Lenders to the Borrowers hereunder.

 

FATCA :  Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

Federal Funds Rate :  (a) the weighted average of interest rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on the applicable day (or the preceding Business Day, if the applicable day is not a Business Day), as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next Business Day; or (b) if no such rate is published on the next Business Day, the average rate (rounded up, if necessary, to the nearest 1/8 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on the applicable day on such transactions, as determined by the Agent; provided , that in no event shall such rate be less than zero.

 

Fee Letter :  the Fee Letter, dated as of November 13, 2018, among Holdings and each of the Joint Lead Arrangers party thereto.

 

Financial Covenant Test Event :  Excess Availability shall, on any day, be less than the greater of (A) 12.5% of the Line Cap and (B) $15,625,000, provided , that, if the Financial Covenant Test Event has occurred, such Financial Covenant Test Event shall continue until such time as Excess Availability shall have thereafter exceeded the greater of (x) 12.5% of the Line Cap and (y) $15,625,000 for at least 30 consecutive days, at which time the Financial Covenant Test Event shall be deemed to be over.

 

Flood Insurance Laws : collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and the Biggert — Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

 

FLSA :  the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

 

Foreign Lender :  each Lender or Fronting Bank that is not a U.S. Person.

 

Foreign Plan :  any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees employed outside of the United States, other than any state social security arrangements.

 

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Foreign Subsidiary : a Subsidiary of a Borrower that is not a U.S. Subsidiary.

 

Fronting Bank :  Bank of America, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch and Barclays Bank PLC or any of their respective Affiliates or branches that agrees to issue Letters of Credit or, if reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Borrower, any other Revolver Lender or Affiliate thereof that agrees to issue Letters of Credit.

 

Fronting Bank Indemnitees :  any Fronting Bank and its Affiliates and branches and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives.

 

Full Payment :  with respect to any Secured Obligations (other than (i) Secured Bank Product Obligations, (ii) reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made and (iii) contingent indemnity claims which have been asserted in good faith and in writing to one or more of the Borrowers (“ Asserted Contingent Claims ”)), (a) the full cash payment thereof in the applicable currency required hereunder, including any interest and documented fees and other charges accruing during an Insolvency Proceeding (including such amount that would have accrued or arisen but for the commencement of such Insolvency Proceeding), whether or not a claim for such post-petition interest, fees or other charges is allowed in such proceeding; and (b) if such Obligations are LC Obligations or are Asserted Contingent Claims, the Cash Collateralization thereof (or delivery of a standby letter of credit acceptable to the Agent and (in the case of LC Obligations, the related Fronting Bank) in its discretion, in the amount of required Cash Collateral).  No Revolver Loans shall be deemed to have been paid in full until all Revolver Commitments related to such Revolver Loans have expired or been terminated.

 

GAAP : generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States from time to time.

 

General Asset Component : at any time, an amount equal to the sum (expressed in Dollars) of, without duplication:

 

(a)                                  the net book value of Eligible Accounts of the Borrowers multiplied by the advance rate of 85%, plus

 

(b)                                  the lesser of (i) 95% of the net book value of Eligible Rental Equipment of the Borrowers and (ii) the product of (x) 85% multiplied by (y) the Net Orderly Liquidation Value percentage identified in the most recent Rental Equipment Appraisal ordered by the Agent on the Eligible Rental Equipment of the Borrowers multiplied by the net book value of such Eligible Rental Equipment.

 

General Intangibles :  as defined in the UCC or any other Applicable Law, as applicable.

 

Governmental Approval :  all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and required reports to, all Governmental Authorities.

 

Governmental Authority :  any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, foreign or other governmental department, agency, commission, board, bureau, court, tribunal, instrumentality, political subdivision, authority, corporation or body, regulatory or self-regulatory organization or other entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial,

 

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statutory, regulatory or administrative functions for or pertaining to any government or court (including any supranational bodies such as the European Union), in each case whether it is or is not associated with the United States or any state, district or territory thereof, or any foreign entity or government.

 

Guarantee :  each guarantee agreement including the guarantee under Section 5.10 of this Agreement executed by a Guarantor in favor of the Agent guaranteeing all or any portion of the Secured Obligations.

 

Guarantee Obligations :  as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee, or having the economic effect of guaranteeing, any Indebtedness or other obligations of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase or pay any such Indebtedness or other obligations or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or other obligations or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness or other obligations or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligations against loss in respect thereof; provided , however , that the term “ Guarantee Obligations ” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the Ordinary Course of Business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations of the Unit Subsidiary and other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness).  The amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness or other obligations in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.

 

Guarantor :  Holdings, each Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that constitutes a U.S. Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), and each other Person who guarantees payment and performance of any Secured Obligations.

 

Guarantor Payment :  as defined in Section 5.10.3(b) .

 

Hazardous Materials :  (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances”, “hazardous waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous waste”, “restricted hazardous waste”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”, or “pollutants”, or words of similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance which is prohibited, limited or regulated as harmful or deleterious by any Environmental Law.

 

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Hedge Agreement :  an Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodity Agreement entered into in the ordinary course of any Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses.

 

Holdings :  as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

IFRS :  International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board and/or the European Union, as in effect from time to time.

 

Impacted Loans :  as defined in Section 3.6(a) .

 

Increase Date :  as defined in Section 2.1.11(b) .

 

Indebtedness :  with respect to any Person shall mean (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) the deferred purchase price of assets or services, (c) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder, (d) all indebtedness of a Person secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed, (e) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all net obligations of such Person under interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts, commodity price protection agreements or other commodity price hedging agreements and other similar agreements (but taking into account only the mark-to-market value or, if any actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close-out of such transaction, that amount); and (g) without duplication, all Guarantee Obligations of such Person; provided that Indebtedness shall not include (i) trade payables and accrued expenses, in each case arising in the Ordinary Course of Business; (ii) deferred or prepaid revenue; (iii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; (iv) Non-Recourse Debt of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary; and (v) indebtedness of any Parent Entity of Arrow Bidco appearing on the consolidated balance sheet of Arrow Bidco by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP.

 

Indemnified Taxes :  Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitees :  the Agent Indemnitees, Lender Indemnitees, Fronting Bank Indemnitees and Bank of America Indemnitees.

 

Information :  as defined on Section 14.12 .

 

Initial Borrowers :  as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Initial Borrowing Base Materials Delivery Date :  as defined in the definition of “Deemed Borrowing Base Termination Date”.

 

Insolvency Proceeding :  any case or proceeding, application, meeting convened, resolution passed, proposal, corporate action or any other proceeding commenced by or against a Person under any state, provincial, territorial, federal or foreign law for, or any agreement of such Person to, (a) the entry of an order for relief under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, or any other

 

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steps being taken under any other insolvency, debtor relief, bankruptcy, receivership, debt adjustment law or other similar law (whether state, provincial, territorial, federal or foreign); (b) the appointment of a Creditor Representative or other custodian for such Person or any part of its Property; (c) an assignment or trust mortgage for the benefit of creditors; (d) the winding-up or strike off of the Person; (e) the proposal or implementation of a scheme or plan of arrangement or composition; and/or (f) a suspension of payment, moratorium of any debts, official assignment, composition or arrangement with a Person’s creditors.

 

Intellectual Property Security Agreements : each trademark security agreement, patent security agreement and copyright security agreement, substantially in the forms attached as exhibits to the Security Agreement, required to be executed and delivered by a Loan Party under the terms of the Security Agreement.

 

Intercompany Note :  an intercompany promissory note, duly executed and delivered substantially in the form of Exhibit M (or such other form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent), with blanks completed in conformity herewith.

 

Intercreditor Agreement :  that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as Initial Second Lien Representative and Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and acknowledged and agreed to by the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit K as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Interest Period :  as defined in Section 3.1.6 .

 

Interest Rate Agreement :  any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the interest rate exposure associated with any Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes.

 

Inventory :  as defined in the UCC or any other Applicable Law, as applicable, and in any event including all goods intended for sale, lease, display or demonstration; all goods provided under a contract for services; all work in process; and all raw materials, and other materials and supplies of any kind that are or could be used in connection with the manufacture, transformation, printing, packing, shipping, advertising, sale, lease or furnishing of such goods, or otherwise used or consumed in a Loan Party’s business (but excluding Rental Equipment).

 

Investment :  for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services or securities or otherwise) of Stock, other Equity Interests, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests, debt instruments convertible into Equity Interests or other securities of any other Person (including any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such sale); (b) the making of any advance, loan or other extension of credit or capital contribution (including contribution to reserves) to, investment in, or assumption of debt of, any other Person (including the purchase of property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to such Person); (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit or all or a substantial

 

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part of the business of, such Person; or (d) the entering into of any guarantee of, or other contingent obligation with respect to, Indebtedness of another Person.

 

IRS :  the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

Joint Lead Arrangers :  Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

Junior Debt : any Indebtedness of a Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary permitted hereunder that is unsecured, is secured by a Lien on a junior basis to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations or is Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

LC Application :  an application by the Administrative Borrower on behalf of a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to a Fronting Bank for issuance of a Letter of Credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Fronting Bank.

 

LC Conditions :  the following conditions necessary for issuance, renewal and extension of a Letter of Credit:  (a) each of the conditions set forth in Section 6 being satisfied or waived; (b) after giving effect to such issuance, total LC Obligations do not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit and no Overadvance exists or would result therefrom; (c) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit is (i) no more than 365 days from issuance ( provided that each Letter of Credit may, upon request of the applicable Borrower, include a provision whereby such Letter of Credit shall be renewed automatically for additional consecutive periods of twelve (12) months or less (but no later than five Business Days prior to the Revolver Facility Termination Date)) or such other date as the Administrative Borrower, the Agent and the applicable Fronting Bank shall agree, and (ii) unless the applicable Fronting Bank and the Agent otherwise consent (subject to the satisfaction of the Cash Collateral requirements set forth in Section 2.5.3 ), at least five Business Days prior to the Revolver Facility Termination Date; (d) the Letter of Credit and payments thereunder are denominated in Dollars or such other currency as may be agreed to by the applicable Fronting Bank; (e) the form of the proposed Letter of Credit is reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Fronting Bank; (f) the proposed use of the Letter of Credit is for a lawful purpose; (g) such Letter of Credit complies with the applicable Fronting Bank’s policies and procedures with respect thereto; (h) Bank of America and its Affiliates and branches shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of issued and outstanding Letters of Credit issued by Bank of America and its Affiliates and branches would exceed $3,750,000, unless otherwise agreed by Bank of America in its sole discretion; (i) Barclays Bank PLC and its Affiliates and branches shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of issued and outstanding Letters of Credit issued by Barclays Bank PLC and its Affiliates and branches would exceed $3,750,000, unless otherwise agreed by Barclays Bank PLC in its sole discretion; (j) Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch and its Affiliates and branches shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of issued and outstanding Letters of Credit issued by Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch and its Affiliates and branches would exceed $3,750,000, unless otherwise agreed by Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch in its sole discretion; (k) Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and its Affiliates and branches shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of issued and outstanding Letters of Credit issued by Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and its Affiliates and branches would exceed $3,750,000, unless

 

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otherwise agreed by Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch in its sole discretion; (l) no Fronting Bank other than Bank of America shall be required to issue any Letter of Credit that is a time (usance) or documentary letter of credit and (m) the aggregate amount of issued and outstanding Letters of Credit that are time (usance) or documentary letters of credit shall not exceed the amount specified in clause (h) above.

 

LC Documents :  all documents, instruments and agreements (including LC Requests and LC Applications) required to be delivered by the Administrative Borrower on behalf a Borrower or by any other Person to a Fronting Bank or the Agent in connection with issuance, amendment or renewal of, or payment under, any Letter of Credit.

 

LC Obligations :  the sum (without duplication) of (a) all amounts owing in respect of any drawings under Letters of Credit; (b) the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit; and (c) for the purpose of determining the amount of required Cash Collateralization only, all fees and other amounts owing with respect to Letters of Credit.

 

LC Request :  a request for issuance of a Letter of Credit, to be provided by the Administrative Borrower on behalf of a Borrower to a Fronting Bank, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and such Fronting Bank.

 

LCA Election :  as defined in Section 1.8 .

 

LCA Test Date:   as defined in Section 1.8 .

 

Lender Indemnitees :  Lenders (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any applicable branches thereof), Affiliates of Lenders and their respective officers, directors, members, partners, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives.

 

Lenders :  as defined in the preamble to this Agreement, including (a) Bank of America and its Affiliates and branches in their respective capacities as Swingline Lender, (b) the Revolver Lenders; and (c) their respective permitted successors and assigns and, where applicable, any Fronting Bank and any other Person who hereafter becomes a “ Lender ” pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.

 

Lending Office :  the office designated as such by the applicable Lender at the time it becomes party to this Agreement or thereafter by notice to the Agent and the Administrative Borrower.

 

Letters of Credit :  any standby, time (usance) or documentary letter of credit issued by a Fronting Bank for the account of a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Letters of Credit Sublimit :  $15,000,000.

 

Letter-of-Credit Right : as defined in the UCC, and in any event shall mean a right to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not the beneficiary has demanded or is at the time entitled to demand payment or performance.

 

LIBOR :  the per annum rate of interest, determined by the Agent at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to commencement of an Interest Period, for a term

 

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comparable to such Interest Period, equivalent to the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period), as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or other commercially available source designated by the Agent from time to time).  If the Board of Governors imposes a Reserve Percentage with respect to LIBOR deposits in Dollars, then LIBOR for Dollars shall be the foregoing rate, divided by 1 minus the Reserve Percentage.  In no event shall LIBOR be less than zero.

 

LIBOR Loan :  each set of LIBOR Revolver Loans having a common currency, length and commencement of Interest Period.

 

LIBOR Revolver Loan :  a Revolver Loan that bears interest based on LIBOR; provided , however , that a Base Rate Loan bearing interest as set forth in clause (c) of the definition of Base Rate, shall not constitute a LIBOR Revolver Loan.

 

LIBOR Screen Rate :  the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page that the Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Agent from time to time).

 

LIBOR Successor Rate :  as defined in Section 3.6(b) .

 

LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes :  as defined in Section 3.6(b) .

 

Lien :  any mortgage, pledge (including, without limitation, disclosed, undisclosed, possessory and non-possessory), security interest, hypothecation, assignment, statutory trust, deemed trust, privilege, lien, charge, bailment or similar encumbrance, whether statutory, based on common law, contract or otherwise, and including any option or agreement to give any of the foregoing, any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any reservation of ownership or any lease in the nature thereof.

 

Limited Condition Acquisition :  any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder by a Borrower or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

 

Line Cap :  at any time, the lesser of (i) the Total Facility Amount and (ii) the Borrowing Base.

 

Loan Account :  as defined in Section 5.7.1 .

 

Loan Documents :  this Agreement, the Other Agreements and the Security Documents.

 

Loan Parties :  the Borrowers and each other Guarantor (including Holdings) collectively, and “ Loan Party ” means any of the Loan Parties, individually.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Excluded Subsidiary shall be a Loan Party hereunder.

 

Local Time :  prevailing Eastern time in the United States.

 

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Master Lease Agreements :  any lease agreement between the Unit Subsidiary and a Borrower other than the Unit Subsidiary pursuant to which Non-Qualified Units from time to time held by the Unit Subsidiary are leased to another Borrower.

 

Material Adverse Effect :  a material adverse effect on (a) the operations, business, assets, properties or financial condition of the Borrowers, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) the rights and remedies of the Agent, any Fronting Bank or any Lender under any of the Loan Documents or (c) the ability of the Borrowers or the Guarantors, taken as a whole, to perform the payment obligations of the Borrowers or the Guarantors under any of the Loan Documents to which a Borrower or a Guarantor is a party.

 

Material Real Estate :  any parcel of Real Estate owned in fee simple by any Loan Party with a fair market value in excess of $15,000,000.

 

Material Subsidiary :  at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary of Arrow Bidco (a) whose total assets (other than intercompany receivables) at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to clause (a)  or (b)(i)  of Section 10.1.1 were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of Arrow Bidco and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues (other than revenues generated from sales to Arrow Bidco or any Restricted Subsidiary) for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of Arrow Bidco and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that in the event that the Consolidated Total Assets or gross revenues as at such date or for such period of Arrow Bidco’s Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries, taken together, comprise more than 7.5% of Consolidated Total Assets of Arrow Bidco and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at such date or more than 7.5% of gross revenues of Arrow Bidco and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, the Administrative Borrower will designate one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries to be a Material Subsidiary as may be necessary such that the foregoing 7.5% limits shall not be exceeded, and any such Restricted Subsidiary shall thereafter be deemed to be a Material Subsidiary.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Borrower shall at all times be deemed to be a Material Subsidiary.

 

Maximum Revolver Facility Amount :  on any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the Revolver Commitments on such date and (b) $125,000,000 (or such greater or lesser amount after giving effect to (i) any reductions in the Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4 , and/or (ii) any Revolver Commitment Increase made pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1.11 ).

 

Minimum Extension Condition :  as defined in Section 2.1.10(b) .

 

Moody’s :  Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

 

Mortgage : each mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt pursuant to which any Loan Party grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, Liens upon the Material Real Estate owned by such Loan Party, as security for the Secured Obligations.

 

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Multiemployer Plan :  any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and subject to Title IV of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate domiciled in the U.S. makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years has made or been obligated to make contributions with respect to employees in the U.S.

 

Net Orderly Liquidation Value :  the orderly liquidation value (net of costs and expenses estimated to be incurred in connection with such liquidation) of the Eligible Rental Equipment that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Eligible Rental Equipment, net of operating expenses, liquidation expenses and commissions reasonably anticipated in the disposition of such assets, as determined from time to time by reference to the most recent Rental Equipment Appraisal. The Net Orderly Liquidation Value percentage shall be, for the purposes of the Borrowing Base calculation and any category of assets, the fraction, expressed as a percentage (a) the numerator of which is the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the aggregate amount of such category of Eligible Rental Equipment and (b) the denominator of which is the book value of the aggregate amount such category of Eligible Rental Equipment subject to such appraisal.

 

New Lender :  each Lender that becomes a party to this Agreement after the Closing Date.

 

New Loan Party :  Any Person that executes a supplement or joinder to this Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I and becomes a Loan Party under this Agreement pursuant to Sections 10.1.12(a) , (b)  or (c) , Sections 10.2.1(b)(ix)  or (x)  or Section 10.2.3(a) .

 

New Mexican Units :  Units located in the State of New Mexico on the Closing Date for which a Certificate of Title has been issued but which are no longer required to be subject to a Certificate of Title under the laws of the State of New Mexico.

 

Non-Bank Certificate :  as defined in Section 5.9.2 .

 

Non-Certificated Units : all Units which are not Certificated Units.

 

Non-Qualified Units :  any Unit which is not a Qualified Certificated Unit at such time.

 

Non-Recourse Debt : Indebtedness (a) as to which no Loan Party nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Recourse Subsidiaries) (i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) other than a pledge of the equity interests of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary, (ii) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise) other than by virtue of a pledge of the equity interests of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary, or (iii) constitutes the lender; (b) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against any Non-Recourse Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Secured Obligations) of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and (c) as to which the lenders thereunder will not have any recourse to the Stock or assets of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Non-Recourse Subsidiaries).

 

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Non-Recourse Subsidiary : any U.S. Subsidiary of Arrow Bidco (other than a Loan Party) created for the purpose of obtaining stand-alone financing for the acquisition and lease of Rental Equipment to customers, and all of whose Indebtedness is Non-Recourse Debt.

 

Notes :  each Revolver Note or other promissory note executed by a Borrower to evidence any Obligations.

 

Notice of Borrowing :  a Notice of Borrowing to be provided by the Administrative Borrower to request a Borrowing of Loans, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E or otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Administrative Borrower.

 

Notice of Conversion/Continuation :  a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to be provided by the Administrative Borrower to request a conversion or continuation of any Loans as LIBOR Loans, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F or otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Administrative Borrower.

 

Obligations :  all (a) principal of and premium, if any, on the Loans, (b) LC Obligations and other obligations of the Loan Parties with respect to Letters of Credit, (c) interest, expenses, fees, indemnification obligations, Extraordinary Expenses and other amounts payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents and (d) other Indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of any kind owing by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether evidenced by a note or other writing, whether allowed or allowable in any Insolvency Proceeding (including, without limitation, any of the foregoing Obligations described in this definition that would have accrued or arisen but for the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding of any Loan Party at the rate provided for in the respective Loan Documents, whether or not a claim for such is allowed or allowable against such Loan Party in any such proceeding) whether arising from an extension of credit, issuance of a letter of credit, acceptance, loan, guarantee, indemnification or otherwise, and whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, primary or secondary, or joint or several.

 

OFAC : Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.

 

Ordinary Course of Business :  with respect to any Person, the ordinary course of business of such Person, consistent in all material respects with past practices or, with respect to actions taken by such Person for which no past practice exists, consistent in all material respects with past practices of similarly situated companies, and, in each case, undertaken in good faith.

 

Organic Documents :  with respect to any Person, its charter, certificate and/or articles of incorporation, continuation or amalgamation, bylaws, articles of organization, consolidated articles of association, limited liability agreement, operating agreement, members agreement, shareholders agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, certificate of formation, memorandum or articles of association, constitution, voting trust agreement, or similar agreement or instrument governing the formation or operation of such Person.

 

Other Agreement :  each Note; each LC Document; the Fee Letter; the Intercreditor Agreement; each Intercompany Note; each intercreditor or any intercompany subordination agreement relating to the Obligations; any amendments, supplements, waivers, reaffirmations, acknowledgements or other modifications to or of the foregoing; and any other document to

 

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which a Loan Party is a party which expressly states that it is to be treated as a “Loan Document” or “Other Agreement”.

 

Other Connection Taxes : 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, Letter of Credit or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes :  all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, 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 Sections 3.9 and 13.3.4 ).

 

Overadvance :  as defined in Section 2.1.5(a) .

 

Overadvance Loan :  a Base Rate Loan made to a Borrower when an Overadvance exists or is caused by the funding thereof.

 

Parent :  Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

Parent Entity :  Parent or a Person that is a direct or indirect parent of Holdings that owns a majority on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interests in Holdings’ Equity Interests.

 

Participant :  as defined in Section 13.2.1 .

 

Participant Register :  as defined in Section 13.2.1 .

 

Patriot Act :  the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (2001).

 

Payment Condition :

 

(x) immediately after giving effect to the Specified Transaction at issue, either:

 

(I)                                    (a) as of the date such Specified Transaction is effected and for each day during the prior 30 day period (based on daily Excess Availability for such 30 day period), pro forma Excess Availability after giving effect to such Specified Transaction shall be greater than the greater of (i) 15% of the Line Cap and (ii) $18,750,000 and (b) the Borrowers shall be in compliance with each of the financial covenants contained in Section 10.3 (assuming, for the purposes of this determination, that a Financial Covenant Test Event has occurred) determined as of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to clause (a) or (b)(i) of Section 10.1.1 (on a trailing four quarter basis after giving pro forma effect to such Specified Transaction and each other Specified Transaction requiring pro forma effect under Section 1.7 that has occurred since the beginning of such four quarter period through the

 

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date of such Specified Transaction for which pro forma effect shall be given pursuant to Section 1.7 ); or

 

(II)                               as of the date such Specified Transaction is effected and for each day during the prior 30 day period (based on daily Excess Availability for such 30 day period), pro forma Excess Availability after giving effect to such Specified Transaction shall be greater than the greater of (i) 20% of the Line Cap and (ii) $25,000,000;

 

(y) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing before or after giving effect to such Specified Transaction; and

 

(z) with respect to each Specified Transaction in an amount in excess of $35,000,000, receipt by the Agent of a certificate, signed by a Senior Officer, certifying as to the matters set forth in clauses (x) and (y) above and setting forth in reasonable detail any pro forma adjustments used in making such calculations that were not previously reflected in prior Compliance Certificates delivered thereunder, together with all relevant financial information in support of such calculations.

 

Payment Item :  each check, draft or other item of payment payable to a Loan Party, including those constituting proceeds of any Collateral.

 

PBGC :  the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

 

Perfection Certificate :  a certificate disclosing information regarding the Loan Parties in the form of Exhibit G or any other form approved by the Agent.

 

Permitted Acquisition :  the acquisition, by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise, by any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) of all or substantially all of the assets of, or business line, unit or division of, another Person or Persons or a majority of the outstanding Stock or other Equity Interest of any Person, so long as (a) [Reserved]; (b) such acquisition shall result in the issuer of such Stock or other Equity Interests becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and a Guarantor, to the extent required by, and in accordance with, Section 10.1.12 ; (c) such acquisition shall result in the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, being granted a Lien in any Stock, other Equity Interest or any assets so acquired, to the extent required by, and in accordance with, Section 10.1.12 ; (d) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such acquisition (or, in the case of a Limited Condition Acquisition, at the Administrative Borrower’s option, at the time of execution of a definitive acquisition agreement, in which case no Event of Default arising under Section 11.1.1 or Section 11.1.5 has occurred and is continuing at the time of consummation thereof); (e) [Reserved]; (f) the target of such acquisition shall be primarily in the same line of business as the Loan Parties or a Similar Business; (g) [Reserved]; (h) to the extent that the target of such acquisition becomes a Loan Party, substantially concurrently with such Person becoming a Loan Party the Agent shall have been provided with (x) such information as it shall reasonably request which is necessary to comply with the Patriot Act and AML Legislation and (y) any other information as it shall reasonably request and shall be reasonably available to complete its evaluation of any Person so acquired and any acquired Collateral; and (i) the Administrative Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent a certificate signed by a Senior Officer certifying to the Agent compliance with the conditions specified in

 

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clause (d) and, if the total consideration (other than any equity consideration) in respect of such acquisition exceeds $50,000,000, the Loan Parties shall have delivered at the Agent’s request all reasonably available relevant financial information related to the acquisition .

 

Notwithstanding the respective Borrowing Base definitions, in connection with and subsequent to any Permitted Acquisition, the Accounts and Rental Equipment acquired by the Borrowers, or, subject to compliance with Section 10.1.12 of this Agreement, of the Person so acquired, may be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base and thereafter if all criteria set forth in the definitions of Eligible Accounts and Eligible Rental Equipment have been satisfied and the Agent shall have received a field exam of any Person so acquired and collateral audit and appraisal of such Accounts and Rental Equipment acquired by the applicable Borrower or Borrowers or owned by such Person acquired by the applicable Borrower or Borrowers which shall be reasonably satisfactory in scope, form and substance to the Agent; provided , that no field exam, collateral audit or appraisals shall be required for newly-acquired Accounts and Rental Equipment constituting less than 10% in the aggregate of the aggregate Borrowing Base in effect after giving effect to such acquisition.

 

Permitted Discretion :  the commercially reasonable credit judgment of the Agent exercised in good faith in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions, as to any factor which the Agent reasonably determines: (a) will or reasonably could be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the value of any Eligible Accounts or Eligible Rental Equipment, the enforceability or priority of the Agent’s Liens thereon or the amount which any Secured Party would be likely to receive (after giving consideration to delays in payment and costs of enforcement) in the liquidation of such Eligible Accounts or Eligible Rental Equipment or (b) is evidence that any collateral report or financial information delivered to the Agent by any person on behalf of a Borrower is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect; provided that the proposed action to be taken by the Agent to mitigate the effects described above (including the amount of any Reserve) shall bear a reasonable relationship to the effects that form the basis thereunder. In exercising such judgment as it relates to the establishment of Reserves or the adjustment or imposition of exclusionary criteria, Permitted Discretion will require that: (a) such establishment, adjustment or imposition shall be based on, among other things: (i) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in demand for, pricing of, or product mix of Rental Equipment, or in any concentration of risk with respect to Accounts that are first occurring or discovered by the Agent after the Closing Date or (ii) any other factors arising after the Closing Date that change in any material respect the credit risk of lending to the Borrowers on the security of the Eligible Accounts or Eligible Rental Equipment, in each case, that are first occurring or discovered by the Agent after the Closing Date, (b) the contributing factors to the establishment or modification of any Reserves shall not duplicate (i) the exclusionary criteria set forth in the definitions of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Rental Equipment, as applicable (or vice versa) or (ii) any Reserves deducted in computing book value and (c) the amount of any such Reserve so established shall be a reasonable quantification of the incremental dilution of the Borrowing Base attributable to the relevant contributing factor.  Availability Reserves will not be established or changed except upon at least five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Borrower (during which period the Agent shall be available to discuss any such proposed Reserve with the Administrative Borrower and the Administrative Borrower may take such actions as may be required to ensure that the event, condition or matter that is the basis of

 

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such Reserve no longer exists; provided that the Borrowers may not borrow Revolver Loans or Swingline Loans or amend or request the issuance of Letters of Credit during such five Business Day period in excess of the Line Cap (which shall be calculated assuming the effectiveness of such proposed Reserve)).

 

Permitted Investments :  shall mean:

 

(a)                                  securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities of not more than two years from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(b)                                  securities issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any territory thereof, or any public instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision of any such state or territory, or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than two years from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an investment grade rating generally obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, then from another nationally recognized rating service);

 

(c)                                   commercial paper issued by any Lender or any bank holding company owning any Lender;

 

(d)                                  commercial paper, marketable short-term money market and similar securities at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);

 

(e)                                   domestic and LIBOR certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof issued by any Lender or any other bank having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000;

 

(f)                                    repurchase agreements for underlying securities of the type described in clauses (a), (b) and (e) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (e) above or securities dealers of recognized national standing;

 

(g)                                   marketable short-term money market and similar funds (x) either having assets in excess of $250,000,000 or (y) having a rating of at least A-1 or P-1 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);

 

(h)                                  United States Dollars or any other foreign currency held by the Loan Parties or the Restricted Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

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(i)                                      Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of A- or higher from S&P or A3 or higher from Moody’s (or, if at the time, neither is issuing comparable ratings, then a comparable rating of another rating agency) with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(j)                                     bills of exchange issued in the United States eligible for rediscount at the relevant central bank and accepted by a bank (or any dematerialized equivalent);

 

(k)                                  Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s;

 

(l)                                      investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities which are one or more of the types of securities described in clauses (a) through (k) above; and

 

(m)                              in the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the U.S., Permitted Investments shall also include (i) direct obligations of the sovereign nation (or any agency thereof) in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or where such Investment is made, or in obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation (or any agency thereof), in each case maturing within two years after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating equivalent to one of the two highest ratings from either S&P or Moody’s, (ii) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (l) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies, (iii) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets otherwise satisfying the requirements of this definition (including this clause (iii)) and (iv) other short-term investments utilized by such Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (a) through (l).

 

Permitted Liens :  shall mean:

 

(a)                                  pledges, deposits or security by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, and other social security laws or similar legislation or other insurance related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto) or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety, stay, customs or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for the payment of rent, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (including letters of credit issued in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof and including

 

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those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(b)                                  Liens imposed by law or regulation, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’, materialmen’s and repairmen’s Liens, contractors’, supplier of materials, architects’, and other like Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c)                                   Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or not yet payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP, or for property taxes on property if the Borrowers or one of their Subsidiaries has determined to abandon such property and if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim is to such property;

 

(d)                                  Liens in favor of the issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances and completion guarantees, in each case issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(e)                                   minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, drains, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including minor defects and irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

 

(f)                                    Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred (and, in the case of Section 10.2.1(a) , secured) pursuant to Section 10.2.1(a)  and Sections 10.2.1(b)(iv)  (to the extent the underlying obligations that are being guaranteed are permitted to be secured), (vi) , (viii) , (xiv) , (xxii)  and (xxiii ); provided that (i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section  10.2.1(b)(vi)  and (xxiii)  extend only to the assets purchased, leased, constructed or improved with the proceeds of such Indebtedness and the proceeds and products thereof  (and, in the case of a Borrower, Accounts and Chattel Paper of such Borrower which are not included in the Borrowing Base and which arise from the lease by such Borrower of equipment acquired by such Borrower under Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transactions and the related Capital Lease Deposit Accounts) and (ii) in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2.1(a)  extend only to the assets of such Restricted Subsidiaries that are incurring such

 

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Indebtedness; provided , further , that for purposes of Section 10.2.1(a)  (unless such Indebtedness constitutes Capital Leases or other Purchase Money Indebtedness), this clause (f) shall be available to permit such Liens only to the extent that the conditions set forth in clause (ii)(A)(y) of the second proviso to Section 10.2.1(a)  with respect to such secured Indebtedness are satisfied; provided , further , that Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2.1(b)(xxii)  extend only to the assets of such Restricted Subsidiaries that are incurring such Indebtedness; provided , further , that Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2.1(b)(viii)  shall be limited to cash collateral in an amount of up to $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and provided , further , that Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2.1(b)(xiv)  shall only secure obligations of up to $2,500,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

(g)                                   Liens existing on the Closing Date or pursuant to agreements in existence on the Closing Date, in each case to the extent such Liens are identified on Schedule 10.2.2 hereof;

 

(h)                                  Liens on property or shares of stock or other assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided , however , such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further , however, that such Liens may not extend to any (i) Specified Assets or (ii) other property owned by such Person (other than, in the case of this clause (ii), (w) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (x) after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing such Indebtedness to the extent the terms of the Indebtedness secured thereby require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), (y) the proceeds or products of such property, shares of stock or assets or improvements thereon and (z) Capital Lease Deposit Accounts, to the extent such accounts do not constitute Specified Assets);

 

(i)                                      Liens on property or other assets at the time such Person acquired such property or other assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , however , that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation; provided , further , however , that the Liens may not extend to any Specified Assets or to any other property owned by the Borrowers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the proceeds or products of such assets or property or improvements thereon);

 

(j)                                     [Reserved];

 

(k)                                  [Reserved];

 

(l)                                      Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods of any Person (and any proceeds thereof, other than Specified Assets) securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade letters of credit issued or created

 

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for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

(m)                              leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including of intellectual property) granted to others in the Ordinary Course of Business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any Indebtedness;

 

(n)                                  Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) financing statement filings or similar filings entered into by Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries regarding operating leases entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(o)                                  [Reserved];

 

(p)                                  Liens on vehicles or equipment (other than Rental Equipment of the Loan Parties) of Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries created in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(q)                                  Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Loan Parties) incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(r)                                     Liens to secure any modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (f), (g), (h) or  (i); provided , however , that (i) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus accessions, additions and improvements on such property, including (x) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (y) after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing such Indebtedness, the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement) and (z) the proceeds and products thereof) and (ii) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under such clauses (f), (g), (h) or (i) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including any Refinancing Costs, related to such modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

 

(s)                                    deposits made or other security (other than Specified Assets) provided in the Ordinary Course of Business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

 

(t)                                     other Liens securing obligations which do not exceed an amount at any one time outstanding equal to the greater of (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets, with the amount determined on the dates of incurrence of such

 

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obligations; provided , that to the extent any such Liens cover the Collateral (unless such Indebtedness constitutes Capital Leases or other Purchase Money Indebtedness), this clause (t) shall be available to permit such Liens only to the extent that such Liens are subordinated to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (and the holders of such Indebtedness (or their duly appointed agent or other representative) shall have become party to the Intercreditor Agreement);

 

(u)                                  Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.1.10 so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

 

(v)                                  Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(w)                                Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any comparable or successor provision) on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (c) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law or their standard business terms and conditions encumbering deposits (including the right of setoff) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

(x)                                  Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.2.5 ; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

 

(y)                                  Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and not for speculative purposes;

 

(z)                                   Liens that are legal or contractual rights of set-off or rights of pledge (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(aa)                           [Reserved];

 

(bb)                           [Reserved];

 

(cc)                             [Reserved];

 

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(dd)                           any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

 

(ee)                             Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to any Investment permitted under this Agreement;

 

(ff)                               Liens on Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secures Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(gg)                             Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements with vendors for the sale or purchase of goods entered into by Arrow Bidco or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course of Business other than with respect to real property that constitutes Collateral;

 

(hh)                           ground leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by Arrow Bidco or any of their Subsidiaries are located;

 

(ii)                                   Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

(jj)                                 the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grants of real or immoveable property which do not materially impair the use of the affected land for the purpose used or intended to be used;

 

(kk)                           Liens resulting from the deposit of cash or securities in connection with the performance of a bid, tender, sale or contract (excluding the borrowing of money) entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business or deposits of cash or securities in order to secure appeal bonds or bonds required in respect of judicial proceedings;

 

(ll)                                   Liens in favor of a lessor or licensor for rent to become due or for other obligations or acts, the payment or performance of which is required under any lease as a condition to the continuance of such lease other than with respect to real property that constitutes Collateral;

 

(mm)                   [Reserved];

 

(nn)                           Liens on assets of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary securing Non-Recourse Debt of such Subsidiary;

 

(oo)                           [Reserved];

 

(pp)                           [Reserved];

 

(qq)                           (i) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of any Loan Party in favor of any Loan Party, (ii) Liens securing any Indebtedness or other obligations of any Subsidiary (other than a Loan Party) in favor of any Loan Party and (iii)

 

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Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in favor of any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;

 

(rr)                                 Liens on the assets and capital stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties securing any Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties permitted to be incurred hereunder;

 

(ss)                               all rights of expropriation, access or use or other similar rights conferred by or reserved by any federal, provincial, territorial, state or municipal authority or agency;

 

(tt)                                 any agreements with any governmental authority or utility that do not, in the aggregate, adversely affect in any material respect the use or value of real property and improvements thereon in the good faith judgment of the Administrative Borrower;

 

(uu)                           Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted under this Agreement to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or (ii) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under this Agreement in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien; and

 

(vv)                           agreements to subordinate any interest of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by Arrow Bidco or any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, to the extent such assets do not constitute Specified Assets) pursuant to an agreement entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (A) Liens need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described in this definition but are permitted to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and of any other available exemption and (B) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Permitted Liens, the Borrowers shall, in their sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition.

 

For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.

 

Permitted Sale Leaseback :  any Sale Leaseback consummated by any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, provided that any such Sale Leaseback is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Counterparty :  as defined in the definition of Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transactions.

 

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Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transactions :  Capital Leases or purchases of equipment that has never constituted Collateral entered into by a Borrower from a financial institution (such financial institution, a “ Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Counterparty ”) for the purpose of re-leasing such equipment to a customer of such Borrower under a Capital Lease (such lease, together with any guarantees or other credit support provided in connection therewith, a “ Stand-Alone Customer Capital Lease ”) and (a) as to which no other Loan Party nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (i) provides credit support of any kind, or (ii) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise); and (b) as to which the applicable Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Counterparty will not have any recourse to the Stock or assets of any of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the equipment so leased, the related Stand-Alone Customer Capital Leases and any Capital Lease Deposit Account into which the proceeds of such Stand-Alone Customer Capital Lease (and only the proceeds of such Stand-Alone Customer Capital Lease) are deposited), provided , that such Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Counterparty shall have executed and delivered an intercreditor agreement in favor of the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, to the extent the Agent reasonably requires the execution of such intercreditor agreement.

 

Person :  any individual, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, partnership, joint venture, joint stock company, land trust, business trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Preferred Stock : any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of Dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

 

Prime Rate :  the rate of interest announced by Bank of America from time to time as its prime rate.  Such rate is set by Bank of America on the basis of various factors, including its 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 rate.  Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.  In no event shall the Prime Rate be less than zero.

 

pro forma :  pro forma determinations made in accordance with Section 1.7 .

 

Property :  any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real (immovable), personal (movable) or mixed, or tangible (corporeal) or intangible (incorporeal).

 

Pro Forma Financial Statements : pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Parent as of December 31, 2018 and pro forma consolidated statements of income of the Parent for the twelve month period ending on December 31, 2018, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such statement of income).

 

Pro Rata :  a percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded to the ninth decimal place) derived by dividing the aggregate amount of a given Lender’s Revolver Commitments on such date by the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments of all Lenders on such date (or if any such Revolver Commitments have been terminated, such Revolver Commitments as in effect immediately prior to the termination thereof).

 

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Protective Advances :  as defined in Section 2.1.6(a) .

 

PTE : a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

Public Company Costs : costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or prepayment for, compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees.

 

Purchase Money Indebtedness :  with respect to any Person, any Indebtedness of such Person to any seller or other Person incurred solely to finance the acquisition, construction, installation or improvement of any real or tangible personal property which is incurred substantially concurrently with such acquisition, construction, installation or improvement and is secured only by the assets so financed and, to the extent permitted hereunder, any related assets.

 

Qualified Certificated Units : each Unit owned by a Borrower, whether owned on the Closing Date or acquired thereafter, which at the time in question is a Certificated Unit with respect to which the requirements set forth in Sections 10.1.12 or 10.1.19 have been satisfied (with such satisfaction to be determined on the date of any determination of whether the respective Unit is a Qualified Certificated Unit).

 

Qualified Receivables Transaction :  any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and is domiciled outside of the U.S. pursuant to which such Subsidiary may sell, assign, convey, participate, contribute to capital or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Entity (in the case of a transfer by such Subsidiary) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Entity), or may grant a security interest in or pledge, any Accounts or interests therein (whether now existing or arising in the future) of such Subsidiary, and any assets related thereto (other than any Inventory, Rental Equipment or Equipment) including, without limitation, all collateral securing such Accounts, all contracts and contract rights, purchase orders, security interests, financing statements or other documentation in respect of such Accounts and all guarantees, indemnities, warranties or other documentation or other obligations in respect of such Accounts, any other assets which are customarily transferred, or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted, in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar to such Accounts and any collections or proceeds of any of the foregoing (the “ Related Assets ”); provided such Qualified Receivables Transaction is permitted under the Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

 

Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations :  Bank Product Debt with respect to Hedge Agreements owing to a Secured Bank Product Provider and evidenced by one or more Bank Product Documents that the Administrative Borrower, in a written notice to the Agent, has expressly requested be treated as Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations for purposes hereof, up to the maximum amount (in the case of any Secured Bank Product Provider other than Bank of America and its Affiliates or branches) specified by such provider in writing to the

 

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Agent, which amount may be established and increased or decreased by further written notice to the Agent from time to time. All Bank Product Debt with respect to Hedge Agreements owed to Bank of America and its Affiliates or branches shall constitute Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations unless otherwise agreed by Bank of America or such Affiliate or branch.

 

Real Estate :  all right, title and interest of any Loan Party (whether as owner, lessor or lessee) in any real Property, or any land, buildings, structures, parking areas or other and improvements thereon, but excluding all operating fixtures and equipment, whether or not incorporated into improvements.

 

Receivables Entity :  any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (or another Person in which such Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which such Subsidiary transfers Accounts and Related Assets) formed after the Closing Date, in each such case, (i) which is not a Loan Party and is domiciled outside of the U.S., (ii) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Accounts or interests therein and Related Assets and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, (iii) which is designated by the board of directors of the Administrative Borrower as a Receivables Entity, (iv) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (A) is guaranteed by any Loan Party; (B) is recourse to or obligates any Loan Party in any way; or (C) subjects any property or asset of any Loan Party, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof; (v) with which no Loan Party has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding; and (vi) to which neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

 

Records : as defined in the UCC, and in any event means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form, including all books and records, customer lists, files, correspondence, tapes, computer programs, print outs and computer records.

 

Refinancing Costs : as defined in “Refinancing Indebtedness”.

 

Refinancing Indebtedness : the incurrence of Indebtedness which serves to refund, refinance, replace, renew, extend or defease any Indebtedness or any Indebtedness issued to so refund, refinance, replace, renew, extend or defease such Indebtedness, in an amount not to exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness (including any unused commitments thereunder) plus additional Indebtedness incurred to pay all unpaid accrued interest and premiums thereon plus underwriting discounts, other arranger fees, commissions and expenses (including upfront fees, original issue discount or similar payments incurred in connection therewith) (collectively, “ Refinancing Costs ”); provided , however , that such Refinancing Indebtedness (a) (i) has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced, replaced, renewed, extended or defeased and (ii) has a maturity date which is not earlier than the maturity date of the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced, replaced, renewed, extended or defeased; (b) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refunds, refinances, replaces, renews, extends or defeases Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu (without giving effect to security interests) to the Obligations or any guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari

 

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passu (without giving effect to security interests) to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced, replaced, renewed, extended or defeased; (c) no direct and contingent obligor with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be a Person that was not a direct or contingent obligor with respect to the Indebtedness being refinanced; (d) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refunds, refinances, replaces, renews, extends or defeases unsecured Indebtedness (including Refinancing Costs related to such Indebtedness), such Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured, (e) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refunds, refinances, replaces, renews, extends or defeases secured Indebtedness (including Refinancing Costs related to such Indebtedness), such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not expand the scope of the collateral securing such Indebtedness (including Refinancing Costs related to such Indebtedness) being refunded, refinanced, replaced, renewed, extended or defeased, and (f) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refunds, refinances, renews, extends or defeases the Senior Secured Notes, the terms of such Refinancing Indebtedness (other than pricing) are no less favorable in any material respect, when taken as a whole, to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the debt being refinanced, as certified in writing by a Senior Officer of the Administrative Borrower, which certificate shall be conclusive and binding on the Credit Parties with respect to such matter.

 

Register :  as defined in Section 13.1 .

 

Regulation :  as defined in Section 10.1.16 .

 

Reimbursement Date :  as defined in Section 2.5.2(a) .

 

Related Asset :  as defined in “ Qualified Receivables Transaction ”.

 

Related Real Estate Documents : with respect to any Material Real Estate subject to a Mortgage, the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and received by the Agent for review at least 45 days prior to the effective date of the Mortgage (or such lesser time period as the Agent may agree):  (a) a mortgagee title policy (or binding pro forma therefor) covering the Agent’s interest under the Mortgage, in a form and amount and by a title insurer reasonably acceptable to the Agent, to include endorsements as reasonably requested by the Agent and to be fully paid and subject to no other conditions on such effective date; (b) such assignments of leases, estoppel letters, attornment agreements, consents, waivers and releases as the Agent may reasonably require with respect to other Persons having an interest in the Material Real Estate; (c) unless the Agent otherwise agrees, either (i) a current, as-built survey of the Material Real Estate, meeting the 2011 minimum standard detail requirements for ALTA/ACSM land title surveys, including, but not limited to, (w) a metes-and-bounds property description, (x) a flood plain certification, (y) certification by a licensed surveyor reasonably acceptable to the Agent and (z) any other optional table A items as reasonably requested by the Agent or (ii) existing surveys with respect to a particular piece of Material Real Estate that are in the possession of any Loan Party accompanied by a no-change survey affidavit, or similar document, in form and substance sufficient for a title insurer to issue any applicable survey related endorsement coverage as reasonably requested by the Agent; and (d) flood zone determinations and, if the Material Real Estate is within a special flood hazard area, an acknowledged borrower notice, and flood insurance in compliance (including as to amount) with all applicable Flood Insurance Laws and in an amount, with endorsements and by an insurer acceptable to the Agent.

 

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Rent Reserve :  the aggregate of (a) all past due rent and other past due charges owing by any Borrower to any landlord or other Person who possesses any Collateral or has the right to assert a Lien on any Collateral; plus (b) a reserve in an amount not to exceed rent and other charges that the Agent determines, in its Permitted Discretion (but in any event, not more than three months’ rent), could reasonably be expected to be payable to any such Person for the time period used to determine and realize the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Collateral.

 

Rental Equipment :  all rental fleet equipment and containers (including, without limitation, value added products) held for sale or lease, or provided under a contract for services (including, without limitation, build-own-operate services), by a Person.

 

Rental Equipment Appraisal :  (a) on the Closing Date, the appraisal prepared by Gordon Brothers dated August 30, 2018 and (b) thereafter, the most recent Rental Equipment appraisal conducted by an independent appraisal firm and delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.14 hereof.

 

Report :  as defined in Section 12.4.3 .

 

Reportable Event :  the occurrence of any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and regulations thereunder with respect to a U.S. Employee Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived).

 

Required Lenders :  at any date of determination thereof, Lenders having Revolver Commitments representing more than 50% of the aggregate Revolver Commitments at such time; provided , however , that for so long as any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, the term “ Required Lenders ” shall mean Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) having Revolver Commitments representing more than 50% of the aggregate Revolver Commitments (excluding the Revolver Commitments of each Defaulting Lender) at such time; provided further , however , that if any of the Revolver Commitments have been terminated, the term “ Required Lenders ” shall be calculated using (a) in lieu of such Lender’s terminated Revolver Commitment, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolver Loans by such Lender to, and (if applicable) participation interests in LC Obligations owing by, all Borrowers and (b) in lieu of the aggregate Revolver Commitments to all Borrowers, the aggregate outstanding Revolver Loans to, and (if applicable) LC Obligations owing by, all Borrowers.

 

Reserve Percentage :  the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded up to the nearest 1/8th of 1%) applicable to member banks under regulations issued by the Board of Governors for determining the maximum reserve requirement for eurocurrency liabilities.

 

Restricted Party : any Person that is: (i) listed on, or owned or controlled by a Person listed on, any Sanctions List; (ii) located in, organized under the laws of, or domiciled in a Sanctioned Country; or (iii) otherwise a target of Sanctions (“target of Sanctions” signifies a Person with whom a person subject to the jurisdiction of a Sanctions Authority would be prohibited or restricted by law from engaging in trade, business, or other activities).

 

Restricted Subsidiary :  any Subsidiary of Holdings or a Loan Party, as the context requires, other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

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Revolver Commitment :  for any Lender, its obligation to make Revolver Loans to the Borrowers and to participate in LC Obligations up to the maximum principal amount shown on Schedule 2.1.1(a) , or, in the case of an Additional Revolver Lender, up to the maximum principal amount indicated on the joinder agreement executed and delivered by such Additional Revolver Lender pursuant to Section 2.1.11(b) , or as hereafter determined pursuant to each Assignment and Acceptance to which a Lender is a party, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.1.4 , 2.1.11 or 11.1 . “ Revolver Commitments ” means the aggregate amount of all Revolver Commitments, which amount shall on the Closing Date equal $125,000,000.

 

Revolver Commitment Increase :  as defined in Section 2.1.11(a) .

 

Revolver Commitment Termination Date :  the earliest of (a) the Revolver Facility Termination Date, (b) the date on which the Administrative Borrower terminates or reduces to zero the Revolver Commitments (or the Revolver Commitment Termination Date occurs) pursuant to Section 2.1.4 , and (c) the date on which the Revolver Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 11.1 .

 

Revolver Exposure :  on any date, an amount equal to the sum of the (a) Revolver Loans outstanding on such date and (b) LC Obligations on such date.

 

Revolver Facility Termination Date :  September 15, 2023.  In the event that one or more Extensions are effected in accordance with Section 2.1.10 , then the Revolver Facility Termination Date of each Tranche of Revolver Commitments shall be determined based on the respective stated maturity applicable thereto.

 

Revolver Lenders :  each Lender that has provided a Revolver Commitment (including each Additional Revolver Lender) and each other Lender that acquires an interest in the Revolver Loans and/or LC Obligations pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.

 

Revolver Loan :  (i) each loan made to a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.1 , which Loan shall be denominated in Dollars and shall be either a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan, in each case as selected by the Administrative Borrower, and (ii) each Swingline Loan, Overadvance Loan and Protective Advance.

 

Revolver Notes :  the promissory notes, if any, executed by Borrowers in favor of each Revolver Lender to evidence the Revolver Loans funded from time to time by such Revolver Lender, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this Agreement or such other form as the Agent may agree, together with any replacement or successor notes therefor.

 

RL Signor :  as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

S&P :  Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

Sale Leaseback :  any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such

 

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transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed.

 

Sanctioned Country : any country or territory that is the target of comprehensive, country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions (including the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

 

Sanctions : any applicable financial or economic sanction administered or enforced by a Sanctions Authority.

 

Sanctions Authority : (a) the U.S. Government; (b) the United Kingdom; (c) the United Nations; (d) the European Union; or (e) the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing, including without limitation, OFAC, the United States Department of State, the United States Department of Commerce, and Her Majesty’s Treasury.

 

Sanctions List : the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons and the Sectoral Sanctions Identifications lists administered by OFAC, the Nonproliferation Sanctions List administered by the U.S. Department of State, the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets administered by Her Majesty’s Treasury, or any similar list or public designation of Sanctions issued or maintained or made public by any other Sanctions Authority, each as amended, supplemented, or substituted from time to time.

 

Scheduled Unavailability Date :  as defined in Section 3.6(b) .

 

SEC :  the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto and, as the context may require, any analogous Governmental Authority in any other relevant jurisdiction of Holdings or any Subsidiary.

 

Secured Bank Product Obligations :  Bank Product Debt owing to a Secured Bank Product Provider and evidenced by one or more Bank Product Documents that the Administrative Borrower on behalf of any Loan Party, in a written notice to the Agent, has expressly requested be treated as Secured Bank Product Obligations and/or a Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligation for purposes hereof, up to the maximum amount (in the case of any Secured Bank Product Provider other than Bank of America and its Affiliates or branches) specified by such provider and the Administrative Borrower in writing to the Agent, which amount may be established and increased or decreased by further written notice from such provider and the Administrative Borrower to the Agent from time to time.

 

Secured Bank Product Provider : (a) Bank of America or any of its Affiliates or branches; and (b) any other Lender or Affiliate or branch of a Lender that is providing a Bank Product or any other Person providing a Bank Product that was a Lender or Affiliate or branch of Lender at the time of entering into a Bank Product Document with respect to the Bank Product Debt designated as a Secured Bank Product Obligation pursuant to the definition thereof; provided that such provider and the Administrative Borrower shall have delivered or shall deliver a written notice to the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, by the later of the Closing Date or 10 Business Days (or such later time as the Agent and the Administrative Borrower may agree in their reasonable discretion) following the later of the creation of the Bank Product or such Secured Bank Product Provider (or its Affiliate or branch) becoming a Lender

 

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hereunder, (i) describing the Bank Product and setting forth the maximum amount of the related Secured Bank Product Obligations (and, if all or any portion of such Secured Bank Product Obligations are to constitute Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations, the maximum amount of such Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations) that are to be secured by the Collateral and the methodology to be used in calculating such amount(s) and (ii) if such provider is not a Lender, agreeing to be bound by Section 12.15 .

 

Secured Net Leverage Ratio : as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Secured Debt as of such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant Test Period.

 

Secured Obligations :  Obligations and Secured Bank Product Obligations, including in each case those under all Credit Documents, but not including any Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

Secured Parties :  the Agent, any Fronting Bank, Lenders and Secured Bank Product Providers of Bank Products to Loan Parties and any other Secured Parties that are the beneficiaries of any Guarantee of any Loan Party.

 

Securities Account Control Agreement :  the securities account control agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Administrative Borrower, executed by each financial institution maintaining a Securities Account for a Loan Party, in favor of the Agent.

 

Securities Accounts :  all present and future “securities accounts” (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC), including all monies, “uncertificated securities,” “security entitlements” and other “financial assets” (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) contained therein.

 

Security Agreement :  the Security and Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto among the Loan Parties and the Agent.

 

Security Documents :  this Agreement, the Guarantees, the Security Agreement, the Custodian Agreement, the Deposit Account Control Agreements, the Securities Account Control Agreements, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Mortgages and all other documents, instruments and agreements now or hereafter securing (or given with the intent to secure) any Secured Obligations or which reaffirm, acknowledge, amend or restate any of the foregoing.

 

Senior Officer :  the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Principal Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, the Director of Treasury, the Controller or any other senior officer of a Person designated as such in writing to the Agent by such Person.

 

Senior Secured Notes :  the $340,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 of Arrow Bidco issued under the Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

 

Senior Secured Notes Collateral Agent : Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, and its successors and assigns.

 

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Senior Secured Notes Documents : the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Senior Secured Notes, the Senior Secured Notes Security Documents.

 

Senior Secured Notes Guarantors : the guarantors from time to time party to the Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Senior Secured Notes Document.

 

Senior Secured Notes Indenture : the Indenture dated as of the Closing Date among Arrow Bidco, the Senior Secured Notes Trustee, the Senior Secured Notes Collateral Agent and the Senior Secured Notes Guarantors.

 

Senior Secured Notes Security Documents : the “Security Documents,” as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

 

Senior Secured Notes Trustee :  Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as trustee under the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, and its successors and assigns.

 

Series of Cash Neutral Transactions : any series of Investments solely among Loan Parties and Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (i) the amount of cash transferred by a Loan Party (such Loan Party, an “ Initiating Company ”) to a Restricted Subsidiary in such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions is not greater than the amount of cash received by such Initiating Company or another Loan Party in such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions less reasonable transaction expenses and taxes (which cash must be received by such Initiating Company or another Loan Party within three Business Days of the initiation of such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions), (ii) any Collateral (including cash of any Loan Party involved in such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions) shall be subject to a perfected security interest of the Agent, and the validly, perfection and priority of such security interest shall not be impaired by or in connection with such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions, (iii) no Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may retain any cash after giving effect to such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions, and (iv) five Business Days prior to giving effect to such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions (or such shorter period as the Agent may agree), the Agent shall have received a reasonably detailed description of such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions and drafts of the documentation relating thereto as the Agent may reasonably request.

 

Settlement Report :  a report delivered by the Agent to the Revolver Lenders summarizing the Revolver Loans and, if applicable, participations in LC Obligations outstanding as of a given settlement date, allocated to such Lenders on a Pro Rata basis in accordance with their Revolver Commitments.

 

Signor Acquisition Agreement :  that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 13, 2018, by and among Arrow Holdings S.à r.l., the Parent and Signor Merger Sub Inc., as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Similar Business : any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, complementary, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto, or is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof.

 

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Solvent :  with respect to the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, that, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, (i) the sum of the liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the present assets of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (ii) the fair value of the property of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (iii) the capital of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is not unreasonably small in relation to their business as contemplated on the date hereof and (iv) the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts including current obligations beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise).  “Present fair salable value” means the amount that could be obtained for assets within a reasonable time, either through collection or through sale under ordinary selling conditions by a capable and diligent seller to an interested buyer, in each case who is willing (but under no compulsion) to sell or purchase, as the case may be.

 

Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations :  representations made by, or with respect to, Target Logistics, RL Signor and their respective subsidiaries in the Acquisition Agreements as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that Holdings (or any of its Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the applicable Acquisition Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations in such Acquisition Agreement or to decline to consummate the applicable Acquisition (in accordance with the terms of the applicable Acquisition Agreement).

 

Specified Assets :  as defined in Section 10.2.4(b) .

 

Specified Defaults :  any (i) Event of Default under Section 11.1.1 or 11.1.5 , (ii) any Event of Default arising from the failure of any Loan Party to deliver a Borrowing Base Certificate required to be delivered hereunder or any material inaccuracy contained in any Borrowing Base Certificate, (iii) any Event of Default arising from the failure of any Loan Party to comply with its obligations under this Agreement and the Security Agreement to make or direct payments into Deposit Accounts over which the Agent has a first priority perfected Lien and dominion and control or to maintain such Lien and dominion and control over Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Deposit Accounts and Deposit Accounts of a New Loan Party to the extent such Deposit Accounts are not yet required to be subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1.12(e)(iii) ) and (iv) any Event of Default arising from the failure of the Loan Parties to comply with either of the covenants contained in Section 10.3 at any time that such covenants are applicable pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Specified Equity Contribution : any cash contribution to the common equity (or otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent) of Holdings and/or any purchase or investment in the common equity (or otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent) of Holdings, in each case made pursuant to Section 11.2 .

 

Specified Holders : Sponsor, Parent or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

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Specified Representations :  the representations and warranties contained in Section 9.1.1(a) , Section 9.1.2 , Section 9.1.3(c) , Section 9.1.5 , Section 9.1.7 , the second sentence of Section 9.1.15 , Section 9.1.16 , Section 9.1.21 and Section 9.1.22 .

 

Specified Transaction :  any Permitted Acquisition, any Investment under Section 10.2.5(g)  or (k) , any Dividend under Section 10.2.6 or any prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance of Indebtedness under Section 10.2.7 , in each case which is being made in reliance on compliance with the Payment Condition.

 

Sponsor :  TDR Capital LLP, a limited liability partnership organized under the laws of England and Wales, having its registered office at 20 Bentinck, London W1U 2EU and being registered with Companies House under number OC302604.

 

Sponsor Affiliates : (a) the TDR Investor and any other fund (including, without limitation, any unit trust, investment trust, limited partnership or general partnership) which is advised by, or the assets of which are managed (whether solely or jointly with others) from time to time by, the Sponsor or the TDR Investor (or a group controlled by and whose members include the Sponsor and/or the TDR Investor or their Affiliates (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any portfolio company of the Sponsor or the TDR Investor)); and (b) any other fund (including, without limitation, any unit trust, investment trust, limited partnership or general partnership) of which the Sponsor or the TDR Investor (or a group controlled by and whose members include the Sponsor and/or the TDR Investor or their Affiliates (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any portfolio company of the Sponsor or the TDR Investor)) or the TDR Investor’s general partner, trustee or nominee, is a general partner, manager, adviser, trustee or nominee (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any portfolio company of the Sponsor or the TDR Investor).

 

Stand-Alone Customer Capital Leases :  as defined in the definition of Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transactions.

 

Stock :  shares of capital stock or shares in the capital, as the case may be (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock or ordinary shares or preferred shares, as the case may be), beneficial, partnership or membership interests, participations or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity, whether voting or non-voting.

 

Stock Consideration :  as defined in Section 6.1(g)(ii) .

 

Subordinated Indebtedness :  Indebtedness of any Loan Party that is expressly subordinate and junior in right of payment to the Obligations of such Loan Party under this Agreement and is on subordination terms no less favorable to the Lenders than as is customary for senior subordinated notes issued in a public or Rule 144A high yield debt offering, it being understood that delivery to the Agent at least 10 Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness of a certificate of a Senior Officer of a Borrower (together with a reasonably detailed description of the subordination terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto) certifying that such Borrower has determined in good faith that such subordination terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement.

 

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Subsidiary :  means, with respect to any Person:

 

(a)                                  any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Stock entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and

 

(b)                                  any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which:

 

(x)                                  more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

 

(y)                                  such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

 

Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “ Subsidiary ” shall mean a Subsidiary of Holdings, Arrow Bidco or of a Loan Party, as the context requires.

 

Super-Majority Lenders :  at any date of determination thereof, Lenders having Revolver Commitments and representing more than 66-2/3% of the aggregate Revolver Commitments and at such time; provided , however , that for so long as any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, the term “ Super-Majority Lenders ” shall mean Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) having Revolver Commitments representing more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate Revolver Commitments (excluding the Revolver Commitments of each Defaulting Lender) at such time; provided further , however , that if any of the Revolver Commitments have been terminated, the term “ Super-Majority Lenders ” shall be calculated using (a) in lieu of such Lender’s terminated Revolver Commitment, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolver Loans by such Lender to, and (if applicable) participation interests in LC Obligations owing by, all Borrowers and (b) in lieu of the aggregate Revolver Commitments to all Borrowers, the aggregate outstanding Revolver Loans to, and (if applicable) LC Obligations owing by, all Borrowers.

 

Supporting Obligations :  as defined in the UCC, and in any event means a Letter-of-Credit Right or secondary obligation that supports the payment or performance of an Account, Chattel Paper, Document, General Intangible, Instrument or Investment Property, including, but not limited to, securities, Investment Property, bills, notes, lien notes, judgments, chattel mortgages, mortgages, security interests, hypothecs, assignments, guarantees, suretyships, accessories, bills of exchange, negotiable instruments, invoices and all other rights, benefits and documents now or hereafter taken, vested in or held by a Person in respect of or as security for the same and the full benefit and advantage thereof, and all rights of action or claims which a Person now has or may at any time hereafter have against any other Person in respect thereof,

 

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including rights in its capacity as seller of any property or assets returned, repossessed or recovered, under an installment or conditional sale or otherwise.

 

Surety Bond :  any bid, performance, payment, surety, indemnity, or other similar bonds.

 

Swap : any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Swap Obligation : with respect to any Person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.

 

Swingline Commitment $ 15,000,000.

 

Swingline Lender :  Bank of America or an Affiliate of Bank of America.

 

Swingline Loan :  a loan made by the Swingline Lender to a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.8 .

 

Target Acquisition Agreement :  that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 13, 2018, by and among Algeco Investments B.V., the Parent and Arrow Bidco, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Target Logistics :  as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Tax Credit :  a credit against, relief or remission for, or refund or repayment of, any Taxes.

 

Tax Deduction :  a deduction or withholding for or on account of Taxes from a payment under any Loan Document.

 

Taxes :  all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other similar charges imposed in the nature of taxation by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

TDR Investor :  TDR Capital II Holdings, L.P.

 

Test Period :  for (i) any determination under Section 10.3 of this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Arrow Bidco then last ended and (ii) for all other purposes hereunder (including any provision of this Agreement requiring pro forma compliance with the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio or Secured Net Leverage Ratio), the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Arrow Bidco then last ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to clause (a)  or (b)(i)  of Section 10.1.1 .

 

Total Facility Amount :  as of any date of determination, the Maximum Revolver Facility Amount.

 

Total Facility Outstandings : as of any date of determination, the Total Revolver Exposure.

 

Total Net Leverage Ratio :  as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant Test

 

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Period; provided that for purposes of calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio for determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.3 , the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be determined using Consolidated Total Debt as of the last date of the Test Period in question.

 

Total Revolver Exposure :  as of any date of determination, the Revolver Exposure on such date of determination.

 

Total Secured Debt :  as of any date of determination, all Consolidated Total Debt that is secured by a Lien, including, without limitation, Indebtedness in respect of (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Senior Secured Notes and (iii) any Capital Leases and Capitalized Lease Obligations.

 

Tranche :  as defined in Section 2.1.10(a) .

 

Transaction Expenses :  any fees or expenses incurred or paid by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Transactions and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

Transactions :  collectively, (i) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of the Loans and issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, (ii) the Equity Contribution and the consummation of the Acquisitions and (iii) the execution, delivery and performance by the parties thereto of the Senior Secured Note Indenture and all related documents, the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes thereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

Transfer :  as defined in Section 2.1.6(c) .

 

Transfer Date :  as defined in Section 2.1.6(c) .

 

Transferee :  any actual or potential Eligible Assignee, Participant or other Person acquiring an interest in any Obligations.

 

Type :  any type of a Loan, which shall be either a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan.

 

U.S. :  the United States of America.

 

U.S. Assignment of Claims Act :  Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, 31 U.S.C. § 3727, 41 U.S.C. § 15, as amended.

 

U.S. Bankruptcy Code :  Title 11 of the United States Code.

 

U.S. Employee Plan :  an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, any Loan Party or any of their ERISA Affiliates domiciled in the U.S. or with respect to which any Loan Party or any of their ERISA Affiliates domiciled in the U.S. has or could have any obligation or liability, contingent or

 

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otherwise, but excluding, for greater clarity, any Multiemployer Plan, any Foreign Plan or arrangement subject to the laws of a non-U.S. jurisdiction.

 

U.S. Person :  any Person that is a “ United States Person ” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

U.S. Subsidiary :  a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

 

UCC :  the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or, when the laws of any other U.S. state or territory govern the creation, perfection, priority or enforcement of any Lien, the Uniform Commercial Code of such state or territory.

 

Unfinanced Capital Expenditures : for any period, Capital Expenditures of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries made in cash during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of Capitalized Lease Obligations or other Indebtedness (other than Loans incurred hereunder), equity issuances, casualty proceeds, condemnation proceeds or other proceeds that would not be included in Consolidated EBITDA, less cash received from the sale of any fixed assets (including, without limitation, assets of the type that may constitute Rental Equipment hereunder) during such period (solely to the extent such cash is not included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA); provided that the aggregate amount of Unfinanced Capital Expenditures during such period may not be less than zero.

 

Unfunded Current Liability :  of any U.S. Employee Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the present value of the accrued benefits under the U.S. Employee Plan as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-30, formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87, as in effect on the Closing Date, based upon the actuarial assumptions that would be used by the U.S. Employee Plan’s actuary in a termination of the U.S. Employee Plan, exceeds the fair market value of the assets allocable thereto.

 

Unit :  any rental fleet equipment and containers held for sale or lease, or provided under a contract for services (including, without limitation, build-own-operate services), by a Loan Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries or by any other Loan Party in any jurisdiction where rental fleet equipment or containers may be subject to Certificate of Title laws.

 

Unit Certificates : Certificates of Title, certificates of ownership or other registration certificates issued or required to be issued under the laws of any State for any of the Rental Equipment owned or leased by a Loan Party.

 

Unit Subsidiary : TLM Equipment, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Unit Subsidiary Management Agreement : the Unit Subsidiary Management Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between Target Logistics and the Unit Subsidiary and shall include any other management agreement entered into by a Borrower with the Unit Subsidiary so long as all terms and conditions thereof are reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

 

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Unrestricted Cash :  cash and Permitted Investments maintained by a Borrower in an investment account at Bank of America subject to a control agreement and a first priority security interest in favor of the Agent.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary :  any Subsidiary of Arrow Bidco designated by Arrow Bidco as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 10.1.8 that has not subsequently been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 10.1.8 .  As of the Closing Date, no Subsidiary is an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Voting Stock :  with respect to any Person, any class or classes of equity interests pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances, in the absence of contingencies, to elect at least a majority of the board of directors of such Person.

 

Wholly-Owned :  with respect to any Person at any time any Subsidiary 100% of whose Stock (other than, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, nominal directors’ qualifying shares or other nominal shares legally required to be held by third parties) is at such time owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers : 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.

 

1.2                                Accounting Terms .  Under the Loan Documents (except as otherwise specified herein), all accounting terms shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations shall be made, and all financial statements shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP.  In the event that the Administrative Borrower shall notify the Agent that the Loan Parties have adopted IFRS or any “ Accounting Changes ” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such adoption or such Accounting Change or in the application thereof, at the request of the Administrative Borrower, the Agent or the Required Lenders, the Loan Parties, the Agent and the Lenders shall enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such adoption or such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition of the Loan Parties and the respective position of the Loan Parties and the Lenders shall conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement.  Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Loan Parties, the Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such adoption or such Accounting Changes had not occurred, and the Loan Parties shall provide to the Agent and the Lenders any documents and calculations required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder by the Agent or the Required Lenders setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratios and requirements and other terms of an accounting or a financial nature made before and after giving effect to such adoption or such Accounting Change.  “ Accounting Changes ” refers to changes in accounting principles (i) required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board or (ii) otherwise proposed by the Administrative Borrower to, and approved by, the Agent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance

 

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with any covenant contained herein, Indebtedness of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of any accounting principles on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

 

1.3                                Uniform Commercial Code .  As used herein, the following terms are defined in accordance with the UCC in effect in the State of New York from time to time:  “Chattel Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claim”, “Equipment”, “Instrument” and “Investment Property”.  In addition, other terms relating to Collateral used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the UCC shall have the meanings set forth in the UCC.

 

1.4                                Certain Matters of Construction .  The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision.  Any pronoun used shall be deemed to cover all genders.  In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, “from” means “from and including,” and “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.”  All references to “knowledge” or “awareness” of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof means the actual knowledge of a Senior Officer of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.  The terms “including” and “include” shall mean “including, without limitation” and, for purposes of each Loan Document, the parties agree that the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be applicable to limit any provision.  Section titles appear as a matter of convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of any Loan Document.  All references to (a) laws or statutes include all related rules, regulations, interpretations, amendments and successor provisions; (b) any Loan Document shall be deemed to include any amendments, restatements, waivers and other modifications, extensions or supplements to, or renewals of, such Loan Document and any reference to any other document, instrument or agreement shall be deemed to include any amendments, restatements, waivers and other modifications, extensions or supplements to, or renewals of, such document, instrument or agreement so long as the same is not prohibited under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (c) any section means, unless the context otherwise requires, a section of this Agreement; (d) any exhibits or schedules mean, unless the context otherwise requires, exhibits and schedules attached hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference; (e) any Person includes successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns of such Person; (f) time of day means time of day in New York, New York (Eastern Time) unless otherwise specified herein; (g) discretion of the Agent, any Fronting Bank or any Lender means the sole and absolute discretion of such Person exercised in a manner consistent with its duties of good faith and fair dealing; (h) “property” or “asset” includes any real or personal, present or future, tangible or intangible property or asset and any right, interest, revenue or benefit in, under or derived from the property or asset; and (i) for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents governed by the laws of the United States, any “foreign” jurisdiction means any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America.  The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.  To the extent not otherwise specified herein, Borrowing Base calculations for each Borrower shall be consistent with historical methods of valuation and calculation for such Borrower’s Borrowing Base, and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (and not necessarily calculated in accordance with GAAP).  The Loan Parties shall have the burden of establishing any alleged negligence, misconduct or lack of good faith by the Agent, any Fronting Bank or any Lender under any Loan Documents.  No provision of any Loan Documents shall be construed against any party by reason of such party having, or being deemed to have, drafted the

 

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provision.  Whenever any payment, certificate, notice or other delivery shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, the due date for such payment or delivery shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or fees, as the case may be; provided , however , that if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of any LIBOR Loan to be made in the next calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.  The Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “LIBOR” or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto, except as expressly provided herein, including, for the avoidance of doubt, as set forth in Section 14.25 .  Any restriction in this Agreement applicable to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term (including, without limitation, the restrictions set forth in Sections 10.2.3 and 10.2.4 ) shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or analogous action taken pursuant to applicable law), or an allocation of assets arising out of or relating to any such division, as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable.

 

1.5                                Currency Calculations .  Unless expressly provided otherwise, all references in the Loan Documents to Loans, Letters of Credit, Obligations, Revolver Commitments, availability, Borrowing Base components and other amounts shall be denominated in Dollars.  The Dollar Equivalent of any amounts denominated or reported under a Loan Document in a currency other than Dollars shall be determined by the Agent on a daily basis, based on the then-current Exchange Rate.  The Borrowers shall report Borrowing Base components to the Agent in the currency invoiced by the Borrowers or shown in the Borrowers’ financial records, and unless expressly provided otherwise herein, shall deliver financial statements and calculate financial covenants in Dollars.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any Obligation is funded and expressly denominated in a currency other than Dollars, the Borrowers shall repay such Obligation in such other currency.

 

1.6                                [Reserved] .

 

1.7                                Pro Forma Calculations .  (a)  For purposes of determining the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Assets and the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (including Consolidated EBITDA and the other components of such ratios), Investments, Dividends, prepayments, repurchases, redemptions or defeasance of Indebtedness, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during a Test Period or subsequent to such Test Period and on or prior to the date that the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Assets and the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being tested shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, Dividends, prepayments, repurchases, redemptions or defeasance of Indebtedness, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations consolidations and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Test Period.  If since the beginning of such Test Period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or amalgamated with or into Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning

 

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of such period shall have made any Investment, Dividends, prepayments, repurchases, redemptions or defeasance of Indebtedness, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to the preceding sentence, then the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Assets and the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (including Consolidated EBITDA and the other components of such ratios) shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, Dividends, prepayments, repurchases, redemptions or defeasance of Indebtedness, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period.

 

(b)  Whenever pro forma effect is to be given with respect to a transaction or specified action, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Administrative Borrower and shall be made in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X.  In addition to pro forma adjustments made in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, pro forma calculations may also include operating expense reductions and operating improvements or synergies for such period resulting from any asset sale or other disposition or acquisition, Investment, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or discontinued operation (as determined in accordance with GAAP) for which pro forma effect is being given that (A) have been realized or (B) for which specified actions have been taken or are reasonably expected to be taken within 24 months of the date of such transaction; provided that (w) any pro forma adjustments made pursuant to this sentence shall be set forth in Compliance Certificates of the Administrative Borrower delivered to the Agent and, to the extent required hereunder, in any certificate required to be delivered under the definition of Payment Condition, (x) such operating expense reductions, operating improvements or synergies are reasonably identifiable and quantifiable, (y) no operating expense reductions, operating improvements or synergies shall be given pro forma effect to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such operating expense reductions, operating improvements or synergies that are added back pursuant to the definition of Consolidated EBITDA, and (z) operating expense reductions, operating improvements or synergies given pro forma effect shall not include any operating expense reductions, operating improvements or synergies related to the combination of (X) the operations of any Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to the Transactions or pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date, and subsequently so disposed of and (Y) any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of Arrow Bidco or any Restricted Subsidiary.  Such pro forma adjustments may be in addition to (but not duplicative of) adjustments to Consolidated Net Income and addbacks to Consolidated EBITDA; provided that the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies pursuant to this Section 1.7(b) , plus (ii) the aggregate amount of increases to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clauses (e) , (i)  and (p)  of the definition thereof shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for any four consecutive fiscal quarter period (calculated prior to giving effect to such adjustments).  If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date that Consolidated EBITDA is being tested had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any hedging obligations applicable to such Indebtedness).  Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Administrative Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.  For purposes

 

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of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period.  Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate as the Administrative Borrower may designate.

 

1.8                                Limited Condition Acquisition .

 

(a)                                  For purposes of (i) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Assets, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, (ii) determining compliance with representations, warranties, Defaults or Events of Default or (iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA but excluding any basket based on satisfaction of the Payment Condition), in each case, in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, at the option of the Administrative Borrower (the Administrative Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an “ LCA Election ”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “ LCA Test Date ”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent test period ending prior to the LCA Test Date, the Borrowers or other Restricted Subsidiaries could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such representation, warranty, ratio or basket, such representation, warranty, ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with.

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrowers have made an LCA Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket (including due to fluctuations of the target of any Limited Condition Acquisition) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations.  If the Borrowers have made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of such ratios or baskets on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated and, if with respect to any Dividend, also on a standalone basis without assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, assets

 

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of the target of any Limited Condition Acquisition shall not be included in the Borrowing Base until the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Section 1.8 shall not be applicable in determining whether the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 have been satisfied with respect to the making of any Loan or the issuance, extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit.

 

1.9                                Compliance with Certain Sections .  For purposes of determining compliance with Section 10.2 , in the event that any Lien, Indebtedness (whether at the time of incurrence or upon application of all or a portion of the proceeds thereof), disposition or contractual requirement, meets the criteria of one, or more than one, of the “baskets” or categories of transactions then permitted pursuant to any clause or subsection of Section 10.2 related thereto, such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time shall be permitted under one or more of such clauses at the time of such transaction or any later time from time to time, in each case, as determined by the Administrative Borrower in its sole discretion at such time and thereafter may be reclassified by the Administrative Borrower in any manner not expressly prohibited by this Agreement; provided that (w) all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents will at all times be deemed to be outstanding in reliance on Section 10.2.1(b)(i)(A) , (x) all Indebtedness outstanding arising under the Senior Secured Notes and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto will at all times be deemed to be outstanding in reliance on Section 10.2.1(b)(i)(B ) , (y) all Indebtedness under Hedge Agreements will at all times be deemed to be outstanding in reliance on Section 10.2.1(b)(viii)  and (z) no such classification or reclassification shall obviate the requirement for any Indebtedness secured by any of the Collateral to be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement to the extent otherwise required by this Agreement.  With respect to (x) any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Assets and/or the Secured Net Leverage Ratio) substantially concurrently with (y) any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with a financial ratio or test (including the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Assets and/or the Secured Net Leverage Ratio), it is understood and agreed that the amounts in clause (x) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the amounts in clause (y).

 

SECTION 2.                                                  CREDIT FACILITIES

 

2.1                                Commitment .

 

2.1.1                                         Revolver Loans .

 

(a)                                  Revolver Loans to Borrowers .  Each Revolver Lender agrees, severally and not jointly with the other Revolver Lenders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to make Revolver Loans to any of the Borrowers on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to the Revolver Commitment Termination Date, not to exceed in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time, together with such Revolver Lender’s portion of the LC Obligations, such Revolver

 

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Lender’s Revolver Commitment at such time, which Revolver Loans may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided , however , that such Revolver Lenders shall have no obligation to Borrowers whatsoever to honor any request for a Revolver Loan on or after the Revolver Commitment Termination Date or if the amount of the proposed Revolver Loan exceeds Excess Availability on the proposed funding date for such Revolver Loan.  Each Borrowing of Revolver Loans shall be funded by the Revolver Lenders on a Pro Rata basis.  The Revolver Loans shall bear interest as set forth in Section 3.1 .  Each Revolver Loan shall, at the option of the Applicable Borrower, be made or continued as, or converted into, part of one or more Borrowings that, unless specifically provided herein, shall consist entirely of Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans.  The Revolver Loans shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  The Borrowers shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all of the Revolver Loans.  Each Revolver Loan shall be funded and repaid in Dollars.

 

(b)                                  Cap on Total Revolver Exposure .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.1.1 , in no event shall any Borrower be entitled to receive a Revolver Loan if at the time of the proposed funding of such Loan (and after giving effect thereto and all pending requests for Loans), the Total Revolver Exposure exceeds (or would exceed) the lesser of (a) the Maximum Revolver Facility Amount and (b) the Revolver Commitments.  If at any time the Total Revolver Exposure exceeds the lesser of (a) the Maximum Revolver Facility Amount and (b) the Revolver Commitments, the excess amount shall be payable by the Borrowers on demand by the Agent.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Revolver Loans made on the Closing Date shall be used solely to finance the Transactions (including payment of a portion of the consideration for the Acquisition and all or a portion of the costs and expenses associated with the Transactions) and for general corporate purposes, including working capital and/or purchase price adjustments under the Acquisition Agreements (with the amount of Revolver Loans that may be borrowed on the Closing Date for the purposes described in this sentence not to exceed the greater of (x) $80,000,000, less the amount by which the Financing Amount (as defined in the Fee Letter) (other than the Revolver Commitments and the Revolver Loans) exceeds $300,000,000 and (y) $50,000,000).

 

2.1.2                                        Revolver Notes .  The Revolver Loans made by each Lender and interest accruing thereon shall be evidenced by the records of the Agent and such Lender.  At the request of any Lender, the Borrowers shall deliver a Revolver Note to such Lender in the amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment.

 

2.1.3                                         Reserved.

 

2.1.4                                         Reduction or Termination of Revolver Commitments .

 

(a)                                  Revolver Commitments .  Unless sooner terminated (or extended) in accordance with this Agreement, the Revolver Commitments and the Swingline Commitment shall terminate on the Revolver Commitment Termination Date.  Upon at least 10 days’ prior written notice to the Agent from the Administrative Borrower, Borrowers may, at their option, terminate the Revolver Commitments without premium or penalty (other than funding losses payable pursuant to Section 3.10 ).  On the Revolver

 

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Commitment Termination Date, the Loan Parties shall make Full Payment of all Obligations.

 

(b)                                  Notices Irrevocable .  Any notice of termination given by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.1.4 shall be irrevocable; provided , however , that notice may be contingent on the occurrence of a financing or refinancing or the consummation of a sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of assets or the occurrence of a Change of Control and may be revoked or the termination date deferred if the financing or refinancing or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of assets or Change of Control does not occur.

 

(c)                                   Partial Reductions .  So long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and after giving effect thereto, the Administrative Borrower may permanently and irrevocably reduce the Maximum Revolver Facility Amount by giving the Agent at least 10 Business Days’ prior irrevocable written notice thereof (or such lesser time as the Agent may consent to) from a Senior Officer of the Administrative Borrower, which notice shall specify the date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of such reduction (which shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), which reduction shall be allocated to the Revolver Commitments of the Revolver Lenders on a Pro Rata basis at the time of such reduction).  Without limiting the foregoing, each reduction in the Maximum Revolver Facility Amount may not exceed Excess Availability.

 

2.1.5                                         Overadvances .

 

(a)                                  Overadvance .  If at any time the aggregate principal balance of the sum of (a) all Revolver Loans plus (b) all LC Obligations exceeds the Borrowing Base (an “ Overadvance ”), the excess amount shall, subject to Section 5.2 , be payable by the Borrowers on demand by the Agent.  All Overadvance Loans shall constitute Obligations secured by the Collateral and shall be entitled to all benefits of the Loan Documents.

 

(b)                                  Funding of Overadvance Loans .  The Agent may require the Revolver Lenders to honor requests for Overadvance Loans and to forbear from requiring the applicable Borrower(s) to cure an Overadvance, (i) when no other Event of Default is known to the Agent, as long as (1) such Overadvance does not continue for more than 30 consecutive days (and no Overadvance may exist for at least five consecutive days thereafter before further Overadvance Loans are required), (2) such Overadvance is not known by the Agent to exceed ten percent (10%) of the Borrowing Base and (3) the aggregate amount of the Overadvances existing at any time, together with the Protective Advances outstanding at any time pursuant to Section 2.1.6 below, do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the aggregate Revolver Commitments then in effect; and (ii) regardless of whether an Event of Default exists, if the Agent discovers an Overadvance not previously known by it to exist, as long as from the date of such discovery such Overadvance does not continue for more than 30 consecutive days.  In no event shall Overadvance Loans be required that would cause the Revolver Exposure to exceed the aggregate Revolver Commitments.  The Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Agent’s authority to make further Overadvance Loans to the Borrowers by written notice

 

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to the Agent.  Any funding of an Overadvance Loan or sufferance of an Overadvance shall not constitute a waiver by the Agent or Lenders of the Event of Default caused thereby.  In no event shall any Borrower or other Loan Party be deemed a beneficiary of this Section 2.1.5 nor authorized to enforce any of its terms.

 

2.1.6                                         Protective Advances .

 

(a)                                  Protective Advances .  The Agent is authorized by each Borrower and the Revolver Lenders, from time to time in the Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have absolutely no obligation to), to make Base Rate Loans to the Borrowers on behalf of the Revolver Lenders (any of such Loans are herein referred to as “ Protective Advances ”) which the Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable to (i) preserve or protect the Collateral or any portion thereof or (ii) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Revolver Loans and the other Obligations; provided that no Protective Advance shall cause the aggregate amount of the Revolver Exposure at such time to exceed the Revolver Commitments then in effect.  All Protective Advances made by the Agent shall be Obligations, secured by the Collateral and shall be treated for all purposes as Base Rate Loans.

 

(b)                                  Limitations on Protective Advances .  The aggregate amount of Protective Advances may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Revolver Commitments at such time. In addition, the aggregate amount of Protective Advances outstanding at any time pursuant to this Section 2.1.6 , together with the aggregate amount of Overadvances existing at any time pursuant to Section 2.1.5 above, shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the aggregate Revolver Commitments then in effect.  Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions set forth in Section 6 have not been satisfied.  Each Revolver Lender shall participate in each Protective Advance on a Pro Rata basis.  The Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Agent’s authority to make further Protective Advances to the Borrowers by written notice to the Agent.  Absent such revocation, the Agent’s determination that funding of a Protective Advance is appropriate shall be conclusive.  At any time that there is sufficient Excess Availability and the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 have been satisfied, the Agent may request the Revolver Lenders to make a Revolver Loan to repay a Protective Advance.  At any other time, the Agent may require the Revolver Lenders to fund their risk participations described in Section 2.1.6(c) .

 

(c)                                   Transfers .  Upon the making of a Protective Advance by the Agent (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default), each Revolver Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Agent without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Protective Advance in proportion to its Pro Rata share of such Protective Advance.  Each Revolver Lender shall transfer (a “ Transfer ”) the amount of such Revolver Lender’s Pro Rata share of the outstanding principal amount of the applicable Protective Advance with respect to such purchased interest and participation promptly when requested to the Agent, to such account of the Agent as the Agent may designate, but in any case not later than 3:00 p.m. (Local Time) on the Business Day notified (if notice is provided by the Agent prior to 12:00 p.m. (Local Time) and otherwise on the immediately following Business Day (the “ Transfer

 

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Date ”).  Transfers may occur during the existence of a Default or Event of Default and whether or not the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 have then been satisfied.  Such amounts transferred to the Agent shall be applied against the amount of the Protective Advance and, together with such Revolver Lender’s Pro Rata share of such Protective Advance, shall constitute Revolver Loans of such Revolver Lenders.  If any such amount is not transferred to the Agent by any Revolver Lender on such Transfer Date, the Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolver Lender together with interest thereon as specified in Section 3.1 .  From and after the date, if any, on which any Revolver Lender is required to fund, and funds, its participation in any Protective Advance purchased hereunder, the Agent shall promptly distribute to such Revolver Lender such Revolver Lender’s Pro Rata share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Agent in respect of such Protective Advance.

 

2.1.7                                         [Reserved] .

 

2.1.8                                         Swingline Loans .

 

(a)                                  Swingline Loans to Borrowers .  The Swingline Lender shall make Swingline Loans to any of the Borrowers on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to the Revolver Commitment Termination Date, not to exceed the Swingline Commitment in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time, which Swingline Loans may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided , however , that the Swingline Lender shall not honor any request for a Swingline Loan (i) on or after the Revolver Commitment Termination Date or (ii) if the amount of the proposed Swingline Loan exceeds Excess Availability on the proposed funding date for such Swingline Loan.  The Swingline Loans shall be Base Rate Loans and shall bear interest as set forth in Section 3.1 .  Each Swingline Loan shall constitute a Revolver Loan for all purposes (subject, in the case of unused line fees, to Section 3.2.1(b) ), except that payments thereon shall be made to the Swingline Lender for its own account.  The Swingline Loans shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and shall be secured by all of the Collateral.  The Borrowers shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all of the Swingline Loans.  Each Swingline Loan shall be funded and repaid in Dollars.

 

(b)                                  Swinglines Generally .  The Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender and interest accruing thereon shall be evidenced by the records of the Agent and the Swingline Lender and need not be evidenced by any promissory note.

 

(c)                                   Extensions .  If the Revolver Facility Termination Date shall have occurred in respect of any Tranche of Revolver Commitments at a time when another Tranche or Tranches of Revolver Commitments is or are in effect with a longer Revolver Facility Termination Date, then on the earliest occurring Revolver Facility Termination Date all then outstanding Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full on such date (and there shall be no adjustment to the participations of the Revolver Lenders therein as a result of the occurrence of such Revolver Facility Termination Date); provided, however, that if on the occurrence of such earliest Revolver Facility Termination Date, there shall exist sufficient unutilized Revolver Commitments under Extended Tranches so that the

 

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respective outstanding Swingline Loans could be incurred pursuant to the Revolver Commitments of such Extended Tranches which will remain in effect after the occurrence of such Revolver Facility Termination Date, then there shall be an automatic adjustment on such date of the participations in such Swingline Loans and the same shall be deemed to have been incurred solely pursuant to the relevant Revolver Commitments of such Extended Tranches, and such Swingline Loans shall not be so required to be repaid in full on such earliest Revolver Facility Termination Date.

 

2.1.9                                         [Reserved] .

 

2.1.10                                  Extensions .

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “ Extension Offer ”) made from time to time by each of the Borrowers to all Lenders with Revolver Commitments, in each case on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the applicable Revolver Commitments), the Borrowers are hereby permitted to consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained in such Extension Offers to extend the maturity date of each such Lender’s Revolver Commitments and otherwise modify the terms of such Revolver Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (to the extent permitted hereunder) (each, an “ Extension ”), so long as the following terms are satisfied with respect to any such Extension: (i) [Reserved], (ii) each Extension Offer made to any Revolver Lender of any Tranche must be made on the same terms to each Revolver Lender of such Tranche, (iii) each Extension Offer shall provide that the proposed extended Tranche shall have the same terms as the original Revolver Commitments (and related outstandings) to be extended, except for the extension of the maturity date, and changes to interest rates, fees (including agreements as to additional administrative fees to be paid by the Borrowers), amortization and final maturity (which shall be determined by the Borrowers and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), (iv) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrowers and (v) at no time shall there be Revolver Commitments hereunder (including Revolver Commitments in respect of any Extended Tranche and any original Revolver Commitments) which have more than three different maturity dates, unless otherwise agreed by the Agent and the Borrowers. The Revolver Commitments of any Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Revolver Commitment (an “ Extending Lender ”) extended pursuant to an Extension (an “ Extended Tranche ”), and the related outstandings, shall be a Revolver Commitment (or related outstandings, as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Revolver Commitments (and related outstandings) except as provided above; provided that, subject to the provisions of Section 2 to the extent dealing with Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Revolver Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans shall be participated in on a Pro Rata basis by all Lenders with Revolver Commitments in accordance with their respective Pro Rata shares of the Revolver Commitments and all borrowings under Revolver Commitments and repayments thereunder shall be made on a Pro Rata basis (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Extended Tranches (and related outstandings) and (B) repayments required upon the maturity date of the non-extending Revolver Commitments).  Each group of Revolver Commitments,

 

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as so extended, as well as the original Revolver Commitments (not so extended), as applicable, shall be considered separate “tranches” (each, a “ Tranche ”), with any Extended Tranche of Revolver Commitments constituting a separate tranche of Revolver Commitments from the tranche of Revolver Commitments from which they were converted).

 

(b)                                  With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.1.10 , (i) such Extensions shall not constitute optional or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of this Agreement and (ii) no Extension Offer is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, provided that the Borrowers may at their election specify as a condition (a “ Minimum Extension Condition ”) to consummating any such Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Offer in the Borrowers’ sole discretion and which condition may be waived by the Borrowers) of Revolver Commitments of any or all applicable tranches be extended.  The Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.1.10 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Tranches on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 5.2 and 5.6 ) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.1.10 .

 

(c)                                   No consent of any Lender or the Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (A) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to its Revolver Commitments (or a portion thereof) and (B) with respect to any Extension of the Revolver Commitments, the consent of each Fronting Bank and the Swingline Lender (in each case in its sole discretion). All Extended Tranches and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrowers as may be necessary in order to establish new tranches or sub-tranches in respect of Revolver Commitments so extended, which shall permit the repayment of non-extending Loans on the Termination Date, and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Agent and the Borrowers in connection therewith, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.1.10 .  Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any Extensions the respective Loan Parties shall (at their expense) amend (and the Agent is hereby directed to amend) any Mortgage that has a maturity date prior to the then latest maturity date so that such maturity date is extended to the then latest maturity date (or such later date as may be advised by local counsel to the Agent).

 

(d)                                  In connection with any Extension, the Borrowers shall provide the Agent at least 10 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Agent) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including, without limitation, regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension), if any,

 

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as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.1.10 .

 

2.1.11                                  Increase in Revolver Commitments .

 

(a)                                  Revolver Commitment Increase .  Subject to the other terms of this Section 2.1.11 , the Administrative Borrower may by written notice to the Agent elect to increase the Maximum Revolver Facility Amount then in effect (a “ Revolver Commitment Increase ”) by increasing the Revolver Commitment of a Revolver Lender (with the consent of such Revolver Lender, which may be withheld in its sole discretion) or by causing a Person that is an Eligible Assignee (reasonably acceptable to the Agent, each Fronting Bank and each Swingline Lender) that at such time is not a Revolver Lender to become a Revolver Lender (an “ Additional Revolver Lender ”).

 

(b)                                  Terms of Revolver Commitment Increases .  Each notice of an increase in any Revolver Commitment shall specify the proposed date (each, an “ Increase Date ”) for the effectiveness of the Revolver Commitment Increase, which date shall be not less than 10 Business Days (or such shorter period as the Agent may agree) after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Agent.  Any such increase shall be subject to the following additional conditions:  (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the date of such notice or both immediately before and after giving effect thereto as of the Increase Date ( provided that, solely with respect to an Increase Date occurring in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the date that the definitive documentation for such Limited Condition Acquisition is executed and no Event of Default arising under Section 11.1.1 or Section 11.1.5 has occurred and is continuing as of the date of the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition both immediately before and after giving effect thereto, it being understood and agreed that the terms of this proviso shall not apply to any Borrowing or other extension of credit under any Facility); (ii) no Lender shall be obligated or have a right to participate in the Revolver Commitment Increase by increasing its Revolver Commitment and no Borrower shall have any obligation to offer existing Lenders rights to participate in such Revolver Commitment Increase; (iii) the Revolver Commitment Increase shall be on the same terms and conditions as this Agreement (other than upfront fees paid to any Lender that is increasing its commitment or to any Additional Revolver Lender); provided that if the Applicable Margin, unused line fees or fees associated with Letters of Credit in respect of any Revolver Commitment Increase are greater than those of the Facility, the Applicable Margin, unused line fees and fees associated with Letters of Credit with respect to the Facility shall be increased (without the consent of any Lender) to the extent of the applicable differential; (iv) the Revolver Commitment Increase, to the extent arising from the admission of an Additional Revolver Lender, shall be effected pursuant to one or more joinder agreements executed and delivered by the Borrowers, the Additional Revolver Lender(s) and the Agent, each of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; (v) all of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents ( provided that, solely with respect to an Increase Date occurring in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, this clause (v) shall be limited to the Specified Representations and customary “specified acquisition agreement representations” as agreed by the relevant Lenders and Additional

 

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Revolver Lenders providing the relevant Revolver Commitment Increase) are true and correct in all material respects (unless such representations and warranties are stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and unless any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects); (vi) [Reserved]; (vii) the Administrative Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any officers’ certificates, board resolutions, legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by the Agent in connection with the Revolver Commitment Increase, in each case substantially similar to those delivered on the Closing Date (to the extent comparable documentation was delivered on the Closing Date); (viii) the Borrowers shall pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses in connection with the Revolver Commitment Increase, including payments required pursuant to Section 3.10 in connection with the Revolver Commitment Increase; (ix) such increase shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof; and (x) if the Agent determines in its reasonable discretion upon the advice of counsel that the same is required by, or advisable under, Applicable Law in order to maintain the perfected security interest and Lien of the Agent in and on the Collateral with the priority contemplated in the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents to secure all of the Secured Obligations, including the Secured Obligations arising due to any Revolver Commitment Increase, the Loan Parties shall enter into any such security documents, amendments, confirmations, reaffirmations or other agreements (it being understood and agreed that, at the reasonable discretion of the Agent, such agreements may be entered into on a post-closing basis within a timeframe to be agreed).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolver Commitment Increases made under this Section 2.1.11 exceed (A) $75,000,000 , plus (B) the amount of all voluntary permanent reductions of the Revolver Commitments hereunder after the Closing Date.

 

(c)                                   Increases Generally .  The Agent shall promptly inform the Lenders of any request for a Revolver Commitment Increase made by the Administrative Borrower.  If the conditions set forth in clause (b) above are not satisfied on the applicable Increase Date (or, to the extent such conditions relate to an earlier date, such earlier date), the Agent shall notify the Administrative Borrower in writing that the requested Revolver Commitment Increase will not be effectuated.  On each Increase Date, the Agent shall notify the Lenders and the Administrative Borrower, on or before 3:00 p.m. (Local Time), by telecopier or e-mail, of the occurrence of the Revolver Commitment Increase to be effected on such Increase Date, the amount of Revolver Loans held by each Lender as a result thereof, the amount of the Commitment of each Lender as a result thereof.  At the time of any provision of any Revolver Commitment Increase pursuant to this Section 2.1.11 , the Borrowers shall, in coordination with the Agent, repay outstanding Revolver Loans of certain of the Lenders, and incur additional Revolver Loans from certain other Lenders (including the Additional Revolver Lenders) (even though as a result thereof such new Loans (to the extent required to be maintained as LIBOR Loans) may have a shorter Interest Period than the then outstanding Revolver Loans), in each case to the extent necessary so that all of the Revolver Lenders participate in each outstanding Revolver Loan Pro Rata on the basis of their respective Revolver

 

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Commitments (in each case after giving effect to any Revolver Commitment Increases pursuant to this Section 2.1.11 ) and with the Borrowers being obligated to pay to the respective Lenders any costs of the type referred to in Section 3.10 and such amounts, as reasonably determined by the respective Lenders, to compensate them for funding the various Revolver Loans during an existing Interest Period (rather than at the beginning of the respective Interest Period, based upon rates then applicable thereto) in connection with any such repayment and/or incurrence. All determinations by any Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

 

2.2                                [Reserved].

 

2.3                                [Reserved] .

 

2.4                                [Reserved] .

 

2.5                                Letters of Credit .

 

2.5.1                                        Issuance of Letters of Credit .  Each Fronting Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit in Dollars for the account of any Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time until five Business Days prior to the Revolver Facility Termination Date, on the terms set forth herein, including the following:

 

(a)                                  Each Borrower acknowledges that each Fronting Bank’s willingness to issue any Letter of Credit is conditioned upon such Fronting Bank’s receipt of an LC Application with respect to the requested Letter of Credit, as well as such other instruments and agreements as such Fronting Bank may customarily require for issuance of a letter of credit of similar type and amount.  No Fronting Bank shall have any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit unless (i) such Fronting Bank and the Agent receive an LC Request and LC Application at least three Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance; (ii) each LC Condition is satisfied; and (iii) if a Defaulting Lender exists, the Borrowers have entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and such Fronting Bank to eliminate any funding risk associated with such Defaulting Lender.  If a Fronting Bank receives written notice from a Revolver Lender at least three Business Days before issuance of a Letter of Credit that any LC Condition has not been satisfied, such Fronting Bank shall have no obligation to issue the requested Letter of Credit (or any other) until such notice is withdrawn in writing by the Required Lenders or until the Required Lenders have waived such condition in accordance with this Agreement.  Prior to receipt of any such notice, a Fronting Bank shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any failure of LC Conditions.

 

(b)                                  The renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit shall be treated as the issuance of a new Letter of Credit, except that delivery of a new LC Application shall be required at the discretion of the applicable Fronting Bank.  No Fronting Bank shall renew or extend any Letter of Credit if it receives written notice from the Agent or the Required Lenders of the existence of a Default or Event of Default.

 

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(c)                                   The Borrowers assume all risks of the acts, omissions or misuses of any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary.  In connection with issuance of any Letter of Credit, none of the Agent, any Fronting Bank or any Lender shall be responsible for the existence, character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods purported to be represented by any Documents; any differences or variation in the character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods from that expressed in any Documents; the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Documents or of any endorsements thereon; the time, place, manner or order in which shipment of goods is made; partial or incomplete shipment of, or failure to ship, any goods referred to in a Letter of Credit or Documents; any deviation from instructions, delay, default or fraud by any shipper or other Person in connection with any goods, shipment or delivery; any breach of contract between a shipper or vendor and a Borrower; errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex, telecopy, e-mail, telephone or otherwise; errors in interpretation of technical terms; the misapplication by a beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof; or any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of any Fronting Bank, the Agent or any Revolver Lender, including any act or omission of a Governmental Authority.  The rights and remedies of each Fronting Bank under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative.  Each Fronting Bank shall be fully subrogated to the rights and remedies of each beneficiary whose claims against the Borrowers are discharged with proceeds of any Letter of Credit issued by such Fronting Bank.

 

(d)                                  In connection with its administration of and enforcement of rights or remedies under any Letters of Credit or LC Documents, each Fronting Bank shall be entitled to act, and shall be fully protected in acting, upon any certification, documentation or communication in whatever form believed by such Fronting Bank, in good faith, to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by a proper Person.  Each Fronting Bank may consult with and employ legal counsel, accountants and other experts to advise it concerning its obligations, rights and remedies, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon, any advice given by such experts.  Each Fronting Bank may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in connection with any matter relating to Letters of Credit or LC Documents, and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of agents and attorneys-in-fact selected with reasonable care.

 

2.5.2                                        LC Reimbursement; LC Participations .

 

(a)                                  If a Fronting Bank honors any request for payment under a Letter of Credit, the Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to pay to such Fronting Bank, on the day that the Borrowers receive notice of such drawing if such notice is received by 10 a.m., Local Time, and on the next succeeding Business Day if such notice is received after such time (“ Reimbursement Date ”), the amount paid by such Fronting Bank under such Letter of Credit, together with interest on the amount of such drawing at the interest rate for Base Rate Loans from the date of drawing under such Letter of Credit until payment by the Borrowers.  The obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse each Fronting Bank for any payment made under a Letter of Credit issued by such Fronting Bank shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and joint and several among Borrowers, and

 

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shall be paid without regard to any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrowers or Loan Parties may have at any time against the beneficiary thereof.

 

(b)                                  Upon issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Revolver Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from the Fronting Bank that issued such Letter of Credit, without recourse or warranty, an undivided Pro Rata interest and participation in all LC Obligations relating to the Letter of Credit.  If the applicable Fronting Bank makes any payment under a Letter of Credit and Borrowers do not reimburse such payment on the Reimbursement Date, the Agent shall promptly notify the Revolver Lenders and each Revolver Lender shall promptly (within one Business Day) and unconditionally pay to the Agent in Dollars, for the benefit of such Fronting Bank, such Revolver Lender’s Pro Rata share of such payment.  Upon request by a Revolver Lender, the applicable Fronting Bank shall furnish copies of any Letters of Credit and LC Documents in its possession at such time.

 

(c)                                   The obligation of each Revolver Lender to make payments to the Agent for the account of the applicable Fronting Bank in connection with such Fronting Bank’s payment under a Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, setoff, qualification or exception whatsoever, and shall be made in accordance with this Agreement under all circumstances, irrespective of any lack of validity or unenforceability of any Loan Documents; any draft, certificate or other document presented under a Letter of Credit having been determined to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or the existence of any setoff or defense that any Loan Party may have with respect to any Obligations.  No Fronting Bank assumes any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by any Borrower or other Person of any obligations under any LC Documents.  No Fronting Bank makes any express or implied warranty, representation or guarantee to the Revolver Lenders with respect to the Collateral, LC Documents or any Loan Party.  No Fronting Bank shall be responsible to any Revolver Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in, or for the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any LC Documents; the validity, genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value or sufficiency of any Collateral or the perfection of any Lien therein; or the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any Loan Party.

 

(d)                                  No Fronting Bank Indemnitee shall be liable to any Loan Party or other Person for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with any LC Documents except as a result of such Fronting Bank’s actual gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, as determined by a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  No Fronting Bank shall have any liability to any Lender if such Fronting Bank refrains from any action under any Letter of Credit or LC Documents until it receives written instructions from the Required Lenders to act and fails to so act.

 

2.5.3                                        LC Cash Collateral .  If any LC Obligations, whether or not then due or payable, shall for any reason be outstanding at any time (a) that an Event of Default exists, (b) that an Overadvance exists (with respect to the amount of Overadvance only), (c) after the

 

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Revolver Commitment Termination Date, or (d) within five Business Days prior to the Revolver Facility Termination Date, then the Borrowers shall, within one Business Day of any Fronting Bank’s or the Agent’s request, Cash Collateralize the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and pay to each Fronting Bank the amount of all other LC Obligations owing to such Fronting Bank.  The Borrowers shall, within one Business Day of demand by any Fronting Bank or the Agent from time to time, Cash Collateralize the LC Obligations of any Defaulting Lender.  If the Borrowers fail to provide any Cash Collateral as required hereunder, the Revolver Lenders may (and shall upon direction of the Agent) advance, as Revolver Loans, the amount of the Cash Collateral required (whether or not the Revolver Commitments have terminated, any Overadvance exists or would result therefrom or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied (it being agreed that no Revolver Lender shall have any obligation to make any such Revolver Loan if after giving effect thereto such Revolver Loan would cause its Revolver Exposure to exceed its Revolver Commitment (or if its Revolver Commitment has been terminated, its Revolver Commitment as in effect immediately prior to such termination)); provided , that in the event the reason for such cash collateralization is to cash collateralize a Defaulting Lender’s obligation, (x) no Revolver Lender shall be required to fund more than its Pro Rata share of such Revolver Loan after giving effect to the reallocation pursuant to Section 4.2.1   and (y) no Revolver Lender shall be required to fund such a Revolver Loan to the extent such Revolver Loan would cause its Revolver Exposure to exceed its Revolver Commitment (or if its Revolver Commitment has been terminated, its Revolver Commitment as in effect immediately prior to such termination).

 

2.5.4                                        Extensions .  If the Revolver Facility Termination Date in respect of any Tranche of Revolver Commitments occurs prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other Tranches of Revolver Commitments in respect of which the Revolver Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolver Lenders to purchase participations therein) under (and ratably participated in by Revolver Lenders pursuant to) the Revolver Commitments in respect of such non-terminating Tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolver Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i)  and unless provisions satisfactory to the applicable Fronting Bank for the treatment of such Letter of Credit have been agreed upon, the Administrative Borrower shall, on or prior to the relevant Revolver Facility Termination Date, cause all such Letters of Credit to be replaced and returned to the applicable Fronting Bank undrawn and marked “cancelled” or to the extent that the Administrative Borrower is unable to so replace and return any Letter(s) of Credit, such Letter(s) of Credit shall be secured by a “back to back” letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Fronting Bank or Cash Collateralized by the Administrative Borrower.  Except to the extent of reallocations of participations pursuant to clause (i)  of the preceding sentence, the occurrence of a Revolver Facility Termination Date with respect to a given Tranche of Revolver Commitments shall have no effect upon (and shall not diminish) the percentage participations of the Revolver Lenders in any Letter of Credit issued before such Revolver Facility Termination Date.

 

2.6                                Borrower Sublimits .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2 , in no event shall any Borrower be entitled to receive a Revolver Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit (and no Revolver Lender shall be required to make or support the same) if at

 

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the time of the proposed funding of such Revolver Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit (and after giving effect thereto and all pending requests for Revolver Loans and Letters of Credit by or on behalf of such Borrower), the sum of (a) of the outstanding amount of all Revolver Loans made to all Borrowers on such date and (b) the LC Obligations of all Borrowers on such date exceeds the lesser of the Borrowing Base or the Revolver Commitments.

 

SECTION 3.                                                  INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES

 

3.1                                Interest .

 

3.1.1                                        Rates and Payment of Interest .

 

(a)                                  The Obligations shall bear interest as follows:

 

(i)                                      in the case of a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin for such Base Rate Loan;

 

(ii)                                   in the case of a LIBOR Revolver Loan, at a rate equal to LIBOR for the applicable Interest Period, plus the Applicable Margin for such LIBOR Revolver Loans; and

 

(iii)                                in the case of any other Obligation that is then due and payable (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest not paid when due), at the Base Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans.

 

Interest shall accrue from the date the Loan is advanced or the Obligation becomes payable, until paid by the applicable Borrower(s), and shall in no event be less than zero at any time.  If a Loan is repaid on the same day made, one day’s interest shall accrue.

 

(b)                                  Interest on the Revolver Loans shall be payable in Dollars.

 

(c)                                   If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan or (ii) any interest payable thereon shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest (including post-petition interest during the pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding) at a rate per annum that is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the Default Rate or (y) in the case of any overdue interest or other amounts not paid when due hereunder, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Default Rate from and including the date of such non-payment to but excluding the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).  Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 3.1.1 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment of amounts due hereunder and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of the Agent or any Lender.

 

(d)                                  Interest accrued on the Loans shall be due and payable in arrears, (i) for any Base Rate Loan, quarterly on the first day of each January, April, July and October for the preceding quarter; (ii) for any LIBOR Loan, on the last day of its Interest Period (and, if its Interest Period exceeds three months, at the end of each period of three months) and (iii) on any date of prepayment, with respect to the principal amount of

 

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Loans being prepaid.  In addition, interest accrued on the Revolver Loans shall be due and payable in arrears on the Revolver Commitment Termination Date.  Interest accrued on any other Obligations shall be due and payable as provided in the Loan Documents and, if no payment date is specified, shall be due and payable on demand .  Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest accrued at the Default Rate shall be due and payable on demand .

 

3.1.2                                        Application of LIBOR to Outstanding Loans .

 

(a)                                  Borrowers may on any Business Day, subject to delivery of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation and the other terms hereof, elect to convert any portion of any Base Rate Loan funded in Dollars to, or to continue any LIBOR Loan at the end of its Interest Period as, a LIBOR Loan.  During any Event of Default, the Agent may (and shall at the direction of the Required Lenders) declare that no Loan may be made, converted to or continued as a LIBOR Loan.

 

(b)                                  Whenever the Borrowers desire to convert or continue Loans as LIBOR Loans, the Administrative Borrower shall give the Agent a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, no later than 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) at least three Business Days prior to the requested conversion or continuation date.  Promptly after receiving any such notice, the Agent shall notify each Lender thereof.  Each Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall be irrevocable, and shall specify the amount of Loans to be converted or continued, the conversion or continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), and the duration of the Interest Period (which shall be deemed to be one month if not specified).  If, upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of any LIBOR Loans, the Administrative Borrower shall have failed to deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation with respect thereto as required above, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Loans into Base Rate Loans.

 

3.1.3                                        [Reserved] .

 

3.1.4                                        [Reserved] .

 

3.1.5                                        [Reserved] .

 

3.1.6                                        Interest Periods .  In connection with the making, conversion or continuation of any LIBOR Loans, the Administrative Borrower, on behalf of the applicable Borrower(s), shall select an interest period to apply (the “ Interest Period ”), which interest period shall be a one, two, three, six (or if available to all Lenders as determined by the Lenders in good faith based upon prevailing market conditions, a twelve) —month period; provided , however , that:

 

(a)                                  each Interest Period shall commence on the date the Loan is made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan, and shall expire on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at its end;

 

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the last Business Day of such month, then the Interest Period shall expire on the last Business Day of such month;

 

(c)                                   subject to clause (b), above, if any Interest Period would expire on a day that is not a Business Day, the period shall expire on the next Business Day; and

 

(d)                                  no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolver Facility Termination Date.

 

3.2                                Fees .

 

3.2.1                                        Unused Line Fee .

 

(a)                                  Unused Line Fee .  The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of the Revolver Lenders, a fee equal to 0.50% per annum times the average daily amount by which the Revolver Commitments exceed the Revolver Exposure during any month; provided , that such fee shall reduce to 0.375% per annum for any month during which the average daily amount of the Revolver Exposure exceeded 25% of the Revolver Commitments.  Such fee shall be payable in arrears in Dollars, quarterly on the first day of each January, April, July and October for the preceding quarter (commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date) and on the Revolver Commitment Termination Date.

 

(b)                                  Swingline Utilization .  For the purposes of this Section 3.2.1 , outstanding Swingline Loans shall not be considered utilization of any Facility in determining the unused line fees.

 

3.2.2                                        [Reserved] .

 

3.2.3                                        [Reserved] .

 

3.2.4                                        [Reserved] .

 

3.2.5                                        Letters of Credit Fees .  The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay (a) to the Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of the Revolver Lenders, a fee equal to the per annum rate of the Applicable Margin in effect for LIBOR Revolver Loans times the average daily stated amount of the Letters of Credit, which fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears, on the first day of each January, April, July and October for the preceding quarter (commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date), and on the date of termination of any Letter of Credit and on the Revolver Commitment Termination Date; (b) to each Fronting Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per annum on the stated amount of each Letter of Credit issued by it, which fee shall be payable upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit and at the time of each renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, and also quarterly in arrears, on the first day of each January, April, July and October for the preceding quarter (commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date), and on the date of termination of such Letter of Credit and on the Revolver Commitment Termination Date; and (c) to each Fronting Bank, for its own account, all customary charges associated with the issuance, amending, negotiating, payment, processing, transfer and administration of the Letters of Credit

 

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issued by it, which charges shall be paid as and when incurred on demand .  All fees payable under this Section 3.2.5 shall be payable in Dollars.

 

3.2.6                                        Other Fees .  Holdings shall pay such other fees as described in the Fee Letter.

 

3.3                                Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield Protection .  All interest, as well as fees and other charges calculated on a per annum basis, shall be computed for the actual days elapsed, based on a year of 360 days, or, in the case of interest based on Loans bearing interest at the Prime Rate, on the basis of a 365 day year.  Each determination by the Agent of any interest, fees or interest rate hereunder shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.  All fees shall be fully earned when due and shall not be subject to rebate, refund or proration.  All fees payable under Section 3.2 are compensation for services and are not, and shall not be deemed to be, interest or any other charge for the use, forbearance or detention of money, except to the extent such treatment is inconsistent with any Applicable Law.  A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail amounts payable by any Borrower under Section 3.4 , 3.7 or 3.10 and the basis therefor, submitted to the Administrative Borrower by the Agent or the affected Lender or Fronting Bank shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers shall pay such amounts to the appropriate party within 10 Business Days following receipt of such certificate.

 

3.4                                Reimbursement Obligations .  The Borrowers shall reimburse the Agent for all Extraordinary Expenses incurred by the Agent in reference to the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties, the Obligations or the Collateral.  In addition to such Extraordinary Expenses, the Borrowers shall also reimburse the Agent and, in the case of clause (a) below only, each Joint Lead Arranger, for all reasonable and documented legal, accounting, appraisal, and other reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses, without duplication, incurred by them in connection with (a) negotiation and preparation of any Loan Documents and any commitment letters executed in connection therewith and the syndication of the Loans hereunder; (b) any amendment or other modification to any of the Loan Documents; (c) all due diligence expenses, including field examinations and appraisals incurred by the Agent in connection with the Loan Documents incurred prior to the Closing Date; (d) administration of and actions relating to any Collateral, including any actions taken to perfect or maintain priority of the Agent’s Liens on any such Collateral, to maintain any insurance required hereunder or to verify such Collateral; and (e) each inspection, field exam, audit or appraisal with respect to any Loan Party or the Collateral (including Bank of America’s standard charges for field examinations, audits and the preparation of reports thereof), whether prepared by the Agent’s personnel or a third party (subject to the limitations of Section 10.1.14 ).  All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal fees incurred by Agent Professionals and payable hereunder shall be charged to the Borrowers at the actual rate charged by such Agent Professionals; provided that Borrowers’ obligation to reimburse the Agent for legal fees shall be limited to the reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses of Latham & Watkins, LLP, counsel to the Agent, or a replacement or substitute counsel therefor in the U.S. and, if necessary, one local counsel in each other relevant jurisdiction, including within the U.S. (which may include a local counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions).  In addition to the Extraordinary Expenses of the Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrowers shall reimburse the Fronting Banks and Lenders for the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one U.S. counsel (and, if necessary, of one local counsel in each other relevant jurisdiction, including within the U.S. (which may include a

 

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local counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions)) for the Fronting Banks and Lenders, as a whole, in connection with the enforcement, collection or protection of their respective rights under the Loan Documents (unless there is an actual or perceived conflict of interest, in which case the affected Fronting Banks and Lenders (taken as a whole) may retain one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, including within the U.S. (which may include a local counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions))), including all such expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or Insolvency Proceeding.  All amounts payable by Borrowers under this Section 3.4 shall be due and payable in accordance with Section 3.3 .

 

3.5                                Illegality .  If any Lender determines that any Applicable Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund LIBOR Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon LIBOR, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell bills of exchange denominated in, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Agent and the Administrative Borrower, (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue affected LIBOR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to affected LIBOR Loans shall be suspended and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the LIBOR component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Agent without reference to the LIBOR component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Agent and the Administrative Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon delivery of such notice, (a) the Borrowers shall prepay or, if applicable, convert all affected LIBOR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Agent without reference to the LIBOR component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon LIBOR, the Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the LIBOR component thereof until the Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon LIBOR.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.  If any Lender invokes this Section 3.5 , such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to notify the Administrative Borrower and the Agent when the conditions giving rise to such action no longer exists, provided , however , that such Lender shall have no liability to the Borrowers or to any other Person for its failure to provide such notice.

 

3.6                                Inability to Determine Rates .

 

(a)                                  If in connection with a request for a Borrowing of a Loan or conversion to or continuation of a LIBOR Loan (i) the Agent determines that (A) deposits or bankers’ acceptances are not being offered to banks in the London interbank market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan or (B) (x) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining LIBOR for the requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed

 

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Base Rate Loan and (y) the circumstances described in Section 3.6(b)(i)  and (ii)  do not apply (in each case with respect to this clause (i) , “ Impacted Loans ”), or (ii) the Agent or the Required Lenders determine that LIBOR for the requested Interest Period does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, then the Agent will promptly so notify the Administrative Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain affected LIBOR Loans shall be suspended and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the LIBOR component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the LIBOR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (ii)  of Section 3.6(a) , until the Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of a LIBOR Loan or, failing that, will be deemed to have submitted a request for a Base Rate Loan (subject to the foregoing clause (y) ).  If any Lender invokes this Section 3.6 , such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to notify the Administrative Borrower and the Agent when the conditions giving rise to such action no longer exists, provided , however , that such Lender shall have no liability to Borrowers or to any other Person for its failure to provide such notice.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, if the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Administrative Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Administrative Borrower) that the Administrative Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:

 

(i)                                      adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for any requested Interest Period, including, without limitation, because the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary;

 

(ii)                                   the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate, or the regulatory supervisor of, or other Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such administrator or jurisdiction over the Agent, has made a public statement or publication of information announcing or identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans (such specific date, the “ Scheduled Unavailability Date ”); or

 

(iii)                                syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section 3.3 , are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR,

 

then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Agent or receipt by the Agent of such notice, as applicable, the Agent and the Administrative Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with an alternate benchmark rate (including any

 

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mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks (any such proposed rate, a “ LIBOR Successor Rate ”), together with any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes (as defined below) and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Administrative Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment.  Such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Agent, such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Agent.

 

If no LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under clause (i)  above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Agent will promptly so notify the Administrative Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain LIBOR Loans shall be suspended and (y) the LIBOR component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Base Rate.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of a LIBOR Loan or, failing that, will be deemed to have submitted a request for a Base Rate Loan (subject to the foregoing clause (y) ).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any definition of LIBOR Successor Rate shall provide that in no event shall such LIBOR Successor Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

For purposes hereof, “ LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes ” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definition of Base Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Agent in consultation with the Administrative Borrower, to reflect the adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).

 

3.7                                Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy .

 

3.7.1                                        Change in Law .  If any Change in Law shall:

 

(a)                                  impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in LIBOR) or Fronting Bank;

 

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(b)                                  impose on any Lender or Fronting Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting any Loan, Loan Document, Letter of Credit or participation in LC Obligations; or

 

(c)                                   subject any Lender, any Fronting Bank or the Agent to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (c), (d) and (e) of the definition of Excluded Taxes, and (C) franchise, branch profit and net income Taxes (however denominated) imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such party and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax other than connections arising from such party 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, Letter of Credit or Loan Document, in each case imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital thereto,

 

and the result thereof shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or Fronting Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Fronting Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or Fronting Bank, the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender or Fronting Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Fronting Bank for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered, in each case, in accordance with Section 3.3 .  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 3.7.1 shall not apply to the extent that any amount is (i) [Reserved]; (ii) attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by a Loan Party; (iii) [Reserved]; or (iv) attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the “International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (“ Basel II ”) or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, or a Credit Party or any of its Affiliates) other than in connection with Basel III.

 

3.7.2                                        Capital Adequacy .  If any Lender or Fronting Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or Fronting Bank or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or Fronting Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital, liquidity or leverage requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s, Fronting Bank’s or holding company’s capital as a consequence of this Agreement, or such Lender’s or Fronting Bank’s Revolver Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or participations in LC Obligations to a level below that which such Lender, Fronting Bank or holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s, Fronting Bank’s and holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or Fronting Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate it or its holding company for any such reduction suffered, in each case, in accordance with Section 3.3 .

 

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3.7.3                                        Compensation .  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Fronting Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall not constitute a waiver of its right to demand such compensation, but Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or Fronting Bank for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that the Lender or Fronting Bank notifies the Administrative Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Fronting Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

3.8                                [Reserved] .

 

3.9                                Mitigation .  If any Lender gives a notice under Section 3.5 or requests compensation under Section 3.7 , or if any Borrower is required to pay additional amounts or indemnity payments with respect to a Lender under Section 5.8 , then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (a) would eliminate the need for such notice or reduce amounts payable or to be withheld in the future, as applicable; and (b) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender or unlawful.  The Borrowers shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender that has issued a Revolver Commitment in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

3.10                         Funding Losses .  If for any reason (other than default by a Lender) (a) any Borrowing of, or conversion to or continuation of, a LIBOR Loan does not occur on the date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation (whether or not withdrawn), (b) any repayment or conversion of a LIBOR Loan occurs on a day other than the end of an Interest Period, (c) any Borrower fails to repay a LIBOR Loan when required hereunder, or (d) pursuant to Section 13.3.4 , the Administrative Borrower requires a Lender to assign all of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to one or more Eligible Assignees, then the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent its customary administrative charge and to each Lender all losses and expenses that it sustains as a consequence thereof, including any loss or expense arising from liquidation or redeployment of funds or from fees payable to terminate deposits of matching funds, but excluding loss of margin.  All amounts payable by Borrowers under this Section 3.10 shall be due and payable in accordance with Section 3.3 .  Lenders shall not be required to purchase deposits in the London interbank market or any other applicable market to fund any LIBOR Loan, but the provisions hereof shall be deemed to apply as if each Lender had purchased such deposits to fund such Loans.

 

3.11                         Maximum Interest .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by Applicable Law (“ maximum rate ”).  If the Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the maximum rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Obligations to which such excess interest relates or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrowers.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by the Agent or a Lender exceeds the maximum rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, (a) characterize any

 

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payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest; (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof; and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

 

SECTION 4.                                                  LOAN ADMINISTRATION

 

4.1                                Manner of Borrowing and Funding Loans .

 

4.1.1                                         Notices of Borrowing .

 

(a)                                  Revolver Loans .  Whenever any Borrower desires funding of a Borrowing of any Loans, the Administrative Borrower shall give the Agent a Notice of Borrowing.  Such notice must be received by the Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) (i) on the Business Day of the requested funding date, in the case of Base Rate Loans and (ii) at least three Business Days prior to the requested funding date, in the case of LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of LIBOR Loans to be funded on the Closing Date, at such later time as the Agent may agree).  Notices received after 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) shall be deemed received on the next Business Day.  Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the amount of the Borrowing, (B) the requested funding date (which must be a Business Day), (C) whether the Borrowing is to be made as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Revolver Loan, and (D) in the case of LIBOR Loans, the duration of the applicable Interest Period (which shall be deemed to be one month if not specified).

 

(b)                                  [Reserved] .

 

(c)                                   [Reserved] .

 

(d)                                  Swingline Loans .  Whenever any Borrower desires funding of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, the Administrative Borrower shall give the Agent a Notice of Borrowing.  Such notice must be received by the Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) on the Business Day of the requested funding date.  Notices received after 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) shall be deemed received on the next Business Day.  Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the amount of the Borrowing and (B) the requested funding date (which must be a Business Day).

 

4.1.2                                         Fundings by Lenders; Settlement .

 

(a)                                  Each Lender shall timely honor its Revolver Commitment by funding its Pro Rata share of each Borrowing of Revolver Loans that is properly requested hereunder; provided , however , that no Lender shall be required to honor its Revolver Commitment by funding its Pro Rata share of any Borrowing that would cause the Revolver Loans plus the LC Obligations to exceed the aggregate Borrowing Base or the aggregate Revolver Commitments.  The Agent shall endeavor to provide prompt written notice to the Lenders of each Notice of Borrowing (or deemed request for a Borrowing).  Subject to its receipt of such amounts from the Lenders, the Agent shall disburse the proceeds of the Revolver Loans as directed by the Administrative Borrower.  Unless the Agent shall have received (in sufficient time to act) written notice from a

 

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Lender that it does not intend to fund its Pro Rata share of a Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has deposited or promptly will deposit its share with the Agent, and the Agent may disburse a corresponding amount to the Borrowers.  If a Lender’s share of any Borrowing is not received by the Agent, then the Borrowers agree to repay to the Agent on demand the amount of such share, together with interest thereon from the date disbursed until repaid, at the rate applicable to such Borrowing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent may, in its discretion, fund any request for a Borrowing of Revolver Loans as Swingline Loans.

 

(b)                                  To facilitate administration of the Revolver Loans, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Agent agree (which agreement is solely among them, and not for the benefit of or enforceable by any Borrower or any other Loan Party) that settlement among them with respect to Swingline Loans and other Revolver Loans may take place on a date determined from time to time by the Agent, which shall occur at least once every five Business Days.  On each settlement date, settlement shall be made with each such Lender in accordance with the Settlement Report delivered by the Agent to the Lenders.  Each Lender’s obligation to make settlements with the Agent is absolute and unconditional, without offset, counterclaim or other defense, and whether or not the Revolver Commitments have terminated, an Overadvance exists or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied.  Between settlement dates contemplated under the first sentence of this subsection (b), the Agent may in its discretion (but is not obligated to) apply payments on Revolver Loans to Swingline Loans, regardless of any designation by the Administrative Borrower or any Borrower or any provision herein to the contrary.  If, due to an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Borrower or any other Loan Party or otherwise, any Swingline Loan may not be settled among the Lenders, then each Lender shall be deemed to have purchased from the Swingline Lender a Pro Rata participation in each unpaid Swingline Loan and shall transfer the amount of such participation to the Swingline Lender, in immediately available funds, within one Business Day after the Agent’s request therefor.

 

4.1.3                                        Notices .  Each Borrower authorizes the Agent and Lenders to extend Loans, convert or continue Revolver Loans, effect selections of interest rates, and transfer funds to or on behalf of applicable Borrowers based on telephonic or e-mailed instructions by the Administrative Borrower to the Agent.  The Administrative Borrower shall confirm each such request by reasonably prompt delivery to the Agent of a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, if applicable, but if it differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Agent or Lenders, the records of the Agent and Lenders shall govern.  Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability for any loss suffered by a Borrower as a result of the Agent or any Lender acting upon its understanding of telephonic or e-mailed instructions from a person believed in good faith by the Agent or any Lender to be a person authorized to give such instructions on the Administrative Borrower’s behalf.

 

4.2                                Defaulting Lender .

 

4.2.1                                        Reallocation of Pro Rata Share; Amendments .  For purposes of determining Lenders’ obligations to fund or participate in Revolver Loans or Letters of Credit, the Agent may exclude the Revolver Commitments and Loans of any Defaulting Lender from the calculation of Pro Rata shares; provided that (i) no non-Defaulting Lender shall be re-allocated

 

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any Defaulting Lender’s commitment to fund Revolver Loans under Section 2.1.1 hereof if a Default or Event of Default is then continuing and (ii) notwithstanding such exclusion, no non-Defaulting Lender shall be required to fund or participate in any Loans or Letter of Credit if such funding or participation shall cause the Total Revolver Exposure of any non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolver Commitment.  A Defaulting Lender shall have no right to vote on any amendment, waiver or other modification of a Loan Document, except as provided in Section 14.1.1(c) .

 

4.2.2                                        Payments; Fees .  The Agent may, in its discretion, receive and retain any amounts payable to a Defaulting Lender under the Loan Documents, and a Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned to the Agent such amounts until all Obligations owing to the Agent, non-Defaulting Lenders and other Secured Parties have been paid in full.  The Agent may apply such amounts to the Defaulting Lender’s defaulted obligations, use the funds to Cash Collateralize such Lender’s LC Obligations, or readvance the amounts to Borrowers hereunder.  A Lender shall not be entitled to receive any fees accruing hereunder during the period in which it is a Defaulting Lender, and the unfunded portion of its Revolver Commitment shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating the unused line fee under Section 3.2.1 .  If any LC Obligations owing to a Defaulting Lender are reallocated to other Lenders, fees attributable to such LC Obligations under Section 3.2.5 shall be paid to such Lenders.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.2.1 and this Section 4.2.2 , the LC Obligations owing to a Defaulting Lender may be reallocated to the other Lenders only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the Total Revolver Exposure of any non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolver Commitment.  The Agent shall be paid all fees attributable to LC Obligations that are not reallocated.

 

4.2.3                                        Cure .  Borrowers, the Agent and each Fronting Bank may agree in writing that a Revolver Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender.  At such time, Pro Rata shares shall be reallocated without exclusion of such Revolver Lender’s Revolver Commitment and Revolver Loans, and all outstanding Revolver Loans, LC Obligations and other exposures under the Revolver Commitments shall be reallocated among Revolver Lenders and settled by the Agent (with appropriate payments by the reinstated Revolver Lender) in accordance with the readjusted Pro Rata shares.  Unless expressly agreed by Borrowers, the Agent and each Fronting Bank, or as expressly provided herein with respect to Bail-In Actions and related matters, no reallocation of Commitments and Revolver Loans to non-Defaulting Lenders or reinstatement of a Defaulting Lender shall constitute a waiver or release of claims against such Lender.  The failure of any Lender to fund a Loan, to make a payment in respect of LC Obligations or otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations, and no Lender shall be responsible for default by another Lender.

 

4.3                                Number and Amount of LIBOR Loans; Determination of Rate .  For ease of administration, all LIBOR Loans of the same Type having the same length and beginning date of their Interest Periods shall be aggregated together, and such Loans shall be allocated among the Lenders on a Pro Rata basis.  No more than six Borrowings of LIBOR Loans may be outstanding at any time, and each Borrowing of LIBOR Loans when made, continued or converted shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000, or an increment of $100,000 in excess thereof.  Upon determining LIBOR for any Interest Period requested by the Borrowers, the Agent shall promptly notify the Administrative Borrower by telephone or electronically and, if requested by the Administrative Borrower, shall confirm any telephonic notice in writing.

 

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4.4                                Administrative Borrower .

 

4.4.1                                        Administrative Borrower .  Each Loan Party hereby designates Arrow Bidco as its representative and agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Borrower ”) for all purposes under the Loan Documents, including requests for Loans and Letters of Credit, designation of interest rates, delivery or receipt of communications, preparation and delivery of the Borrowing Base and financial reports, receipt and payment of Obligations, requests for waivers, amendments or other accommodations, actions under the Loan Documents (including in respect of compliance with covenants), and all other dealings with the Agent, any Fronting Bank or any Lender.  The Administrative Borrower hereby accepts such appointment.

 

4.4.2                                        Reserved .

 

4.4.3                                        Reserved .

 

4.4.4                                        Administrative Borrower Generally .  The Agent, each Fronting Bank and each Lender shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any notice or communication (including any Notice of Borrowing) delivered by the Administrative Borrower on behalf of any Loan Party.  The Agent, any Fronting Bank and any Lender may give any notice or communication with a Loan Party hereunder to the Administrative Borrower on behalf of such Loan Party.  Each of the Agent, any Fronting Bank and any Lender shall have the right, in its discretion, to deal exclusively with the Administrative Borrower for any or all purposes under the Loan Documents.  Each Loan Party agrees that any notice, election, communication, representation, agreement or undertaking made on its behalf by the Administrative Borrower shall be binding upon and enforceable against it.

 

4.5                                Reserved .

 

4.6                                Effect of Termination .  On the effective date of termination of the Revolver Commitments, all Obligations shall be immediately due and payable.  All undertakings of Loan Parties contained in the Loan Documents shall survive, and the Agent and the Secured Parties shall retain their Liens on the Collateral and all of their rights and remedies under the Loan Documents until Full Payment of the Secured Obligations.  Notwithstanding Full Payment of the Secured Obligations, the Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens on any Collateral unless the Loan Parties have pre-funded all uncleared payment requests (ACH, wire transfer and other) made by a Loan Party or a Lender or any of its Affiliates on or prior to the date of such termination.  In addition, in the event Payment Items have been applied to the Full Payment of the Secured Obligations, the Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens on any Collateral unless the Agent receives (a) a written agreement, executed by the Administrative Borrower and any Person whose advances are used in whole or in part to satisfy the Secured Obligations, indemnifying the Agent and Lenders from any such damages; or (b) such Cash Collateral as the Agent, in its reasonable discretion, deems necessary to protect against any such damages.  Sections 2.5 , 3.4 , 3.6 , 3.7 , 3.10 , 5.4 , 5.8 , 5.9 , 12 , 14.2 and this Section 4.6 , and the obligation of each Loan Party and Lenders with respect to each indemnity given by it in any Loan Document, shall survive Full Payment of the Secured Obligations.

 

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SECTION 5.                                                  PAYMENTS

 

5.1                                General Payment Provisions .  All payments of Obligations shall be made without offset, counterclaim or defense of any kind, and in immediately available funds, not later than 1:00 p.m. (Local Time) on the due date therefor.  Any payment after such time shall be deemed made on the next Business Day.  If any payment under the Loan Documents shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, the due date shall be extended to the next Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in any computation of interest and fees.  Any payment of a LIBOR Loan prior to the end of its Interest Period shall be accompanied by all amounts due under Section 3.10 .  Any prepayment of Loans shall be applied first to costs and expenses of the Agent (including any Extraordinary Expenses), second to Base Rate Loans (and the Agent may, in its discretion, apply such prepayment to Swingline Loans before other Revolver Loans), and then to LIBOR Loans; provided , however , that as long as no Default or Event of Default exists, prepayments of LIBOR Loans may (other than in the case of Full Payment of the Obligations), at the option of Borrowers and the Agent, be held by the Agent as Cash Collateral and applied to such Loans at the end of their Interest Periods (in which case no compensation under Section 3.10 shall be payable with respect to such prepayment, but interest shall continue to accrue on the outstanding principal of such Loans until payment thereon).  All payments with respect to any Obligations shall be made in Dollars.  Any payment made contrary to the requirements of the preceding sentence shall be subject to the terms of Section 5.12 .

 

5.2                                Repayment of Obligations .  All Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full on the Revolver Commitment Termination Date, unless payment of such Obligations is sooner required hereunder.  Revolver Loans may be prepaid from time to time, without penalty or premium, subject to, in the case of LIBOR Loans, the payment of costs set forth in Section 3.10 (except to the extent provided in Section 5.1 ).  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an Overadvance exists, the Borrowers shall, on the sooner of the Agent’s demand or the first Business Day after any Borrower has knowledge thereof, repay the outstanding Revolver Loans in an amount sufficient to reduce the principal balance of the related Overadvance Loan to zero.  If at any time the sum of (x) the aggregate principal balance of all Revolver Loans plus (y) the LC Obligations exceeds the Revolver Commitments, the Borrowers shall, on the sooner of the Agent’s demand or the first Business Day after any Borrower has knowledge thereof, repay outstanding Revolver Loans (or Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit) in an amount sufficient to reduce such excess to zero.

 

5.3                                Payment of Other Obligations .  Obligations shall be paid by Borrowers as provided in the Loan Documents or, if no payment date is specified, within 30 days of demand by the Agent therefor.

 

5.4                                Marshaling; Payments Set Aside .  None of the Agent, Fronting Banks or Lenders shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or against any Obligations.  If any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower or Borrowers is made to the Agent, any Fronting Bank or any Lender, or the Agent, any Fronting Bank or any Lender exercises a right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Agent, such Fronting Bank or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a Creditor Representative or any other Person, then to the extent of such recovery, the Obligation originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights

 

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and remedies relating thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred.

 

5.5                                Post-Default Allocation of Payments .

 

5.5.1                                        Allocation .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during an Event of Default, monies to be applied to the Secured Obligations, whether arising from payments by or on behalf of any Loan Party, realization on Collateral, setoff or otherwise, shall be allocated as follows:

 

(i)                                      first, to all costs and expenses, including Extraordinary Expenses, owing to the Agent, to the extent owing by any Loan Party;

 

(ii)                                   second, to all amounts owing to the Swingline Lender on Swingline Loans;

 

(iii)                                third, to all amounts owing to any Fronting Bank on LC Obligations;

 

(iv)                               fourth, to all Obligations constituting fees owing by the Loan Parties;

 

(v)                                  fifth, to all Obligations constituting interest owing by the Loan Parties;

 

(vi)                               sixth, to Cash Collateralization of LC Obligations;

 

(vii)                            seventh, to the principal amount of all Revolver Loans and all Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations of any Loan Party to the extent a Bank Product Reserve has been established with respect thereto up to and including the amount most recently specified to the Agent pursuant to the terms hereof; and

 

(viii)                         eighth, to all other Secured Obligations.

 

Amounts shall be applied to each category of Secured Obligations set forth above until Full Payment thereof and then to the next category.  If amounts are insufficient to satisfy a category, they shall be applied on a pro rata basis among the Secured Obligations in the category.  Amounts distributed with respect to any Secured Bank Product Obligations or Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations shall be the lesser of the maximum Secured Bank Product Obligations or Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations, as the case may be, last reported to the Agent or the actual Secured Bank Product Obligations or Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations, as the case may be, as calculated by the methodology reported to the Agent for determining the amount due.  The Agent shall have no obligation to calculate the amount to be distributed with respect to any Secured Bank Product Obligations or Qualified Secured Bank Product Obligations, and may request a reasonably detailed calculation of such amount from the applicable Secured Party.  If a Secured Party fails to deliver such calculation within five days following request by the Agent, the Agent may assume the amount to be distributed is zero.  The allocations set forth in this Section 5.5.1 are solely to determine the rights and priorities of the Agent and Secured Parties as among themselves, and any allocation of proceeds of the realization of Collateral may

 

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be changed by agreement among them without the consent of any Loan Party.  This Section 5.5.1 is not for the benefit of or enforceable by any Loan Party.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 5.5.1 , no amount received from any Guarantor shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Guarantor.

 

5.5.2                                        Erroneous Application .  The Agent shall not be liable for any application of amounts made by it in good faith and, if any such application is subsequently determined to have been made in error, the sole recourse of any Lender or other Person to which such amount should have been made shall be to recover the amount from the Person that actually received it (and, if such amount was received by any Lender, such Lender hereby agrees to return it).

 

5.6                                Application of Payments .  The ledger balance in the Dominion Accounts as of the end of a Business Day shall be applied to the Obligations at the beginning of the next Business Day during the existence of any Cash Dominion Event.  If, as a result of such application, a credit balance exists, the balance shall not accrue interest in favor of Borrowers and shall be made available to Borrowers as long as no Event of Default exists.  Each Borrower irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any payments or Collateral proceeds, and agrees that the Agent shall have the continuing, exclusive right to apply and reapply the same against the Obligations, in such manner as the Agent deems advisable; provided , however , that, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent shall not apply any payments to any LIBOR Loans prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period.

 

5.7                                Loan Account; Account Stated .

 

5.7.1                                        Loan Account .  The Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual and customary practices an account or accounts (“ Loan Account ”) evidencing the Obligations of the Borrowers resulting from each Loan made to such Borrowers or issuance of a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrowers from time to time.  Any failure of the Agent to record anything in the Loan Account, or any error in doing so, shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of any Borrower to pay any amount owing hereunder.

 

5.7.2                                        Entries Binding .  Entries made in the Loan Account shall constitute presumptive evidence of the information contained therein.  If any information contained in the Loan Account is provided to or inspected by any Person, then such information shall be conclusive and binding on such Person for all purposes absent manifest error, except to the extent such Person notifies the Agent in writing within 45 days after receipt or inspection that specific information is subject to dispute.

 

5.8                                Taxes .  For purposes of this Section 5.8 , the term “ Lender ” includes any Fronting Bank.

 

5.8.1                                        Payments Free of Taxes .  All payments by or on behalf of any Loan Party of Obligations shall be free and clear of and without deduction, remittance or withholding for any Taxes, unless required by Applicable Law.  If Applicable Law requires any Loan Party or the Agent to withhold, remit or deduct any Taxes (as determined in good faith by the applicable Loan Party or the Agent), the withholding, remittance or deduction shall be based on Applicable Law and the information provided pursuant to this Section 5.8 and Section 5.9 ,

 

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and the applicable Loan Party or the Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the amount withheld, remitted or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority.  If the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by Loan Parties shall be increased so that the applicable Credit Parties receive an amount equal to the sum they would have received if no such withholding, remittance or deduction (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.8 ) had been made.  Without limiting the foregoing, Loan Parties shall timely pay and remit all Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authorities in accordance with Applicable Law or, at the option of the Agent, timely reimburse it for the payment of any Other Taxes. For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Closing Date, the Administrative Borrower and the Agent shall be entitled to treat (and the Credit Parties hereby authorize the Agent to treat) the Loans as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).

 

5.8.2                                        Payment .  Loan Parties shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse each Credit Party for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.8 ) paid by such Credit Party with respect to any Obligations, whether or not such Taxes were properly asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority, and including all penalties, interest and reasonable expenses relating thereto.  A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount and basis for calculation of any such payment or liability delivered to the Administrative Borrower by a Credit Party (with a copy to the Agent) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and all amounts payable by Loan Parties under this Section 5.8.2 shall be due in accordance with Section 5.3 .  As soon as reasonably practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party, the Administrative Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a receipt from the Governmental Authority or other evidence of payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

5.8.3                                        Treatment of Certain Refunds .  If any Credit Party determines, in its sole discretion in good faith, that it is entitled to claim a refund or credit from a Governmental Authority in respect of any Indemnified Tax or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.8 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to Section 5.8.1 ), such Credit Party shall promptly notify such Loan Party of the availability of such refund claim and, if such Credit Party determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not place such party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid, shall, within 60 days after receipt of a request by such Loan Party, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund.  If a Credit Party determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Tax or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.8 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to Section 5.8.1 ), it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Loan Parties under this Section 5.8 with respect to the Indemnified Tax or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Credit Party, and without interest (other than any interest paid

 

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by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that Loan Parties agree in writing to repay the amount paid over to Loan Parties (plus interest attributable to the period during which the Loan Parties held such funds) to such Credit Party in the event that such Credit Party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any Credit Party to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes) to any Loan Party or any other Person.

 

5.9                                Lender Tax Information .  For purposes of this Section 5.9 , the term “ Lender ” includes any Fronting Bank.

 

5.9.1                                        Generally .  Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of a jurisdiction in which a relevant Loan Party is resident for tax purposes, or under any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Agent and the Administrative Borrower, at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Agent or the Administrative Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation or such other evidence as prescribed by Applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition and only to the extent applicable, any Lender, if requested by the Agent or the Administrative Borrower, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Agent or the Administrative Borrower as will enable the Agent and the Administrative Borrower to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 5.9.2 below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

5.9.2                                        Borrowers .  Each Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Agent and the Administrative Borrower (on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Agent or Administrative Borrower) executed copies of IRS Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Agent or Administrative Borrower to determine whether such Lender is subject to information reporting requirements and to establish that such Lender is not subject to backup withholding.  If any Foreign Lender is entitled to any exemption from or reduction of U.S. withholding tax for payments with respect to the Obligations, it shall, to the extent it is legally permitted to do so, deliver to the Agent and Administrative Borrower, on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Revolver Lender or Fronting Bank hereunder (and from time to time thereafter upon request by the Agent or Administrative Borrower, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so) two executed copies of, (a) IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party; (b) IRS Form W-8ECI; (c) IRS Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation (including, a certificate in the form of Exhibit J-2 (a “ Non-Bank Certificate ”) applicable to a partnership, if applicable); (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 871(h) or section 881(c) of the Code, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E and a Non-Bank Certificate in the form of Exhibit J-1 or Exhibit J-2 , as applicable; and/or (e) any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S.

 

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withholding tax, together with such supplementary documentation as may be necessary to allow the Agent and Borrowers to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

5.9.3                                        Lender Obligations .  Each Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Borrower and the Agent of any change in circumstances that would change any claimed Tax exemption or reduction.  Each Lender, severally and not jointly with any other Lender, shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse (within 10 days after demand therefor) affected Borrowers and the Agent for any Taxes, losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees limited to the fees, disbursements and other charges or one primary counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction) incurred by or asserted against such affected Borrower or the Agent by any Governmental Authority due to such Lender’s failure to deliver, or inaccuracy or deficiency in, any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.8 or this Section 5.9 .  Each Lender authorizes the Agent to set off any amounts due to the Agent under this Section against any amounts payable to such Lender under any Loan Document.  Each Lender agrees that if any form or certificate it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it shall update the form or certification or promptly notify the applicable Borrower or the Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.  If a payment made to the Agent or a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to United States withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), the Agent or such Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the 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 Borrowers or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with its obligations under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this Section 5.9.3 , “ FATCA ” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

5.10                         Guarantees .

 

5.10.1                                 Joint and Several Liability of Loan Parties .  Each Guarantor agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for, and absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the Agent and the other Secured Parties (as primary obligor, and not merely as a surety) the prompt payment and performance of, all Secured Obligations and all agreements of each Loan Party under the Credit Documents; provided , that a Guarantor shall not have any liability with respect to, or guarantee, any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.  Each Guarantor agrees that its guarantee obligations as a Guarantor of the Secured Obligations hereunder constitute a continuing guarantee of payment and not of collection, that such guarantee obligations shall not be discharged until Full Payment of the Secured Obligations, and that such guarantee obligations are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of (a) the genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability, subordination or any future modification of, or change in, any Secured Obligations or Credit Document, or any other document, instrument or agreement to which any Loan Party is or may become a party or be bound; (b) the absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section 5.10 ) or any other Credit Document, or any waiver, consent or indulgence of any kind by the Agent or any other Secured Party with respect thereto; (c) the

 

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existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect a Lien or to preserve rights against, any security or guarantee for the Secured Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by the Agent or any other Secured Party in respect thereof (including the release of any security or guarantee); (d) the insolvency of any Loan Party; (e) any election by the Agent or any other Secured Party in an Insolvency Proceeding for the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other Applicable Law of any other jurisdiction of similar effect; (f) any borrowing or grant of a Lien by any other Loan Party as debtor-in-possession under Section 364 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other Applicable Law of any other jurisdiction of similar effect or otherwise; (g) the disallowance of any claims of the Agent or any other Secured Party against any Loan Party for the repayment of any Secured Obligations under Section 502 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other Applicable Law of any other jurisdiction of similar effect or otherwise; or (h) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, except Full Payment of all Secured Obligations.  For the avoidance of doubt, the guarantees contained in this Agreement are subject to the reinstatement provisions contained in Section 14.24 of this Agreement.

 

5.10.2                                  Waivers by Loan Parties .

 

(a)                                  Each Loan Party hereby expressly waives all rights that it may have now or in the future under any statute, at common law, in equity or otherwise, to compel the Agent or the other Secured Parties to marshal assets or to proceed against any Loan Party, other Person or security for the payment or performance of any Secured Obligations before, or as a condition to, proceeding against such Loan Party.  To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Loan Party waives all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor other than Full Payment of all Secured Obligations.  It is agreed among each Loan Party, the Agent and the other Secured Parties that the provisions of this Section 5.10 are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Credit Documents and that, but for such provisions, the Agent, Fronting Banks and Lenders would decline to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit.  Each Loan Party acknowledges that its guarantee pursuant to this Section is necessary to the conduct and promotion of its business, and can be expected to benefit such business.

 

(b)                                  the Agent and the other Secured Parties may, in their discretion, pursue such rights and remedies as they deem appropriate, including realization upon the Collateral by judicial foreclosure or non-judicial sale or enforcement, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, without affecting any rights and remedies under this Section 5.10 .  If, in taking any action in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies, the Agent or any other Secured Party shall forfeit any other rights or remedies, including the right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Loan Party or other Person, whether because of any Applicable Laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or otherwise, each Loan Party consents to such action and, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, waives any claim based upon it, even if the action may result in loss of any rights of subrogation that any Loan Party might otherwise have had.  To the extent permitted under Applicable Law, any election of remedies that results in denial or impairment of the right of the Agent or any other Secured Party to seek a deficiency judgment against any Loan Party shall not impair any other Loan Party’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Secured Obligations.  To the extent permitted under Applicable Law, each Loan Party waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election

 

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of remedies, such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to any security for the Secured Obligations, even though that election of remedies destroys such Loan Party’s rights of subrogation against any other Person.  To the extent permitted under Applicable Law, the Agent may bid all or a portion of the Secured Obligations at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at any private sale, and the amount of such bid need not be paid by the Agent but shall be credited against the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  To the extent permitted under Applicable Law, the amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether the Agent or any other Person is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the Collateral, and the difference between such bid amount and the remaining balance of the Secured Obligations shall be conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Secured Obligations guaranteed under this Section 5.10 , notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which the Agent or any other Secured Party might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.

 

5.10.3                                  Extent of Liability of Loan Parties; Contribution .

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Loan Party’s liability under this Section 5.10 shall be limited to the greater of (i) all amounts for which such Loan Party is primarily liable hereunder, as described below, and (ii) such Loan Party’s Allocable Amount.

 

(b)                                  If any Loan Party makes a payment under this Section 5.10 of any Secured Obligations (other than amounts for which such Loan Party is primarily liable) (a “ Guarantor Payment ”) that, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments previously or concurrently made by any other Loan Party, exceeds the amount that such Loan Party would otherwise have paid if each Loan Party had paid the aggregate Secured Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payments in the same proportion that such Loan Party’s Allocable Amount bore to the total Allocable Amounts of all Loan Parties, then such Loan Party shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and to be reimbursed by, each other Loan Party for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.  The “ Allocable Amount ” for any Loan Party shall be the maximum amount that could then be recovered from such Loan Party under this Section 5.10 without rendering such payment voidable under Section 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state fraudulent transfer or conveyance act, or similar statute or common law or any other Applicable Law of any other jurisdiction of similar effect.

 

(c)                                   Nothing contained in this Section 5.10 shall limit the liability of any Loan Party to pay Loans made to that Loan Party, LC Obligations relating to Letters of Credit issued to support such Loan Party’s business, and all accrued interest, fees, expenses and other related Secured Obligations with respect thereto, for which such Loan Party shall be primarily liable for all purposes hereunder.

 

5.10.4                                  [Reserved].

 

5.10.5                                  Subordination .  Each Loan Party hereby subordinates any claims, including any rights at law or in equity to payment, subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration,

 

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contribution, indemnification or set off, that it may have at any time against any other Loan Party, howsoever arising, to the Full Payment of all Secured Obligations.

 

5.11                         Reserved .

 

5.12                         Currency Matters .  Dollars are the currency of account and payment for each and every sum at any time due from Borrowers hereunder unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise agreed to by the Agent.

 

No payment to any Credit Party (whether under any judgment or court order or otherwise) shall discharge the obligation or liability of the Loan Party in respect of which it was made unless and until such Credit Party shall have received Full Payment in the currency in which such obligation or liability is payable pursuant to the above provisions of this Section 5.12 .  The Agent has the right, at the expense of the applicable Loan Party, to convert any payment made in an incorrect currency into the applicable currency required under this Agreement.  To the extent that the amount of any such payment shall, on actual conversion into such currency, fall short of such obligation or liability actual or contingent expressed in that currency, such Loan Party (together with the other Loan Parties) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless such Credit Party with respect to the amount of the shortfall with respect to amounts payable by such Loan Party hereunder, with such indemnity surviving the termination of this Agreement and any legal proceeding, judgment or court order pursuant to which the original payment was made which resulted in the shortfall.  To the extent that the amount of any such payment to a Credit Party shall, upon an actual conversion into such currency, exceed such obligation or liability, actual or contingent, expressed in that currency, such Credit Party shall return such excess to the applicable Loan Party.

 

5.13                         Release of Guarantors .  The Agent and Lenders agree that any Guarantor may be released prior to Full Payment of the Secured Obligations to the extent such Guarantor is being sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (including through a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, liquidation or dissolution permitted pursuant to Sections 10.2.3 , 10.2.4 , or 10.2.5 ) in accordance with Section 12.4.1 .

 

SECTION 6.                                                  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

6.1                                Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date . The obligation of each Lender and Fronting Bank to make its extension of credit to be made hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                  Loan Documents .  The Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement that, when taken together, bear signatures of each Loan Party, each Lender, and the Agent.  The Agent shall have received counterparts of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Security Agreement and each other Loan Document listed on Schedule 6.1(a)  by each of the signatories thereto.

 

(b)                                  Fees and Expenses .  The Joint Lead Arrangers, Lenders and the Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Fee Letter in connection with the Facility and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitment Letter, to the extent invoiced

 

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at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date (except as otherwise agreed to by the Borrowers) (which amounts may, at the Administrative Borrower’s option, be offset against the proceeds of the Facility).

 

(c)                                   Representations and Warranties . The Specified Representations and the Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations (only to the extent that Holdings (or its affiliate) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its or its affiliate’s obligations under either of the Acquisition Agreements or to decline to consummate either of the Acquisitions (in each case, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Acquisition Agreement) as a result of a breach thereof) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or, if any such representations or warranties are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, shall be true and correct in all respects).

 

(d)                                  Notices .  With respect to the making of Loans, a completed Notice of Borrowing shall have been delivered to the Agent on a timely basis.  With respect to the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) through (k) of the applicable definition of LC Conditions shall be satisfied, together with the conditions set forth in Section 2.5.1 .

 

(e)                                   No Company Material Adverse Effect .  Since the date of the Acquisition Agreements, no Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in each of the Acquisition Agreements) shall have occurred under either Acquisition Agreement.

 

(f)                                    Pro Forma Financial Statements; Closing Date Financial Statements .  The Agent shall have received the Pro Forma Financial Statements and the Closing Date Financial Statements.

 

(g)                                   Transactions.

 

(i)                                      Each Acquisition has been consummated or will be consummated substantially concurrently with the initial Borrowings to be made hereunder on the Closing Date in accordance in all material respects with the terms of the applicable Acquisition Agreement, in each case, after giving effect to any amendments, waivers or modifications thereto, other than any such amendments, waivers or modifications that are materially adverse to the interests of the Joint Lead Arrangers, in their respective capacities as such, without their consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided that, in each case, the Joint Lead Arrangers shall be deemed to have consented to any such amendment, waiver or modification unless they shall object in writing thereto within three business days of receipt of written notice of any such amendment, waiver or modification; provided , further , that (x) a reduction in the purchase price under either or both Acquisition Agreements will be deemed not to be materially adverse to the interests of the Joint Lead Arrangers to the extent such reduction is less than 10.0% of the purchase price of, or consideration for, the Acquisitions, and such reduction will be allocated to reduce the Senior Secured Notes (but in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Secured Notes fall below $275,000,000), (y) any modification, amendment or waiver that results in an increase in the purchase price of, or consideration for, either Acquisition shall not be deemed to be material and adverse to the interests of the Joint Lead Arrangers so long as such increase is funded with an increase to the

 

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Cash Contribution and/or additional Stock Consideration and (z) any change to the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect” or the “Xerox” provisions contained in either Acquisition Agreement as in effect on November 13, 2018 will be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Joint Lead Arrangers.

 

(ii)                                   The Parent shall have (x) made, directly or indirectly, cash equity contributions to Holdings in a minimum amount of $225,000,000 and (y) made, directly or indirectly, cash equity contributions to Holdings (together with the cash equity contributions described in clause (x)  above, the “ Cash Contribution ”) and/or delivered common stock of the Parent pursuant to the Acquisition Agreements (“ Stock Consideration ”) in an aggregate amount under this clause (y)  that, together with the cash equity contributions made as required by clause (x)  above, represents consideration for the Acquisitions of at least $750,000,000.  The contributions referred to in this clause (g)(ii)  are herein referred to as the “ Equity Contribution ”.

 

(h)                                  Personal Property Collateral .  Each Loan Party shall have delivered to the Agent:

 

(i)                                      a completed Perfection Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by a duly authorized officer of each Loan Party, together with all attachments contemplated thereby;

 

(ii)                                   each UCC financing statement shall have been delivered to the Agent and shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation; and

 

(iii)                                the Agent shall have received (1) the certificates representing the shares of certificated Equity Interests of the Borrowers and each of their respective direct, wholly-owned material U.S. Restricted Subsidiaries pledged pursuant to the Security Documents (in each case, to the extent possession of such certificates perfects a security interest therein and such Equity Interests are certificated), together with an undated stock power or other instrument of transfer for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (2) each promissory note pledged pursuant to the Security Documents and required to be delivered thereunder duly executed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an undated instrument of transfer executed in blank and reasonably satisfactory to the Agent) by the pledgor thereof; provided that, the requirement to deliver the documents described in this clause (iii) (except to the extent relating to certificates representing the Equity Interests of a Borrower) shall not constitute conditions precedent to the initial Loans on the Closing Date after the Loan Parties’ use of commercially reasonable efforts to provide such items on or prior to the Closing Date or without undue burden or expense and the relevant Loan Parties hereby agree to deliver, or cause to be delivered, such documents and instruments, or take or cause to be taken such other actions as may be required to deliver such certificates and/or promissory notes, within 90 days after the Closing Date (subject to extensions approved by the Agent in its reasonable discretion).

 

(i)                                      Borrowing Base .

 

(i)                                      The Agent shall have received a certificate summarizing in reasonable detail the amount of the “Borrowing Base” under (and as calculated in accordance with) the Existing Facility Agreement that is attributable to Target Logistics and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder, certified by the chief financial officer or other officer with

 

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equivalent duties of the Administrative Borrower as being true, correct and complete with respect to the Borrowers covered thereby.

 

(ii)                                   In the case of the funding of Revolver Loans or the issuance, extension or renewal of any Letters of Credit, (i) Excess Availability not less than the amount of the proposed Borrowing or Letter of Credit shall exist and (ii) both immediately before and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Overadvance shall exist or would result therefrom and the Total Revolver Exposure would not exceed the Maximum Revolver Facility Amount.

 

(j)                                     Solvency Certificate .  The Agent shall have received a solvency certificate (a “ Solvency Certificate ”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief financial officer or other officer with equivalent duties of the Administrative Borrower.

 

(k)                                  Secretary’s Certificates .  The Agent shall have received with respect to Holdings, the Borrowers and each other Loan Party:

 

(i)                                      copies of the Organic Documents of such Loan Party (including each amendment thereto) certified as of a date reasonably near the Closing Date as being a true and complete copy thereof by the Secretary of State or other applicable Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction in which each such Loan Party is organized;

 

(ii)                                   a certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the Organic Documents of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors or similar governing body of such Loan Party (and, if applicable, any parent company of such Loan Party) approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the Transactions, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) that the certificate or articles of incorporation, formation or organization, as applicable, of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing furnished pursuant to clause (iv) below and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each Person authorized to execute any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party;

 

(iii)                                a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the secretary or assistant secretary executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above; and

 

(iv)                               a copy of the certificate of good standing (or other similar instrument) (to the extent a certificate of good standing or other similar instrument may be obtained in the relevant jurisdiction) of such Loan Party from the Secretary of State or other applicable Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction in which each such Loan Party is organized (dated as of a date reasonably near the Closing Date).

 

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(i)                                      the legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, special counsel to the Loan Parties; and

 

(ii)                                   the legal opinion of local counsel in each jurisdiction in which a Loan Party is organized, to the extent such Loan Party is not covered by the opinion referenced in Section 6.1(l)(i), as may be required by the Agent.

 

Each such legal opinion shall (a) be dated as of the Closing Date, (b) be addressed to the Agent, the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender) and the Fronting Banks and (c) cover such matters relating to the Loan Documents and the Transactions as the Agent may reasonably require.  Each Loan Party hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinions to the Agent, the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender) and the Fronting Banks.

 

(m)                              Consents .  The Borrowers shall have obtained written consents (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers) to the Transactions from the requisite lenders under the Existing Facility Agreement.

 

(n)                                  Know Your Customer .  The Agent shall have received at least three Business Days before the Closing Date (or five Business Days before the Closing Date, with respect to information provided pursuant to the Beneficial Ownership Regulation) all documentation and other information about the Borrowers and the Guarantors that shall have been reasonably requested by the Agent or the Joint Lead Arrangers in writing at least 10 Business Days prior to the Closing Date and that the Agent and Joint Lead Arrangers reasonably determine is required by applicable regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

(o)                                  Closing Certificate .  The Agent shall have received a certificate of a Senior Officer of the Administrative Borrower dated the Closing Date confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(c), (e) and (g).

 

(p)                                  Senior Secured Notes .  The Administrative Borrower shall have received the net cash proceeds from the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes.

 

6.2                                Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions after the Closing Date.   The Agent, Fronting Banks and Lenders shall not be required to fund any Loans or arrange for issuance, extension or renewal of any Letters of Credit after the Closing Date, unless the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(a)                                  No Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of, or result from, such funding or issuance;

 

(b)                                  The representations and warranties of each Loan Party in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of such extension of credit (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date, and any representation or warranty

 

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qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects);

 

(c)                                   In the case of the funding of Revolver Loans or the issuance, extension or renewal of any Letters of Credit, (i) Excess Availability of not less than the amount of the proposed Borrowing or Letter of Credit shall exist and (ii) both immediately before and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Overadvance shall exist or would result therefrom and the Total Revolver Exposure would not exceed the Maximum Revolver Facility Amount;

 

(d)                                  With respect to the making of Loans, a completed Notice of Borrowing shall have been delivered to the Agent on a timely basis;

 

(e)                                   With respect to the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) through (k) of the definition of LC Conditions shall be satisfied, together with the conditions set forth in or Section 2.5.1 .; and

 

(f)                                    With respect to the funding of any Loan or arrangement for issuance of any Letter of Credit, the requirements of Section 2.6 are satisfied.

 

Each request (or any deemed request, except a deemed request in connection with a Protective Advance or pursuant to Section 2.5.2(a) ) by the Administrative Borrower or any Borrower for funding of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall constitute a representation by all Borrowers that the foregoing conditions are satisfied on the date of such request and on the date of such funding, issuance or grant.

 

SECTION 7.                                                  [RESERVED]

 

SECTION 8.                                                  COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION

 

8.1                                Administration of Accounts .

 

8.1.1                                         Records and Schedules of Accounts .  Each Loan Party shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts, including all payments and collections thereon, and shall submit to the Agent sales, collection, reconciliation and other reports in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent in accordance with Section 10.1.1(f) .  If the collectability of Accounts of all Borrowers in an aggregate face amount exceeding $5,000,000 is impaired, then the Administrative Borrower shall notify the Agent of such occurrence promptly (and in any event within one Business Day) after the Administrative Borrower has knowledge thereof.

 

8.1.2                                         Taxes .  If an Account of any Loan Party includes a charge for any Taxes, the Agent is authorized, in its discretion, if the applicable Loan Party has not paid such Taxes when due, to pay the amount thereof to the proper Governmental Authority for the account of such Loan Party and to charge the Loan Parties therefor; provided , however , that neither the Agent nor any other Secured Party shall be liable for any Taxes that may be due from the Loan Parties or with respect to any Collateral.

 

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the Agent or any Loan Party, upon notice to the relevant Loan Parties, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Accounts of the Loan Parties by mail, telephone or otherwise.  The Loan Parties shall cooperate fully with the Agent in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude any such verification process.

 

8.1.4                                         Maintenance of Dominion Accounts .  Each Loan Party shall maintain Dominion Accounts pursuant to lockbox or other arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Agent.  The Borrowers shall obtain a Deposit Account Control Agreement (or equivalent in each relevant jurisdiction) from each lockbox servicer and Dominion Account bank, establishing the Agent’s control over and Lien on the lockbox or Dominion Account, requiring immediate deposit of all remittances received in the lockbox to a Dominion Account and waiving offset rights of such servicer or bank, except for customary administrative charges.  If a Dominion Account is not maintained with Bank of America, the Agent may (or shall at the request of the Required Lenders), during the existence of any Cash Dominion Event, require immediate transfer of all cash receipts in such account to a Dominion Account maintained with Bank of America.  The Agent and Lenders assume no responsibility to any Loan Party for any lockbox arrangement or Dominion Account, including any claim of accord and satisfaction or release with respect to any Payment Items accepted by any bank.  For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any Excluded Deposit Account be a Dominion Account.

 

8.1.5                                         Proceeds of Collateral .  (a)  Each Loan Party shall request in writing and otherwise take all necessary steps to ensure that all payments on Accounts, Chattel Paper and all proceeds of other Collateral included in the Borrowing Base are made directly to a Dominion Account (or a lockbox relating to a Dominion Account); provided that to the extent payments owed to a Borrower are in respect of Stand-Alone Customer Capital Leases that have been pledged to a Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Counterparty pursuant to a Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transaction and such Accounts and Chattel Paper are not included in the Borrowing Base, such payments may be made to the related Capital Lease Deposit Account.  If any such Loan Party receives cash or Payment Items with respect to any such Collateral, it shall hold same in trust for the Agent and within one (1) Business Day deposit the same into a Dominion Account.

 

(b)                                  The Loan Parties shall not participate in any cash pooling arrangements.

 

8.2                                Administration of Rental Equipment .

 

8.2.1                                         Records and Reports of Rental Equipment .  Each Loan Party shall keep accurate and complete records of its Rental Equipment, including costs and daily withdrawals and additions, and shall submit to the Agent Rental Equipment reconciliation reports (which reports shall set forth the Rental Equipment information by location) in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent in accordance with Section 10.1.1(f) .

 

8.2.2                                         Storage and Maintenance .  The Loan Parties shall use, store and maintain all Rental Equipment located at any owned or leased property with reasonable care and caution, in accordance with applicable standards of any insurance and in conformity in all material respects with all Applicable Law, including the FLSA, if applicable, and shall make current rent payments (within applicable grace periods provided for in leases) at all locations of such Loan Party where any Collateral is located.

 

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8.3                                Administration of Deposit Accounts . Schedule 8.3 sets forth all Deposit Accounts maintained by the Loan Parties as of the date hereof, including all Dominion Accounts.  Each Loan Party shall take all actions necessary to establish the Agent’s control of each such Deposit Account (other than Excluded Deposit Accounts) through a Deposit Account Control Agreement.  A Loan Party shall be the sole account holder of each Deposit Account and shall not allow any other Person (other than the Agent or, in the case of Capital Lease Deposit Accounts, the lessor with respect to the related Capital Lease) to have control over a Deposit Account or any Property deposited therein.  The Administrative Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent of any opening or closing of a Deposit Account (other than a Capital Lease Deposit Account) of any Loan Party, and upon the Agent’s receipt of such notice, Schedule 8.3 will automatically be deemed amended to reflect the opening or closing of such Deposit Account(s).

 

8.4                                General Provisions .

 

8.4.1                                         Location of Collateral . (a)  All tangible items of Collateral, other than goods in transit, shall at all times be kept by the Loan Parties at the Loan Parties’ business locations set forth in Schedule 8.4.1 , except that the Loan Parties may (i) make sales, leases or other dispositions of Collateral in accordance with Sections 10.2.3 , 10.2.4 , and 10.2.5 and (ii) move Collateral to other locations in the United States.

 

(b)                                  Each Loan Party shall maintain insurance with respect to the Collateral as required under Section 10.1.4 .  From time to time upon request, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Agent the originals or certified copies of their insurance policies.  Unless not customary in the relevant insurance market or available on commercially reasonable terms in the insurance market for the applicable jurisdiction, each policy shall include endorsements (i) showing the Agent as loss payee or additional insured, as appropriate; and (ii) requiring at least 10 days’ prior written notice to the Agent (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Agent) in the event of cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever.  If any Loan Party fails to provide and pay for any insurance, the Agent may, at its option, but shall not be required to, procure the insurance and charge such Loan Party therefor.

 

8.4.2                                         Protection of Collateral .  All expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling, maintaining and shipping any Collateral, all Taxes payable with respect to any Collateral (including any sale thereof), and all other payments required to be made by the Agent to any Person to realize upon any Collateral, shall be borne and paid by the Loan Parties.  The Agent shall not be liable or responsible in any way for the safekeeping of any Collateral, for any loss or damage thereto (except for reasonable care in its custody while Collateral is in the Agent’s actual possession), for any diminution in the value thereof, or for any act or default of any warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency or other Person whatsoever, and the same shall be at the Loan Parties’ sole risk.

 

8.4.3                                         Defense of Title to Collateral .  Each Loan Party shall at all times defend its title to the Collateral and the Agent’s Liens therein against all Persons, claims and demands whatsoever, except Liens permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.2 .

 

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Party’s true and lawful attorney (and agent-in-fact), coupled with an interest, for the purposes provided in this Section.  The Agent, or the Agent’s designee, may, without notice and in either its or a Loan Party’s name, but at the cost and expense of the Loan Parties:

 

(a)                                  during the continuance of an Event of Default, endorse a Loan Party’s name on any Payment Item or other proceeds of Collateral (including proceeds of insurance) that come into the Agent’s possession or control; and

 

(b)                                  during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) notify any Account Debtors of a Loan Party of the assignment of their Accounts, demand and enforce payment of such Accounts by legal proceedings or otherwise, and generally exercise any rights and remedies with respect to such Accounts; (ii) settle, adjust, modify, compromise, discharge or release any Accounts or other Collateral of the Loan Parties, or any legal proceedings brought to collect Accounts or Collateral of the Loan Parties; (iii) sell or assign any Accounts and other Collateral of the Loan Parties upon such terms, for such amounts and at such times as the Agent deems advisable; (iv) collect, liquidate and receive balances in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts of the Loan Parties, and take control, in any manner, of proceeds of Collateral of the Loan Parties; (v) prepare, file and sign a Loan Party’s name to a proof of claim or other document in a bankruptcy of an Account Debtor, or to any notice, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document; (vi) receive, open and dispose of mail addressed to a Loan Party, and notify postal authorities to deliver any such mail to an address designated by the Agent; (vii) endorse any Chattel Paper, Document, Instrument, bill of lading, or other document or agreement relating to any Accounts, Rental Equipment or other Collateral (other than Accounts, Rental Equipment or Stand-Alone Customer Capital Leases subject to a Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transaction) of the Loan Parties; (viii) use a Loan Party’s stationery and sign its name to verifications of Accounts and notices to Account Debtors of the Loan Parties; (ix) use information contained in any data processing, electronic or information systems relating to Collateral of the Loan Parties; (x) make and adjust claims under insurance policies of the Loan Parties; (xi) take any action as may be necessary or appropriate to obtain payment under any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or other instrument for which a Loan Party is a beneficiary; and (xii) take all other actions as the Agent reasonably deems appropriate to fulfill any Loan Party’s obligations under the Loan Documents.

 

8.5                                Cash Collateral . Any Cash Collateral may be invested, at the Agent’s discretion, in Permitted Investments, but the Agent shall have no duty to do so, regardless of any agreement or course of dealing with any Loan Party, and shall have no responsibility for any investment or loss.  Each Cash Collateral Account and all Cash Collateral shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Agent.  No Loan Party or other Person claiming through or on behalf of any Loan Party shall have any right to any Cash Collateral, until Full Payment of all Secured Obligations.

 

SECTION 9.                                                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

9.1                                General Representations and Warranties .  In order to induce the Lenders and Fronting Banks to enter into this Agreement and (as applicable) to make the Loans and issue or participate in Letters of Credit as provided for herein, each Loan Party makes the following representations and warranties to, and agreements with, the Agent, the Lenders and the Fronting

 

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Banks, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit:

 

9.1.1                                         Corporate Status .  Each Loan Party and each Material Subsidiary (a) is a duly organized or incorporated and validly existing corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation (to the extent such jurisdiction provides for the designation of entities organized or incorporated thereunder as existing in good standing) and has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and (b) is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and in good standing (if applicable) in all jurisdictions where it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.

 

9.1.2                                         Power and Authority; Enforceability .  Each Loan Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.  Each Loan Party has duly executed and delivered and has stamped or will stamp within the appropriate time frame (where applicable) each Loan Document to which it is a party and each such Loan Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, in each case subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

9.1.3                                         No Violation .  Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) contravene any material provision of any Applicable Law applicable to such Loan Party, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of such Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Loan Documents) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or (c) violate any provision of the Organic Documents of such Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

9.1.4                                         Litigation .  Except as set forth on Schedule 9.1.4 , there are no actions, suits, arbitrations or proceedings (including Environmental Claims) pending or, to the knowledge of such Loan Party, threatened with respect to such Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.1.5                                         Margin Regulations .  No Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is engaged principally, as one or more of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing any “margin stock” as defined in Regulation U. 

 

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Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors.

 

9.1.6                                         Governmental Approvals .  The execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document, and the enforcement by the Agent of their rights thereunder, does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (a) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) filings and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, (c) registrations, filings and associated actions necessary to perfect the Liens of the Agent granted under any Security Document, (d) registrations and filings that may be necessary in connection with (i) the sale or transfer of any Equity Interests constituting Collateral under any applicable securities laws of the United States or any state thereof and (ii) the foreclosure on, or sale or other transfer of, Collateral under any applicable laws of any foreign jurisdiction and (e) such licenses, approvals, authorizations or consents the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All applicable waiting periods, if any, in connection with the Transactions have expired without any action having been taken by any Governmental Authority restraining, preventing or imposing materially adverse conditions upon the Transactions or the rights of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries freely to transfer or otherwise dispose of, or to create any Lien on, any properties now owned or hereafter acquired by any of them.

 

9.1.7                                         Investment Company Act .  No Loan Party is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

9.1.8                                         True and Complete Disclosure .

 

(a)                                  None of the factual information and data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party, any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives in writing to the Agent and/or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all written information contained in, or delivered in connection with, the Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein contained any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section 9.1.8(a) , such factual information and data shall not include projections and pro forma financial information, projections or estimates (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information) and information of a general economic or general industry nature.

 

(b)                                  The projections (including pro forma financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information) contained in the information and data referred to in paragraph (a) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results

 

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during the period or periods covered by any such projections may materially differ from the projected results.

 

(c)                                   As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to such Loan Party, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.

 

9.1.9                                         Financial Condition; Financial Statements .  The (a) consolidated financial statements contained in the Closing Date Financial Statements and (b) the consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1 , in each case present or will, when provided, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the relevant Person and its Subsidiaries at the respective dates of said information, statements and the consolidated results of operations for the respective periods covered thereby.  The financial statements referred to in this Section 9.1.9 have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except to the extent provided in the notes to said financial statements) (subject, in the case of quarterly and month financial statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments), and the audit reports accompanying such financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1(a)  are not (except as otherwise permitted by such Section) subject to any qualification as to the scope of the audit or the status of Arrow Bidco as a going concern.  There has been no event or circumstance which has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect since December 31, 2018.

 

9.1.10                                  Tax Returns; Payments .  Such Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all federal and all material state and provincial or territorial income tax returns and all other material tax returns, domestic and foreign, required to be filed by any of them and have paid all income and other material Taxes payable by them that have become due, other than those (i) not yet delinquent or (ii) contested in good faith as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Such Loan Party and each of its Material Subsidiaries have paid, or have provided adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP for the payment of, all federal and all material state, provincial, territorial and foreign income taxes applicable for all prior fiscal years and for the current fiscal year to the Closing Date.

 

9.1.11                                  Employee Benefit Plans .

 

(a)                                  U.S. Employee Plans; Multiemployer Plans .

 

(i)                                      Compliance with ERISA .  Each U.S. Employee Plan is in compliance with ERISA, the Code, all Applicable Laws and the terms of such U.S. Employee Plan; no Reportable Event has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur) with respect to any U.S. Employee Plan; no U.S. Employee Plan is insolvent (or is reasonably likely to be insolvent), and no notice of any such insolvency has been given to a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate; no U.S. Employee Plan has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Sections 412 of the Code or Section 302 or 303 of ERISA); no Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or is reasonably likely to incur) any liability to or on account of a U.S. Employee Plan pursuant to Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code, or on account of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA, or has been notified that it will or may incur any liability under any of

 

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the foregoing Sections with respect to any U.S. Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan, as applicable; no proceedings have been instituted (or are reasonably likely to be instituted) to terminate any U.S. Employee Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any U.S. Employee Plan, no notice of any such proceedings has been given to such Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate; and no lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of such Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate exists (or is reasonably likely to exist) nor has such Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate been notified that such a lien will be imposed on the assets of such Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate on account of any U.S. Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan, and there are no pending or, to the knowledge of such Loan Party, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any U.S. Employee Plan (and no such claim, action or lawsuits or action by any Governmental Authority is reasonably likely to be asserted), except to the extent that a breach of any of the representations, warranties or agreements in this Section 9.1.11(a)(i)  would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in an amount of liability that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No U.S. Employee Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that would, if such plan or plans were to be terminated as of the date hereof, individually, in the aggregate or when taken together with any other liabilities referenced in this Section 9.1.11(a)(i) , be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ii)                                   Each U.S. Employee Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification, except to the extent that any non-qualification would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iii)                                As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not and will not be using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Revolver Commitments.

 

(b)                                  [Reserved] .

 

(c)                                   Foreign Plans .  All Foreign Plans are in compliance with, and have been established, administered and operated in accordance with, the terms of such Foreign Plans and applicable law, except for any failure to so comply, establish, administer or operate the Foreign Plans as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  All contributions or other payments which are due with respect to each Foreign Plan have been made in full and there are no funding deficiencies thereunder, except to the extent any such events would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.1.12                                  Subsidiaries Schedule 9.1.12 lists each Restricted Subsidiary of each Loan Party (and the direct and indirect ownership interest of such Loan Party therein), in each case existing on the Closing Date.

 

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material for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to own, or otherwise possess the right to use, such intellectual property could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.1.14                                  Environmental Law .  Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Loan Party and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries and all Real Estate are, and for the past three (3) years have been, in compliance with, and possess all permits, licenses and registrations required pursuant to, all Environmental Laws; (ii) neither such Loan Party, nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to any pending, or to the knowledge of such Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened Environmental Claim, or has received written notice of potential liability under any Environmental Laws; (iii) such Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not conducting, or, to the knowledge of such Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries, required to conduct, any investigation, removal, remedial or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, including any Real Estate currently owned or leased by such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any real property to which such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may have sent Hazardous Materials; and (iv) no underground storage tank or related piping, or any impoundment or other disposal area, in each case containing Hazardous Materials, is located at, on or under any Real Estate currently owned or, to the knowledge of such Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries, leased by such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

9.1.15                                  Properties . Each Loan Party and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to or leasehold interest in all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens permitted by this Agreement), except where the failure to have such good title or such leasehold interest could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Subject to the terms of the proviso contained in Section 6.1(h)(iii) , all Liens of the Agent are duly perfected and first priority Liens, in each case (i) subject only to Liens permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.2 that are allowed to have priority over the Agent’s Liens by operation of law, (ii) except with respect to Non-Qualified Units owned by the Unit Subsidiary for which (a) a Certificate of Title is required pursuant to the applicable certificate of title statute and (b) no Certificate of Title exists and (iii) except with respect to New Mexican Units.

 

9.1.16                                  Solvency .  On the Closing Date, immediately following the making of any Revolver Loans and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans and the consummation of the other Transactions, Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent.

 

9.1.17                                  Accounts .  The Agent may rely, in determining which Accounts are Eligible Accounts, on all statements and representations made by the Borrowers with respect thereto.  Each Borrower warrants with respect to each of its Accounts at the time it is shown as an Eligible Account in a Borrowing Base Certificate that, to such Borrower’s knowledge, in all material respects, each Account reflected therein as eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base is an Eligible Account.

 

9.1.18                                  Reserved .

 

9.1.19                                  Reserved .

 

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9.1.20                                  Reserved .

 

9.1.21                                  Sanctions .  No Loan Party (a) is a Restricted Party, (b) is engaged directly or knowingly indirectly in any dealings or transactions with any Restricted Party that would be prohibited by applicable Sanctions, or (c) is otherwise the target of any other applicable Sanctions.  Each relevant Loan Party is and has been for the last five years in compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Sanctions.  No part of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit will be paid, directly or, knowingly, indirectly, to any Restricted Party or Sanctioned Country in violation of applicable Sanctions.

 

9.1.22                                  AML Legislation; Anti-Corruption .  Each relevant Loan Party is and has been for the last five years in compliance, in all material respects, with (a) applicable AML Legislation, (b) the Patriot Act and (c) all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.  No part of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit will be used, directly or, knowingly, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or other applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

9.1.23                                  Compliance with Applicable Laws .  Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Applicable Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Applicable Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.1.24                                  Insurance .  The properties of the Loan Parties and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof are insured with insurance companies that each Loan Party believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of such Loan Party) are financially sound and reputable (after giving effect to any self-insurance which such Loan Party believes (in the good faith judgment of management of such Loan Party) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business), in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Loan Party or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary operates.

 

9.1.25                                  Labor Matters .  There are no collective bargaining agreements covering the employees of any Loan Party as of the Closing Date except as set forth on Schedule 9.1.25 and neither any Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other labor difficulty within the last five years which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.1.26                                  No Default .  No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the Transactions.

 

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9.1.28                                  Reserved .

 

9.1.29                                  Unit Subsidiary .  Except for Units that are the subject of a Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transaction, all Non-Qualified Units owned by any Loan Party which are located in the United States of America or any State or territory thereof are owned by the Unit Subsidiary or, if acquired by any other Loan Party after the Closing

Date, shall within five Business Days after the month in which such acquisition occurred, be contributed to the Unit Subsidiary.

 

SECTION 10.                                           COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS

 

10.1                         Affirmative Covenants .  Each Loan Party hereby covenants and agrees that from the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Revolver Commitments and the Swingline Commitments have terminated and Full Payment has occurred:

 

10.1.1                                  Financial and Other Information .  The Loan Parties will furnish to the Agent:

 

(a)                                  as soon as available and in any event on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each of Arrow Bidco’s fiscal years, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statement of income and consolidated statement of cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year, and certified by independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified (or contain an explanatory paragraph) as to the scope of audit or as to the status of Arrow Bidco or any other Loan Party as a going concern (other than solely with respect to, or resulting solely from an upcoming maturity date under any Facility or prospective non-compliance with any financial covenants under any agreement, indenture or other document governing any Indebtedness), together with a copy of management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, as compared to the previous fiscal year, and (ii) unaudited consolidating balance sheets of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related unaudited consolidating statements of income and consolidating statements of Capital Expenditures for such fiscal year;

 

(b)                                  (i) as soon as available and in any event on or before the date that is 60 days after the end of the quarterly accounting period ending on March 31, 2019 and on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each quarterly accounting period thereafter (other than the fourth fiscal quarter of any fiscal year) of Arrow Bidco, the consolidated balance sheet of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of each of such quarterly accounting periods and the related consolidated statement of operations for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the last day of the related period in the prior

 

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fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by a Senior Officer of Arrow Bidco as presenting fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries at the respective dates of said statements and the consolidated results of operations for the respective periods covered thereby, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments, together with a copy of management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter, as compared to the previous fiscal quarter, and (ii) at the discretion of the Agent, during any period from the date that Excess Availability shall have been less than the greater of (x) 10% of the Line Cap and (y) $12,500,000 to the date that Excess Availability shall have been at least the greater of (x) 10% of the Line Cap and (y) $12,500,000 for 30 consecutive calendar days, as soon as available and in any event on or before the date that is 30 days after the end of each month, the consolidated balance sheet of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of each of such month and the related consolidated statement of operations for such month and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such month and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for such month and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such month, and setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the last day of the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by a Senior Officer of the Administrative Borrower as presenting fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries at the respective dates of said statements and the consolidated results of operations for the respective periods covered thereby, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments;

 

(c)                                   not more than 90 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of Arrow Bidco, a budget of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries in reasonable detail for such fiscal year on a quarterly basis consistent in scope with the financial statements provided pursuant to Section 10.1.1(a) , setting forth the material assumptions upon which such budgets are based, and which shall include geographic zone summaries presented in a manner consistent with the projections delivered to the Agent prior to the Closing Date;

 

(d)                                  at the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections 10.1.1(a)  and (b)(i) , a Compliance Certificate of a Senior Officer of the Administrative Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, which certificate shall set forth (i) in the case of financial statements provided pursuant to Section 10.1.1(a) or (b)(i), the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Total Net Leverage Ratio (and accompanying calculations, including any pro forma adjustments used in making such calculations and not previously reflected in prior Compliance Certificates and, in reasonable detail, all relevant financial information in support of such calculations) as at the end of such fiscal year or fiscal quarter, as the case may be, together with a reconciliation between the calculation of such ratios and the financial statements so delivered (including the exclusion of Unrestricted Subsidiaries and any Non-Recourse Subsidiary) from the consolidated financial condition and results of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries and supported by consolidating financial statements for such Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Non-Recourse Subsidiaries), (ii) a

 

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specification of any change in the identity of the Restricted Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Non-Recourse Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Restricted Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Non-Recourse Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be, (iii) a listing of balances of intercompany loans made by any Loan Party to Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries (other than the Loan Parties), (iv) [Reserved] and (v) a true and accurate copy of the principal agreements governing any financing transaction for Rental Equipment under which any Non-Recourse Subsidiary is the purchaser, lessee or obligor, together with any schedules or other documentation identifying the Rental Equipment that is subject to such transaction;

 

(e)                                   (i) as soon as available but in any event within 25 days of the end of each full calendar month following the Initial Borrowing Base Materials Delivery Date, a Borrowing Base Certificate (which shall be calculated in a consistent manner with the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Certificate) covering the Borrowers and supporting information in connection therewith, provided that the Borrowers will be required to furnish a Borrowing Base Certificate and supporting information in connection therewith within four days after the end of each calendar week as of the end of such calendar week during which a Borrowing Base Test Event is continuing and (ii) as soon as available but in any event within 25 days of the end of each full calendar month following the Closing Date and prior to the Initial Borrowing Base Materials Delivery Date, (x) a certificate (which shall be calculated in a consistent manner with the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i)(i) ) summarizing in reasonable detail the amount of the “Borrowing Base” under (and as calculated in accordance with) the Existing Facility Agreement that is attributable to Target Logistics and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder and (y) a certificate (which shall be calculated in a consistent manner with the certificate delivered pursuant to clause (i) of the penultimate sentence of Section 10.1.14 ) summarizing in reasonable detail the amount of the Borrowing Base hereunder (calculated pursuant to clause (2) of the definition of “Borrowing Base” as if the Deemed Borrowing Base Termination Date had occurred) that is attributable to RL Signor and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder ( provided that, the requirement to deliver the certificate referred to in this clause (y)  shall not commence until the first such 25-day period after the end of the first full calendar month following the completion of a field examination and equipment appraisal reasonably satisfactory to the Agent with respect RL Signor and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder pursuant to Section 10.1.14 ), provided that the Borrowers will be required to furnish the certificates required pursuant to this clause (ii) within four days after the end of each calendar week as of the end of such calendar week during which a Borrowing Base Test Event is continuing following the Closing Date and prior to the Initial Borrowing Base Materials Delivery Date;

 

(f)                                    as soon as available but in any event, unless another time period is specified below, within 25 days after the end of each calendar month (or, if requested by the Agent, on a weekly basis if a Borrowing Base Test Event has occurred and is continuing), in each case, as of the period then ended:

 

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(i)                                      (1) upon the reasonable request of the Agent (but not more than on a quarterly basis), a schedule in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent identifying the locations (whether owned or leased) of Rental Equipment of each Borrower and (2) upon the reasonable request of the Agent (but not more than on a quarterly basis), a roll-forward of the Rental Equipment fleet as of the end of such month;

 

(ii)                                   a worksheet of calculations prepared by the Borrowers to determine Eligible Accounts and Eligible Rental Equipment, such worksheets detailing the Accounts, Rental Equipment and Inventory excluded from Eligible Accounts and Eligible Rental Equipment and the reason for such exclusion;

 

(iii)                                a schedule and aging of each Borrower’s accounts payable; and

 

(iv)                               a summary of Accounts agings for each Borrower as of the end of the preceding month (or shorter applicable period), specifying each Account’s Account Debtor name and address (if requested);

 

(g)                                   promptly after a Senior Officer of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the applicable Loan Party proposes to take with respect thereto (which notice, to the extent captioned a “Notice of Default,” shall be promptly forwarded by the Agent to the Lenders) and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(h)                                  promptly after the Agent’s request therefor, updates on the Rental Equipment disclosure provided under Section 10.1.1(d)(v) ;

 

(i)                                      promptly after the execution and delivery of any master purchase agreement governing the Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transactions, or any schedule delivered thereunder, a true and accurate copy of such agreement or schedule;

 

(j)                                     promptly upon filing thereof, copies of any filings (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) or registration statements with, and reports to, the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction by Parent, Holdings, Arrow Bidco or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8) and copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices and reports that Parent, Holdings, Arrow Bidco or any Restricted Subsidiary shall send to the holders of any debt of Holdings, Arrow Bidco and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in their capacity as such holders (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement) and, with reasonable promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender (acting through the Agent) may reasonably request in writing from time to time;

 

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(k)                                  (i) not later than 14 days prior to any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party (or such later date as the Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code and (ii) reasonably promptly but not later than 45 days following the occurrence of any change referred to in subclauses (w) through (z) below (or such later period of time as the Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), written notice of any change (w) in the legal name of any Loan Party, (x) in the location of any Loan Party for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, (y) in the identity or type of organization of any Loan Party or (z) in the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational or corporate identification number of any Loan Party. The Loan Parties shall also promptly provide the Agent with certified Organic Documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this clause (k); and

 

(l)                                      (A) upon the written request of the Agent, copies of (i) any annual information report (including all actuarial reports and other schedules and attachments thereto) required to be filed with a Governmental Authority in connection with each U.S. Employee Plan and (ii) any notice, demand, inquiry or subpoena received from a Governmental Authority in connection with any U.S. Employee Plan concerning a Reportable Event which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (B) upon written request of the Agent, such other documents relating to any U.S. Employee Plan as may be reasonably requested by the Agent.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in clauses (a) and (b) above may be satisfied with respect to financial information of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of Holdings or any other Parent Entity or (B) the Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, of Arrow Bidco, Holdings or any other Parent Entity, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that, with respect to each of subclauses (A) and (B) of this paragraph, such information is accompanied by unaudited consolidating or other information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings or such Parent Entity, on the one hand, and the information relating to Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any documentation required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 10.1.1 may be delivered electronically and (other than in the case of documents required to be delivered under clauses (e) and (f), above) if so delivered, shall be deemed to be delivered on the earliest date on which (i) the Administrative Borrower (or a Parent Entity) posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on its website on the Internet to which each Lender and the Agent has access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Agent); (ii) such documents are posted on behalf of the Borrowers on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another website, if any, to which each Lender and the Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Agent), or (iii) such financial statements and/or other documents are posted on the SEC’s website on the internet at www.sec.gov; provided , that, (A) the Administrative Borrower shall, at the request of the Agent, continue to deliver copies (which delivery may be by electronic transmission) of such documents to the Agent and (B) the Administrative Borrower shall notify (which notification may be by facsimile or electronic transmission) the Agent of the posting of any such documents on any website described in this paragraph. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing

 

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posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

10.1.2                                                                Books, Records and Inspections .  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Agent or the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of their properties or assets in whomsoever’s possession to the extent that it is within such party’s control to permit such inspection, and to examine their books and records and discuss their affairs, finances and accounts with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Agent or the Required Lenders may desire (upon reasonable advance notice to the Administrative Borrower); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Agent (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) on behalf of the Required Lenders may exercise rights of the Agent and the Lenders under this Section 10.1.2 and the Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two times during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default and only one such time shall be at the Borrowers’ expense unless Excess Availability is less than the greater of (i) 10% of the Line Cap and (y) $12,500,000 for a period of 10 consecutive Business Days in which case the second time shall also be at the Borrowers’ expense; provided further that when an Event of Default exists, the Agent (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) or any representative of the Required Lenders may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrowers at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice.  The Agent and the Required Lenders shall give any Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with such Borrower’s independent public accountants.

 

10.1.3                                                                Payment of Taxes .  Each Loan Party will pay and discharge, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which material penalties attach thereto, and all lawful material claims that, if unpaid, could reasonably be expected to become a material Lien (other than those Liens permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.2 ) upon any properties of such Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that no Loan Party, nor any Subsidiary, shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings (other than any requirement of Applicable Law to make such payment while such proceedings are pending) if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of such Loan Party) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and the failure to pay could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.1.4                                  Maintenance of Insurance .

 

(a)                                  The Loan Parties will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, with insurance companies that each Loan Party believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of such Loan Party) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which such Loan Party believes (in the good faith judgment of management of such Loan Party) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) and against at least

 

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such risks (and with such risk retentions) as such Loan Party believes (in the good faith judgment of management of such Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business; and will furnish to the Agent (for delivery to the Lenders), upon written request from the Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried.

 

(b)                                  If any portion of any Material Real Property is at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a Special Flood Hazard Area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (as now or hereafter in effect) or any successor act thereto, then the Administrative Borrower shall, or shall cause the applicable Loan Party to (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws or as otherwise required by the Lenders and (ii) deliver to the Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

 

10.1.5                                  Quarterly Lender Calls .        The Loan Parties will participate in conference calls for Lenders to discuss financial and other information regarding the Loan Parties and their business, at times to be mutually agreed by the Agent and the Borrowers, each acting reasonably; provided that such calls shall be limited to once per quarter and, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) may be a joint call among the Lenders and the holders of the Senior Secured Notes and (ii) shall not be required to the extent the Senior Secured Notes are no longer outstanding unless requested by the Required Lenders.

 

10.1.6                                  Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, etc.   Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to it or its property, including all Environmental Laws and governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, and to maintain all such governmental approvals or authorizations in full force and effect, in each case except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, promptly investigate and remediate any release of Hazardous Substances, to the extent such release results in Hazardous Substances in the environment that exceed allowable limits under applicable Environmental Law or as otherwise required by Environmental Law, in each case except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.1.7                                  ERISA .  Promptly after any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any of the following events that, individually or in the aggregate (including in the aggregate with such events previously disclosed or exempt from disclosure hereunder, to the extent the liability therefor remains outstanding), would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Administrative Borrower will deliver to each Lender a certificate of a Senior Officer of the applicable Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, that such Loan Party, such Restricted Subsidiary or such ERISA Affiliate is required or proposes to take, together with any written notices (required, proposed or otherwise) given to or filed with or by

 

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such Loan Party, such Restricted Subsidiary, such ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, a U.S. Employee Plan participant (other than notices relating to an individual participant’s benefits) or the U.S. Employee Plan administrator with respect thereto: that a Reportable Event has occurred; that any U.S. Employee Plan has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Sections 302 or 303 of ERISA) or that any Multiemployer Plan has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standards of Section 412 of the Code or Sections 304 or 305 of ERISA or an application is to be made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard (including any required installment payments) or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with respect to a U.S. Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan; that a U.S. Employee Plan or a Multiemployer Plan has been or is to be terminated, reorganized, partitioned or declared insolvent under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); that a U.S. Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that has or will result in a lien under ERISA or the Code; that proceedings will be or have been instituted to terminate a U.S. Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability (including the giving of written notice thereof); that a proceeding has been instituted against a Loan Party, a Restricted Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a U.S. Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan; that the PBGC has notified in writing any Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of its intention to appoint a trustee to administer any U.S. Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan; that any Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make a required installment or other payment pursuant to Section 412 of the Code with respect to a U.S. Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or that any Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or will incur (or has been notified in writing that it will incur) any liability (including any contingent or secondary liability) to or on account of a U.S. Employee Plan pursuant to Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code, or on account of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA.

 

10.1.8                                  Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries .  Arrow Bidco may at any time after the Closing Date designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment on the date of such designation in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount equal to the sum of (x) the relevant Loan Party’s direct or indirect equity ownership percentage of the fair market value of such designated Subsidiary immediately prior to such designation and (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any Indebtedness owed by such designated Subsidiary to any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary immediately prior to such designation, all calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (ii) the Payment Condition shall be satisfied after giving effect to any such designation, (iii) no Default or Event of Default is then continuing or would result from any such designation and (iv) any such Restricted Subsidiary that is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” (under and as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture as in effect on the Closing Date) and an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or similar term) under any other document, instrument or agreement evidencing or governing Indebtedness of a Loan Party in a principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 at the time of any determination made hereunder.  The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time

 

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of designation as a Restricted Subsidiary of any Investment, Indebtedness and Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by Arrow Bidco or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the amount of such deemed Investment pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence.  Any Unrestricted Subsidiary which has been designated as a Restricted Subsidiary may not be subsequently re-designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Borrower shall be designated as or otherwise be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

10.1.9                                  Maintenance of Properties .  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.1.10                           Transactions with Affiliates .  Each Loan Party will conduct, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, any transaction or series of related transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10,000,000 with any of its Affiliates (other than any such transaction or series of transactions (x) solely among Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and (y) solely among the Loan Parties) on terms that are substantially as favorable to such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) [Reserved], (b) transactions permitted by Section 10.2.6 , (c) the payment of any Transaction Expenses, (d) the issuance of Stock or other Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity to the management of a Loan Party (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to arrangements described in clause (f) of this Section 10.1.10 or to any director, officer, employee or consultant (or their respective estates, investment funds, investment vehicles, spouses or former spouses) of Arrow Bidco, any of Arrow Bidco’s Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of Arrow Bidco and the granting and performing of reasonable and customary registration rights, (e) loans, investments and other transactions by the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under Section 10.2.1 , 10.2.2 , 10.2.3 , 10.2.4 , 10.2.5 , and 10.2.7 , (f) employment and severance arrangements between the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the Ordinary Course of Business, (g) payments by any Loan Party (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among such Loan Party (and any such parent) and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of such Loan Party and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (h) [Reserved], (i) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs, fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of, or for the benefit of, former, current or future directors, managers, consultants, officers and employees of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries (or any Parent Entity) in the Ordinary Course of Business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (j) transactions pursuant to (x) permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 10.1.10 and (y) any amendment to the foregoing to the extent such an amendment is not adverse, taken as a whole, to the Lenders in any material respect, (k) any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date and disclosed on Schedule

 

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10.1.10 hereto, or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Closing Date), (l) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services that are Affiliates, in each case in the Ordinary Course of Business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and which are fair to Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the board of directors of Arrow Bidco or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party, (m) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, by Arrow Bidco or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Loan Parties) to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.4(k) , (n) investments by Affiliates (other than Holdings and its Subsidiaries) in securities of Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Loan Party) (and payment of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection therewith) so long as (i) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) the investment constitutes less than 10.0% of the proposed issue amount of such class of securities, (o) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees, directors or consultants of Arrow Bidco, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Sections 10.2.1(b)(xxi) , 10.2.5(c)  and 10.2.6(b)  or any direct or indirect parent of Arrow Bidco and employment agreements, stock option plans and other similar arrangements with such employees, directors or consultants which, in each case, are approved by Arrow Bidco in good faith, (p) any lease entered into between Arrow Bidco or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee, and any Affiliate of Arrow Bidco, as lessor, in the Ordinary Course of Business, (q) intellectual property licenses in the Ordinary Course of Business to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.4(g) , (r) the pledge of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to lenders to support the Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary owed to such lenders, (s) payments to any future, current or former employee, director, officer or consultant of Arrow Bidco, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity pursuant to a management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; and any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any health, disability and similar insurance or benefit plans or supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers or consultants that are, in each case, approved by Arrow Bidco in good faith, (t) any contribution to the capital of Arrow Bidco or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder, (u) transactions to effect the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions, (v) transactions with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Indebtedness or Equity Interests of Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as such transaction is with all holders of such class (and there are such non-Affiliate holders) and such Affiliates are treated no more favorably than all other holders of such class generally, (w) payments to and from and transactions with any joint venture in the Ordinary Course of Business; provided that such joint venture is not controlled by an Affiliate (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) of Arrow Bidco and (x) transactions in which any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary delivers to the Agent a letter from an independent accounting firm, appraisal firm, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing (which is, in the good faith judgment of the Administrative Borrower, disinterested in the applicable transaction) stating that such transaction is fair to such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no Loan Party nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) guarantee or otherwise become

 

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directly or indirectly liable for, or grant any Lien on any of its properties or assets to secure, any obligation of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary, (ii) sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Rental Equipment or Accounts (or any proceeds thereof) to any Non-Recourse Subsidiary or permit the sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any Rental Equipment or Accounts of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary (or any proceeds thereof) to any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) permit any Non-Recourse Subsidiary to locate any Rental Equipment or other assets of such Non-Recourse Subsidiary on any site on which any Rental Equipment or other assets of any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary is located or (iv) permit any cash, cash equivalents or any proceeds of the sale, collection or other disposition of any assets of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary to be commingled with the cash, cash equivalents or any proceeds of the sale, collection or other disposition of any assets of any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary.

 

10.1.11                           End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters .  Each Loan Party will, for financial reporting purposes, (a) not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its fiscal year to end on a date other than December 31 of each year and (b) cause its, and each of its Subsidiaries’, fiscal quarters to end on dates consistent with such fiscal year-end and, except in connection with changes made pursuant to clause (a) to change a fiscal year to December 31, with such Loan Party’s past practice.

 

10.1.12                           Additional Loan Parties, etc.

 

(a)                                  Any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than a Non-Recourse Subsidiary) may, at the election of the Administrative Borrower, become a Borrower hereunder upon (i) the execution and delivery to the Agent (A) by such Subsidiary of a supplement or joinder to this Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit I and a joinder to the Intercreditor Agreement, (B) by such Subsidiary of Security Documents (or joinders to existing Security Documents) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent as may be required for the relevant jurisdiction ( provided , that any new Security Document shall be in substantially the same form as the comparable Security Documents to which the existing Loan Parties are party and, in any event, shall not be more onerous with respect to the obligations of such New Loan Party than those contained in the Security Documents to which the other Loan Parties are party), and (C) by a Senior Officer of the Administrative Borrower of a Borrowing Base Certificate for such Subsidiary effective as of not more than 25 days preceding the date on which such Subsidiary becomes a Borrower, and (ii) the completion of the Agent’s and the Lenders’ due diligence to their reasonable satisfaction and of compliance procedures for applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules (including in respect of the Beneficial Ownership Regulation); provided that, prior to permitting such Subsidiary to borrow any Revolver Loans or obtain the issuance of any Letters of Credit hereunder or including such Subsidiary’s assets in the Borrowing Base, the Agent shall conduct an appraisal and field examination with respect to such Subsidiary, including, without limitation, of (x) such Subsidiary’s practices in the computation of its Borrowing Base and (y) the assets included in such Subsidiary’s Borrowing Base and related financial information such as, but not limited to, sales, gross margins, payables, accruals and reserves, in each case, prepared on a basis reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and at the sole expense of such Subsidiary; provided , further ,

 

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that the Agent shall have the discretion not to require any appraisal or field examination as a condition to such New Loan Party becoming a Borrower hereunder if such New Loan Party’s Accounts and Rental Equipment would constitute less than 10% in the aggregate of the aggregate Borrowing Base in effect after giving effect to the joinder of such New Loan Party.

 

(b)                                  In the event that the Administrative Borrower has not elected to have any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia become a Borrower under clause (a) above, within 45 days (or such longer period as the Agent may agree in its discretion) after such Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) (x) has been formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition) or (y) has ceased to be an Excluded Subsidiary, the Borrowers shall cause such Subsidiary (i) to execute (A) a supplement or joinder to this Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit I , in order for such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor under Section 5.10 and a joinder to the Intercreditor Agreement and (B) such Security Documents (or joinders to existing Security Documents) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent as may be required for the relevant jurisdiction ( provided , that any such new Security Document shall be in substantially the same form as the comparable Security Documents to which the existing Loan Parties are party and, in any event, shall not be more onerous with respect to the obligations of such New Loan Party than those contained in the Security Documents to which the other Loan Parties are party) and (ii) to provide such information as reasonably requested by the Agent and the Lenders to assist in the completion of the Agent’s and the Lenders’ due diligence to their reasonable satisfaction and of compliance procedures for applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules (including in respect of the Beneficial Ownership Regulation).

 

(c)                                   [Reserved].

 

(d)                                  [Reserved].

 

(e)                                   In connection with a New Loan Party becoming a Borrower or Guarantor hereunder, the Loan Parties agree to cause such New Loan Party (i) to execute and deliver a completed Perfection Certificate to the Agent on or before the day such New Loan Party becomes a Borrower or Guarantor, (ii) to deliver such other documentation as the Agent may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing, including appropriate UCC financing statements (and Lien searches) in such jurisdiction as may reasonably be requested by the Agent, and such other documentation necessary to grant the Agent a security interest in and Lien on the Collateral of such New Loan Party with the priority herein contemplated, including an amendment to the applicable Security Documents so as to grant the Agent a Lien on the equity interests of such New Loan Party held by any other Loan Party (to the extent required under the applicable Security Document) with the priority herein contemplated, certified resolutions and other organizational and authorizing documents of such New Loan Party, and, if requested by the Agent, favorable opinions of counsel to such New Loan Party, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (iii) to execute and deliver Deposit Account Control Agreements over all Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Deposit

 

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Accounts) of such New Loan Party within 30 days after becoming a Borrower or Guarantor hereunder (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Agent in its discretion).

 

(f)                                    With respect to any Certificated Units at any time acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date, such Loan Party shall take, or cause to be taken, all action as is necessary so that within 90 days (or such longer period as the Agent may agree in its sole discretion) after any such acquisition of Certificated Units the security interest and Lien of the Agent therein and thereon is noted on the certificate of title issued with respect to such Certificated Unit.

 

(g)                                   If any Loan Party acquires Material Real Estate after the Closing Date, such Loan Party shall, within 90 days therefrom (or such longer period as the Agent may agree in its sole discretion), execute, deliver and record a Mortgage sufficient to create a fully perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Agent on such Material Real Estate, subject to no Liens other than those Liens permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.2 , and shall deliver all Related Real Estate Documents, together with an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent) in the state, province or territory in which such Material Real Estate is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgages to be recorded in such state, province or territory and such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Mortgage shall be executed and delivered with respect to any Real Estate unless and until each applicable Lender has received (at least 45 days in advance of any such execution, or such shorter period to which such Lender shall agree) a life of loan flood zone determination, the other documents described in clause (d)  of the definition of “Related Real Estate Documents”, and such other documents as it may reasonably request to complete its flood insurance due diligence and has confirmed to the Agent that flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance has been completed to its satisfaction.

 

10.1.13                           Use of Proceeds .

 

(a)                                  The Borrowers will use the proceeds of all Revolver Loans made on the Closing Date solely for the purposes described in the final sentence of Section 2.1.1(b) .

 

(b)                                  After the Closing Date, the Borrowers will use Letters of Credit and the proceeds of all Revolver Loans and Swingline Loans (i) to finance ongoing working capital needs, (ii) for other general corporate purposes of any Borrower, including to fund permitted Dividends and Permitted Acquisitions and (iii) to pay Transaction Expenses.

 

10.1.14                          Appraisals; Field Examinations .  At any time that the Agent reasonably requests, each Loan Party will permit the Agent or professionals (including consultants, accountants, lawyers and appraisers) retained by the Agent, on reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours and with reasonable frequency, to conduct appraisals and commercial finance examinations or updates thereof including, without limitation, of (i) such

 

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Borrower’s practices in the computation of the Borrowing Base and (ii) the assets included in the Borrowing Base and related financial information such as, but not limited to, sales, gross margins, payables, accruals and reserves, in each case, prepared on a basis reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and at the sole expense of the Borrowers; provided , however , if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, only two (2) such appraisals and two (2) such examinations or updates per fiscal year shall be conducted at the Borrowers’ expense (exclusive of any appraisals and field examinations conducted pursuant to Section 10.1.12 and the field examinations and appraisals delivered on the Initial Borrowing Base Materials Delivery Date); provided , further , however , that if Excess Availability is, for a period of 30 consecutive days, less than the greater of (1) 10% of the Line Cap and (2) $12,500,000 at such time, one additional appraisal and one additional examination shall be conducted at Borrowers’ expense if at any time more than 90 days have elapsed since the last appraisal or examination or update (as the case may be).  The foregoing shall not limit the Agent’s ability to perform additional appraisals, examinations and updates at the sole expense of the Borrowers upon the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default.  It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that, effective as of the Closing Date, the Agent has requested updated field examinations and equipment appraisals with respect to the Borrowers and the Borrowers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such updated field examinations and equipment appraisals that are reasonably satisfactory to the Agent are completed within 120 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Agent in its discretion).  Upon the completion of (i) the updated field examinations and equipment appraisals referred to in the immediately preceding sentence with respect to RL Signor and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder, the Administrative Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the Agent summarizing in reasonable detail the amount of the Borrowing Base hereunder (calculated pursuant to clause (2) of the definition of “Borrowing Base” as if the Deemed Borrowing Base Termination Date has occurred) that is attributable to RL Signor and its Subsidiaries that are Borrowers hereunder and (ii) the updated field examinations and equipment appraisals referred to in the immediately preceding sentence with respect to each of the Borrowers, the Administrative Borrower shall deliver a Borrowing Base Certificate to the Agent.

 

10.1.15                           Post-Closing Matters .  Each Loan Party agrees that it will, or will cause its relevant Restricted Subsidiaries or Affiliates to, complete each of the actions described on Schedule 10.1.15 as soon as commercially reasonable and by no later than the date set forth in Schedule 10.1.15 with respect to such action or such later date as the Agent may reasonably agree.

 

10.1.16                           Anti-Corruption Laws, Sanctions and AML Legislation .  Each Loan Party shall (and the Administrative Borrower shall cause each Subsidiary to) comply in all material respects with the requirements of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, applicable Sanctions and applicable AML Legislation.

 

10.1.17                           Preservation of Existence, Etc.   Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect (i) its legal existence under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation (except in a transaction permitted by Section 10.2.3 ), except, with respect to Persons other than Borrowers, to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) its good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction); (b) take all

 

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reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided , however , that any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Section 10.2.3 , 10.2.4 or 10.2.5 .

 

10.1.18                           Further Assurances .  Promptly upon request by the Agent, or any Lender through the Agent, each Loan Party shall (a) correct any technical defect or error that may be discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (b) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Agent, or any Lender through the Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to (i) to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, subject any Loan Party’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ properties, assets, rights or interests to the Liens now or hereafter intended to be covered by any of the Security Documents, (ii) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of the Security Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder, including obtaining, providing and making notations of the Agent’s security interest in and Lien on Unit Certificates to the extent required by applicable law for perfection of such Liens and (iii) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the Secured Parties under any Loan Document or under any other instrument executed in connection with any Loan Document to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is or is to be a party, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section  10.1.18 and Section 10.1.12(f) , the Agent shall not (except in the circumstances described in the second and third sentences of Section 14.26 ) request that any Loan Party obtain or provide any Unit Certificates with respect to any Non-Qualified Units unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided that if any Unit Certificates are obtained for any Non-Qualified Units (other than New Mexican Units owned by the Unit Subsidiary), a notation of the Agent’s security interest and Lien shall be made thereon as required by Section  10.1.12(f) . All actions required to be taken pursuant to this Section 10.1.18 , as well as pursuant to Section 10 of the Security Agreement and any further assurance or similar provision under any other Security Document, shall be at the cost and expense of the Borrowers.

 

10.1.19                           Unit Subsidiary; Provisions Relating to Units; etc.     Each Loan Party shall at all times cause the Unit Subsidiary to be a direct, Wholly-Owned U.S. Subsidiary of Arrow Bidco or another Loan Party.  Each Borrower shall take all action so that all Non-Qualified Units (other than storage containers and other than Non-Qualified Units that are the subject of a Stand-Alone Customer Capital Lease) at any time owned or acquired by any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are U.S. Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary), or which are owned or acquired by any Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower (other than the Unit Subsidiary) and are located in the United States of America or any State or territories thereof, are (or have been) on or prior to the Closing Date (or, if acquired thereafter, within five Business Days after the end of the month in which such acquisition occurred) contributed as a capital contribution to the equity of the Unit Subsidiary.  As a result of the

 

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requirements of the immediately preceding sentence, all Non-Qualified Units (other than storage containers) at any time held by any Borrower and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Units located outside the United States of America and the States and territories thereof which are owned by Foreign Subsidiaries and other than Units that are the subject of a Permitted Stand-Alone Customer Capital Lease), shall be transferred to the Unit Subsidiary, which shall be the exclusive owner thereof.

 

10.1.20                           Maintenance of Unit Subsidiary Separateness .   No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action, or conduct its affairs in a manner, which would be reasonably likely to result in the separate existence of the Unit Subsidiary being ignored, or in the assets and liabilities of the Unit Subsidiary being substantively consolidated with those of any of Holdings, any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) in a bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding. The Loan Parties shall not permit the Unit Subsidiary to voluntarily incur any liabilities other than (i) the Unit Subsidiary’s Guarantee of the Obligations hereunder and its obligations under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, (ii) the guaranty by the Unit Subsidiary under the Senior Secured Notes Indenture and the Indebtedness permitted under Sections 10.2.1(a) , 10.2.1(b)(iv)  and 10.2.1(b)(xii) , in each instance, to the extent permitted under Sections 10.2.1(b)(i)(B ) , 10.2.1(a) , 10.2.1(b)(iv)  and 10.2.1(b)(xii) , respectively, and (iii) liabilities under the Unit Subsidiary Management Agreement, the Master Lease Agreements and the Custodian Agreement.

 

10.2                         Negative Covenants .  Each Loan Party hereby covenants and agrees that from the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Revolver Commitments and the Swingline Commitments have terminated and Full Payment has occurred:

 

10.2.1                                  Limitation on Indebtedness; Preferred Stock and Disqualified Stock .

 

(a)                                  The Loan Parties will not, and not permit their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”), any Indebtedness and the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however , that the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness and issue shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock if either (i) the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a)  or (b)(i)  of Section 10.1.1 on or immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been (x) no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 or (y) if such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is incurred or issued to finance a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment, no greater than the Total Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence or issuance or (ii) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a)  or (b)(i)  of Section 10.1.1 on or immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is

 

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issued is not less than (x) 2.00 to 1.00 or (y) if such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is incurred or issued to finance a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence or issuance, in each case, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom, but without otherwise netting the cash proceeds of any such Indebtedness from the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt, it being understood and agreed the foregoing Total Net Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, as applicable, shall be required to be satisfied for the relevant Test Period described above on the date of each borrowing or other extension of credit under the applicable Indebtedness and on the date of each issuance of the applicable Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom, had occurred at the beginning of such Test Period, so long as such Indebtedness has a final maturity date no earlier than, and no scheduled amortization payments (other than customary nominal amortization payments) prior to, the date that is 91 days following the Revolver Facility Termination Date; provided, further , that (i) Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties may not incur Indebtedness or issue shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 10.2.1(a)  in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding which, when combined with the principal amount then outstanding of all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.2.1(b)(xxii) , is in excess of the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 8.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, (ii) such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 10.2.1(a)  shall not be (A) secured Indebtedness unless (x) the Secured Net Leverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a)  or (b)(i)  of Section 10.1.1 on or immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred would have been no greater than (1) 2.50 to 1.00 or (2) if such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is incurred or issued to finance a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment, no greater than the Secured Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence or issuance, in each case, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom, but without otherwise netting the cash proceeds of any such Indebtedness from the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt, it being understood and agreed the foregoing Secured Net Leverage Ratio test shall be required to be satisfied for the relevant Test Period described above on the date of each borrowing or other extension of credit under the applicable Indebtedness and on the date of each issuance of the applicable Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such Test Period and (y) the Liens on the assets of any Loan Party securing such Indebtedness shall apply only to Collateral and shall be subordinated to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (and the holders of such Indebtedness (or their duly appointed agent or other representative) shall have become party to the Intercreditor Agreement) or (B) guaranteed by any Person that is not a Loan Party and (iii) the Unit Subsidiary may not incur Indebtedness under this Section 10.2.1(a)  other than Guarantee Obligations that are subordinated to the Secured Obligations in a manner at least as favorable to the Credit

 

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Parties as the subordination terms applicable to the Unit Subsidiary’s guaranty of the Senior Secured Notes on the Closing Date.

 

(b)                                  The limitation set forth in clause (a) of this Section 10.2.1 will not prohibit any of the following:

 

(i)                                      (A) Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents and (B)(x) Indebtedness arising under the Senior Secured Notes and (y) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto ( provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (i)(B)(x)), so long as, in each case with respect to this clause (B), the guarantee of the Unit Subsidiary thereof is subordinated on the terms as provided in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture as in effect on the Closing Date;

 

(ii)                                   Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of intercompany Investments permitted under Section 10.2.5 ;

 

(iii)                                Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letter of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance; provided , however , that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the payment of such guarantees, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence and provided, further , that the outstanding amount of Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries under any such bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letter of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities shall not exceed an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding equal to the greater of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

 

(iv)                               subject to compliance with Section 10.2.5 at the time of incurrence, Guarantee Obligations incurred by any Loan Parties or other Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of any Loan Parties or other Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise permitted to be incurred hereunder or of other obligations of Loan Parties or other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, provided that (A) in the event any Indebtedness so guaranteed is subordinated, the Guarantee Obligations with respect thereto shall be subordinated to the same extent, (B) in the event of any guarantee by the Unit Subsidiary, such guarantee shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations on a basis at least as favorable to the Secured Parties as the subordination terms applicable to the Unit Subsidiary’s guarantee of the Senior Secured Notes on the Closing Date and (C) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.2.5 , Guarantee Obligations of the Loan Parties of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall not exceed an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding equal to the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 3.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

 

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(v)                                  Guarantee Obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business in respect of obligations of (or to) suppliers, customers, franchises, lessors and licensors;

 

(vi)                               (A) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and Indebtedness arising under Capital Leases entered into in connection with Permitted Sale Leasebacks and Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Leases), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to finance the purchase, lease, construction, installation or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or any other asset that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Stock of any Person owning such assets; provided , that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (vi), does not exceed an aggregate amount at any time outstanding equal to the greater of (x) $40,000,000 and (y) 7.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of each of the foregoing; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(vii)                            (A) Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.2.1 and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the foregoing; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(viii)                         Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) in respect of Hedge Agreements (excluding Indebtedness in respect of Hedge Agreements entered into for speculative purposes);

 

(ix)                               (A) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger or is the continuing entity following an amalgamation with such Person) and that, if secured, is not secured by any Specified Assets, or Indebtedness secured only by assets that are acquired by a Restricted Subsidiary that do not constitute Specified Assets, in each case, after the Closing Date as the result of a Permitted Acquisition, provided , that (1) such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such assets subject to such Indebtedness were acquired and, in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof, (2) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than by any such Person that so becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is the survivor of a merger or is the continuing entity following an amalgamation with such Person and any of its Subsidiaries or if such guarantees would be permitted by Section 10.2.5 ), (3) to the extent required under Section 10.1.12 , such Person executes a supplement or joinder to this Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit I , in order to become a Loan Party and such other agreements, documents and actions required thereunder, (4) to the extent such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is at any time outstanding in an amount or liquidation preference in excess of $30,000,000, either (i) the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a)  or (b)(i)  of Section 10.1.1 on or immediately preceding the date of the consummation of the applicable Permitted Acquisition would be (x) no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 or (y) no greater than the Total Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to the consummation of the applicable Permitted Acquisition or (ii) the

 

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Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a)  or (b)(i)  of Section 10.1.1 on or immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued is not less than (x) 2.00 to 1.00 or (y) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to the consummation of the applicable Permitted Acquisition, in each case, determined on a pro forma basis (including the assumption of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, it being understood and agreed that the foregoing Total Net Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, as applicable, shall be required to be satisfied for the relevant Test Period described above on the date of each such assumption of applicable Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such Test Period, (5) to the extent such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is at any time outstanding in an amount or liquidation preference in excess of $30,000,000, if such Indebtedness is secured, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a) or (b)(i) of Section 10.1.1 on or immediately preceding the date of the consummation of the applicable Permitted Acquisition would be no greater than 2.50 to 1.00 or no greater than the Secured Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to the consummation of the applicable Permitted Acquisition, in each case, determined on a pro forma basis (including the assumption of such Indebtedness, it being understood and agreed that the foregoing Secured Net Leverage Ratio test shall be required to be satisfied for the relevant Test Period described above on the date of each such assumption of applicable Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred at the beginning of such Test Period and (6) to the extent such Indebtedness is at any time outstanding in an amount in excess of $30,000,000, such Indebtedness has a final maturity date no earlier than, and no scheduled amortization payments (other than customary nominal amortization payments) prior to, the date that is 91 days following the Revolver Facility Termination Date, and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(x)                                  [Reserved];

 

(xi)                               obligations in respect of self-insurance and Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Surety Bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations not in connection with money borrowed, in each case, provided in the Ordinary Course of Business, or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the Ordinary Course of Business, in an amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; provided that the Unit Subsidiary shall not incur any obligations or Indebtedness under this clause (b)(xi);

 

(xii)                            (A) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of the Loan Parties or any other Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate amount, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred and then outstanding

 

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pursuant to this clause (xii)(A), does not at any one time outstanding exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and (y) 8.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; provided , that the Unit Subsidiary may not incur Indebtedness under this Section  10.2.1(b)(xii)  other than Guarantee Obligations that are subordinated to the Secured Obligations in a manner at least as favorable to the Credit Parties as the subordination terms applicable to the Unit Subsidiary’s guaranty of the Senior Secured Notes on the Closing Date and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xiii)                         customer deposits and advance payments received in the Ordinary Course of Business from customers of goods and services purchased in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(xiv)                        cash management obligations and other Indebtedness of Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) in respect of netting services, automatic clearing house arrangements, employees’ credit or purchase cards, overdraft protections, other Bank Products and similar arrangements, in each case incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(xv)                           (A) Non-Recourse Debt of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate Indebtedness incurred under this clause (xv)(A) at any one time outstanding does not exceed $40,000,000 in the aggregate and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xvi)                        Indebtedness arising from agreements of Arrow Bidco or the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earnout or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with (A) the disposition of any business, assets or Equity Interests permitted hereunder, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided , that the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by Arrow Bidco and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition or (B) any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.5 ;

 

(xvii)                     Indebtedness of Arrow Bidco or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) consisting of (A) the financing of insurance premiums or (B) take or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(xviii)                  (A) Indebtedness of any Receivables Entity in respect of any Qualified Receivables Transaction that is without recourse to any Loan Party or any of their respective assets (other than as a result of a breach of representation, warranty or covenant in such purchase and sale agreement or similar agreement entered into in connection with such

 

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Qualified Receivables Transaction) and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xix)                        Indebtedness supported by any letter of credit otherwise permitted to be incurred hereunder;

 

(xx)                           (A) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of the Loan Parties or any other Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference up to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrowers since immediately after the Closing Date from the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of Holdings or, without duplication, any cash contribution to the Administrative Borrower’s common equity with the net cash proceeds from the issuance and sale of Equity Interests by Holdings or any other Parent Entity or a contribution to the common equity of Holdings or such other Parent Entity (in each case, other than Cure Amounts, amounts that have been added to the Available Excluded Contribution Amount, proceeds of Disqualified Stock or proceeds of sales of Equity Interests to a Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash contributions have not been applied to make a Dividend pursuant to Section 10.2.6(h)  or a prepayment, repurchase, redemption, other defeasance or sinking fund payment in respect of Junior Debt pursuant to clause (iii)(A) of the first proviso to Section 10.2.7(a) ; provided that, such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is incurred or issued within 180 days after the receipt of such net cash proceeds or cash contributions and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xxi)                        (A) unsecured, Subordinated Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by Arrow Bidco or its Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors and employees (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) to finance the purchase or redemption of Stock or other Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof); provided that the aggregate Indebtedness incurred under this clause (xxi)(A) at any one time outstanding does not exceed the greater of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) 0.875% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A);

 

(xxii)                     (A) Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed, when combined with the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred or shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to Section 10.2.1(a) and which are then outstanding, the greater of $50,000,000 and (y) 8.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A); and

 

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(xxiii)                  (A) Indebtedness incurred by Persons in connection with any Permitted Sale Leaseback, provided that, with respect to any Permitted Sale Leaseback, the net cash proceeds of any sale in connection therewith are promptly applied to the prepayment of Loans hereunder (without any corresponding permanent commitment reduction); and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have refreshed capacity under the foregoing clause (A); provided further that, except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, (1) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (2) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Indebtedness are not changed and (3) the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (xxiii)(A) shall not at any time outstanding exceed the greater of $40,000,000 and (y) 7.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Loan Parties may not issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock except to another Loan Party in reliance on this Section.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall not be permitted to enter into Purchase Money Indebtedness, Capital Leases, Capitalized Lease Obligations or operating leases with respect to Accounts, Chattel Paper and Rental Equipment other than (i) Purchase Money Indebtedness, Capital Leases, Capitalized Lease Obligations, Permitted Sale Leasebacks, Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transactions and Stand-Alone Customer Capital Leases in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000, (ii) operating leases with respect to such assets that are consistent with past practices of the Loan Parties in all material respects and (iii) to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.1(b)(vii) . Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this covenant.

 

10.2.2                                 Limitation on Liens .  The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of such Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

 

(a)                                  (i) Liens arising under the Credit Documents and (ii) Liens on Collateral of the Loan Parties arising under the Senior Secured Note s Documents and Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.1(b)(i)(B) ; provided , that such Liens pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii) shall be subordinated to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (and the holders of such Indebtedness (or their duly appointed agent or other representative) shall have become party to the Intercreditor Agreement); and

 

(b)                                  Permitted Liens;

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Unit Subsidiary shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) other than Liens permitted under Section 10.2.2(a) , Liens

 

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permitted under clause (f) and (g) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, and Liens permitted hereunder (and not securing Indebtedness) which arise in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Unit Subsidiary.

 

10.2.3                                 Limitation on Fundamental Changes .  Except as expressly permitted by Section 10.2.4 (other than Section 10.2.4(e) ) or 10.2.5 (other than Section 10.2.5(p) ), each Loan Party will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its assets, except:

 

(a)                                  that so long as no Default or Event of Default would result therefrom, (i) any Loan Party (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or liquidated or dissolved into, another Loan Party (other than the Unit Subsidiary), provided that if a Borrower is a party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, a Borrower shall be the surviving or continuing entity or the surviving or continuing entity shall assume such Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (other than a Non-Recourse Subsidiary) may be merged into, or consolidated or amalgamated with, any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Non-Recourse Subsidiary), and (iii) any Non-Recourse Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or liquidated or dissolved into, any other Non-Recourse Subsidiary; provided that in the case of clause (ii) above, if a Loan Party is a party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, such Loan Party shall be the surviving or continuing entity of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, provided, further that, in each instance under this Section 10.2.3(a) , with respect to Loan Parties, the interest of the Agent in the Collateral, if any, and of the Agent, Lenders and Fronting Banks in the Obligations, if any, owed by such merging, amalgamating, consolidating or dissolving parties, are not impaired;

 

(b)                                  that (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (other than a Non-Recourse Subsidiary) may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unit Subsidiary or a Non-Recourse Subsidiary) and (ii) any Non-Recourse Subsidiary may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any other Non-Recourse Subsidiary;

 

(c)                                   in connection with the Acquisitions as contemplated by the Acquisition Agreements;

 

(d)                                  that any Loan Party (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of substantially all or any of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Loan Party (other than the Unit Subsidiary), in each case but only if such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition is permitted by Section 10.2.4(b)  or (c) ;

 

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(e)                                   that any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if (i) the Administrative Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Loan Parties and if such Restricted Subsidiary is a Loan Party, that such liquidation or dissolution is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (ii) to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is a Loan Party, any assets or business not otherwise disposed of or transferred in accordance with Sections 10.2.4 or 10.2.5 , or, in the case of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted by, another Loan Party (other than the Unit Subsidiary), in each case after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution; and

 

(f)                                    in connection with Permitted Acquisitions; provided that the amount of such Permitted Acquisitions of Persons that do not become Loan Parties and/or assets that do not constitute Collateral shall not exceed (A) with respect to any individual Permitted Acquisition, the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 4.4% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (B) with respect to all Permitted Acquisitions in the aggregate, the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 8.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, in no event shall the Unit Subsidiary be merged with or into or consolidated or amalgamated with or into any other Person or be liquidated.

 

10.2.4                                  Limitation on Sale of Assets .  Each Loan Party will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (x) convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (other than any such sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition resulting from any casualty or condemnation of any assets of such Loan Party or the Restricted Subsidiaries) or (y) sell to any Person any shares owned by it of any Restricted Subsidiary’s Stock and other Equity Interests, except that:

 

(a)                                  (x) any Loan Party and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of (i) inventory and Rental Equipment in the Ordinary Course of Business, (ii) used or surplus equipment, vehicles and other assets in the Ordinary Course of Business and (iii) Permitted Investments and (y) the Unit Subsidiary may sell or lease Non-Qualified Units from time to time held by the Unit Subsidiary to Arrow Bidco pursuant to the Master Lease Agreements, provided that in the case of any such sale the respective Non-Qualified Units are contemporaneously sold to a third party as provided in subclause (a)(x) above;

 

(b)                                  any Loan Party and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of assets (collectively, each a “ Disposition ”) (other than (i) Accounts and Chattel Paper of Loan Parties, except if sold as part of a Disposition of a business, business unit or Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder, (ii) Stock and other Equity Interests of (A) any Loan Party or (B) any direct or indirect parent of a Loan Party if the same constitutes Collateral and (iii) all or any substantial portion of the assets of any Loan Party, in each case except (x) as a result of a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, liquidation or dissolution permitted by

 

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Section 10.2.3 (other than pursuant to the carveout in the introductory paragraph thereof), (y) a sale, transfer or other disposition of assets from one Loan Party to another or (z) a sale, transfer or other disposition of Stand-Alone Customer Capital Leases and Equipment that is subject thereto to a Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Counterparty under a Permitted Stand-Alone Capital Lease Transaction) for fair value, provided that:

 

(i)                                      with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (b) for a purchase price in excess of $15,000,000, such Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash, Permitted Investments, assets of the type that would be included in the Borrowing Base not to exceed $100,000,000 in fair market value over the term of this Agreement or Designated Non-Cash Consideration ( provided , (x) such Designated Non-Cash Consideration shall not have an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this Section 10.2.4(b)  that is at that time outstanding, in excess of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value and (y) any liabilities of such Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on such Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto or, if incurred, increased or decreased subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on such balance sheet had it taken place on the date of such balance sheet), other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee (or a third party on its behalf) of the assets subject to such Disposition pursuant to an agreement that releases or indemnifies such Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary (or a third party on behalf of the transferee) from further liability, and any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by such Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted into cash within 180 days of receipt thereof (to the extent of cash received), shall each be deemed to be a Permitted Investment for purposes of this clause (b)(i));

 

(ii)                                   if the purchase price for assets constituting Accounts, Chattel Paper and Rental Equipment of a Borrower (“ Specified Assets ”) exceeds $15,000,000, or if the assets so sold constitute the Stock or all or a substantial portion of the assets of any Borrower, such Loan Party shall deliver an updated Borrowing Base Certificate giving effect to such Disposition and showing compliance with the Borrowing Base; and

 

(iii)                                after giving effect to any such Disposition, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(c)                                   any Loan Party and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may make a Disposition of assets (other than (i) Accounts and Chattel Paper of Loan Parties, except if sold as part of a Disposition of a business, business unit or Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder, (ii) Stock and other Equity Interests of (A) any Loan Party or (B) any direct or direct or indirect parent of a Loan Party if the same constitutes Collateral or (iii) all or any substantial portion of the assets of any Borrower, except, in each case as a result of a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, liquidation or dissolution permitted by Section 10.2.3 (other than pursuant to the carveout in the introductory paragraph thereof) or a sale, transfer or other disposition of assets from one Loan Party to another) to any Loan Party or to any Restricted Subsidiary (other

 

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than the Unit Subsidiary), provided, that with respect to any such sales by Loan Parties to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, (i) such sale, transfer or disposition shall be for fair value and such Loan Party shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash and (ii) the conditions set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (b) of this Section shall have been satisfied with respect to such sale, transfer or disposition;

 

(d)                                  [Reserved];

 

(e)                                   any Loan Party and any Restricted Subsidiary may effect any transaction permitted by Section 10.2.2 , 10.2.3 (other than pursuant to the carveout in the introductory paragraph thereof), 10.2.5 (other than Section 10.2.5(i)  and Section 10.2.5(j) ) or 10.2.6 ;

 

(f)                                    in addition to selling or transferring accounts receivable pursuant to the other provisions hereof, Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may sell or discount without recourse Accounts arising in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with such Person’s current credit and collection practices;

 

(g)                                   any Loan Party and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may lease, sublease, license or sublicense (in each case on a non-exclusive basis with respect to intellectual property) real, personal or intellectual property (other than licenses or sublicenses of Specified Assets) in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(h)                                  any Loan Party and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may make sales, transfers and other dispositions of property (other than Specified Assets) to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

 

(i)                                      any Loan Party and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may make sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

(j)                                     any Loan Party and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may make Dispositions in connection with Permitted Sale Leasebacks permitted under Section 10.2.8 ;

 

(k)                                  any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and is domiciled outside of the U.S. may make Dispositions of Accounts, Chattel Paper and Related Assets to a Receivables Entity so long as the requirements included in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction have been satisfied;

 

(l)                                      Dispositions of Equity Interests of, or sales of Indebtedness of, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(m)                              Dispositions made to comply with any order of any anti-trust agency of the U.S. federal government or any state anti-trust authority or other anti-trust regulatory body or any applicable anti-trust law; and

 

(n)                                  other Dispositions involving assets having a fair market value (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Borrower at the time thereof) in the aggregate since the Closing Date of not more than $25,000,000; provided that, if the purchase price for Specified Assets Disposed of pursuant to this clause (n) in a single transaction or series of related transactions exceeds $15,000,000, the applicable Loan Party shall deliver an updated Borrowing Base Certificate giving effect to such Disposition and showing compliance with the Borrowing Base.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, (x) in no event shall Arrow Bidco sell or otherwise dispose of any of its interests in the Unit Subsidiary (other than to another Loan Party) and (y) in no event shall the Unit Subsidiary transfer any Non-Qualified Units or any interest therein (except for the sale or lease thereof pursuant to the Master Lease Agreements, provided that in the case of any such sale the respective Non-Qualified Units are contemporaneously sold to a third party pursuant to Section 10.2.4(a)(x) ) to any Loan Party or any other Person.

 

10.2.5                                  Limitation on Investments .  Each Loan Party will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of or any assets constituting a business or a business unit of a Person of, or make any other Investment in, any Person, except:

 

(a)                                  extensions of trade credit and purchases of assets and services in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(b)                                  cash or Investments that were Permitted Investments at the time made;

 

(c)                                   loans and advances by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than, in the case of subclauses (ii) and (iii) below, the Unit Subsidiary) to officers, directors and employees of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes (including employee payroll advances), (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Stock or other Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount under this clause (c) at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) 0.875% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

 

(d)                                  Investments existing on, or contemplated as of, the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 10.2.5 and any extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof; provided , that the amount of such Investment may be increased in such extension, renewal or reinvestment only (x) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date and detailed on Schedule 10.2.5 (including as a result of

 

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the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or (y) as otherwise permitted hereunder;

 

(e)                                   Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers or customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers arising in the Ordinary Course of Business or upon foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

 

(f)                                    Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Stock or other Equity Interests of a Parent Entity; provided , that if such Investment is an acquisition (by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise), (i)  clauses (d) , (f)  and (h)  of the definition of Permitted Acquisition are satisfied, (ii) the Administrative Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent a certificate signed by a Senior Officer certifying to the Agent that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing before or after giving effect to such acquisition and (iii) if a Restricted Subsidiary is acquired as a result of such Investment, then such Restricted Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor to the extent required by, and in accordance with, Section  10.1.12 and shall grant the Agent a security interest in and Lien on the assets so acquired to the extent required by Section 10.1.12 ;

 

(g)                                   (i) Investments by the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) in Loan Parties, (ii) [reserved], (iii) Investments by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in Loan Parties or other Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Non-Recourse Subsidiary), (iv) loans and advances by the Loan Parties to Parent or Holdings in an amount necessary (when combined with Dividends made by the Loan Parties in reliance on Section 10.2.6(d)(i)  or 10.2.6(d)(iv)) to permit Parent, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof, as applicable, to pay income tax or, as the case may be, franchise taxes or other fees, taxes or exceptions required to maintain the corporate existence of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings, to the extent a Dividend by such Loan Party (the proceeds of which would be used to pay such obligations) would be permitted under Section 10.2.6(d)(i)  or 10.2.6(d)(iv) , as the case may be; provided that, Parent or Holdings, as applicable, shall apply the proceeds of such loans and advances to such income tax or other obligations within 30 days of its receipt of such proceeds, (v) Investments by the Loan Parties in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, provided that unless the Payment Condition is satisfied after giving effect to any Investment made pursuant to this subclause (v), such Investment, together with other Investments in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties made pursuant to this subclause (v) at any time when the Payment Condition is not satisfied, shall not exceed an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding equal to the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 4.4% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (vi) Investments by Non-Recourse Subsidiaries in any other Non-Recourse Subsidiaries (provided , that (w) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (g), a Loan Party may make an Investment in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party if such Investment is part of a Series of Cash Neutral Transactions and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Investment is made, (x) no Investment may be made pursuant to subclause (v) above if a Default or Event of Default is then continuing, (y)

 

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any obligations of any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings (other than to another Loan Party) in connection with any loans, advances or other obligations shall be subject to the subordination provisions contained in the Intercompany Note and (z) any obligations of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties to a Loan Party in connection with an Investment permitted under subclause (g)(iv) or (v), above, shall be evidenced by an Intercompany Note which shall be promptly delivered to the Agent (with any necessary endorsement in blank);

 

(h)                                  Permitted Acquisitions; provided that, the amount of such Permitted Acquisitions of Persons that do not become Loan Parties and/or assets that do not constitute Collateral shall not exceed (A) with respect to any individual Permitted Acquisition, the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 4.4% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (B) with respect to all Permitted Acquisitions in the aggregate, the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 8.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

 

(i)                                      Investments constituting non-cash proceeds of sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.4 (other than Section 10.2.4(e) );

 

(j)                                     Investments by a Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary resulting from a disposition of stock or assets by another Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary permitted by Section 10.2.4 (other than Section 10.2.4(e) );

 

(k)                                  the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may make Investments not otherwise permitted under this Section 10.2.5 (i) so long as the Payment Condition is met after giving effect to such Investment (and, in the case of loans or advances made to or from the Loan Parties, any applicable conditions contained in subclauses (y) and (z) of clause (g), above, are satisfied), or (ii) if the Payment Condition is not satisfied after giving effect to such Investment, all Investments under this subclause (k)(ii) made at any time the Payment Condition is not satisfied shall not exceed an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding equal to the sum of (1) the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 4.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period plus (2) (a) the aggregate amount of Dividends that may be made at such time pursuant to Section 10.2.6(c)  plus (b) the aggregate amount of Junior Debt that may be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, otherwise defeased or have a sinking fund payment made in respect of pursuant to clause (i) of the second proviso in Section 10.2.7(a) ; provided that, Investments made pursuant to clause (2) will reduce the amount of Dividends or prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, other defeasances or sinking fund payments with respect to Junior Debt that may be made pursuant to the aforementioned provisions (and, in the case of loans or advances made to or from the Loan Parties, any applicable conditions contained in subclauses (y) and (z) of clause (g), above, are satisfied);

 

(l)                                      Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the Ordinary Course of Business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial

 

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satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(m)                              Investments in the Ordinary Course of Business consisting of UCC Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and UCC Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

 

(n)                                  advances of payroll payments to its employees in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(o)                                  Guarantee Obligations of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unit Subsidiary) of leases (other than Capital Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business or that are otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.1(b)(v) ;

 

(p)                                  Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of any Person merged into any Loan Party or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 10.2.3 (other than pursuant to the carveout in the introductory paragraph thereof) after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

 

(q)                                  Investments made after the Closing Date by the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Administrative Borrower elects to apply to this clause (q); provided that any such Investment shall be made within 180 days after the receipt of such Available Excluded Contribution Amount;

 

(r)                                     Investments by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in a Receivables Entity pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(s)                                    loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of any Borrower in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of, Dividends to the extent permitted to be made to such parent in accordance with Section 10.2.6 , subject to the limitations contained therein;

 

(t)                                     Investments made by a Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary to repurchase or retire Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) owned by any employee stock ownership plan or key employee stock ownership plan of any Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof);

 

(u)                                  Investments in hedge obligations permitted under Section 10.2.1(b)(viii) ;

 

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(v)                                  Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries not to exceed an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding equal to $15,000,000; and

 

(w)                                (i) Investments in Subsidiaries and joint ventures in connection with reorganizations and related activities related to tax planning; provided that, after giving effect to any such reorganization and/or related activity, the value of the guarantees provided for herein and the security interest of the Agent in the Collateral, taken as a whole, are not materially impaired, and (ii) Investments made in joint ventures as required by, or made pursuant to, buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture agreements and similar binding arrangements in effect on the Closing Date (and any modification, replacement, renewal or extension of such Investments so long as no such modification, renewal or extension thereof increased the amount of any such Investment except by the terms thereof or as otherwise permitted by this Section 10.2.5 ).

 

10.2.6                                  Limitation on Dividends .  No Loan Party shall declare or pay any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in its Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or dividends permitted by clause (e) below) or return any capital to its stockholders or make any other distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its stockholders as such, or redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration, any shares of any class of its Stock or other Equity Interests or the Stock or other Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent now or hereafter outstanding, or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes (all of the foregoing “ Dividends ”); provided that, this Section 10.2.6 shall not prevent any Dividend if the Payment Condition is met with respect to such Dividend or payment at the time thereof and after giving effect thereto; provided , further , that:

 

(a)                                  so long as no Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto, the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may redeem in whole or in part any of its Stock or other Equity Interests for another class of its Stock or other Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Stock or other Equity Interests, provided that such new Stock or other Equity Interests contain terms and provisions at least as advantageous to the Lenders in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Stock or other Equity Interests redeemed thereby;

 

(b)                                  so long as no Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto, the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may (or may make Dividends to permit any direct or indirect parent thereof to) repurchase shares of Holdings’ (or a Parent Entity’s) Stock or other Equity Interests held by present or former officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries (or any such parent), so long as such repurchase is pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, management and/or employee stock plans, stock subscription agreements or shareholder agreements; provided , that the aggregate amount of all cash paid in respect of all such shares so repurchased in any calendar year does not exceed in any calendar year the sum of (i) $10,000,000 (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years; provided that Dividends made under this clause (b)(i) do not exceed $20,000,000 in any calendar year); plus (ii) all amounts obtained by Holdings (or a Parent Entity) (to the

 

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extent contributed to a Borrower) during such calendar year from the sale of such Stock or other Equity Interests to other officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with any permitted compensation and incentive arrangements plus (iii) all amounts obtained from any key-man life insurance policies received during such calendar year;

 

(c)                                   so long as no Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto, the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may pay additional Dividends in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000, (x) less the amount of voluntary prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, other defeasances and sinking fund payments in respect of Junior Debt made pursuant to Section 10.2.7(a)(i)  and (y) subject to any reductions (if any) required by clause (2) of Section 10.2.5(k)(ii) ;

 

(d)                                  each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary may pay Dividends:

 

(i)                                      (A) so long as no Specified Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto, to its direct or indirect parent in amounts sufficient (when combined with loans and advances made by the Loan Parties for such purpose under Section 10.2.5(g)(iv)) for any such parent to pay its income tax obligations for so long as such Loan Party is a member of a group filing a consolidated, combined, unitary, affiliated or other similar tax return with such parent; provided the amount of Dividends paid under this clause (i) in respect of income tax obligations is limited to the extent such tax liability is directly attributable to the taxable income of such Loan Party (that are included in such consolidated, combined, unitary, affiliated or other similar tax return), determined as if such Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries filed a separate consolidated, combined, unitary, affiliated or other similar tax return as a stand-alone group and will be used to pay (or to make Dividends to allow any direct or indirect parent to pay), within 30 days of the receipt thereof, the tax liability in each relevant jurisdiction in respect of such consolidated, combined, unitary, affiliated or other similar returns;

 

(ii)                                   so long as no Specified Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto, the proceeds of which (when combined with loans and advances made by the Loan Parties for such purpose under Section 10.2.5(g)(iv)) shall be used to allow any direct or indirect parent of such Loan Party to pay (A) its accrued operating expenses incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and other accrued corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business of Arrow Bidco (or any Parent Entity) plus any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors or officers of Arrow Bidco (or any Parent Entity) attributable to the ownership or operations of Arrow Bidco and its Subsidiaries or (B) fees and expenses otherwise (1) due and payable by Arrow Bidco or any of its Subsidiaries and (2) permitted to be paid by Arrow Bidco or such Subsidiary under this Agreement;

 

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(iv)                               without duplication of clause (i), above, the proceeds of which (when combined with loans and advances made by the Loan Parties for such purpose in reliance on Section 10.2.5(g)(iv) ) shall be used to pay franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain the corporate existence of any Parent Entity within 30 days of the receipt thereof;

 

(v)                                  constituting repurchases of Stock or other Equity Interests upon the cashless exercise of stock options; and

 

(vi)                               the proceeds of which are applied on the Closing Date, solely to effect the consummation of the Transactions;

 

(e)                                   (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may pay Dividends to a Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any Loan Party may pay a Dividend to any other Loan Party or to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party if, in the case of a payment to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, such Dividend is part of a series of transactions by which such Dividend is ultimately and promptly paid to a Loan Party;

 

(f)                                    the Borrowers may make additional Dividends in an amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Administrative Borrower elects to apply to this clause (f); provided that any such Dividend shall be made within 90 days after the receipt of such Available Excluded Contribution Amount;

 

(g)                                   the Loan Parties and other Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Dividends within 60 days after the date of the declaration thereof or the provision of a redemption notice with respect thereto, as the case may be, if (i) at the date of such declaration or notice, such Dividend would have complied with another provision of this Section 10.2.6 and (ii) the Administrative Borrower reasonably expects, as of such date of declaration or such date of provision of a redemption notice, the Loan Parties and the other Restricted Subsidiaries to be able to comply with such other provision of this Section 10.2.6 through either (x) the end of such sixty (60) day period or (y) if earlier, the latest date on which such declaration or provision of a redemption notice allows for such Dividend to be made; provided that the making of any such Dividend will reduce capacity for Dividends pursuant to such other provision of this Section 10.2.6 when the declaration or provision of a redemption notice is so made; and

 

(h)                                  so long as no Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto, the Administrative Borrower may make Dividends to Holdings or any Parent Entity in an aggregate amount per annum not to exceed 6% of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to Arrow Bidco from a capital contribution to Holdings or the issuance or offering of Equity Interests of Holdings, other than (x) with respect to Disqualified Stock, (y) to the extent such proceeds constitute Available Excluded Contribution Amounts the Administrative Borrower has elected to apply to clause (f) above or (z) with respect to a Cure Amount.

 

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10.2.7                                   Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments; Limitations on Repayment of Intercompany Indebtedness .

 

(a)                                  No Loan Party will, or will permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, voluntarily prepay, repurchase or redeem or otherwise defease, or make any sinking fund payment in respect of, any Junior Debt prior to the stated maturity thereof (other than Indebtedness owing to a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided that this clause (a) shall not prevent the voluntary prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance of, or the making of any sinking fund payment in respect of, any Junior Debt if the Payment Condition is met at the time thereof and after giving effect thereto; provided , further , that (i) so long as no Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto, any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease, or make any sinking fund payment in respect of, Junior Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000, (x) less the amount of Dividends made pursuant to Section 10.2.6(c)  and (y) subject to any reductions (if any) required by clause (2) of Section 10.2.5(k)(ii) , (ii) such Junior Debt may be refinanced in full with the proceeds of Refinancing Indebtedness and (iii) any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unit Subsidiary) may prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease, or make any sinking fund payment in respect of Junior Debt (A) in exchange for, or with proceeds of any issuance of, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Loan Parties and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Unit Subsidiary) and/or any capital contribution in respect of such Equity Interests, in each case, other than any amounts constituting a Cure Amount or any amount that has been added to the Available Excluded Contribution Amount or any amount that is otherwise applied to make a Dividend pursuant to Section 10.2.6(h)   or to incur Indebtedness under Section 10.2.1(b)(xx) , (B) as a result of the conversion of all or any portion of any Junior Debt into Equity Interests of any Loan Party and/or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unit Subsidiary) (other than Disqualified Stock), (C) in the form of payment-in-kind interest with respect to any Junior Debt that is permitted under Section 10.2.1 ; and (D) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Administrative Borrower elects to apply to this clause (a)(iii)(D) ; provided that any such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, other defeasance or sinking fund payment shall be made within 90 days after the receipt of such Available Excluded Contribution Amount.

 

(b)                                  No Loan Party will, or will permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, waive, amend or modify any of the Senior Secured Note Documents , or any other agreements, indentures and other documents relating to any Junior Debt with an outstanding principal amount in excess of $25,000,000, in each case to the extent that any such waiver, amendment or modification would be materially adverse to the Lenders.

 

(c)                                   No Loan Party will, or will permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, waive, amend, modify or terminate the Master Lease Agreements or the Unit Subsidiary Management Agreement in any way that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

 

10.2.8                                  Limitations on Sale Leasebacks .  No Loan Party will, or will permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or effect any Sale Leasebacks other than

 

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Permitted Sale Leasebacks; provided that the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Sale Leaseback is permitted under Section 10.2.1 .

 

10.2.9                                  Changes in Business .  The Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other Similar Businesses.

 

10.2.10                           Burdensome Agreements .  No Loan Party will, or will permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to, enter into any contractual obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement relating to Bank Products, in each case, with a Secured Bank Product Provider) that limits the ability of (a) any Restricted Subsidiary to pay any Dividends to a Borrower or any other Loan Party, (b) any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Loan Party for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to the Secured Obligations or (c) any Restricted Subsidiary to transfer property to or loan money to or otherwise invest in any Loan Party; provided that the foregoing clauses shall not apply to contractual obligations which (i)(A) exist on the Closing Date and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 10.2.10 ) are listed on Schedule 10.2.10 and (B) to the extent contractual obligations permitted by clause (A) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any permitted renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such renewal, extension or refinancing does not expand the scope of such contractual obligation, (ii) are binding on a Loan Party at the time such Loan Party first becomes a Loan Party or are assumed in connection with an acquisition of assets permitted hereunder, so long as such contractual obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Loan Party or in connection with such acquisition; (iii)  arise in connection with any Disposition permitted by Section 10.2.4 (but only to the extent relating directly to the property to be disposed of), (iv) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 10.2.5 restricting the pledge or sale of Stock or Equity Interests of such joint venture, (v) are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses, asset sale agreements or other similar agreements entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business (including with respect to intellectual property) otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto, (vi) solely with respect to clauses (a) and (c) above, restrictions included in any agreement governing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower which is not a Loan Party which is permitted under Section 10.2.1 ; provided that such restrictions are binding only on the applicable Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party, (vii) are customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of such Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, (viii) are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business, (ix) are restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business, (x) [Reserved], (xi) [Reserved], (xii) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which any Loan Party is a party entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of such Loan Party that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another

 

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Restricted Subsidiary; (xiii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the Ordinary Course of Business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the transfer of the property so acquired; (xiv) in any agreement for any Disposition of any Restricted Subsidiary (or all or substantially all of the property and/or assets thereof) that restricts the payment of dividends or other distributions or the making of cash loans or advances by such Restricted Subsidiary pending such Disposition; (xv) those arising under or as a result of applicable law, rule, regulation or order or the terms of any license, authorization, concession or permit; and (xvi) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xv) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

 

10.2.11                           Amendments of Organic Documents; etc.   The Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries shall not amend any of their Organic Documents, the Master Lease Agreements or the Unit Subsidiary Management Agreement in any manner that could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Agent or the Lenders.

 

10.2.12                           Accounting Changes .  The Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries shall not make any change in their accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required or permitted by GAAP.

 

10.2.13                           [Reserved] .

 

10.2.14                           Unit Subsidiary .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement, in no event shall (i) the Unit Subsidiary be liquidated and/or dissolved, or (ii) the Unit Subsidiary be merged or consolidated with or into any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other Person.

 

10.2.16                           Hedge Agreements . The Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries shall not enter into Hedge Agreement other than in the Ordinary Course of Business and not for speculative purposes.

 

10.2.18                           [Reserved] .

 

10.2.19                           Limitation on Activities of Holdings.   In the case of Holdings, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document:

 

(a)                                  Holdings shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any material business or operations or own any material assets other than (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of Arrow Bidco and activities incidental thereto (including, but not limited to, its indirect ownership of Subsidiaries of Arrow Bidco), (ii) activities incidental to the maintenance of its existence and compliance with applicable laws and legal, tax and accounting matters related thereto and activities relating to its employees, including filing Tax reports and

 

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paying Taxes and other customary obligations in the ordinary course (and contesting any Taxes), preparing reports to Governmental Authorities and to its shareholders, holding director and shareholder meetings, preparing organizational records and other organizational activities required to maintain its separate organizational structure or to comply with applicable law, (iii) activities relating to the performance of obligations under the Loan Documents and the documentation governing other permitted Indebtedness to which it is a party, (iv) holding cash, Permitted Investments and other assets received in connection with permitted distributions or dividends received from, or permitted Investments or permitted Dispositions made by, any of its subsidiaries or permitted contributions to the capital of, or proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests of, any Parent Entity pending application thereof, (v) providing indemnification for its officers, directors, members of management, employees and advisors or consultants, (vi) issuing its own Equity Interests and the making of Dividends permitted to be made by Holdings pursuant to Section 10.2.6 , (vii) the receipt of Dividends permitted to be made to Holdings under Section 10.2.6 and (viii) activities related to the Transactions and activities incidental to any of the foregoing; and

 

(b)                                  Holdings shall not incur Indebtedness, or create, assume or suffer to exist any Liens, except (i) the Secured Obligations, (ii) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.2.1 , (iii) Liens permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2.2 , (iv) obligations with respect to its Equity Interests and (v) non-consensual obligations imposed by operation of law.

 

10.3                         Financial Covenants .  As long as any Revolver Commitments or Swingline Commitments or Obligations are outstanding and until Full Payment has occurred:

 

10.3.1                                  Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio .  The Loan Parties shall maintain a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for each Test Period ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter occurring immediately prior to the occurrence of (and as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending during) a Financial Covenant Test Event not less than 1.00 to 1.00.

 

10.3.2                                  Total Net Leverage Ratio .  The Loan Parties shall maintain a Total Net Leverage Ratio for each Test Period ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter occurring immediately prior to the occurrence of (and as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending during) a Financial Covenant Test Event of not greater than 4.00 to 1.00.

 

SECTION 11.                                           EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES ON DEFAULT

 

11.1                         Events of Default .  Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each, an “ Event of Default ”), if the same shall occur for any reason whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise:

 

11.1.1                                  Payments .  Any Loan Party shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans, (b) default in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any fees or any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Loan Document and, so long as no Cash Dominion Event exists, such default shall continue for five or more days or (c)

 

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default on the reimbursement of any amounts drawn under a Letter of Credit and such default shall continue for one day beyond the relevant Reimbursement Date; or

 

11.1.2                                  Representations, etc.   Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any Loan Document or any certificate, statement, report or other document delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any material respect (or, to the extent qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, untrue in any respect) on the date as of which made or deemed made; or

 

11.1.3                                  Covenants .  Any Loan Party shall:

 

(a)                                  default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Sections 8.1.4 , 10.1.1(e) , 10.1.1(g)(i) , 10.1.10 , 10.1.11 , 10.1.13 , 10.1.17(a)(i) , the first sentence of Section 10.1.19 , 10.2 or 10.3 ;

 

(b)                                  default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 10.1.1(f)  or (g)(ii)  and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least five days after the earlier of the date on which a Senior Officer of such Loan Party has knowledge of such default and the date of receipt of written notice by such Loan Party from the Agent or the Required Lenders; or

 

(c)                                   default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1.1 or 11.1.2 or clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 11.1.3 ) contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days from the earlier of (x) a Senior Officer of any Loan Party having knowledge of such default and (y) receipt of written notice by such Loan Party from the Agent or the Required Lenders; or

 

11.1.4                                  Default Under Other Agreements .  (a)  Any of the Loan Parties or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) default in any payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate, for such Loan Parties and such Restricted Subsidiaries, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or as a mandatory prepayment, other than due to a termination event or equivalent event pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements), prior to the stated maturity thereof; or

 

11.1.5                                  Bankruptcy, etc.   (a) Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary Insolvency Proceeding; (b) [Reserved]; (c) an

 

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involuntary Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and the petition is not controverted within 10 days after commencement thereof; (d) an involuntary Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and the petition is not dismissed or stayed within 60 days after commencement thereof; (e) a Creditor Representative or similar Person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary; (f) Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary commences any other proceeding or action under any reorganization, arrangement, composition, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, winding-up, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary; (g) there is commenced against Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary any proceeding referred to in clause (f) above or action that remains undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days; (h) Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; (i) any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; (j) Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any Creditor Representative or the like for it or any substantial part of its Property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; (k) Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (l) any corporate action is taken by Holdings, any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

 

11.1.6                                  ERISA .  (a) Any U.S. Employee Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standard or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under ERISA or Section 412 of the Code; any Reportable Event shall have occurred with respect to any U.S. Employee Plan; any U.S. Employee Plan is or shall have been terminated or is the subject of termination proceedings under ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); an event shall have occurred or a condition shall exist in either case entitling the PBGC to terminate any U.S. Employee Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any U.S. Employee Plan (including the giving of written notice thereof); any U.S. Employee Plan shall have failed to meet the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or 303 of ERISA) (whether or not waived); any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is likely to incur a liability to or on account of a U.S. Employee Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code, or on account of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); (b) there could result from any event or events set forth in clause (a)  of this Section 11.1.6 the imposition of a lien, the granting of a security interest, or the incurrence of any liability, or the reasonable likelihood of incurring a lien, security interest or liability; and (c) any such lien, security interest or liability will or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

11.1.7                                  [Reserved] .

 

11.1.8                                  Guarantee .  Any Guarantee of a Loan Party shall cease to be in full force or effect or any Loan Party shall deny or disaffirm, or purport to revoke, terminate or rescind, in writing, any such Loan Party’s obligations under the Guarantee; or

 

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11.1.9                                  Security Documents .  Any Security Document pursuant to which the assets of any Loan Party are pledged as Collateral (whether or not any non-Loan Party is a party thereto) shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof and other than as a result of the Agent failing to file any continuation statements required under the Uniform Commercial Code on a timely basis) or any Loan Party shall deny or disaffirm, or purport to revoke, terminate or rescind, in writing any grantor’s obligations under such Security Document; or

 

11.1.10                           Judgments .  One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) involving a liability of $25,000,000 or more in the aggregate for all such judgments and decrees for the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not paid or fully covered by insurance provided by a carrier not disputing coverage) or (ii) which could otherwise reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or

 

11.1.11                           Change of Control .  A Change of Control shall occur; or

 

11.1.12                           Intercreditor; Subordination .  The Intercreditor Agreement or any material provision thereof shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Second Lien Claimholders (as defined therein), enforceable in accordance with its terms (to the extent that any Indebtedness held by such parties remains outstanding) or the subordination or intercreditor provisions of any document or instrument evidencing or relating to any Subordinated Indebtedness having a principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to be legal, valid and binding obligations of the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness, enforceable in accordance with their terms; or

 

11.1.13                           Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment .  (i) Any Loan Party admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any Loan Party and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 60 days after its issue or levy; or

 

11.1.14                           Invalidity of Loan Documents .  This Agreement, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof contests in any manner any of its Obligations under this Agreement or any material obligations under any Loan Document other than this Agreement or a Loan Document not referred to in Section 11.1.8 , Section 11.1.9 or Section 11.1.12 ; or any Loan Party denies or disaffirms its Obligations under, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind, in writing any of its Obligations under this Agreement or any of its material obligations under any such other Loan Document; or

 

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then, (1) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 11.1.5 , automatically, and (2) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, upon a determination by the Agent, or at the request of (or with the consent of) the Required Lenders, upon notice to the Administrative Borrower by the Agent, (A) the Revolver Commitment of each Lender and the obligation of any Fronting Bank to issue any Letter of Credit shall immediately terminate; (B) each of the following shall immediately become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Loan Party: (I) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans, (II) an amount equal to the maximum amount that may at any time be drawn under all Letters of Credit then outstanding (regardless of whether any beneficiary under any such Letter of Credit shall have presented, or shall be entitled at such time to present, the drafts or other documents or certificates required to draw under such Letters of Credit), and (III) all other Obligations; provided , the foregoing shall not affect in any way the obligations of Lenders under Section 2.5.2 ; (C) the Agent may enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to the Security Documents and may exercise any other rights and remedies available to it under the Loan Documents, at law or in equity; and (D) the Agent shall direct the Borrowers to pay (and each Borrower hereby agrees upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Section 11.1.5 to pay) to the Agent such additional amounts of cash as reasonably requested by any Fronting Bank, to be held as security for the Borrowers’ reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit then outstanding.

 

11.2                         Cure Right .  (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11.1 , in the event that the Loan Parties fail to comply with either of the covenants contained in Section 10.3 (the “ Financial Performance Covenants ”) with respect to any fiscal quarter, after the end of such fiscal quarter until the expiration of 15 Business Days subsequent to the date on which financial statements with respect to the fiscal quarter for which Financial Performance Covenants are being measured are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1(a)  or ( b)(i) , any Specified Holder shall have the right to make a Specified Equity Contribution to Holdings (collectively, the “ Cure Right ”), and upon the receipt by the Administrative Borrower from Holdings (which shall contribute such amount in cash as common equity of the Administrative Borrower) (the “ Cure Amount ”) pursuant to the exercise by a Specified Holder of such Cure Right (and so long as such Cure Amount is actually received by the Administrative Borrower no later than 15 Business Days after the date on which financial statements with respect to the fiscal quarter for which the Financial Performance Covenants are being measured are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1(a)  or ( b)(i) ) and notice from the Administrative Borrower to the Agent as to the fiscal quarter with respect to which such Cure Amount is made, then the Financial Performance Covenants shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments (but without regard to any reduction in Indebtedness in such fiscal quarter made with all or any portion of such Cure Amount or any portion of the Cure Amount on the balance sheet of the Administrative Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including for purposes of determining the amount of Consolidated Total Debt)):

 

(i)                                      Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenants and determining the existence of an Event of Default set forth in Section 11.1 resulting from a breach of the Financial Performance Covenants and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an

 

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amount equal to the Cure Amount for such fiscal quarter and any four fiscal quarter period that contains such fiscal quarter; and

 

(ii)                                   if, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, the Loan Parties shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenants, the Loan Parties shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenants as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and any applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenants that had occurred shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four consecutive fiscal quarter period there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (ii) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than 100% of the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenants, (iii) the Cure Right shall not be exercised more than five times during the term of this Agreement, (iv) no Specified Equity Contribution nor the proceeds thereof may be relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios (other than as applicable to the Financial Performance Covenants for purposes of increasing Consolidated EBITDA as provided in subclause (a) above) or any available basket or thresholds under this Agreement and shall not result in any adjustment to any amounts or calculations other than the amount of the Consolidated EBITDA to the extent provided in subclause (a) above and (v) the Administrative Borrower shall use the proceeds of any Specified Equity Contribution promptly after the receipt thereof to prepay outstanding Revolver Loans (but, for the avoidance of doubt, no commitment reductions shall be required).  Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall exercise the right to accelerate the Loans or terminate the Revolver Commitments and none of the Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party shall exercise any right to foreclose on or take possession of the Collateral or exercise any other remedy pursuant to Section 11.1, the other Loan Documents or Applicable Law prior to the 15 th  Business Day after the date on which financial statements with respect to the fiscal quarter for which the Financial Performance Covenants are being measured are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1(a)  or (b)(i)  solely on the basis of an Event of Default having occurred and being continuing due to a breach of the Financial Performance Covenants (except to the extent that the Administrative Borrower has confirmed in writing that it does not intend to provide a Specified Equity Contribution).  For the avoidance of doubt, from the time that the Loan Parties fail to comply with a Financial Performance Covenant until the time of the exercise of the Cure Right and the receipt by the Administrative Borrower of the Cure Amount, the Borrowers shall not be able to borrow any Loans hereunder or request the issuance, extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit hereunder.

 

11.3                         License .  If an Event of Default is continuing, solely for the purpose of enabling the Agent to exercise its rights and remedies hereunder and under any Security Document at such time as the Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies with respect to an Event of Default, each Loan Party hereby grants to the Agent an irrevocable (until the termination of this Agreement or cure of Events of Default), worldwide, non-exclusive license (with rights to sublicense solely as necessary to allow the Agent to exercise its rights hereunder)

 

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or other right to use, license or sub-license and otherwise exploit (without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Loan Party) any or all intellectual property of the Loan Parties, computer hardware and software, trade secrets, brochures, customer lists, promotional and advertising materials, labels, packaging materials and other Property, in advertising for sale, marketing, selling, collecting, completing manufacture of, or otherwise exercising any rights or remedies with respect to, any Collateral.  The foregoing license shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation of printout thereof.

 

11.4                         Setoff .  At any time during the continuation of an Event of Default, each of the Agent, any Fronting Bank, any Lender, and any of their Affiliates is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by the Agent, Fronting Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of a Loan Party against any Obligations, irrespective of whether or not the Agent, such Fronting Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of the Agent, such Fronting Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that to the extent prohibited by applicable law as described in the definition of “Excluded Swap Obligation,” no amounts received from, or set off with respect to, any Guarantor shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.  The rights of the Agent, each Fronting Bank, each Lender and each such Affiliate under this Section 11.4 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Person may have.

 

11.5                         Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver .

 

11.5.1                                  Cumulative Rights .  All agreements, warranties, guaranties, indemnities and other undertakings of Loan Parties under the Credit Documents are cumulative and not in derogation of each other.  The rights and remedies of the Agent and Lenders are cumulative, may be exercised at any time and from time to time, concurrently or in any order, and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies available by agreement, by law, at equity or otherwise.  All such rights and remedies shall continue in full force and effect until Full Payment of all Obligations.

 

11.5.2                                  Waivers .  No waiver or course of dealing shall be established by (a) the failure or delay of the Agent or any Lender to require strict performance by the Loan Parties with any terms of the Loan Documents, or to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to Collateral or otherwise; (b) the making of any Loan or issuance of any Letter of Credit during a Default, Event of Default or other failure to satisfy any conditions precedent; or (c) acceptance by the Agent or any Lender of any payment or performance by a Loan Party under any Loan Documents in a manner other than that specified therein.  It is expressly acknowledged by the Loan Parties that any failure to satisfy a financial covenant on a measurement date shall not be cured or remedied by satisfaction of such covenant on a subsequent date.

 

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this Agreement in any currency (hereinafter in this Section 11.6 called the “first currency”) into any other currency (hereinafter in this Section 11.6 called the “second currency”), then the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate for buying the first currency with the second currency prevailing at the Agent’s close of business on the Business Day next preceding the day on which the judgment is given or (as the case may be) the order is made.  Any payment made by any Loan Party to any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement in the second currency shall constitute a discharge of the obligations of any applicable Loan Parties to pay to such Credit Party any amount originally due to the Credit Party in the first currency under this Agreement only to the extent of the amount of the first currency which such Credit Party is able, on the date of the receipt by it of such payment in any second currency, to purchase, in accordance with such Credit Party’s normal banking procedures, with the amount of such second currency so received.  If the amount of the second currency falls short of the amount originally due to such Credit Party in the first currency under this Agreement, the Loan Parties agree that they will indemnify each Credit Party against and save such Credit Party harmless from any shortfall so arising.  This indemnity shall constitute an obligation of each such Loan Party separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Agreement, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due to any Credit Party under any Loan Documents or under any such judgment or order.  Any such shortfall shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by such Credit Party and Loan Parties shall not be entitled to require any proof or evidence of any actual loss.  If the amount of the second currency exceeds the amount originally due to a Credit Party in the first currency under this Agreement, such Credit Party shall promptly remit such excess to Loan Parties.  The covenants contained in this Section 11.6 shall survive the Full Payment of the Obligations under this Agreement.

 

SECTION 12.                                           THE AGENT

 

12.1                         Appointment, Authority and Duties of the Agent .

 

12.1.1                                  Appointment and Authority . Each Secured Party appoints and designates Bank of America as the Agent under all Loan Documents.  The Agent may, and each Secured Party authorizes the Agent to, enter into all Loan Documents to which the Agent is intended to be a party and accept all Security Documents, for the Agent’s benefit and the Pro Rata benefit of the Secured Parties.  Each Secured Party agrees that any action taken by the Agent, the Required Lenders or the Super-Majority Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Agent or Required Lenders of any rights or remedies set forth therein, together with all other powers reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized by and binding upon all Secured Parties.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent shall have the sole and exclusive authority to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Loan Documents; (ii) execute and deliver as the Agent each Loan Document, including any intercreditor or subordination agreement (or joinder thereto), and accept delivery of each Loan Document from any Loan Party or other Person; (iii) act as collateral agent for the Secured Parties for purposes of perfecting and administering Liens under the Loan Documents, and for all other purposes stated therein; (iv) manage, supervise or otherwise deal with Collateral; and (v) take any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral under the Loan Documents, Applicable Law or otherwise.  The duties of the Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Agent shall not have a fiduciary

 

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relationship with any Secured Party, Participant or other Person by reason of any Loan Document or any transaction relating thereto.  The Agent alone shall be authorized to determine whether any Accounts or Rental Equipment constitute Eligible Accounts or Eligible Rental Equipment, whether to impose or release any reserve, or whether any conditions to funding or to issuance of a Letter of Credit have been satisfied, which determinations and judgments, if exercised in good faith, shall exonerate the Agent from liability to any Lender or other Person for any error in judgment.

 

12.1.2                                  Duties .  The Agent shall not have any duties except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents.  The conferral upon the Agent of any right shall not imply a duty to exercise such right, unless instructed to do so by Lenders in accordance with this Agreement.  The Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolver Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Revolver Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Revolver Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the other Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

12.1.3                                  Agent Professionals .  The Agent may perform its duties through agents and employees.  The Agent may consult with and employ Agent Professionals, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon, any advice given by an Agent Professional.  The Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, employees or Agent Professionals selected by it with reasonable care.

 

12.1.4                                  Instructions of Required Lenders .  The rights and remedies conferred upon the Agent under the Loan Documents may be exercised without the necessity of joinder of any other party, unless required by Applicable Law.  The Agent may request instructions from the Required Lenders or the Super-Majority Lenders or other Secured Parties with respect to any act (including the failure to act) in connection with any Loan Documents, and may seek assurances to its satisfaction from the Secured Parties of their indemnification obligations against all Claims that could be incurred by the Agent in connection with any act.  The Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act until it has received such instructions or assurances, and the Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.  Instructions of the Required Lenders or the Super-Majority Lenders shall be binding upon all Secured Parties, and no Secured Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting in accordance with the instructions of such Lenders.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, instructions by and consent of specific parties shall be required to the extent provided in Section 14.1.1 .  In no event shall the Agent be

 

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required to take any action that, in its opinion, is contrary to Applicable Law or any Loan Documents or could subject any Agent Indemnitee to personal liability.

 

12.2                         Reserved .

 

12.3                         Reserved .

 

12.4                         Agreements Regarding Collateral and Field Examination Reports .

 

12.4.1                                  Lien and Guarantee Releases; Care of Collateral .

 

(a)                                  The Secured Parties authorize the Agent to release, terminate and discharge any Lien with respect to any Collateral and release any Guarantor from its Guarantee of the Obligations (i) upon Full Payment of the Obligations; (ii) that the Administrative Borrower certifies in writing to the Agent is permitted to be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (including through a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, liquidation or dissolution) pursuant to Sections 10.2.3 , 10.2.4 or 10.2.5 to a Person that is not a Loan Party or that is not required to be a Loan Party; (iii) [reserved]; (iv) following an Event of Default, in connection with an enforcement action and realization on Collateral; or (v) with the written consent of all Lenders.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Agent shall not be required to terminate, release or discharge any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party or any Stock or other Equity Interests of any Loan Party pledged as Collateral in connection with any sale, transfer, discharge or disposition (including through a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, liquidation or dissolution) of any direct or indirect parent of any Loan Party.

 

(c)                                   The Agent shall have no obligation to assure that any Collateral exists or is owned by a Loan Party, or is cared for, protected or insured, nor to assure that the Agent’s Liens have been properly created, perfected or enforced, or are entitled to any particular priority, nor to exercise any duty of care with respect to any Collateral.

 

12.4.2                                  Possession of Collateral .

 

(a)                                  The Agent and the Secured Parties appoint each Lender as agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) for the purpose of perfecting Liens on any Collateral held or controlled by such Lender, to the extent such Liens are perfected by possession or control.

 

(b)                                  If any Lender obtains possession or control of any Collateral, it shall notify the Agent thereof and, promptly upon the Agent’s request, deliver such Collateral to the Agent or otherwise deal with it in accordance with the Agent’s instructions.

 

12.4.3                                  Reports .  The Agent shall promptly forward to each Lender, when complete, copies of any field audit, examination or appraisal report prepared by or for the Agent with respect to any Loan Party or Collateral (“ Report ”).  Each Lender agrees (a) that neither

 

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Bank of America nor the Agent makes any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any Report, and shall not be liable for any information contained in or omitted from any Report; (b) that the Reports are not intended to be comprehensive audits or examinations, and that the Agent or any other Person performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Obligations or the Collateral and will rely significantly upon the applicable Loan Parties’ books and records as well as upon representations of the applicable Loan Parties’ officers and employees; and (c) subject to the exceptions contained in Section 14.12.1 , to keep all Reports confidential and strictly for such Lender’s internal use, and not to distribute any Report (or the contents thereof) to any Person (except to such Lender’s Participants, attorneys and accountants) or use any Report in any manner other than administration of the Loans and other Obligations.  Each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and any other Person preparing a Report from any action such Lender may take as a result of or any conclusion it may draw from any Report, as well as from any Claims arising as a direct or indirect result of the Agent furnishing a Report to such Lender.

 

12.5                         Reliance By the Agent .  The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any certification, notice or other communication (including those by telephone, telex, telegram, telecopy or e-mail) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and upon the advice and statements of Agent Professionals.  The Agent shall have a reasonable and practicable amount of time to act upon any instruction, notice or other communication under any Loan Document, and shall not be liable for any delay in acting.

 

12.6                         Action Upon Default The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, or of any failure to satisfy any conditions in Section 6 , unless it has received written notice from a Loan Party or Required Lenders specifying the occurrence and nature thereof.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Loan Parties, the Agent and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Security Document, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under any of the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure or similar enforcement action by the Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other Disposition (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law), the Agent (or any Lender, except with respect to a “credit bid” pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law) may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other Disposition and the Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities) shall be entitled, upon instructions from the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale or Disposition, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Agent at such sale or other Disposition.

 

12.7                         Ratable Sharing .  If any Lender shall obtain any payment or reduction of any Obligation, whether through set-off or otherwise, in excess of its share of such Obligation, determined on a Pro Rata basis or in accordance with Section 5.5.1 , as applicable, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the Agent, any Fronting Bank and the other Lenders such

 

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participations in the affected Obligation as are necessary to cause the purchasing Lender to share the excess payment or reduction on a Pro Rata basis or in accordance with Section 5.5.1 , as applicable.  If any of such payment or reduction is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Defaulting Lender obtains a payment or reduction of any Obligation, it shall immediately turn over the amount thereof to the Agent for application under Section 4.2 and it shall provide a written statement to the Agent describing the Obligation affected by such payment or reduction.  No Lender shall set-off against any Dominion Account without the prior consent of the Agent.

 

12.8                         Indemnification of the Agent Indemnitees .  EACH LENDER SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS AGENT INDEMNITEES, TO THE EXTENT NOT REIMBURSED BY LOAN PARTIES (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OF LOAN PARTIES UNDER ANY CREDIT DOCUMENTS), ON A PRO RATA BASIS, AGAINST ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH AGENT INDEMNITEE, PROVIDED THAT ANY CLAIM AGAINST AN AGENT INDEMNITEE RELATES TO OR ARISES FROM ITS ACTING AS OR FOR THE AGENT (IN THE CAPACITY OF THE AGENT).  In no event shall any Lender have any obligation hereunder to indemnify or hold harmless an Agent Indemnitee with respect to a Claim that is determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to result from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of such Agent Indemnitee.  In the Agent’s discretion, it may reserve for any Claims made against an Agent Indemnitee, and may satisfy any judgment, order or settlement relating thereto, from proceeds of Collateral prior to making any distribution of Collateral proceeds to the Secured Parties.  If the Agent is sued by any Creditor Representative, debtor-in-possession or other Person for any alleged preference or fraudulent transfer, then any monies paid by the Agent in settlement or satisfaction of such proceeding, together with all interest, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in the defense of same, shall be promptly reimbursed to the Agent by each Lender to the extent of its Pro Rata share.

 

12.9                         Limitation on Responsibilities of the Agent .  The Agent shall not be liable to any Secured Party for any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Credit Documents, except for losses directly caused by the Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.  The Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by any Loan Party, Lender or other Secured Party of any obligations under the Credit Documents.  The Agent does not make any express or implied warranty, representation or guarantee to the Secured Parties with respect to any Obligations, Collateral, Credit Documents or Loan Party.  No the Agent Indemnitee shall be responsible to the Secured Parties for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in any Credit Documents; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any Credit Documents; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any Obligations; or the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any Loan Party or Account Debtor.  No the Agent Indemnitee shall have any obligation to any Secured Party to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any Loan

 

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Party of any terms of the Credit Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in any Credit Documents. The Joint Lead Arrangers shall not have any power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than (to the extent such Person is a Lender) those applicable to all Lenders as such.

 

12.10                  Successor Agent and Co-Agents .

 

12.10.1                           Resignation; Successor Agent .  The Agent may resign at any time by giving at least 30 days written notice thereof to Lenders and the Administrative Borrower.  Upon receipt of a notice of resignation from the Agent, Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor the Agent which shall be (a) a Revolver Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolver Lender; or (b) a commercial bank that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state or district thereof, has a combined capital surplus of at least $200,000,000 and (provided no Event of Default exists) is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Borrower.  If no such successor the Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and, to the extent applicable, approved by the Administrative Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring the Agent gives notices of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “ Resignation Effective Date ”), then the retiring the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor the Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above.  Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.  In addition, if the Agent shall become a Defaulting Lender, then the Agent may be removed from its capacity as the Agent hereunder upon the request of the Required Lenders and the Borrowers and by notice in writing to such Person.  Upon delivery of a notice of removal to the Agent, Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor the Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above that is (provided no Event of Default exists) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Borrower.  If no such successor the Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and, to the extent applicable, approved by the Administrative Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the delivery of the notice of removal (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “ Removal Effective Date ”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.  With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (i) the retiring or removed the Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Fronting Banks under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring or removed the Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor the Agent is appointed) and (ii) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed the Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each Fronting Bank directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint (and, to the extent applicable, the Administrative Borrower approves) a successor the Agent as provided for above.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as the Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed the Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed the Agent), and the retiring or removed the Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  After the retiring or removed the

 

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Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 12 and Section 14.2 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed the Agent, its sub-agents and their respective the Agent Indemnitees in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed the Agent was acting as the Agent.  Any successor to Bank of America by merger or acquisition shall continue to be the Agent hereunder without further act on the part of the parties hereto, unless such successor resigns as provided above.

 

12.10.2                           Separate Agent .  It is the intent of the parties that there shall be no violation of any Applicable Law denying or restricting the right of financial institutions to transact business in any jurisdiction.  If the Agent believes that it may be limited in the exercise of any rights or remedies under the Credit Documents due to any Applicable Law, the Agent may appoint an additional Person who is not so limited, as a separate security trustee, collateral agent or co-collateral agent.  If the Agent so appoints a security trustee, collateral agent or co-collateral agent, each right and remedy intended to be available to the Agent under the Credit Documents shall also be vested in such separate agent.  The Secured Parties shall execute and deliver such documents as the Agent deems appropriate to vest any rights or remedies in such agent.  If any security trustee, collateral agent or co-collateral agent shall die or dissolve, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, then all the rights and remedies of such agent, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Agent until appointment of a new agent.

 

12.11                  Due Diligence and Non-Reliance .  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lenders, and based upon such documents, information and analyses as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of each Loan Party and its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to fund Loans and participate in LC Obligations hereunder.  Each Secured Party has made such inquiries as it deems necessary concerning the Credit Documents, the Collateral and each Loan Party.  Each Secured Party further acknowledges and agrees that the other Secured Parties and the Agent have made no representations or warranties concerning any Loan Party, any Collateral or the legality, validity, sufficiency or enforceability of any Credit Documents or Obligations.  Each Secured Party will, independently and without reliance upon any other Secured Party or the Agent, and based upon such financial statements, documents and information as it deems appropriate at the time, continue to make and rely upon its own credit decisions in making Loans and participating in LC Obligations, and in taking or refraining from any action under any Credit Documents.  Except for notices, reports and other information expressly requested by a Lender, the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Secured Party with any notices, reports or certificates furnished to the Agent by any Loan Party or any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition, business or Properties of any Loan Party (or any of its Affiliates) which may come into possession of the Agent or any of the Agent’s Affiliates.

 

12.12                  Remittance of Payments and Collections .

 

12.12.1                           Remittances Generally .  All payments by any Lender to the Agent shall be made by the time and on the day set forth in this Agreement, in immediately available funds.  If no time for payment is specified or if payment is due on demand by the Agent and request for payment is made by the Agent by 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) on a Business Day, payment shall be made by Lender not later than 2:00 p.m. (Local Time) on such day, and if

 

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request is made after 11:00 a.m. (Local Time), then payment shall be made by 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) on the next Business Day.  Payment by the Agent to any Secured Party shall be made by wire transfer, in the type of funds received by the Agent.  Any such payment shall be subject to the Agent’s right of offset for any amounts due from such payee under the Loan Documents.

 

12.12.2                           Failure to Pay .  If any Secured Party fails to pay any amount when due by it to the Agent pursuant to the terms hereof, such amount shall bear interest from the due date until paid at the rate determined by the Agent as customary in the banking industry for interbank compensation.  In no event shall Loan Parties be entitled to receive credit for any interest paid by a Secured Party to the Agent, nor shall any Defaulting Lender be entitled to interest on any amounts held by the Agent pursuant to Section 4.2 .

 

12.12.3                           Recovery of Payments .  If the Agent pays any amount to a Secured Party in the expectation that a related payment will be received by the Agent from a Loan Party and such related payment is not received, then the Agent may recover such amount from each Secured Party that received it.  If the Agent determines at any time that an amount received under any Loan Document must be returned to a Loan Party or paid to any other Person pursuant to Applicable Law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term of any Loan Document, the Agent shall not be required to distribute such amount to any Lender.  If any amounts received and applied by the Agent to any Obligations are later required to be returned by the Agent pursuant to Applicable Law, each Lender shall pay to the Agent, on demand , such Lender’s Pro Rata share of the amounts required to be returned.

 

12.13                  The Agent in its Individual Capacity .  As a Lender, Bank of America shall have the same rights and remedies under the other Credit Documents as any other Lender, and the terms “ Lenders ,” “ Required Lenders ”, or “ Super-Majority Lenders ” or any similar term shall include Bank of America and its Affiliates in their capacities as Lenders.  Each of Bank of America and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, provide Bank Products to, act as financial or other advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Loan Parties and their Affiliates, as if Bank of America was not the Agent hereunder, without any duty to account therefor to Lenders.  In their individual capacities, Bank of America and its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Loan Parties, their Affiliates and their Account Debtors (including information subject to confidentiality obligations), and each Secured Party agrees that Bank of America and its Affiliates shall be under no obligation to provide such information to any Secured Party, if acquired in such individual capacity.

 

12.14                  ERISA Matters .

 

(a)                                  Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of the Agent, each Joint Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(i)                                      such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of

 

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and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolver Commitments or this Agreement,

 

(ii)                                   the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolver Commitments and this Agreement,

 

(iii)                                (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolver Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolver Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolver Commitments and this Agreement, or

 

(iv)                               such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

(b)                                  In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, that the Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolver Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

 

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12.15                  Bank Product Providers .  By accepting the benefit of the provisions of the Loan Documents directly relating to the Guarantee or the Collateral or any Lien granted thereunder, each Secured Bank Product Provider shall agree to be bound by Section 5.5 and this Section 12 .

 

12.16                  No Third Party Beneficiaries .  This Section 12 is an agreement solely among the Secured Parties and the Agent, and shall survive Full Payment of the Obligations.  Except to the extent expressly set forth herein (including with respect to consent rights and approvals), this Section 12 does not confer any rights or benefits upon the Loan Parties or any other Person.  As between the Loan Parties and the Agent, any action that the Agent may take under any Credit Documents or with respect to any Obligations shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized and directed by the Secured Parties.

 

12.17                  The Agent May File Proofs of Claim .  In case of the pendency of any Insolvency Proceedings or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or LC Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)                                  to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Fronting Banks and the Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Fronting Banks and the Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Fronting Banks and the Agent hereunder allowed in such judicial proceeding); and

 

(b)                                  to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, monitor, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each Fronting Bank to make such payments to the Agent and, in the event that the Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Fronting Banks, to pay to the Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Agent hereunder.

 

SECTION 13.                                           BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS

 

13.1                         Successors and Assigns .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Loan Parties, the Agent, Secured Parties, and their respective successors and assigns, except that (a) no Loan Party shall have the right to assign its rights or delegate its obligations under any Loan Documents without the consent of each Lender (and any such assignment or delegation without such consent shall be null and void) and (b) any assignment by a Lender must be made in compliance with Section 13.3 .  The Agent may treat the Person which made any

 

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Loan as the owner thereof for all purposes until such Person makes an assignment in accordance with Section 13.3 .  Any authorization or consent of a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent transferee or assignee of such Lender.  The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and Fronting Banks, and the Revolver Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans, Letters of Credit and other obligations owing to, each Lender or Fronting Bank pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error ( provided , that a failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect the Borrowers’ obligations in respect of such Loans, Letters of Credit or other obligations), and the Borrowers, the Agent, the Lenders and the Fronting Banks shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as the owner of the Revolver Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit and other obligations recorded in the Register as owing to such Person for all purposes of this Agreement.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and, with respect to its own interests only, any Lender or Fronting Bank, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

13.2                         Participations .

 

13.2.1                                  Permitted Participants; Effect .  Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with Applicable Law, at any time sell to a financial institution (“ Participant ”) a participating interest in the rights and obligations of such Lender under any Loan Documents.  Despite any sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the holder of its Loans and (if applicable) Revolver Commitments for all purposes, all amounts payable by Loan Parties shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests, and the Loan Parties and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the Loan Documents.  Each Lender shall be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters under the Loan Documents, and the Agent and the other Lenders shall not have any obligation or liability to any such Participant.  A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.8 except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the applicable Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans, Letters of Credit or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Revolver Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Revolver Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register

 

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as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

 

13.2.2                                  Voting Rights .  Each Lender shall retain the sole right to approve, without the consent of any Participant, any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Documents; provided , that a Lender may agree with its Participant that such Lender will not, without the consent of such Participant, consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification which would require the consent of all directly and adversely affected Lenders under Section 14.1.1(c)  or of all Lenders under Section 14.1.1(d) .

 

13.2.3                                  Benefit of Set-Off .  The Loan Parties agree that each Participant shall have a right of set-off in respect of its participating interest to the same extent as if such interest were owing directly to a Lender, and each Lender shall also retain the right of set-off with respect to any participating interests sold by it.  By exercising any right of set-off, a Participant agrees to share with Lenders all amounts received through its set-off in accordance with Section 12.7 as if such Participant were a Lender.

 

13.3                         Assignments .

 

13.3.1                                  Permitted Assignments .  Subject to Section 13.3.3 below, a Lender may assign to an Eligible Assignee any of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, as long as (a) each assignment is of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of the transferor Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents (unless otherwise agreed by the Agent) and, in the case of a partial assignment of Revolver Commitments and any related Revolver Loans, is in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by the Agent and the Administrative Borrower) and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount or, in each case, if less, is all of the transferor Lender’s Revolver Commitments and any related Revolver Loans; (b) [Reserved]; (c) the written consent of (i) the Administrative Borrower and the Agent is obtained, in each case as and to the extent required by the definition of Eligible Assignee, (ii) except in the case of an assignment to another Lender or an Affiliate or branch of a Lender or to an Approved Fund, each Fronting Bank (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) is obtained and (iii) except in the case of an assignment to another Lender or an Affiliate or branch of a Lender or to an Approved Fund, the Swingline Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) is obtained, (d) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance and recording, an Assignment and Acceptance and the Agent shall promptly send to the relevant Borrowers a copy of that Assignment and Acceptance and (e) if a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Loan Documents or changes its Lending Office and as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, a relevant Borrower would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Lending Office under Section 3.7 , then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Lending Office is only entitled to receive payment under Section 3.7 to the same extent as the existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Lending Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the New Lender acquired the applicable interest.  The Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent shall not (x)

 

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be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or participant or prospective Lender or participant is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans or Revolver Commitments, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution . The Agent is hereby authorized by the Administrative Borrower to make available the list of Disqualified Institutions to all Lenders and potential Lenders.

 

Nothing herein shall limit the right of a Lender to pledge or assign any rights under the Loan Documents to any Federal Reserve Bank, the United States Treasury or any other central bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank or similar regulation or notice issued by any other central bank; provided , however , (1) such Lender shall remain the holder of its Loans and owner of its interest in any Letter of Credit for all purposes hereunder, (2) the Borrowers, the Agent, the other Lenders and the Fronting Banks shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, (3) any payment by Loan Parties to the assigning Lender in respect of any Obligations assigned as described in this sentence shall satisfy Loan Parties’ obligations hereunder to the extent of such payment, and (4) no such assignment shall release the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder.

 

13.3.2                                  Effect; Effective Date .  Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Agent pursuant to Section 13.1 , and receipt by the Agent of a processing fee of $3,500 (unless otherwise agreed by the Agent in its discretion), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, such Assignment and Acceptance shall become effective if it complies with this Section 13.3 .  From such effective date, the Eligible Assignee shall for all purposes be a Lender under the Loan Documents, and shall have all rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder (and the transferor Lender shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the transferor Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such transferor Lender shall cease to be a party to this Agreement) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.4 , Section 3.7 , Section 5.8 and Section 14.2 ).  Upon consummation of an assignment, the transferor Lender, the Agent and Loan Parties shall make appropriate arrangements for issuance of replacement and/or new Notes, as applicable.  The transferee Lender shall comply with Sections 5.8 and 5.9 and deliver, upon request, an administrative questionnaire reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

13.3.3                                  Certain Assignees .  No assignment or participation may be made to any Borrower, any Affiliate of any Borrower or a Defaulting Lender.  In connection with any assignment by a Defaulting Lender, such assignment shall be effective only upon payment by the Eligible Assignee or Defaulting Lender to the Agent of an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution (through direct payment, purchases of participations or other compensating actions as the Agent deems appropriate), (a) to satisfy all funding and payment liabilities then owing by the Defaulting Lender hereunder and (b) to acquire its Pro Rata share of all Revolver Loans and LC Obligations.  If an assignment by a Defaulting Lender shall become effective under Applicable Law for any reason without compliance with the foregoing sentence, then the assignee shall be deemed a Defaulting Lender for all purposes until such compliance occurs.

 

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and Required Lenders consented, (b) is a Defaulting Lender, or (c) gives a notice under Section 3.5 or requests compensation under Section 3.7 , or (y) if any Borrower is required to pay additional amounts or indemnity payments with respect to a Lender under Section 5.8 , then, in addition to any other rights and remedies that any Person may have, the Agent or the Administrative Borrower may, by notice to such Lender, require such Lender to assign all of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to one or more Eligible Assignees (subject, except in the case of an assignment to another Lender or an Affiliate or branch of a Lender or to an Approved Fund, to the written consent of each Fronting Bank and the Swingline Lender) pursuant to appropriate Assignment and Acceptances; provided that any such Lender shall be deemed to have consented to the applicable Assignment and Acceptances and the assignments of all of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to one or more Eligible Assignees if it does not execute and deliver the applicable Assignment and Acceptances to the Agent within one Business Day after having received a request therefor.  Such Lender shall be entitled to receive, in cash, concurrently with such assignment, all amounts owed to it under the Loan Documents at par, including all principal, interest and fees through the date of assignment (but excluding any prepayment charge other than any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.10 ).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, any Lender that acts as a Fronting Bank may not be replaced as a Fronting Bank hereunder at any time that it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such Fronting Bank (including the furnishing of a back-up standby letter of credit in form and substance and issued by an issuer reasonably satisfactory to such Fronting Bank or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such Fronting Bank) have been made with respect to each such outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such Fronting Bank.

 

13.3.5                                  No Assignments or Participations to Natural Persons .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no assignments or participations shall be made to any natural person.

 

13.3.6                                  Disqualified Institutions .  In the event of any assignment by a Lender without the Administrative Borrower’s consent or deemed consent (if applicable) (i) to any Disqualified Institution or (ii) to the extent the Administrative Borrower’s consent is required under Section 13.3 but has not been obtained (or deemed obtained), to any other Person, the Administrative Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Agent, (A) terminate any Commitments of such Disqualified Institution and repay all obligations of the Borrowers owing to such Disqualified Institution hereunder and the other Loan Documents and/or (B) require such Disqualified Institution to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 13.3 ), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and the other Loan Documents; provided that (i) the Administrative Borrower shall have paid to the Agent the assignment fee (if any) required under this Section 13.3 and (ii) such assignment does not conflict with applicable laws.

 

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SECTION 14.                                           MISCELLANEOUS

 

14.1                         Consents, Amendments and Waivers .

 

14.1.1                                  Amendment .  No modification of any Loan Document, including any extension or amendment of a Loan Document or any waiver of a Default or Event of Default, shall be effective without the prior written agreement of the Agent (with the consent of the Required Lenders) and each Loan Party party to such Loan Document and, with respect to any modifications of Section 5.10 or Section 14.1.1(d)(v)  only, the consent of the Guarantors; provided , however , that:

 

(a)                                  without the prior written consent of the Agent or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, no modification shall be effective with respect to any provision in a Loan Document that relates to any rights, duties or discretion of the Agent or the Swingline Lender, as applicable;

 

(b)                                  without the prior written consent of each Fronting Bank, no modification shall be effective with respect to any LC Obligations or Section 2.5.1 , 2.5.2 or 2.5.3 or any other provision in a Loan Document that relates to any rights, duties or discretion of any Fronting Bank;

 

(c)                                   without the prior written consent of each directly and adversely affected Lender, including a Defaulting Lender, and the Agent, but without the consent of the Required Lenders, no modification shall be effective that would (i) increase the Revolver Commitment of such Lender; (ii) reduce the amount of, or waive or delay payment of, any principal, interest or fees payable to such Lender (except as provided in Section 4.2 ); or (iii) other than as contemplated under Section 2.1.10 , extend any Revolver Commitment Termination Date or the Revolver Facility Termination Date with respect to such Lender; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (A) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of any Borrower to pay interest or fees in respect of Letters of Credit at the Default Rate, (B) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan, Letter of Credit or other extension of credit hereunder or to reduce any fee payable hereunder or (C) to waive any mandatory prepayment hereunder;

 

(d)                                  without the prior written consent of all Lenders (except any Defaulting Lender), no modification shall be effective that would (i) alter Section 5.5 (it being understood that Section 5.5 may be amended by the Administrative Borrower and the Agent to provide additional extensions of credit pursuant to Section 2.1.11 substantially similar benefits to those afforded to the Revolver Loans and other Secured Obligations on the Closing Date) or Section 12.7 ; (ii) amend the definitions of Pro Rata, Required Lenders or Super-Majority Lenders (it being understood such definitions may be amended by the Administrative Borrower and the Agent to provide additional extensions of credit pursuant to Section 2.1.11 substantially the same treatment in the determination of Pro Rata, Required Lenders or Super-Majority Lenders as the extensions of Revolver Loans and Revolver Commitments are included on the Closing Date); (iii) amend this Section 14.1.1 (except for technical amendments with respect to additional

 

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extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement which afford the protections to such additional extensions of credit pursuant to Section 2.1.11 substantially the same treatment of the type provided to the Revolver Loans and Revolver Commitments and the Loans on the Closing Date); (iv) subordinate the Liens granted for the benefit of the Lenders to secure the Obligations hereunder; (v) other than as a result of transactions permitted under Section 10.2.3 or Section 10.2.4 , consent to the assignment or transfer by any Borrower or any Guarantor of their rights or obligations hereunder; (vi) amend clause (a) of the first sentence of Section 13.1 ; (vii) release all or substantially all of the value of the guaranties of the Obligations made by the Guarantors; (viii) release all or substantially all of the Agent’s Liens in the Collateral or (ix) subordinate any Obligations in right of payment to any other Indebtedness;

 

(e)                                   without the prior written consent of the Super-Majority Lenders, no amendment or waiver shall be effective that would:

 

(i)                                      increase the advance rates under the Borrowing Base (or have the effect of increasing such advance rates);

 

(ii)                                   amend the definition of Borrowing Base (and the defined terms used in such definition) if the effect of such amendment is to make more credit available or to add new types of Collateral thereunder; or

 

(iii)                                amend the definition of Excess Availability in a manner that would have the effect of increasing Excess Availability thereunder; and

 

(f)                                    notwithstanding anything in this Section 14.1.1 to the contrary, (i) if the Agent and the Administrative Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Agent and the Administrative Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision and, in each case, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders to the Agent within 10 Business Days following receipt of notice thereof and (ii) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended by the Agent and each Loan Party party thereto in accordance with Sections 2.1.10 or 2.1.11 to incorporate the terms of any Extended Tranches or increased Commitments and the related Loans thereunder and to provide for non-Pro Rata borrowings and payments of any amounts hereunder as between the Loans and any Extended Tranches or increased Commitments in connection therewith, in each case with the consent of the Agent but without the consent of any Lender.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that, if there is any Mortgage then in effect, any increase, extension or renewal of any of the Commitments or Loans (including the provision of Revolver Commitment Increases or any other incremental credit facilities hereunder or any Extension hereunder, but excluding (i) any continuation or conversion of Borrowings, (ii) the making of any Revolver Loans or (iii) the issuance, renewal or extension of Letters of Credit) shall be subject to (and conditioned upon): (1) the prior delivery of all flood hazard determination certifications, acknowledgements and evidence of flood insurance and other flood-related documentation with respect to the Material

 

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Real Estate that is subject to any such Mortgage as required by Flood Insurance Laws and as otherwise reasonably required by the Agent and (2) the Agent having received written confirmation from each of the Lenders that flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance has been completed to its satisfaction (such written confirmation not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

14.1.2                                  Limitations .  The agreement of the Loan Parties shall not be necessary to the effectiveness of any modification of a Loan Document that deals solely with the rights and duties of the Lenders, the Agent and/or any Fronting Bank as among themselves.  Only the consent of the parties to the Fee Letter or any agreement relating to a Bank Product or any Hedge Agreement shall be required for any modification of such agreement.  No party to a Bank Product Document or Hedge Agreement that is not a Lender shall have any right to participate in any manner in modification of any Loan Document.  The making of any Loans during the existence of a Default or Event of Default shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of such Default or Event of Default, nor to establish a course of dealing.  Any waiver or consent granted by the Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be effective only if in writing and only for the matter specified.

 

14.2                         Indemnity .  In addition to the indemnification obligations set forth in Section 5.8 or any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Loan Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitees against any Claims that may be incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee, including Claims asserted by any Loan Party or other Person or arising from the negligence of an Indemnitee, regardless of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to any such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) and whether or not any such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) is brought by any Borrower, its equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third person; provided that in no event shall any party to a Loan Document have any obligation thereunder to indemnify or hold harmless an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim (i) that is determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to result from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of such Indemnitee, (ii) that is determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been directly caused by a material breach by such Indemnitee of its obligations under this Agreement (but not any other Loan Document) or (iii) arising from any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) (other than a claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) against the Agent or a Joint Lead Arranger acting pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in its capacity as such or of any of its Affiliates or its or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives and the successors of each of the foregoing but subject to clauses (i) and (ii) above) solely between or among Indemnitees not arising from any act or omission by the Administrative Borrower or any of its Affiliates.  The indemnity under this Section 14.2 shall not apply to any Taxes, other than Taxes arising with respect to a non-Tax Claim.

 

14.3                         Notices and Communications .

 

14.3.1                                  Notice Address .  Subject to Section 4.4 , all notices and other communications by or to a party hereto shall be in writing and shall be given to any Loan Party at the Administrative Borrower’s address shown on Schedule 14.3.1 , to any Lender at the

 

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address shown on the administrative details provided by such Lender to the Agent, and to the Agent or any Fronting Bank at its respective address shown on Schedule 14.3.1 (or, in the case of a Person who becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, at the address shown on its Assignment and Acceptance), or at such other address as a party may hereafter specify by notice in accordance with this Section 14.3 .  Each such notice or other communication shall be effective only (a) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the applicable facsimile number, if confirmation of receipt is received (it being understood that any transmission received after normal business hours will be deemed to be received at the opening of business of the recipient on its next succeeding business day); (b) if given by mail, three Business Days after deposit in the local mail system of the recipient, with first-class postage pre-paid, addressed to the applicable address; or (c) if given by personal delivery (including overnight and courier service), when duly delivered to the notice address with receipt acknowledged.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no notice to the Agent pursuant to Sections 2.1.4 , 2.5 , 3.1.2 or 4.1.1 shall be effective until actually received by the individual to whose attention at the Agent such notice is required to be sent.  Any written notice or other communication that is not sent in conformity with the foregoing provisions shall nevertheless be effective on the date actually received by the noticed party.  Any notice received by Administrative Borrower shall be deemed received by all Loan Parties.

 

14.3.2            Electronic Communications; Voice Mail .  Electronic mail and internet websites may be used for routine communications, such as financial statements, Borrowing Base Certificates and other information required by Section 10.1.1 , administrative matters, distribution of Loan Documents for execution, and matters permitted under Section 4.1.3 .  The Agent and Lenders make no assurances as to the privacy and security of electronic communications.  Electronic mail and voice mail may not be used as effective notice under the Loan Documents.

 

14.3.3            Non-Conforming Communications .  The Agent and the Lenders may rely upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party even if such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not confirmed, or if the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from a later confirmation.  Each Loan Party shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from any liabilities, losses, costs and expenses arising from any telephonic communication purportedly given by or on behalf of a Loan Party.

 

14.4         Performance of Loan Parties’ Obligations .  The Agent may, in its discretion at any time and from time to time, at the expense of the Loan Parties, pay any amount or do any act required of a Loan Party under any Loan Documents or otherwise lawfully requested by the Agent to (a) enforce any Loan Documents or collect any Obligations; (b) protect, insure, maintain or realize upon any Collateral; or (c) defend or maintain the validity or priority of the Agent’s Liens on any Collateral, including any payment of a judgment, insurance premium, warehouse charge, finishing or processing charge, or landlord claim, or any discharge of a Lien.  All payments, costs and expenses (including Extraordinary Expenses) of the Agent under this Section 14.4 shall be reimbursed to the Agent by the Loan Parties, on demand , with interest from the date incurred to the date of payment thereof at the Default Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.  Any payment made or action taken by the Agent under this Section 14.4 shall be without prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default or to exercise any other rights or remedies under the Loan Documents.

 

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14.5         Credit Inquiries .  Each Loan Party hereby authorizes the Agent and the Lenders (but they shall have no obligation) to respond to usual and customary credit inquiries from third parties concerning any Loan Party or Subsidiary.

 

14.6         Severability .  Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be interpreted in such manner as to be valid under Applicable Law.  Any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or thereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

14.7         Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms; Headings .  The provisions of the Loan Documents are cumulative.  The parties acknowledge that the Loan Documents may use several limitations, tests or measurements to regulate similar matters, and they agree that these are cumulative and that each must be performed as provided.  Except as otherwise provided in another Loan Document (by specific reference to the applicable provision of this Agreement), if any provision contained herein is in direct conflict with any provision in another Loan Document, the provision herein shall govern and control (other than a provision contained herein in direct conflict with any provision of the Intercreditor Agreement, in which case the provision in the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control).  The Section headings and Table of Contents used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

14.8         Counterparts .  This Agreement and any other Loan Documents may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement or such other Loan Document on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic imaging means), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

14.9         Entire Agreement .  Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

14.10       Relationship with Lenders .  The obligations of each Lender hereunder are several, and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Revolver Commitments of any other Lender.  Amounts payable hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt.  It shall not be necessary for the Agent or any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purposes.  Nothing in this Agreement and no action of the Agent, Lenders or any other Secured Party pursuant to the Credit Documents shall be deemed to constitute the Agent and any Secured Party to be a partnership, association, joint venture or any other kind of entity, nor to constitute control of any Loan Party.

 

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14.11       No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility .  In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated by any Credit Document, the Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that (a)(i) this credit facility and any related arranging or other services by the Agent, any Lender, any of their Affiliates or any arranger are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Loan Parties and such Person; (ii) the Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate; and (iii) the Loan Parties are capable of evaluating, and understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents; (b) each of the Agent, the Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Loan Parties, any of their Affiliates or any other Person, and has no obligation with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents except as expressly set forth therein; and (c) the Agent, the Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their Affiliates, and have no obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Loan Parties or their Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Agent, the Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger with respect to any breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any transaction contemplated by a Loan Document.

 

14.12       Confidentiality .

 

14.12.1          General Provisions .  Each of the Agent, the Lenders and each Fronting Bank shall maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates, and to its and their partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives ( provided such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the Information and instructed to keep it confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates; (c) to the extent required by Applicable Law or by any subpoena or other legal process; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with any action or proceeding, or other exercise of rights or remedies, relating to any Loan Documents or Obligations; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same (or at least as restrictive) as this Section 14.12 , to any Transferee (it being understood and agreed that, for the avoidance of doubt, the list of Disqualified Institutions may be provided to any such Transferee pursuant to this clause (f) ) or any actual or prospective party (or its advisors) to any Bank Product; (g) with the written consent of the Administrative Borrower; (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available or is independently developed in each case other than as a result of a breach of this Section 14.12 or (ii) is available to the Agent, any Lender, any Fronting Bank or any of their Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties; or (i) on a confidential basis to (A) any rating agency in connection with rating any Borrower or its Subsidiaries or (B) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facility provided hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent and the Lenders may publish or disseminate general information describing this credit facility, including the names and addresses of the Loan Parties and a general description of the Loan Parties’ businesses, and may use the Loan Parties’ logos, trademarks or product photographs in advertising materials.  As used herein, “ Information ” means all information received from a

 

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Loan Party or Subsidiary relating to it or its business that is identified as confidential when delivered.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information pursuant to this Section 14.12 shall be deemed to have complied if it exercises the same degree of care that it accords its own confidential information.  Each of the Agent, the Lenders and each Fronting Bank acknowledges that (A) Information may include material non-public information concerning a Loan Party or Subsidiary; (B) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; and (C) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with Applicable Law, including federal, state, provincial and territorial securities laws.

 

14.12.2          Reserved .

 

14.12.3          Certifications Regarding RemainCo Debt .  The Borrowers certify to the Agent and the Lenders that as of the date of this Agreement neither the execution or performance of the Loan Documents nor the incurrence of any Obligations by Borrowers violates (i) the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, dated as of February 15, 2018, among, inter alios , Algeco Scotsman Global Finance PLC, as issuer, U.S. Bank Trustees Limited, as senior secured notes trustee, security agent and paying agent and the guarantors from time to time party thereto or (ii) the Existing Facility Agreement.

 

14.13       GOVERNING LAW THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

14.14       Consent to Forum; Process Agent .

 

14.14.1          Forum .  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY PROCEEDING OR DISPUTE RELATING IN ANY WAY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND EACH LOAN PARTY AGREES THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE BROUGHT BY IT SOLELY IN ANY SUCH COURT; PROVIDED THAT THE AGENT OR THE LENDERS MAY BRING ACTIONS TO ENFORCE ANY SECURITY DOCUMENT OR LIEN GOVERNED BY LAWS OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN SUCH JURISDICTION AS MAY BE SELECTED BY THE AGENT OR THE APPLICABLE LENDER, IN WHICH CASE THE BORROWERS AND GUARANTORS SHALL SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURT.  EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL CLAIMS, OBJECTIONS AND DEFENSES THAT IT MAY HAVE REGARDING SUCH COURT’S PERSONAL OR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, VENUE OR INCONVENIENT FORUM.  EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 14.3.1 .  Nothing herein shall limit the right of the Agent or any Lender to bring proceedings against any Loan Party in any other court, nor limit the right of any party to serve process in any other

 

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manner permitted by Applicable Law.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to preclude enforcement by the Agent of any judgment or order obtained in any forum or jurisdiction.  Final judgment against a Loan Party in any action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction, including the country in which such Loan Party is domiciled, by suit on the judgment.

 

14.15       [Reserved] .

 

14.16       Waivers by Loan Parties To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Loan Party waives (a) THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY (WHICH THE AGENT AND EACH LENDER AND FRONTING BANK HEREBY ALSO WAIVES) IN ANY PROCEEDING OR DISPUTE OF ANY KIND RELATING IN ANY WAY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OBLIGATIONS OR COLLATERAL; (b) presentment, demand, protest, notice of presentment, default, non-payment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any commercial paper, accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper and guaranties at any time held by the Agent on which a Loan Party may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies anything the Agent may do in this regard; (c) notice prior to taking possession or control of any Collateral; (d) any bond or security that might be required by a court prior to allowing the Agent to exercise any rights or remedies; (e) the benefit of all valuation, appraisement and exemption laws; (f) any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) in any way relating to any Enforcement Action, Obligations, Loan Document or transactions relating thereto; and (g) notice of acceptance hereof.  Each Loan Party acknowledges that the foregoing waivers are a material inducement to the Agent, each Fronting Bank and Lenders entering into this Agreement and that the Agent, each Fronting Bank and Lenders are relying upon the foregoing in their dealings with the Loan Parties.  Each Loan Party has reviewed the foregoing waivers with its legal counsel and has knowingly and voluntarily waived its jury trial and other rights following consultation with legal counsel.  In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.

 

14.17       Reserved .

 

14.18       Reserved .

 

14.19       Patriot Act Notice .  The Agent and the Lenders hereby notify the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act, the Patriot Act and other applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing and “know your client” policies, regulations, laws or rules (collectively, including any guidelines or orders thereunder, “ AML Legislation ”), the Agent and Lenders are required to obtain, verify and record certain information that identifies each Loan Party, including its legal name, address, tax ID number and other similar information that will allow the Agent and Lenders to identify it in accordance with the AML Legislation.  The Agent and Lenders may require information regarding Loan Parties’ management and owners, such as legal name, address, social security number and date of birth.  Each Loan Party shall promptly provide all such information, including supporting documentation and other evidence, as may be reasonably requested by any Lender or any prospective assignee or participant of a Lender, in order to comply with the AML Legislation and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

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14.20       [Reserved] .

 

14.21       Know Your Customer .  At the request of the Agent, the Borrowers shall promptly supply or procure the supply of documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (on its behalf or for any Credit Party or prospective Credit Party) in order for a Credit Party to comply with all necessary AML Legislation in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents.

 

14.22       [Reserved] .

 

14.23       [Reserved] .

 

14.24       Reinstatement .  This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Loan Party for liquidation or reorganization, should any Loan Party become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of such Loan Party’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to Applicable Law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference”, “fraudulent conveyance”, or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

14.25       Nonliability of Lenders .  Neither the Agent, any Fronting Bank nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to any Loan Party to review or inform any Loan Party of any matter in connection with any phase of any Loan Party’s business or operations.  Each Loan Party agrees, on behalf of itself and each other Loan Party, that neither the Agent, any Fronting Bank nor any Lender shall have liability to any Loan Party (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by any Loan Party in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless it is determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such losses resulted from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the party from which recovery is sought.  NO LENDER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE BY OTHERS OF ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIALS OBTAINED THROUGH INTRALINKS OR OTHER SIMILAR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

 

14.26       Certain Provisions Regarding Perfection of Security Interests .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the Lenders acknowledge and agree that, except to the extent that further actions are required to be taken in accordance with the terms of Section 10.1.18 of this Agreement, (i) with respect to Non-Certificated Units from time to time held by the Unit Subsidiary, certificates of title have not been issued with respect thereto and, accordingly, no notation of a security interest has been made under the titling statutes of any jurisdiction in connection therewith and (ii) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Borrower and the Agent, with respect to Units from time

 

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to time leased to customers, “fixture filings” will not be made under the provisions of the UCC (or other Applicable Law) as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, both because of the administrative difficulty of ascertaining whether any such Unit is or becomes a fixture and the inability of the Loan Parties to provide the relevant information which would be required to make such filings. If any Loan Party becomes aware that a Certificate of Title is required to be issued with respect to any Non-Certificated Unit (other than Non-Certificated Units that are then the subject of a Stand-Alone Customer Capital Lease) owned by such Loan Party under Applicable Law, such Loan Party shall take all steps as may be necessary so that a certificate of title is issued with respect thereto, on which the security interest of the Agent is noted.  Furthermore, in the event the Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably believes that Certificates of Title may be required to be issued in connection with Non-Certificated Units (other than Non-Certificated Units that are then the subject of a Stand-Alone Customer Capital Lease) located in any jurisdiction, each Loan Party shall promptly (and in any event within 30 days after its receipt of the respective request) following a request by the Agent or the Required Lenders, cause special counsel or special counsels designated by it (who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent or the Required Lenders) to issue, with respect to the Applicable Laws of a requested jurisdiction or jurisdictions, an opinion in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Lenders as to whether Certificates of Title are required to be issued with respect to any Non-Certificated Units under the Applicable Laws of such jurisdiction or jurisdictions and, whether based thereon or upon the advice of their own counsel, if at any time the Agent or the Required Lenders inform any Loan Party that they in good faith believe that Certificates of Title are required to be issued with respect to any Non-Certificated Unit (other than Non-Certificated Units that are then the subject of a Stand-Alone Customer Capital Lease) under Applicable Law and further request that the actions described in this sentence be taken, then the Loan Parties shall take all steps as may be necessary so that, within 90 days from the date of the respective request, a certificate of title is issued with respect thereto, on which the security interest of the Agent is noted; provided that unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent or the Required Lenders shall not, in any event, request an opinion with respect to any one jurisdiction more than once in a calendar year.

 

14.27       Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority, and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by, (a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or (iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered as of the date set forth above.

 

 

TOPAZ HOLDINGS LLC , as Holdings and a Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

BORROWERS AND GUARANTORS:

 

 

 

 

 

ARROW BIDCO, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

TLM EQUIPMENT, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

US IRON BIDCO, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS HOLDINGS TIOGA, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

TARGET H20, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS HOLDINGS WILLISTON, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS HOLDINGS DICKINSON, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

RL SIGNOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR BARNHART, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR JAL, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR MIDLAND, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR ORLA, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

RL SIGNOR RANCHO AGAVE, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR KERMIT, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR MANAGEMENT, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR CARRIZO, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

RL SIGNOR KENEDY, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR PECOS, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR EL RENO, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RL SIGNOR WATER TOWER, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

RL SIGNOR ODESSA, LLC , as a Borrower and Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

AGENT AND LENDERS :

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as the Agent, Swingline Lender, a Fronting Bank and a Revolver Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Aangi Kothari

 

 

Name: Aangi Kothari

 

 

Title: Assistant Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC , as a Fronting Bank and a Revolver Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Craig Malloy

 

 

Name: Craig Malloy

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH , as a Fronting Bank and a Revolver Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mikhail Faybusovich

 

 

Name: Mikhail Faybusovich

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Komal Shah

 

 

Name: Komal Shah

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH , as a Fronting Bank and a Revolver Lender

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen R. Lapidus

 

 

Name: Stephen R. Lapidus

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edwin E. Roland

 

 

Name: Edwin E. Roland

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 


Exhibit 10.2

 

EARNOUT AGREEMENT

 

This EARNOUT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of March 15, 2019 by and among Target Hospitality Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), each of Harry E. Sloan (“ Sloan ”), Jeff Sagansky (“ Sagansky ”) and Eli Baker (“ Baker ” and together with Sloan and Sagansky, collectively the “ Founder Group ”).  Each member of the Founder Group and the Company are referred to herein individually as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties .”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , the Company is party to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 12, 2018, as amended by that certain Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 4, 2019 (as the same may be further amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Signor Merger Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, is acquiring the combined modular workforce accommodations business of RL Signor Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries (the “ Transaction ”) from Arrow Holdings    S.à r.l., a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée ;

 

WHEREAS , in accordance with the terms of the Signor Merger Agreement and effective as of the date hereof, the Company delivered an aggregate of $226,136,727.81 of cash (the “ Minimum Proceeds ”) required for closing the Transaction and the related transactions from the following sources: (i) $146,136,727.81 from the Trust Account and (ii) $80.0 million from a private investment equity offering; and

 

WHEREAS , the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to the closing of the Transaction.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS

 

For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Signor Merger Agreement.  The following definitions shall apply to this Agreement:

 

NASDAQ ” means the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

Trading Day ” means any day on which NASDAQ ( or any other national securities exchange on which shares of Listco are traded, if applicable) is open for trading.

 

Transfer Agent ” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

Trust Account ” means that certain trust account of the Company, established with and maintained by the Transfer Agent in connection with the Company’s initial public offering for the benefit of its public stockholders.

 

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ARTICLE II  EARNOUT

 

Section 2.01                             Earnout of Restricted Shares .   Prior to the date hereof, the Company issued 8,050,000 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 (“ Common Stock ”), to the Founder Group (collectively, the “ Initial Founder Shares ”) and in connection with the Transaction each member of the Founder Group has agreed to restrict a certain number of Initial Founder Shares as determined on the date hereof based upon the gross amount of proceeds delivered by the Company in connection with the Transaction (collectively, the “ Restricted Shares ”), as set forth in Section 2.03 below, which Restricted Shares will placed in escrow for certain periods of time and released to the Founder Group subject to the occurrence of certain triggering events set forth in Section 2.03 below, in each case on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

Section 2.02                             Procedures Applicable to the Earnout of the Restricted Shares .

 

(a)                                  Delivery of Restricted Shares to Escrow Account .  Contemporaneous with the execution of this Agreement and the closing of the Transaction, all of the Restricted Shares will be subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Company and Founder Group will deliver electronically through the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), using DTC’s Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian System, to the Escrow Agent (as defined below), the Founder Shares, in the amount determined on the date hereof and in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 2.03.  Upon receipt of the Restricted Shares, the Escrow Agent will place such Restricted Shares in an escrow account (the “ Escrow Account ”) established pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain escrow agreement (the “ Escrow Agreement ”) to be entered into simultaneously herewith by and between the Founder Group, the Company and the Transfer Agent, acting as escrow agent (the “ Escrow Agent ”).

 

(b)                                  Preparation and Delivery of Release Notice .  Promptly upon the occurrence of an applicable triggering event, as described in Section 2.03, or as soon as practicable after the Founder Group becomes aware of the occurrence of such triggering event, the Founder Group agrees to promptly notify the Company of the occurrence of such and the Parties agree to work together in good faith to prepare and deliver, or cause to be prepared and delivered, a mutually agreeable written notice to the Escrow Agent  (each a “ Release Notice ”), which Release Notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the triggering event giving rise to the requested release and the specific release instructions with respect thereto.  Each Party hereby agrees to negotiate in good faith to resolve any disputes that may arise with respect to the determination of the occurrence of a triggering event and the preparation of the applicable Release Notice.  In the event the Founder Group and the Company are unable to reach mutual agreement with respect to the preparation of a Release Notice, all unresolved disputed items shall be promptly referred to an impartial nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants appointed by mutual agreement of the Founder Group and the Company (the “ Independent Accountant ”). The Independent Accountant shall be directed to render a written report on the unresolved disputed items with respect to the applicable triggering event and related Release Notice as promptly as practicable and to resolve only those unresolved disputed items. The Parties hereby agree to respectively furnish to the Independent Accountant such work papers, schedules and other documents and information relating to the unresolved disputed items as the Independent Accountant may reasonably request. The Independent Accountant shall resolve the disputed

 

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items based solely on the terms and conditions in this Agreement and the presentations by the Founder Group and the Company and not by independent review. The resolution of any such dispute by the Independent Accountant shall be final and binding on the parties hereto. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accountant shall be borne equally by the Founder Group (on a pro rata basis) and the Company.

 

(c)                                   Distribution of Restricted Shares to the Founder Group.   For the purposes of this Agreement, the Restricted Shares that are to be released from the Escrow Account and distributed to the Founder Group shall be distributed to each member of the Founder Group on a pro rata basis, in amounts proportionate to the number of shares in the Company held by each member of the Founder Group as of the date hereof.  Following any release from the Escrow Account and distribution of any Restricted Shares to the Founder Group, such Restricted Shares shall no longer be subject to the requirements of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Exhaustion of Restricted Shares .  For the avoidance of doubt, no additional shares of capital stock of the Company will be placed in the Escrow Account for release or issuance hereunder and upon release of all of the Restricted Shares in the Escrow Account in accordance with this Section 2.02, the Escrow Agreement shall terminate pursuant to its terms and the provisions of this Section 2.02 shall no longer have any force or effect.  Notwithstanding the forgoing, upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5 hereof and termination of the Escrow Account in connection thereto, any Restricted Shares remaining in Escrow at the time of such termination shall thereafter be forfeited and returned to the Company to be held in treasury and no Party shall have any rights with respect thereto.

 

Section 2.03                             Release of Restricted Shares from the Escrow Account .  At Closing, the Founder Group shall deliver 5,015,898 Restricted Shares to the Escrow Agent and the Founder Group and the Company shall take all reasonable actions necessary to direct the Escrow Agent to release and deliver such Restricted Shares to the Founder Group as follows:

 

(a)                                  at any time during the period of three (3) years following the date hereof, if the closing price of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock as reported on NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange exceeds $12.50 per share for twenty (20) of any thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days on NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange, fifty percent (50%) of the Restricted Shares will be released from the Escrow Account and distributed to the Founder Group upon receipt by the Escrow Agent of the applicable Release Notice; and

 

(b)                                  at any time during the period of three (3) years following the date hereof, if the closing price of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock as reported on NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange exceeds $15.00 per share for twenty (20) of any thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days on NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange, the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the Restricted Shares will be released from the Escrow Account and distributed to the Founder Group upon receipt by the Escrow Agent of the applicable Release Notice.

 

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ARTICLE III  FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

Section 3.01                             Further Assurances .  In the event that any Founder Shares are required to be transferred and/or delivered pursuant to this Agreement, each Party agrees to execute and deliver all related documentation and take such other action in support of the transaction as shall reasonably be requested by any Party to such transaction in order to carry out the applicable terms and provision of this Agreement, including, without limitation, executing and delivering instruments of conveyance and transfer, and any purchase agreement, merger agreement, indemnity agreement, escrow agreement, consent, waiver, governmental filing, share certificates duly endorsed for transfer (free and clear of impermissible liens, claims and encumbrances), and any similar or related documents.

 

Section 3.02                             General Undertaking .  Each Party shall exercise all powers and rights available to it, including as a holder of shares in the Company, and such other rights and powers available to it from time to time in order to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and to ensure that the Company and the Escrow Agent comply with their respective obligations under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IV  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 4.01                             Representations and Warranties of the Parties .  Each Party, on behalf of itself, represents and warrants to each other Party on the date of this Agreement as follows: (a) such Party has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; (b) the execution and delivery by such Party of this Agreement, the performance of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of such Party, to the extent required; (c) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Party, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other Party) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

Section 4.02                             Representations and Warranties of the Founder Group .  Each of Sponsor, Sloan and Sagansky, on behalf of itself and only with respect to such Restricted Shares held by such Party, represents and warrants on the date of this Agreement as follows: such Party owns, as of the date hereof, the Restricted Shares in the respective amounts set forth next to such Party’s name on Schedule 4.02 hereto, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens.  Such Party covenants and agrees that it will not sell, transfer, exchange, convert, assign, subject to a Lien, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of the Restricted Shares owned by such Party at any time during the term of this Agreement.  Such Party further represents and warrants that, except as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no options, puts, calls, exchangeable or convertible securities or other similar rights, agreements or commitments relating to the Restricted Shares owned by such Party.

 

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ARTICLE V
TERMINATION

 

Section 5.01                             Termination .  This Agreement will automatically terminate as follows:

 

(a)                                  by the mutual written consent of the Parties; and

 

(b)                                  upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the latest time period set forth in Section 2.03 hereof or (ii) the depletion of all Restricted Shares from the Escrow Account.

 

Section 5.02                             Effect of Termination .  In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 5.01 above, this Agreement shall become void and there shall be no liability on the part of any Party; provided , however , that nothing in this Agreement shall relieve a Party from liability for (i) any breach by such Party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement prior to such termination or (ii) fraud.  Upon termination of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement will terminate in accordance with its terms and any Restricted Shares remaining in the Escrow Account at the time of such termination will automatically be cancelled and shall thereafter cease to exist and no Founder shall have any rights with respect thereto.

 

ARTICLE VI  MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 6.01                             Amendment .  Subject to applicable Law and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, prior to the Closing this Agreement may be amended, modified and supplemented by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.

 

Section 6.02                             Expenses .  All expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, including without limitation any transfer costs, escrow fees and registration costs, will be paid for by the Company.

 

Section 6.03                             Notices .  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally (notice deemed given upon receipt), telecopied (notice deemed given upon confirmation of receipt) or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, such as Federal Express (notice deemed given upon receipt of proof of delivery), to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

if to the Founder Group to:

 

c/o Platinum Eagle Acquisition LLC

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention: Eli Baker

E-mail: elibaker@geacq.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue

 

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New York, NY 10166

Attention: Joel L. Rubinstein

Jason D. Osborn

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700

E-mail: jrubinstein@winston.com

josborn@winston.com

 

if to the Company to:

 

Target Hospitality Corp.

2170 Buckthorne Place, Suite 440

The Woodlands, TX 11380-1775

Attention: Heidi Lewis, General Counsel

Email: hlewis@targetlodging.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Allen & Overy LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention: William Schwitter

E-mail: William.schwitter@allenovery.com

 

Section 6.04                             Interpretation .  When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.   Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”  The table of contents and headings set forth in this Agreement are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect or be deemed to affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any term or provision hereof.  All references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein shall mean U.S. dollars.  The Parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.

 

Section 6.05                             Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed manually or by facsimile or pdf by the Parties hereto, in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when a counterpart hereof shall have been signed by each of the Parties hereto and delivered to the other Parties hereto.

 

Section 6.06                             Entire Agreement .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, including without limitation the term sheet.

 

Section 6.07                             Severability .  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner adverse to any

 

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Party.  Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible

 

Section 6.08                             Governing Law; Jurisdiction .  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the Law of any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 6.09                             Enforcement; Remedies .  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

 

Section 6.10                             Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE.  EACH PARTY HEREBY FURTHER AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHUOT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.  EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE SUCH WAIVER, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.10 .

 

Section 6.11                             Assignment .  This Agreement shall not be assigned by any of the Parties (including by operation of Law) without the prior written consent of the other Parties.  Subject to the preceding sentence, but without relieving any Party of any obligation hereunder, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James B. Archer

 

 

Name: James B. Archer

 

 

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

HARRY E. SLOAN

 

 

 

/s/ Harry E. Sloan

 

 

 

JEFF SAGANSKY

 

 

 

/s/ Jeff Sagansky

 

 

 

ELI BAKER

 

 

 

/s/ Eli Baker

 

 

[Signature page to Earnout Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

This ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of March 15, 2019 by and among Target Hospitality Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”), Harry E. Sloan (“ Sloan ”), Jeff Sagansky (“ Sagansky ”) and Eli Baker (“ Baker ” and together with Sloan and Sagansky, collectively the “ Founder Group ”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent (the “ Escrow Agent ”).   Each member of the Founder Group, the Company and the Escrow Agent are referred to herein individually as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties .”

 

WHEREAS , the Founder Group collectively owns 8,050,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 (collectively, the “ Founder Shares ”), of the Company;

 

WHEREAS , the Company is party to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 12, 2018, as amended by that certain Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 4, 2019 (as the same may be further amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Signor Merger Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, is acquiring the combined modular workforce accommodations business of RL Signor Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries;

 

WHEREAS , capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall the have respective meanings assigned to them in the Signor Merger Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS , it is a condition precedent to the Transactions contemplated by the Signor Merger Agreement that the Founder Group and the Company enter into that certain Earnout Agreement contemporaneously herewith, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Earnout Agreement ”), pursuant to which 5,015,898 of the Founder Shares, as determined based on the amount of proceeds delivered by the Company in connection with the Closing of the transactions contemplated by the Signor Merger Agreement (collectively, the “ Restricted Shares ”), will be required to be held in escrow pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and will be released upon the occurrence of certain triggering events as specifically set forth in the Earnout Agreement.

 

NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Appointment .  The Founder Group and the Company hereby appoint the Escrow Agent as their escrow agent to hold the Restricted Shares in trust for the Founder Group, to administer and disburse the Restricted Shares and otherwise for the purposes set forth herein, and the Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment under the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

2.                                       Deposit, Delivery and Receipt of Restricted Shares; Other Actions .

 

(a)                                  Each member of the Founder Group will deliver its Restricted Founder Shares to the Escrow Agent on the date hereof electronically through the Depository Trust Company’s Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system to an account designated by the Escrow Agent.

 

(b)                                  The Escrow Agent will hold the Restricted Shares as a book-entry position registered in the name of the applicable member of the Founder Group (the “ Escrow Account ”) until any such Restricted Shares are to be released to the members of the Founder Group in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Earnout Agreement.  The Restricted Shares shall not be subject to attachment by any creditor of any party to the Signor Merger Agreement.

 

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(c)                                   The Escrow Agent does not own or have any interest in the Restricted Shares, but is serving as escrow holder, having only possession thereof and agreeing to hold and distribute the Restricted Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

(d)                                  All voting rights and other shareholder rights with respect to the Restricted Shares in the Escrow Account shall be suspended until such shares are released from the Escrow Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Earnout Agreement.

 

3.                                       Claims and Releases from Escrow .

 

(a)                                  The Escrow Agent shall disburse the Restricted Shares only in accordance with the joint written instructions executed by each member of the Founder Group and the Company in the form of the Release Notice (as defined in the Earnout Agreement) contemplated by the Earnout Agreement.

 

(b)                                  During the period from the date of this Agreement until the date upon which all of the Restricted Shares have been distributed, the Founder Group and the Company agree to promptly issue all applicable Release Notices upon the occurrence of each triggering event, as such events are described in the Earnout Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Within two (2) Business Days following the receipt of any Release Notice, the Escrow Agent shall release and deliver from the Escrow Account to the person or persons designated in such Release Notice the number of Restricted Shares set forth in such Release Notice, by transfer of the relevant Restricted Shares into the securities accounts designated in such Release Notice.

 

(d)                                  The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and be held harmless for such reliance, on any Release Notice for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it.  The Escrow Agent shall have no obligation to determine whether a triggering event has occurred or is contemplated to occur under the Earnout Agreement.

 

(e)                                   Subject to the provisions of Section 7 , this Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the termination of the Earnout Agreement and (ii) five (5) calendar days after all of the Restricted Shares have been disbursed in accordance with this Section 3 .

 

4.                                       Escrow Agent .

 

(a)                                  The Escrow Agent shall have only those duties as are specifically and expressly provided herein, which shall be deemed purely ministerial in nature, and no other duties shall be inferred or implied.  The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or for any act done or step taken or omitted by it in good faith or for any mistake in fact or law, or for anything that it may do or refrain from doing in connection herewith, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).

 

(b)                                  The Escrow Agent shall neither be responsible for, nor chargeable with, knowledge of, nor have any requirements to comply with, the terms and conditions of any other agreement, instrument or document among the Founder Group and the Company, in connection herewith, including without limitation the Signor Merger Agreement and Earnout Agreement, nor shall the Escrow Agent be required to determine if any person or entity has complied with any such agreements, nor shall any additional obligations of the Escrow Agent be inferred from the terms of such agreements, even though reference thereto may be made in this Agreement.  In the event that any of the terms and provisions of any other agreement (excluding any amendment to this Agreement) between any of the Parties conflict or are inconsistent with any of the terms and provisions of this

 

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Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control in all respects relating to the Escrow Agent, but in every other respect involving the parties and beneficiaries of such other agreement, the other agreement shall control.

 

(c)                                   Absent gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Escrow Agent may rely upon and shall not be liable for acting or refraining from acting upon any written notice, document, instruction or request furnished to it hereunder and reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person or persons without requiring inquiry or substantiating evidence of any kind.  The Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any party, any beneficiary or other person for refraining from acting upon any instruction setting forth, claiming, containing, objecting to or related to the transfer or distribution of the Restricted Shares, or any portion thereof, unless such instruction shall have been delivered to the Escrow Agent in accordance with Section 10 and the Escrow Agent has been able to satisfy any applicable security procedures as may be required hereunder and as set forth in Section 10 .  The Escrow Agent shall be under no duty to inquire into or investigate the validity, accuracy or content of any such document, notice, instruction or request.

 

(d)                                  The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it hereunder except to the extent that a final adjudication of a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct was the primary cause of any loss to any Party.  The Escrow Agent may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be selected and retained by it.  The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with, or in reasonable reliance upon, the advice or opinion of any such counsel, accountants or other skilled persons.  In the event that the Escrow Agent shall be uncertain or believe there is some ambiguity as to its duties or rights hereunder or shall receive instructions, claims or demands from any Party that, in its opinion, conflict with any of the provisions of this Agreement, it shall be entitled to refrain from taking any action and its sole obligation shall be to keep safely all property held in escrow until it shall be given a joint direction in writing by the Founder Group that eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the satisfaction of the Escrow Agent or by a final and non-appealable order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  The Founder Group agrees to pursue any redress or recourse in connection with any such dispute without making the Escrow Agent party to the same.

 

(e)                                   The Escrow Agent shall keep proper books of record and account in which full and correct entries shall be made of all release activity in the Escrow Account.

 

(f)                                    The agreements set forth in this Section 4 shall survive the resignation, replacement or removal of the Escrow Agent, the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all amounts hereunder.

 

5.                                       Succession .

 

(a)                               The Escrow Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties or obligations hereunder by giving 30 days’ advance notice (pursuant to Section 9 ) in writing of such resignation to the Parties specifying a date when such resignation shall take effect.  By joint written instructions executed by each member of the Founder Group, the Founder Group shall have the right to terminate their appointment of the Escrow Agent, or successor escrow agent, as Escrow Agent, upon 30 days’ notice to the Escrow Agent.  If the Escrow Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Founder Group shall appoint a successor to be the Escrow Agent.  If the Founder Group has failed to appoint a successor escrow agent prior to the expiration of 30 days after giving notice of such removal or following the receipt of the notice of resignation or incapacity, the Escrow Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor escrow agent within the relevant jurisdiction or for other appropriate relief, and any such resulting appointment shall be binding upon the Parties.  The Escrow Agent’s sole responsibility after such 30-day notice period expires shall be to hold the Restricted Shares (without any obligation to reinvest the same) and to deliver the same to a designated substitute escrow

 

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agent, if any, or in accordance with the directions of a final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, at which time of delivery the Escrow Agent’s obligations hereunder shall cease and terminate, subject to the provisions of Section 7 .

 

(b)                                  Any entity into which the Escrow Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any entity to which all or substantially all the escrow business may be transferred, shall be the Escrow Agent under this Agreement without further action on the part of any Party.  The Escrow Agent shall promptly notify the Parties in the event this occurs.

 

(c)                             Every successor escrow agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor, and also to the Founder Group and the Company, an instrument in writing accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor escrow agent, without any further action, shall become fully vested with all the rights, immunities and powers and shall be subject to all of the duties and obligations, of its predecessor; and, except as provided in Section 5(a) , every predecessor escrow agent shall deliver all property and moneys held by it hereunder to such successor escrow agent, at which time of delivery the Escrow Agent’s obligations hereunder shall cease and terminate, subject to the provisions of Section 7 .

 

6.                                       Compensation and Reimbursement .  The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to compensation for its services under this Agreement as escrow agent and for reimbursement for its reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by it in performance of its duties hereunder, payable in the amounts and as set forth on Schedule 2 .   The Parties agree that the costs for the fees, compensation and reimbursement of the Escrow Agent will be paid for by the Company.  The Escrow Agent’s fees, compensation and reimbursements shall be payable upon request by the Escrow Agent and upon submission by the Escrow Agent to the Parties of a reasonably detailed statement setting forth the amount to be reimbursed.  This section shall survive the resignation or termination of the Escrow Agent or the termination of this Agreement.

 

7.                                       Indemnity .

 

(a)                                  Subject to Section 7(c) , the Escrow Agent shall be liable for any losses, damages, claims, liabilities, penalties, judgments, settlements, actions, suits, proceedings, litigations, investigations, costs or expenses (including without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of outside counsel and experts and all expenses of document location, duplication and shipment) (collectively “ Losses ”) of the Founder Group only to the extent such Losses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a result of the Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided , however , that any liability of the Escrow Agent with respect to, arising from or arising in connection with this Agreement, or from all services provided or omitted to be provided under this Agreement, whether in contract, or in tort or otherwise is limited to and shall not exceed the aggregate value of the Restricted Shares deposited with the Escrow Agent.

 

(b)                                  The Founder Group shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold the Escrow Agent harmless from and against, and the Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for, any and all Losses arising out of or attributable to the Escrow Agent’s duties under this Agreement or this appointment, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any Losses or enforcing this Agreement (collectively, “ Agent Claims ”), except to the extent of the Escrow Agent’s liability described in Section 7(a) .   Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as provided in Section 6 , as between themselves, the Parties agree that any Agent Claims payable hereunder shall be paid (or reimbursed, as applicable) in equal shares by the members of the Founder Group.

 

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(c)                                   The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any incidental, indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, loss of anticipated profits, occasioned by a breach of any provision of this Agreement even if apprised of the possibility of such damages.

 

(d)                                  This Section 7 shall survive termination of this Agreement or the resignation, replacement or removal of the Escrow Agent for any reason.

 

8.                                       Security Procedures .

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 8 , any instructions setting forth, claiming, containing, objecting to or in any way related to the transfer or distribution, including but not limited to any transfer instructions that may otherwise be set forth in a written instruction permitted pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, may be given to the Escrow Agent only by confirmed facsimile or other electronic transmission (including e-mail) and no instruction for or related to the transfer or distribution of the Restricted Shares, or any portion thereof, shall be deemed delivered and effective unless the Escrow Agent actually shall have received such instruction by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including e-mail) at the number or e-mail address provided to the Founder Group by the Escrow Agent with receipt confirmed in accordance with Section 8(b) .

 

(b)                                  In the event transfer instructions are so received by the Escrow Agent by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including e-mail), the Escrow Agent is authorized to seek confirmation of such instructions by telephone call-back to the person or persons designated on Schedule 1 hereto, and the Escrow Agent may rely upon the confirmation of anyone purporting to be the person or persons so designated.  The persons and telephone numbers for call-backs may be changed only in a writing actually received and acknowledged by the Escrow Agent.

 

(c)                                   The Escrow Agent shall deliver the Restricted Shares in accordance with the delivery instructions set forth in the Release Notice.

 

9.                                       Compliance with Court Orders.   In the event that any escrow property shall be attached, garnished or levied upon by any court order; the delivery thereof shall be stayed or enjoined by a court order; or any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court affecting the property deposited under this Agreement, the Escrow Agent is hereby expressly authorized, in its sole discretion, to obey and comply with all orders, judgments or decrees so entered or issued, which it is advised by legal counsel is binding upon it, and in the event the Escrow Agent reasonably obeys or complies with any such order, judgment or decree it shall not be liable to any of the Parties or to any other person, entity, firm or corporation, by reason of such compliance.

 

10.                                Miscellaneous .

 

(a)                                  Amendment . Except for transfer instructions provided pursuant to Section 8 and subject to applicable Law, the provisions of this Agreement may be may be amended, modified and supplemented by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.

 

(b)                                  Expenses .  All expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, including without limitation any transfer costs, escrow fees and registration costs, will be treated as Transaction Expenses under and paid in accordance with the Signor Merger Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Notices .  All notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except for communications from the Founder Group setting forth, claiming, containing, objecting to or in any way

 

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related to the full or partial transfer or distribution of the Restricted Shares, including but not limited to transfer instructions (all of which shall be specifically governed by Section 8 ), shall be delivered personally (notice deemed given upon receipt), telecopied (notice deemed given upon confirmation of receipt), by means of electronic transmission (including email) (notice deemed effective when sent), or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, such as Federal Express (notice deemed given upon receipt of proof of delivery).  Any notice pursuant to this section shall be delivered as follows or to such other person or at such other address as any party hereto may have furnished to the other parties hereto in writing by registered mail, return receipt requested.

 

if to any member of the Founder Group:

 

c/o Platinum Eagle Acquisition LLC

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention: Eli Baker

E-mail: elibaker@geacq.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166

Attention:

Joel L. Rubinstein

 

 

 

Jason D. Osborn

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700

E-mail:

jrubinstein@winston.com

 

 

 

josborn@winston.com

 

if to the Company:

 

Target Hospitality Corp.

2170 Buckthorne Place, Suite 440

The Woodlands, TX 11380-1775

Attention: Heidi Lewis, General Counsel

Email: hlewis@targetlodging.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Allen & Overy LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention: William Schwitter

E-mail: william.schwitter@allenovery.com

Facsimile: (212) 610-6399

 

(d)                               Interpretation .  When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.   Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”  The table of contents and headings set forth in this Agreement are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect or be deemed to affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any term or provision hereof.  All references to currency, monetary values and dollars set

 

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forth herein shall mean U.S. dollars.  The Parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.

 

(e)                                   Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed manually or by facsimile or pdf by the parties hereto, in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when a counterpart hereof shall have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto.

 

(f)                                    Entire Agreement .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, including without limitation the term sheet.

 

(g)                                   Severability .  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner adverse to any Party.  Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible.

 

(h)                                  Governing Law; Jurisdiction .  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the Law of any other jurisdiction.

 

(i)                                      Enforcement; Remedies .  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

 

(j)                                     Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE.  EACH PARTY HEREBY FURTHER AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHUOT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.  EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE SUCH WAIVER, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10(j) .

 

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(k)                                  Assignment .  Except as provided in Section 5 , this Agreement shall not be assigned by any of the Parties (including by operation of Law) without the prior written consent of the other Parties.  Subject to the preceding sentence, but without relieving any Party of any obligation hereunder, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

 

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James B. Archer

 

 

Name: James B. Archer

 

 

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Harry E. Sloan

 

HARRY E. SLOAN

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jeff Sagansky

 

JEFF SAGANSKY

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Eli Baker

 

ELI BAKER

 

 

 

 

 

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSER & TRUST COMPANY

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Henry Farrell

 

Name:

Henry Farrell

 

Title:

Vice President

 

[Signature page to Escrow Agreement]

 


 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Telephone Number(s) and authorized signature(s) for

 

Person(s) Designated to give Restricted Shares Transfer Instructions

 

If from the Founder Group:

 

Name

 

Telephone Number

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone Number(s) for Call-Backs and

Person(s) Designated to Confirm Restricted Shares Transfer Instructions

 

If from the Founder Group:

 

Name

 

Telephone Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

 

 

S- 10


 

SCHEDULE 2

 

Schedule of Fees for Escrow Agent Services

 

Escrow Agent Fee Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Account Set Up Fee

 

$

3,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Administration Fee

 

$

200.00

 

(per month)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out-of-Pocket Expenses

 

As incurred

 

(Postage, Stationery, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overnight Delivery Charges

 

As incurred

 

 

S- 11


 

Exhibit A

Earnout Agreement

 

S- 12


Exhibit 10.4

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT , dated as of March 15, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), is entered into by and among Target Hospitality Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), Algeco Investments B.V., a Netherlands besloten vennootschap (“ Algeco ”), Arrow Holdings S.a. r.l., a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée (“ Arrow ”), and the other parties listed on the signature pages hereto (each, an “ Investor ” and collectively, the “ Investors ”).  The Company, Algeco, Arrow and the Investors are referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

 

WHEREAS , immediately prior to the Acquisitions (as defined below), the Initial Investors (as defined below) owned an aggregate of 8,125,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Founder Shares ”), of Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“ PEAC ”);

 

WHEREAS , the Founder Shares were convertible into shares of Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, on the terms provided in PEAC’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association;

 

WHEREAS , the holders of the Founder Shares (the “ Initial Investors ”) and PEAC are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 11, 2018 (the “ Initial Agreement ”), entered into in connection with PEAC’s initial public offering (“ IPO ”);

 

WHEREAS , certain of the Initial Investors purchased 5,333,334 warrants exercisable for Class A ordinary shares of PEAC, at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, in a private placement that was completed concurrently with the IPO (the “ Private Placement Warrants ”);

 

WHEREAS , PEAC and Algeco are parties to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 13, 2018, by and among Algeco, Algeco US Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Algeco (“ Target Parent ”), Arrow Bidco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and following the consummation of the Signor Merger Agreement, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco Acquiror, PEAC and Topaz Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Topaz Holdings Corp.) and wholly-owned subsidiary of PEAC (the “ Holdco Acquiror ”), as amended by that certain Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 4, 2019 (as the same may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Target Merger Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company, as the successor entity to PEAC following a redomestication and a name change, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Holdco Acquiror, is indirectly acquiring all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Target Logistics Management, LLC (the “ Target Acquisition ”);

 

WHEREAS , PEAC and Arrow are parties to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 13, 2018, by and among Arrow, Arrow Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Arrow (“ Arrow Parent ”), PEAC and Signor Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Signor Merger Sub. Inc.), wholly-owned subsidiary of PEAC and sister company to the Holdco Acquiror (“ Signor Merger Sub ”), as amended by that certain Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 4, 2019 (as the same may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Signor Merger Agreement ” and together with the Target Merger Agreement, the “ Merger Agreements ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company, as the successor entity to PEAC following a redomestication and a name change, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Holdco Acquiror, is indirectly acquiring all

 


 

of the issued and outstanding equity interests of RL Signor Holdings LLC (the “ Signor Acquisition ” and together with the Target Acquisition, the “ Acquisitions ”);

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the respective Merger Agreements, on March 12, 2019, PEAC, the predecessor of the Company, redomesticated from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware and underwent a name change;

 

WHEREAS , concurrently with the closing of the Acquisitions, the Founder Shares converted into 8,125,000 shares of Common Stock;

 

WHEREAS , as a condition precedent to the closing of the Acquisitions and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the respective Merger Agreements, the Holders and the Company are entering into this Agreement to amend and restate, in its entirety, the Initial Agreement and to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act (as defined below) and applicable state securities laws to the Holders with respect to any Registrable Securities (as defined herein) that any such Holders may hold from time to time; and

 

NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       DEFINITIONS

 

1.1                                Definitions.

 

As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, at the time of determination, directly or indirectly, whether through one or more intermediaries or otherwise, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control,” including the correlative terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means (i) the direct or indirect ownership of more than 50% of the voting rights of a Person or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any equity or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise).

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

 

Algeco Initiating Holders ” means any Holder or Holders who in the aggregate hold a majority of the Registrable Securities issued to Algeco pursuant to the Target Merger Agreement.

 

Alternative Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(e) .

 

Arrow Initiating Holders ” means any Holder or Holders who in the aggregate hold a majority of the Registrable Securities issued to Arrow pursuant to the Signor Merger Agreement.

 

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement ” means an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

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Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which the Department of State of the State of Delaware or the commercial banks in the City of New York, New York are required or authorized by law to close.

 

Certificate of Incorporation ” means the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as the same may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.

 

Closing ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the respective Merger Agreement.

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the respective Merger Agreement.

 

Common Stock ” means (i) the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share; (ii) any securities of the Company or any successor or assign of the Company into which the stock described in clause (i) is reclassified or reconstituted or into which such stock is converted or otherwise exchanged in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, sale of assets, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise; and (iii) any securities received as a dividend or a distribution in respect of the securities described in clauses (i) and (ii) above.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

 

Damages ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(a) .

 

Demand Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) .

 

Escrow Agreement ” means the escrow agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Company, Harry E. Sloan, Platinum Eagle Acquisition LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Form S-3 ” means a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor or similar form) under the Securities Act.

 

Founder Initiating Holders ” means any Holder or Holders who in the aggregate holds a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Initial Investors, including any such Holder’s Permitted Transferees.

 

Founder Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

 

Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act relating to the Registrable Securities included in the applicable Registration Statement.

 

Holder ” means (i) an Investor who holds Registrable Securities (including their donees, pledgees, assignees, transferees and other successors) and (ii) any holder of Registrable Securities to whom the registration rights conferred by this Agreement have been duly and validly transferred in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Agreement.

 

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Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c) .

 

Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c) .

 

Initial Investors ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

 

“Initiating Holders” means any of the Arrow Initiating Holders, the Algeco Initiating Holders or the Founder Initiating Holders.

 

Inspectors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(g) .

 

Investor ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble .

 

Maximum Offering Size ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(e) .

 

Nasdaq ” means the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

Permitted Transferee ” means: (i) with respect to any Holder, an Affiliate of the Holder, a general partner or manager of such Holder or any of its Affiliates (excluding any other portfolio company thereof), any fund which has the same general partner or manager as the Holder or any of their Affiliates, any fund in respect of which such Holder or one of its/their Affiliates is a general partner or manager, including, without limitation, TDR Capital Nominees Limited and Sapphire Holding S.à r.l., (ii) solely with respect to Algeco, the parties listed on Schedule I hereto, and (iii) any Initial Investor or any member or equity holder of an Initial Investor.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto.

 

Piggyback Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) .

 

Public Offering ” means an underwritten public offering of Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, other than pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any similar or successor form under the Securities Act.

 

Records ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(g) .

 

Registrable Securities ” means, at any time, (i) any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by an Initial Investor or any of their Permitted Transferees, (ii) the Private Placement Warrants (including any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Private Placement Warrants) beneficially owned by an Initial Investor or any of their Permitted Transferees, (iii) any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Algeco or any of its Permitted Transferees, (iv) any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Arrow or any of its Permitted Transferees and (v) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any such shares of Common Stock  by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, capitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization; provided , however , that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act and such securities have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with the “Plan of Distribution” section set forth in such Registration Statement; (ii) such securities are have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act; (iii)  such shares of Common

 

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Stock are otherwise transferred, assigned, sold, conveyed or otherwise disposed of and thereafter such shares of Common Stock may be resold without subsequent registration under the Securities Act; or (iv)  such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.

 

Registration Expenses ” means any and all expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with any registration or marketing of Registrable Securities, regardless of whether such Registration Statement is declared effective, including all (i) registration and filing fees, and all other fees and expenses payable in connection with the listing of securities on any securities exchange or automated interdealer quotation system; (ii) fees and expenses incurred in complying with any securities or “blue sky” laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the Registrable Securities as may be set forth in any underwriting agreement); (iii) expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, mailing and delivery of any registration statements, prospectuses and other documents in connection therewith and any amendments or supplements thereto; (iv)  reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and customary fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses relating to any comfort letters or costs associated with the delivery by independent certified public accountants of any “comfort” letters requested pursuant to Section 2.6(h) or any special audits incidental to or required by any registration or qualification); (v)  fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses of one firm of counsel for each of Arrow and Algeco; (vi) fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses of one firm of counsel selected by Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Initial Investors; (vii) fees and expenses in connection with any review by FINRA of the underwriting arrangements or other terms of the offering, and all fees and expenses of any qualified independent underwriter, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel thereto; (viii) fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, but excluding any underwriting fees, discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities; (ix) costs of printing and producing any agreements among underwriters, underwriting agreements, any “blue sky” or legal investment memoranda and any selling agreements and other documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of the Registrable Securities; (x) transfer agents’ and registrars’ fees and expenses and the fees and expenses of any other agent or trustee appointed in connection with such offering; (xi) expenses relating to any analyst or investor presentations or any “road shows” undertaken in connection with the registration, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities; and (xii) all out-of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company or its appropriate officers in connection with their compliance with Section 2.6(m) .

 

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement of the Company under the Securities Act that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement.

 

Requested Shelf Registered Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c) .

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act.

 

Seasoned Issuer ” means an issuer eligible to use Form S-3 or any similar or successor form thereto under the Securities Act for a primary offering.

 

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor governmental agency.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

Shelf Public Offering ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c) .

 

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Shelf Registered Securities ” means any Registrable Securities whose offer and sale is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement filed in connection with a Shelf Registration (including an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement).

 

Shelf Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) .

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions at the time are directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

 

Trading Day ” means any day on which Nasdaq is open for trading.

 

Transfer ” means  the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).

 

Well-Known Seasoned Issuer ” means a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

1.2                                Other Definition and Interpretative Provisions.

 

The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof.  References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.  All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein.  Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement.  Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular.  Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import.  “Writing,” “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form.  References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person.  References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively.

 

2.                                       REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

2.1                                Demand Registration

 

(a)                                  At any time following the Closing Date and as many times as may be required for the disposition of all Registrable Securities, any of the Initiating Holders may give a written request to the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or any

 

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portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities, which written request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities to be registered and the intended method of disposition thereof (each such registration shall be referred to herein as a “ Demand Registration ”); provided that, subject to Section 2.1(d) , the Company shall not be obligated to effect any Demand Registration (x) with respect to Registrable Securities that are held in escrow under the Escrow Agreement, (y) within 90 days after the effective date of a previous Registration Statement (or such shorter period as the Company may determine in its sole discretion) pursuant to which the Holders were permitted to register the offer and sale under the Securities Act, and actually sold at least 75% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein or (z) as provided in Section 2.7 .  Thereafter, the Company shall promptly, and in any event, within five (5) days after receiving such request, give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders and use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of:

 

(i)                                      all Registrable Securities for which the requesting Holder has requested registration under this Section 2.1 ;

 

(ii)                                   all Registrable Securities held by any other Holder specified in a written request received by the Company within five (5) days after written notice regarding such registration from the Company is delivered; and

 

(iii)                                any Common Stock to be offered or sold by the Company;

 

to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities to be so registered. At any time the Company is eligible for use of an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, if specified in such notice for a Demand Registration, such registration shall occur on such form.

 

(b)                                  At any time prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to such Demand Registration, any requesting Holder may, upon notice to the Company, revoke their request in whole or in part with respect to the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement.

 

(c)                                   The Company shall be liable for and pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any Demand Registration, regardless of whether such Demand Registration becomes effective.

 

(d)                                  A Demand Registration shall not be deemed to have occurred:

 

(i)                                      unless the Registration Statement relating thereto (A) has become effective under the Securities Act and (B) has remained continuously effective for a period of at least (x) 180 days (or such shorter period in which all Registrable Securities of the Holders included in such registration have actually been sold thereunder) or (y) with respect to a Shelf Registration, until the date set forth in Section 2.5(a)(ii) ; provided that such Registration Statement shall not be considered a Demand Registration if, after such Registration Statement becomes effective, (1) such Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other governmental

 

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agency or court and (2) less than 75% of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement have been sold thereunder; or

 

(ii)                                   if the Maximum Offering Size is reduced in accordance with Section 2.1(e)  such that less than 66.67% of the Registrable Securities of the Holders sought to be included in such registration are included.

 

(e)                                   The Company shall not include in any Demand Registration or Shelf Registration any securities that are not Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the selling Holders.  If a Demand Registration involves a Public Offering and the lead managing underwriter advises the Company and the selling Holders that, in its view, the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration (including any securities that the Company proposes to be included that are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the largest number of shares that can be sold without having a material and adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such shares can be sold (the “ Maximum Offering Size ”), the Company shall include in such registration, up to the Maximum Offering Size, first, all Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Holders, based on the pro rata percentage of Registrable Securities held by such Holders (determined based on the aggregate number of Registrable Securities held by each such Holder), and second, any securities proposed to be registered by the Company.

 

2.2                                Shelf Registration.

 

(a)                                  The Company shall, provided that it is eligible to use Form S-3 or any similar or successor form thereto in connection with a secondary public offering of its equity securities, as soon as commercially reasonable, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such similar or successor form, with the SEC in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect) to permit the public resale of all Registrable Securities held by each of the Investors or their respective Permitted Transferees (the “ Resale Shelf ”).  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf to become effective as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company shall give written notice of the expected filing of the Resale Shelf at least 10 Business Days prior to the filing thereof to each Investor eligible to be named therein and the Company shall include in the Resale Shelf all Registrable Securities of each Investor; provided, however, that in order to be named as a selling stockholder in the Resale Shelf, each Investor must furnish to the Company in writing such information as may be reasonably requested by the Company for the purpose of including such party’s Registrable Securities in the Resale Shelf, within 5 Business Days after receipt of the Company’s written notice of anticipated filing of the Resale Shelf.

 

(b)                                  At any time following the Closing when (i) the Company is eligible to use Form S-3 or any similar or successor form thereto in connection with a secondary public offering of its equity securities and (ii) a Shelf Registration (including the Resale Shelf) on a Form S-3 registering Registrable Securities for resale is not then effective, upon the written request of the Initiating Holders, the Company shall:

 

(i)                                      promptly, and in any event, within five (5) days after receiving such request, give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders; and

 

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(ii)                                   use its commercially reasonable efforts to register, under the Securities Act on Form S-3 for an offering on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (a “ Shelf Registration ”), the offer and sale of all or a portion of the Registrable Securities requested to be included by the requesting Holder(s), together with all Registrable Securities requested by any Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request received by the Company within five (5) days after such written notice from the Company is delivered.

 

The “Plan of Distribution” section of such Shelf Registration (including the Resale Shelf) shall permit all lawful means of disposition of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, firm commitment underwritten public offerings, block trades, agented transactions, sales directly into the market, purchases or sales by brokers and sales not involving a public offering.  With respect to each Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) as promptly as practicable after the written request of the requesting Holder(s), file a Registration Statement and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable, and remain effective until the date set forth in Section 2.6(a)(ii) .

 

(c)                                   Upon the written request of the requesting Initiating Holder(s), which request shall specify the class or series and amount of such requesting Initiating Holders’ Shelf Registered Securities, as applicable, to be sold (the “ Requested Shelf Registered Securities ”), the Company shall perform its obligations hereunder with respect to the sale of such Requested Shelf Registered Securities in the form of a firm commitment underwritten public offering (unless otherwise consented to by such Initiating Holder(s)) (a “ Shelf Public Offering ”).  The lead managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such Shelf Public Offering shall be selected in accordance with Section 2.6(f) .

 

(d)                                  In a Shelf Public Offering, if the lead managing underwriter advises the Company and the selling Holders, that, in its view, the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Shelf Public Offering (including any securities that the Company proposes to be included that are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the Maximum Offering Size, the Company shall include in such Shelf Public Offering, in the priority listed below, up to the Maximum Offering Size:

 

(i)                                      first, all Shelf Registered Securities requested to be included in such Shelf Public Offering by the Holders, based on the pro rata percentage of Registrable Securities held by such Holders (determined based on the aggregate number of Registrable Securities held by each such Holder);

 

(ii)                                   second, any securities proposed to be included in the Shelf Public Offering by the Company; and

 

(iii)                                third, any securities proposed to be included in the Shelf Public Offering for the account of any other Persons, with such priorities among them as the Company shall determine.

 

(e)                                   The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in a timely manner with any request of the requesting Holder in respect of any block trade, hedging transaction or other transaction that is registered pursuant to a Shelf Registration that is not a firm commitment underwritten offering (each, an “ Alternative Transaction ”),

 

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including entering into customary agreements with respect to such Alternative Transactions (and providing customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities in such agreements) as well as providing other reasonable assistance in respect of such Alternative Transactions of the type applicable to a Public Offering subject to Section 2.6 , to the extent customary for such transactions.  The Company shall bear all Registration Expenses in connection with any Shelf Registration, any Shelf Public Offering or any other transaction (including any Alternative Transaction) registered under a Shelf Registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 , whether or not such Shelf Registration becomes effective or such Shelf Public Offering or other transaction is completed.

 

2.3                                Piggyback Registration.

 

(a)                                  If, at any time following the Closing Date, the Company proposes to register any Common Stock under the Securities Act (other than a registration on Form S-8 or Form S-4 or any similar or successor form under the Securities Act, relating to shares of Common Stock or any other class of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of employee stock options or in connection with any employee benefit or similar plan of the Company or in connection with a direct or indirect acquisition by the Company of another Person or other than in connection with a rights offering, whether or not for sale for its own account), the Company shall each such time give prompt notice (via facsimile or electronic transmission) at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement relating to such registration to all Holders, which notice shall set forth the Holders’ rights under this Section 2.3 and shall offer each Holder the opportunity to include in such Registration Statement the number of Registrable Securities of the same class or series as those proposed to be registered as each Holder may request (a “ Piggyback Registration ”), subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(b) .  Upon the request of a Holder made within five (5) Business Days after the receipt of notice from the Company regarding a Piggyback Registration (which request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be registered by such Holder), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities that the Company has been so requested to register, to the extent required to permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities so to be registered in accordance with the plan of distribution intended by the Company for such Registration Statement; provided that (i) if such registration involves a Public Offering, such Holder must sell its Registrable Securities to the underwriters selected as provided in Section 2.6(f)  on the same terms and conditions as apply to the Company (or, if the Company is not offering any Common Stock, the Persons on whose behalf the registration was initially undertaken) and (ii) if, at any time after giving notice of its intention to register any Common Stock pursuant to this Section 2.3(a)  and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register such securities, the Company shall give notice to such Holder and, thereupon, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration.  No registration effected under this Section 2.3 shall relieve the Company of its obligations to effect a Demand Registration or Shelf Registration to the extent required by Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 , respectively.  The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each Piggyback Registration.

 

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(b)                                  If a Piggyback Registration involves a Public Offering (other than any Demand Registration, in which case the provisions with respect to priority of inclusion in such offering set forth in Section 2.1(e)  shall apply) and the lead managing underwriter advises the Company that, in its view, the number of Registrable Securities that the Company and the Holders intend to include in such registration exceeds the Maximum Offering Size, the Company shall include in such registration, in the following priority, up to the Maximum Offering Size:

 

(i)                                      first, so many of the shares of Common Stock proposed to be registered for the account of the Company as would not cause the offering to exceed the Maximum Offering Size;

 

(ii)                                   second, Registrable Securities held by Holders requesting to include Registrable Securities in such registration pursuant to this Section 2.3 based on the pro rata percentage of Registrable Securities held by such Holders (determined based on the aggregate number of Registrable Securities held by each such Holder);

 

(iii)                                third, any securities proposed to be registered for the account of any other Persons with such priorities among them as the Company shall determine.

 

2.4                                Restrictions on Transfer and Resale.

 

(a)                                  Except for the Transfer by Algeco to the parties listed on Schedule 1 hereto on or following the date hereof, Arrow and Algeco agree that, without the prior written consent of Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in their capacity as PEAC’s initial underwriters, neither Arrow nor Algeco nor any of their respective Permitted Transferees shall Transfer any Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Holders until such date that is 180 days from the date hereof.

 

(b)                                  Except for the Founder Shares placed into an escrow account as of the date hereof, all Registrable Securities held by the Initial Investors may not be Transferred until the earlier of (1) such date that is one (1) year from the date hereof and (2) such date on which the Common Stock as reported on Nasdaq or any other national securities exchange exceeds $12.00 per share for at least twenty (20) out of thirty (30) Trading Days commencing not earlier than 150 days following the date hereof.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding the foregoing, Transfers of Registrable Securities subject to this Section 2.4 are permitted to Permitted Transferees of Arrow, Algeco and the Initial Investors, as the case may be, provided that any such Permitted Transferee, as a condition to such Transfer of Registrable Securities allowed pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) , shall enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions contained in this Section 2.4 .

 

2.5                                Lock-up Agreements.

 

(a)                                  If requested by the Company or the managing underwriter, in connection with a Public Offering, each Holder that holds more than 2% of the outstanding Common Stock at the time of such registration hereby agrees that it will not effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144, if applicable) of Registrable Securities, (i) during (A) the seven days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the effective

 

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date of the registration of such Registrable Securities in connection with a Public Offering (which period following the effective date may, in each case, be extended to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation) or (B) such shorter period as the managing underwriter participating in such Public Offering may require and (ii) upon notice from the Company of the commencement of a Public Offering in connection with any Shelf Registration, during (A) the seven days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the date of commencement of such Public Offering or (B) such shorter period as the managing underwriter participating in such Public Offering may require, in each case except as part of such Public Offering.  If requested by the Company or the managing underwriter, each Holder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the underwriters in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and the underwriters to such effect.

 

(b)                                  The Company shall not effect any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities (except pursuant to registrations on Form S-8 or Form S-4 or any similar or successor form under the Securities Act), (i) with respect to any Public Offering pursuant to a Demand Registration or any Piggyback Registration in which a Holder is participating, during (A) the seven days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the effective date of such registration (which period following the effective date may, in each case, be extended to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation) or (B) such shorter period as the underwriters participating in such Public Offering may require, and (ii) upon notice from a Holder subject to a Shelf Registration that such Holder intends to effect a Public Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration (upon receipt of which, the Company will promptly notify such Holder of the date of commencement of such Public Offering), during (A) the seven days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the date of commencement of such Public Offering and (B) such shorter period as the underwriters participating in such Public Offering may require), in each case except as part of such Public Offering.

 

2.6                                Registration Procedures.

 

Whenever a Holder requests that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to Section 2.1 , 2.2 or 2.3 , subject to the provisions of such sections, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof as soon as reasonably practicable, and, in connection with any such request:

 

(a)                                  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any similar or successor form thereto for which the Company then qualifies or that counsel for the Company deems appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such filed Registration Statement to become and remain effective for a period of (i) not less than four months (or, if sooner, until all Registrable Securities have been sold under such Registration Statement) or (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, until the earlier of the date (x) on which all of the securities covered by such Shelf Registration are no longer Registrable Securities and (y) on which the Company cannot extend the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration because it is no longer eligible to use Form S-3.  Subject to Section 2.7 , the Company shall not be deemed to have used its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration

 

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effective if the Company voluntarily takes any action or omits to take any action that would result in the requesting Holder not being able to offer and sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration, unless such action or omission is required by applicable law.

 

(b)                                  Prior to filing a Registration Statement or related prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any documents incorporated by reference therein), or before using any Free Writing Prospectus, the Company shall provide to the Holders and each underwriter, if any, an adequate and appropriate opportunity to review and comment on such Registration Statement, each prospectus included therein (and each amendment or supplement thereto) and each Free Writing Prospectus proposed to be filed with the SEC, and thereafter the Company shall furnish to the Holders and the underwriter, if any, such number of copies of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto filed with the SEC (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424, Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Securities Act and such other documents as a Holder or the underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by a Holder; provided , however , that in no event shall the Company be required to provide to any Person any materials, information or documents required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act prior to its filing other than in connection with a Public Offering.  In addition, the Company shall, as expeditiously as practicable, keep advised in writing as to the initiation and progress of any registration under Section 2.1 , Section 2.2 and Section 2.3 and provide the Holders with copies of all correspondence (including any comment letter) with the SEC, any self-regulatory organization or other governmental agency in connection with any such Registration Statement.  The Holders shall have the right to request that the Company modify any information contained in such Registration Statement, amendment and supplement thereto pertaining to the Holders, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with such request.

 

(c)                                   After the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company shall (i) cause the related prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; (ii) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act applicable to the Company with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to such prospectus; and (iii) promptly notify the Holders of any stop order issued or threatened by the SEC or any state securities commission with respect thereto and take all reasonable actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered.

 

(d)                                  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders reasonably (in light of the Holders’ intended plan of distribution) request, and continue such registration or qualification in effect in such jurisdiction for the shortest of (A) as long as permissible pursuant to the laws of such jurisdiction, (B) as long as the Holders request or (C) until all of the Holders’ Registrable Securities are sold and (ii) cause such Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or

 

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authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Holders to consummate the disposition of its Registrable Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (x) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 2.6(d) , (y) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (z) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(e)                                   The Company shall promptly notify each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and the lead managing underwriter (i) upon the discovery that, or upon the occurrence of an event as a result of which, the preparation of a supplement or amendment to a prospectus is required so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the relevant Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, and the Company shall promptly prepare and make available to the Holders listed as selling security holders in such prospectus and file with the SEC any such supplement or amendment; (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus covering Registrable Securities or for additional information relating thereto; (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities; or (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(f)                                    The Company shall have the right, after consultation with the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities initially requested to be included in such Public Offering, to select an underwriter or underwriters in connection with any Public Offering resulting from the exercise of a Demand Registration or a Shelf Registration, such underwriter to be an international top-tier firm.  In connection with any Public Offering, the Company and the selling stockholders shall enter into customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in any such Public Offering.

 

(g)                                   Upon execution of customary confidentiality agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Board, the Company shall make available for inspection by the selling Holders and any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to a Registration Statement being filed by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.6 and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by the selling Holders or any underwriter (collectively, the “ Inspectors ”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and documents relating to the business of the Company (collectively, the “ Records ”) as shall be reasonably necessary or desirable to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any Inspectors in connection with such Registration Statement; provided that the selling Holders shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each such underwriter, attorney, accountant or other professional to minimize the disruption to the Company’s business in connection with the foregoing.

 

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(h)                                  The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement and to each such underwriter, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to such Holder or such underwriter, of (i) an opinion or opinions of counsel to the Company and (ii) a comfort letter or comfort letters from the Company’s independent public accountants, each in customary form and covering such matters of the kind customarily covered by opinions or comfort letters, as the case may be, as the Holders or the lead managing underwriter therefor reasonably requests.

 

(i)                                      The Company shall otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement or such other document that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the requirements of Rule 158 thereunder.

 

(j)                                     The Company may require the Holders promptly to furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding the distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request and such other information as may be reasonably required in connection with a registration.

 

(k)                                  Each Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 2.6(e) , such Holder shall forthwith discontinue dispositions of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (including any Shelf Registration) covering such Registrable Securities until such Holder’s receipt of (i) copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus from the Company or (ii) further notice from the Company that distribution can proceed without an amended or supplemented prospectus, and, in the circumstances described in clause (i) , if so directed by the Company each Holder shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than any permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.  If the Company shall give such a notice, the Company shall extend the period during which such registration statement shall be maintained effective (including the period referred to in Section 2.6(a)  by the number of days in the period from and including the date of the giving of notice pursuant to Section 2.6(e)  to the date when the Company shall (x) make available to the selling Holders a prospectus supplemented or amended to conform with the requirements of Section 2.6(e)  or (y) deliver to each Holder the notice described in clause (ii) .

 

(l)                                      The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to list all Registrable Securities of any class or series covered by a Registration Statement on any national securities exchange on which any of the securities of such class or series are then listed or traded.

 

(m)                              The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have appropriate officers of the Company (i) upon reasonable request and at reasonable times, prepare and make presentations at any “road shows” and before analysts and rating agencies; (ii) take other actions to obtain ratings for any Registrable Securities; and (iii) otherwise use their commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate as requested by the underwriters in the offering, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities.

 

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(n)                                  The Company shall promptly, following its actual knowledge thereof, notify Holders (i) when a prospectus, any prospectus supplement, a Registration Statement or a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement, a related prospectus (including a Free Writing Prospectus) or for any other additional information; or (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose.

 

(o)                                  The Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Holders and each underwriter participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made by FINRA.

 

(p)                                  The Company shall take all other steps reasonably necessary to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities and reasonably cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the disposition of its Registrable Securities.

 

(q)                                  The Company shall, within the deadlines specified by the Securities Act, make all required filings of all prospectuses (including any Free Writing Prospectus) with the SEC and make all required filing fee payments in respect of any Registration Statement or related prospectus used under this Agreement (and any offering covered hereby).

 

(r)                                     The Company shall, if such registration is pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration, include in such Registration Statement such additional information for marketing purposes as the managing underwriter reasonably requests.

 

2.7                                Restrictions on Use of Registration Statements

 

The Company may postpone or suspend (as applicable) for up to 60 days (i) the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement for a Demand Registration or Shelf Registration, or (ii) the commencement of a Shelf Public Offering if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its reasonable good faith judgment that such Demand Registration, Shelf Registration or Shelf Public Offering, as applicable, (i) materially interferes with a significant acquisition, corporate organization, financing, securities offering or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) requires premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) renders the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act; provided, that in such event, the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with such registration.  The Company may postpone, suspend or delay a Demand Registration, Shelf Registration or Shelf Public Offering pursuant to this Section 2.7 up to twice in any twelve (12) month period.

 

2.8                                Indemnification.

 

(a)                                  Indemnification by the Company .  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder; (ii) each Person, if any, who controls each Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, “ Holder

 

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Parties ”); and (iii) the respective officers, directors, employees and agents of each of the Persons specified in clauses (i)  and (ii) , and from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (“ Damages ”) caused by or relating to any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities, or caused by or relating to any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided , however , that the Company shall not be liable to any Holder for any Damages that are caused by or related to any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission so made based upon information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Holders expressly for use therein.

 

(b)                                  Indemnification by the Holders .  Each Holder, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Company; (ii) each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act; and (iii) the respective officers, directors, employees and agents of each of the Persons specified in clauses (i)  through (ii)  from and against all Damages to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Holder, but only with respect to information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities.  Each Holder also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any underwriters of the Registrable Securities, their respective officers and directors and each Person who controls any underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Company.  No Holder shall be liable under this Section 2.8(b)  for any Damages in excess of the net proceeds received by such Holder in the sale of its Registrable Securities to which such Damages relate.

 

(c)                                   Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings .  If any proceeding (including any investigation by any governmental authority) shall be instituted involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 2.8 , such Person (an “ Indemnified Party ”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and shall assume the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses; provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure to notify.  In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.  It is understood that in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction,

 

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the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for all such Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed promptly after receipt of an invoice setting forth such fees and expenses in reasonable detail.  The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any Damages (to the extent obligated herein) by reason of such settlement or judgment.  Without the prior written consent of each affected Indemnified Party, no Indemnifying Party shall effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such proceeding.

 

(d)                                  Contribution .

 

(i)                                      If the indemnification provided for in Section 2.8(a)  or Section 2.8(b)  is unavailable to the Indemnified Parties or insufficient in respect of any Damages, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Damages in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Parties in connection with such actions that resulted in such Damages, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Parties and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action.  If however, the allocation in the first sentence of this Section 2.8(d)  is not permitted by applicable law, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative faults, but also the relative benefits of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

(ii)                                   The Parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.8(d)  were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Damages referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.8(a)  and Section 2.8(b) , any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by a party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.8(d) , a Holder shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the net proceeds (after deducting the underwriters’ discounts and commissions) received by such Holder in the offering.  No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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(e)                                   Other Indemnification .  Indemnification similar to that specified herein (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and the Holders with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation or governmental authority other than the Securities Act.

 

2.9                                Participation in Public Offering.

 

The Holders may not participate in any Public Offering hereunder unless such Holders (i) agree to sell their Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) complete and execute all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably requested to be executed in connection therewith, and provides such other information to the Company or the underwriters as may be reasonably requested.

 

2.10                         Cooperation by the Company.

 

The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, and to take such further action as the Holders may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Holders to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144.

 

2.11                         Transfer of Registration Rights.

 

None of the rights granted to a Holder under this Article 2 shall be transferable or assignable by such Holder to any Person; provided that such rights may be transferable or assignable in connection with any Public Offering or any other registered offering or other transaction pursuant to a prospectus that is a part of a Registration Statement.  The rights of a Holder hereunder may be transferred or assigned in connection with a transfer of Registrable Securities to (i) any Permitted Transferee of such Holder or (ii) any Person other than a Holder if at least 5% of the Common Stock is being transferred to such Person in a single transaction or a series of related transactions; provided that such Permitted Transferee or other Person shall not have the right to transfer or assign any rights hereunder in connection with any subsequent transfer or transfers of any Registrable Securities to any Person other than a Holder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, such rights may only be transferred or assigned if all of the following additional conditions are satisfied: (x) such transfer or assignment is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws; (y) the Company is given written notice by such Holder of such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the amount of Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred or assigned; and (z) such transferee or assignee executes and delivers to the Company an agreement to be bound by this Agreement in the form of Exhibit A .

 

2.12                         Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights.

 

The Company agrees that it shall not enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any Common Stock (i) that would allow such holder or prospective holder to include such securities in any Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration or Shelf Registration unless, under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration only to the extent that their inclusion would not reduce the amount of the

 

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Registrable Securities of the Holders included therein or (ii) on terms otherwise more favorable in the aggregate than this Agreement.

 

2.13                         Free Writing Prospectuses.

 

Except for a prospectus relating to Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement, an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) or other materials prepared by the Company, each Holder represents and agrees that it (i) shall not make any offer relating to the Registrable Securities that would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus and (ii) has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale pursuant to a Registration Statement of Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the Company and, in connection with any Public Offering, the underwriters.

 

2.14                         Information from the Holders; Obligations of the Holders.

 

(a)                                  Each Holder shall (i) furnish to the Company in writing such information with respect to such Holder, its ownership of Common Stock and any other equity securities of the Company and the intended method of disposition of its Registrable Securities as the Company may reasonably request or as may be required by law or regulations for use in connection with any related Registration Statement or prospectus (or amendment or supplement thereto) and all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not contain a material misstatement of fact or necessary to cause such Registration Statement or prospectus (or amendment or supplement thereto) not to omit a material fact with respect to such Holder necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and all applicable state securities laws and comply with all applicable regulations in connection with the registration and the disposition of Registrable Securities.

 

(b)                                  Each Holder shall promptly (i) following its actual knowledge thereof, notify the Company of the occurrence of any event that makes any statement made in a Registration Statement, prospectus, issuer free writing prospectus or other Free Writing Prospectus regarding such Holder untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in a Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus so that, in such regard, it shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements not misleading and (ii) provide the Company with such information as may be required to enable the Company to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to any such Registration Statement or a supplement to such prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus.

 

(c)                                   Each Holder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company in preparing the applicable Registration Statement and any related prospectus.

 

(d)                                  Each Holder agrees that it shall not be entitled to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or to receive a prospectus relating thereto unless such Holder has furnished the Company with all information required to be included in such Registration Statement by applicable securities laws in connection with the disposition of such Registrable Securities as reasonably requested by the Company.

 

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2.15                         Removal of Legends.

 

Upon the written request of any Holder:

 

(a)                                  The Company shall remove any restrictive legend included on the certificates (or, in the case of book-entry shares, any other instrument or record) representing such Holder’s and/or its Affiliates’ or Permitted Transferee’s ownership of securities of the Company, and the Company shall issue a certificate (or evidence of the issuance of securities in book-entry form) without such restrictive legend or any other restrictive legend to the holder of the applicable securities upon which it is stamped, if (i) such securities are registered for resale under the Securities Act and the registration statement for such securities has not been suspended pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof or as otherwise required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, (ii) such securities are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) such Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144 as to such securities without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions. Following the earlier of (A) the effective date of a Registration Statement registering such securities or (B) Rule 144 becoming available for the resale of such securities without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, the Company, upon the written request of the Holder and the provision by such Holder of an opinion of reputable counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the transfer agent, shall instruct the Company’s transfer agent to remove the legend from the securities (in whatever form) and shall cause Company counsel to issue any legend removal opinion required by the transfer agent. Any fees (with respect to the transfer agent, Company counsel, or otherwise) associated with the removal of such legend (except for the provision of the legal opinion by the Holder to the transfer agent referred to above) shall be borne by the Company. If a legend is no longer required pursuant to the foregoing, the Company will no later than five (5) Business Days following the delivery by any Holder or its Affiliate to the Company or the transfer agent (with notice to the Company) of a legended certificate (if applicable) representing such securities (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, or otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer) and, to the extent required, a seller representation letter representing that such securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, and a legal opinion of reputable counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the transfer agent, deliver or cause to be delivered to the holder of such securities a certificate representing such securities (or evidence of the issuance of securities in book-entry form) that is free from all restrictive legends.

 

(b)                                  The Company shall cooperate with and take reasonable action to facilitate, in accordance with reasonable and customary business practices, any and all Transfers for consideration or otherwise, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, by any Holder or its Affiliates of any securities held by it.

 

3.                                       TERMINATION.

 

This Agreement shall automatically terminate when there shall no longer be any Registrable Securities outstanding; provided , however , that Section 2.7 , Section 4.1 , Section 4.2 , and Section 4.4 through Section 4.11 shall survive termination.

 

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4.                                       MISCELLANEOUS

 

4.1                                Successors and Assigns.

 

(a)                                  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

(b)                                  Subject to Section 2.11 , neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any Party.

 

(c)                                   Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

4.2                                Notices.

 

All notices, requests and other communications to any Party shall be in writing (including facsimile or electronic transmission) and shall be given

 

if to the Company to:

 

Target Hospitality Corp.

2170 Buckthorne Place, Suite 440

The Woodlands, Texas 11380-1775

Attention: Heidi Lewis, General Counsel

Email: hlewis@targetlodging.com

 

with copies to:

 

Allen & Overy LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention: William Schwitter

Email: william.schwitter@allenovery.com

 

and

 

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166

Attention: Joel L. Rubinstein

Email: jrubinstein@winston.com

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700

 

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if to Arrow and/or Algeco to:

 

c/o  TDR Capital II Holdings L.P., acting by its manager

20 Bentinck Street

London, W1U 2EU

United Kingdom

Attention: General Counsel & Managers

Email: notifications@tdrcapital.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Allen & Overy LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention: William Schwitter

Email: william.schwitter@allenovery.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

30 St Mary Axe

London EC3A 8AF, United Kingdom

Attention: William R. Burke

Email: William.burke@kirkland.com

Facsimile: 44 20 7469 2001

 

if to an Investor, to such Investor’s address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as shown on Exhibit B hereto, as may be updated in accordance with the provisions hereof, with a copy to:

 

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166

Attention: Joel L. Rubinstein

Email: jrubinstein@winston.com

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700

 

or such other address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as such Party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other Parties.  All notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a Business Day in the place of receipt.  Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt.

 

4.3                                Amendments and Waivers.

 

Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each of Arrow, Algeco and the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock held by the Founder Initiating Holders or, in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective.  No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver

 

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thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

4.4                                Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of choice of law or conflicts of law to the extent that such principles would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

 

4.5                                Jurisdiction.

 

The Parties hereby agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware or the United States District Court for the State of Delaware, so long as one of such courts shall have subject matter jurisdiction over such suit, action or proceeding, and that any cause of action arising out of this Agreement shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the State of Delaware, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.  Without limiting the foregoing, each Party agrees that service of process on such Party as provided in Section 4.2 shall be deemed effective service of process on such Party.

 

4.6                                Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

4.7                                Specific Enforcement.

 

Each Party acknowledges that the remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, any Party, without posting any bond, and in addition to all other remedies that may be available, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy that may then be available.

 

4.8                                Counterparts; Effectiveness; Third-party Beneficiaries.

 

This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.  This Agreement shall become effective when each initial party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other initial parties hereto.  Until and unless each initial party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other initial parties hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no Party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any

 

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other oral or written agreement or other communication).  No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

4.9                                Entire Agreement.

 

This Agreement, together with the Schedules and Exhibits hereto and any documents, instruments and writings that are delivered pursuant hereto, constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

4.10                         Severability.

 

If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party.  Upon such a determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner so that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

4.11                         Sophisticated Parties; Advice of Counsel.

 

Each of the Parties specifically acknowledges that (a) it is a knowledgeable, informed, sophisticated Person capable of understanding and evaluating the provisions set forth in this Agreement and (b) it has been fully advised and represented by legal counsel of its own independent selection and has relied wholly upon its independent judgment and the advice of such counsel in negotiating and entering into this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have executed this Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement as of the date set forth above.

 

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James B. Archer

 

 

Name: James B. Archer

 

 

Title: President and Chief Executiv Officer

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTORS:

 

 

 

ALGECO INVESMENTS B.V.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Diarmuid Cummins

 

 

Name: Diarmuid Cummins

 

 

Title: Class A Manager/Director

 

 

 

 

 

ARROW HOLDINGS S.A.R.L.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jorrit Crompvoets

 

 

Name: Jorrit Crompvoets

 

 

Title: Class B Manager

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Harry E. Sloan

 

Harry E. Sloan

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jeff Sagansky

 

Jeff Sagansky

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Eli Baker

 

Eli Baker

 


 

 

/s/ James A. Graf

 

James A. Graf

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Joshua Kazam

 

Joshua Kazam

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Alan G. Mnuchin

 

Alan G. Mnuchin

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Fredric Rosen

 

Frederic Rosen

 

 

 

 

 

SARA L. ROSEN TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Fredric Rosen

 

 

Name: Fredric Rosen

 

 

Title: Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

SAMUEL N. ROSEN 2015 TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Fredric Rosen

 

 

Name: Fredric Rosen

 

 

Title: Trustee

 


 

Schedule I

 

BRIAN S. LASH

 

TRUST F/B/O MAX R. LASH UNDER SECTION 1.2 OF THE BRIAN LASH FAMILY 2012 IRREVOCABLE TRUST

 

TRUST F/B/O ALEXANDER J. LASH TRUST UNDER SECTION 1.2 OF THE BRIAN LASH FAMILY 2012 IRREVOCABLE TRUST

 

TRUST F/B/O BENJAMIN L. LASH TRUST UNDER SECTION 1.2 OF THE BRIAN LASH FAMILY 2012 IRREVOCABLE TRUST

 

THE LORI LASH FAMILY 2012 IRREVOCABLE TRUST

 

THE IAN GOLDBERG TRUST

 

JOSEPH H. MURPHY

 

THE MURPHY FAMILY 2012 IRREVOCABLE TRUST

 

EVAN SCHEUER

 

THE SCHEUER FAMILY 2012 IRREVOCABLE TRUST

 

JAMES BRADLEY ARCHER

 

ANDREW A. ABERDALE

 

THE ABERDALE FAMILY 2012 IRREVOCABLE TRUST

 

THOMAS SCHNEIDER

 

DAVID ABEND

 


 

EXHIBIT A

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

This JOINDER (this “ Joinder ”) to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [ · ], 2019, by and among Target Hospitality Corp. (the “ Company ”), Arrow Holdings S.à r.1., Algeco Investments B.V., and the other parties identified therein (as the same has been and may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), is made and entered into as of [ · ] (the “ Joinder Date ”) by and between the Company and [ · ] (the “ New Stockholder ”).

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company desires to admit the New Stockholder under the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the New Stockholder desires to acknowledge that, upon execution of this Joinder and effective as of the Joinder Date, such New Stockholder shall be party to, and bound by all of the terms of, the Registration Rights Agreement; and

 

NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties to this Joinder agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Definitions .  Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

2.                                       Agreement to be Bound .  The New Stockholder hereby (a) acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a complete copy of the Registration Rights Agreement and (b) agrees that upon execution of this Joinder, the New Stockholder shall become a party to the Registration Rights Agreement and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the applicable terms, conditions, representations and warranties and other provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement with all attendant rights, benefits, duties, restrictions and obligations stated therein as though an original party.

 

3.                                       Notices .  Concurrently with the execution of this Joinder, New Stockholder has delivered to the Company contact information for the purpose of notifying such New Stockholder in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

4.                                       Effectiveness .  This Joinder shall take effect and shall become a part of the Registration Rights Agreement as of the Joinder Date immediately upon the execution hereof.

 

5.                                       Counterparts .  This Joinder may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

6.                                       Governing Law .  This Joinder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of choice of law or conflicts of law to the extent that such principles would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

 

7.                                       Headings .  The headings contained in this Joinder are for purposes of convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Joinder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have executed this Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement as of the date set forth above.

 

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[NEW STOCKHOLDER ]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

INVESTORS

 

Name

 

Address, Fax Number
or Email for Notices

 

 

 

Harry E. Sloan

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Sagansky

 

 

Eli Baker

 

 

 

 

 

James A. Graf

 

 

Joshua Kazam

 

 

Alan G. Mnuchin

 

 

 

 

 

Fredric D. Rosen

 

 

 

 

 

Sara L. Rosen Trust

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel N. Rosen 2015 Trust

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Indemnification Agreement (“ Agreement ”), dated as of March     , 2019, is by and between Target Hospitality Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and                                                            (the “ Indemnitee ”). This Agreement supersedes and replaces in its entirety any previous indemnification agreement entered into between the Company or any of its predecessors, and the Indemintee.

 

WHEREAS, [Indemnitee is [a director/an officer] of the Company/the Company expects Indemnitee to join the Company as [a director/an officer]];

 

WHEREAS, both the Company and Indemnitee recognize the increased risk of litigation and other claims being asserted against directors and officers of public companies;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) has determined that enhancing the ability of the Company to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons is in the best interests of the Company and that the Company therefore should seek to assure such persons that indemnification and insurance coverage is available; and

 

WHEREAS, in recognition of the need to provide Indemnitee with substantial protection against personal liability, in order to procure Indemnitee’s [continued] service as a [director/officer] of the Company and to enhance Indemnitee’s ability to serve the Company in an effective manner, and in order to provide such protection pursuant to express contract rights (intended to be enforceable irrespective of, among other things, any amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (collectively, the “ Constituent Documents ”), any change in the composition of the Board or any change in control or business combination transaction relating to the Company), the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of, and the advancement of Expenses (as defined in Section 1(f) below) to, Indemnitee as set forth in this Agreement and [to the extent insurance is maintained] for the [continued] coverage of Indemnitee under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the Indemnitee’s agreement to [continue to] provide services to the Company, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.               Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

a)              Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning given to the term “beneficial owner” in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”).

 

b)              Change in Control ” means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

 

i.                   any Person, other than a Permitted Holder, is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing [35]% or more of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities [unless the change in relative Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors];

 

ii.                the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, sale of assets or other reorganization, or a proxy contest, as a consequence of which members of the Board in office immediately prior to such transaction or event constitute less than a majority of the Board thereafter;

 

iii.             during any period of two consecutive years, not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board (including for this purpose any new directors whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

iv.            the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

c)               Claim ” means:

 


 

i.                   any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, investigative or other, and whether made pursuant to federal, state or other law; or

 

ii.                any inquiry, hearing or investigation that the Indemnitee determines might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism.

 

d)              Delaware Court ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(e) below.

 

e)               Disinterested Director ” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Claim in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

 

f)                Expenses ” means any and all expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, and all other costs and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness or participate in, any Claim. Expenses also shall include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Claim, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, and (ii) for purposes of Section 5 only, Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, by litigation or otherwise. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee. [The parties agree that for the purposes of any advancement of Expenses for which Indemnitee has made written demand to the Company in accordance with this Agreement, all Expenses included in such demand that are certified by affidavit of Indemnitee’s counsel as being reasonable shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable.]

 

g)               Expense Advance ” means any payment of Expenses advanced to Indemnitee by the Company pursuant to Section 4 or Section 5 hereof.

 

h)              I ndemnifiable Event ” means any event or occurrence, whether occurring [before,] on or after the date of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee or agent of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise (collectively with the Company, “ Enterprise ”) or by reason of an action or inaction by Indemnitee in any such capacity (whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any Loss is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement).

 

i)                  “Independent Counsel ” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently performs, nor in the past [five] years has performed, services for either: (i) the Company or Indemnitee (other than in connection with matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement or of other indemnitees under similar agreements) or (ii) any other party to the Claim giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

 

j)                 Losses ” means any and all Expenses, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties (whether civil, criminal or other), ERISA excise taxes, amounts paid or payable in settlement, including any interest, assessments, [any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement] and all other charges paid or payable in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness or participate in, any Claim.

 

k)              Permitted Holder ” means (i) TDR Capital LLP (a limited liability company organized under the laws of England and Wales, having its registered office at 20 Bentinck, LondonW1U 2EU and being registered with Companies House under number OC302604); (ii) TDR Capital LLP’s affiliates; (iii) TDR Capital II Holdings LP and any other fund (including, without limitation, any unit trust, investment trust, limited partnership or general partnership) which is advised by, or the assets of which are managed (whether solely or jointly with

 


 

others) from time to time by, TDR Capital LLP or TDR Capital II Holdings LP; and/or (iv) any other fund (including, without limitation, any unit trust, investment trust, limited partnership or general partnership) of which TDR Capital LLP or TDR Capital II Holdings LP (or a group undertaking for the time being of TDR Capital II Holdings LP), or TDR Capital II Holdings LP’s general partner, trustee or nominee, is a general partner, manager, adviser, trustee or nominee.

 

l)                  Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity and includes the meaning set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

m)          Standard of Conduct Determination ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(b) below.

 

n)              Voting Securities ” means any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.

 

2.               Services to the Company . Indemnitee agrees to [serve/continue to serve] as a director or officer of the Company for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until Indemnitee tenders [his/her] resignation or is no longer serving in such capacity. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment agreement between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that [his/her] [employment with/service to] the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Enterprise is at will and the Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may be otherwise provided in any written employment agreement between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or Enterprise), other applicable formal severance policies duly adopted by the Board or, with respect to service as a director or officer of the Company, by the Company’s Constituent Documents or Delaware law.

 

3.               Indemnification . Subject to Section 9 and Section 10 of this Agreement, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware in effect on the date hereof, or as such laws may from time to time hereafter be amended to increase the scope of such permitted indemnification, against any and all Losses if Indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or participant in, any Claim by reason of or arising in part out of an Indemnifiable Event, including, without limitation, Claims brought by or in the right of the Company, Claims brought by third parties, and Claims in which the Indemnitee is solely a witness.

 

4.               Advancement of Expenses . Indemnitee shall have the right to advancement by the Company, prior to the final disposition of any Claim by final adjudication to which there are no further rights of appeal, of any and all Expenses actually and reasonably paid or incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Claim arising out of an Indemnifiable Event. Indemnitee’s right to such advancement is not subject to the satisfaction of any standard of conduct. Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, within 20 days after any request by Indemnitee, the Company shall, in accordance with such request, (a) pay such Expenses on behalf of Indemnitee, (b) advance to Indemnitee funds in an amount sufficient to pay such Expenses, or (c) reimburse Indemnitee for such Expenses. In connection with any request for Expense Advances, Indemnitee shall not be required to provide any documentation or information to the extent that the provision thereof would undermine or otherwise jeopardize attorney-client privilege. In connection with any request for Expense Advances, Indemnitee shall execute and deliver to the Company an undertaking (which shall be accepted without reference to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expense Advances), to repay any amounts paid, advanced, or reimbursed by the Company for such Expenses to the extent that it is ultimately determined, following the final disposition of such Claim, that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder. Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

 

5.               Indemnification for Expenses in Enforcing Rights . To the fullest extent allowable under applicable law, the Company shall also indemnify against, and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall advance to Indemnitee subject to and in accordance with Section 4, any Expenses actually and reasonably paid or incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action or proceeding by Indemnitee for (a) indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under any provision of this Agreement, or under any other agreement or provision of the Constituent Documents now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims relating to Indemnifiable Events, and/or (b) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company[,/.] [regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, as the case may be/ However, in the event that Indemnitee is ultimately determined not to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, as the case may be, then all amounts advanced under this Section 5 shall be repaid]. Indemnitee

 


 

shall be required to reimburse the Company in the event that a final judicial determination is made that such action brought by Indemnitee was frivolous or not made in good faith.

 

6.               Partial Indemnity . If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for a portion of any Losses in respect of a Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event but not for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

7.               Notification and Defense of Claims .

 

a)              Notification of Claims . Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing as soon as practicable of any Claim which could relate to an Indemnifiable Event or for which Indemnitee could seek Expense Advances, including a brief description (based upon information then available to Indemnitee) of the nature of, and the facts underlying, such Claim. The failure by Indemnitee to timely notify the Company hereunder shall not relieve the Company from any liability hereunder unless such failure materially prejudices the Company.

 

b)              Defense of Claims . The Company shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event at its own expense and, except as otherwise provided below, to the extent the Company so wishes, it may assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee. After notice from the Company to Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of any such Claim, the Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any Expenses subsequently directly incurred by Indemnitee in connection with Indemnitee’s defense of such Claim other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. Indemnitee shall have the right to employ its own legal counsel in such Claim, but all Expenses related to such counsel incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense shall be at Indemnitee’s own expense; provided, however, that if (i) Indemnitee’s employment of its own legal counsel has been authorized by the Company, (ii) Indemnitee has reasonably determined that there may be a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Company in the defense of such Claim, (iii) after a Change in Control, Indemnitee’s employment of its own counsel has been approved by the Independent Counsel or (iv) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Claim, then Indemnitee shall be entitled to retain its own separate counsel (but not more than one law firm plus, if applicable, local counsel in respect of any such Claim) and all Expenses related to such separate counsel shall be borne by the Company.

 

8.               Procedure upon Application for Indemnification . In order to obtain indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor, including in such request such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of the Claim[, provided that documentation and information need not be so provided to the extent that the provision thereof would undermine or otherwise jeopardize attorney-client privilege]. Indemnification shall be made insofar as the Company determines Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification in accordance with Section 9 below.

 

9.               Determination of Right to Indemnification.

 

a)              Mandatory Indemnification; Indemnification as a Witness.

 

i.                   To the extent that Indemnitee shall have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event or any portion thereof or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including without limitation dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Losses relating to such Claim in accordance with Section 3 to the fullest extent allowable by law[, and no Standard of Conduct Determination (as defined in Section 9(b)) shall be required].

 

ii.                To the extent that Indemnitee’s involvement in a Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event is to prepare to serve and serve as a witness, and not as a party, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Losses incurred in connection therewith to the fullest extent allowable by law.

 

b)              Standard of Conduct . To the extent that the provisions of Section 9(a) are inapplicable to a Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event that shall have been finally disposed of, any determination of whether Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under Delaware law that is a legally required condition to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against Losses relating to such Claim and any determination that

 


 

Expense Advances must be repaid to the Company (a “ Standard of Conduct Determination ”) shall be made as follows:

 

i.                   if no Change in Control has occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even if less than a quorum of the Board, (B) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum or (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; and

 

ii.                if a Change in Control shall have occurred, (A) if the Indemnitee so requests in writing, by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even if less than a quorum of the Board or (B) otherwise, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee.

 

The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall reimburse Indemnitee for, or advance to Indemnitee, any and all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in cooperating with the person or persons making such Standard of Conduct Determination.

 

c)               Making the Standard of Conduct Determination . The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any Standard of Conduct Determination required under Section 9(b) to be made as promptly as practicable. If the person or persons designated to make the Standard of Conduct Determination under Section 9(b) shall not have made a determination within [30 days] after the later of (A) receipt by the Company of a written request from Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 8 (the date of such receipt being the “Notification Date”) and (B) the selection of an Independent Counsel, if such determination is to be made by Independent Counsel, then Indemnitee shall be deemed to have satisfied the applicable standard of conduct; provided that such [60-day] period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional [30 days], if the person or persons making such determination in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate information relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement of Indemnitee to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of any Claim.

 

d)              Payment of Indemnification . If, in regard to any Losses:

 

i.                   Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9(a);

 

ii.                no Standard Conduct Determination is legally required as a condition to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder; or

 

iii.             Indemnitee has been determined or deemed pursuant to Section 9(b) or Section 9(c) to have satisfied the Standard of Conduct Determination,

 

then the Company shall pay to Indemnitee, within [five days] after the later of (A) the Notification Date or (B) the earliest date on which the applicable criterion specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) is satisfied, an amount equal to such Losses.

 

e)               Selection of Independent Counsel for Standard of Conduct Determination . If a Standard of Conduct Determination is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 9(b)(i), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising [him/her] of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Standard of Conduct Determination is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 9(b)(ii), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee, and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either case, Indemnitee or the Company, as applicable, may, within [five days] after receiving written notice of selection from the other, deliver to the other a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not satisfy the criteria set forth in the definition of “Independent Counsel” in Section 1(i), and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person or firm so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is properly and timely made and substantiated, (i) the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection

 


 

is without merit; and (ii) the non-objecting party may, at its option, select an alternative Independent Counsel and give written notice to the other party advising such other party of the identity of the alternative Independent Counsel so selected, in which case the provisions of the two immediately preceding sentences, the introductory clause of this sentence and numbered clause (i) of this sentence shall apply to such subsequent selection and notice. If applicable, the provisions of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to successive alternative selections. If no Independent Counsel that is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(e) to make the Standard of Conduct Determination shall have been selected within [20 days] after the Company gives its initial notice pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9(e) or Indemnitee gives its initial notice pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 9(e), as the case may be, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (“ Delaware Court ”) to resolve any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or to appoint as Independent Counsel a person to be selected by the Court or such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person or firm with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person or firm so appointed will act as Independent Counsel. In all events, the Company shall pay all of the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel incurred in connection with the Independent Counsel’s determination pursuant to Section 9(b).

 

f)                Presumptions and Defenses.

 

i.                   Indemnitee’s Entitlement to Indemnification . In making any Standard of Conduct Determination, the person or persons making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable standard of conduct and is entitled to indemnification, and the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption and establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled. Any Standard of Conduct Determination that is adverse to Indemnitee may be challenged by the Indemnitee in the Delaware Court. No determination by the Company (including by its directors or any Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not satisfied any applicable standard of conduct may be used as a defense to any legal proceedings brought by Indemnitee to secure indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of Expenses by the Company hereunder or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard of conduct.

 

ii.                Reliance as a Safe Harbor . For purposes of this Agreement, and without creating any presumption as to a lack of good faith if the following circumstances do not exist, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company if Indemnitee’s actions or omissions to act are taken in good faith reliance upon the records of the Company, including its financial statements, or upon information, opinions, reports or statements furnished to Indemnitee by the officers or employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in the course of their duties, or by committees of the Board or by any other Person (including legal counsel, accountants and financial advisors) as to matters Indemnitee reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Company. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failures to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnity hereunder.

 

iii.             No Other Presumptions . For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, will not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any applicable standard of conduct or have any particular belief, or that indemnification hereunder is otherwise not permitted.

 

iv.            Defense to Indemnification and Burden of Proof . It shall be a defense to any action brought by Indemnitee against the Company to enforce this Agreement (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for Losses incurred in defending against a Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event in advance of its final disposition) that it is not permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed. In connection with any such action or any related Standard of Conduct Determination, the burden of proving such a defense or that the Indemnitee did not satisfy the applicable standard of conduct shall be on the Company.

 

10.        Exclusions from Indemnification . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to:

 


 

a)              indemnify or advance funds to Indemnitee for Expenses or Losses with respect to proceedings initiated by Indemnitee, including any proceedings against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees and not by way of defense, except:

 

i.                   proceedings referenced in Section 5 above (unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous); or

 

ii.                where the Company has joined in or the Board has consented to the initiation of such proceedings.

 

b)              indemnify Indemnitee if a final decision by a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such indemnification is prohibited by applicable law.

 

c)               indemnify Indemnitee for the disgorgement of profits arising from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company in violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or any similar successor statute.

 

d)              indemnify or advance funds to Indemnitee for Indemnitee’s reimbursement to the Company of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation previously received by Indemnitee or payment of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in connection with an accounting restatement of the Company or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act).

 

11.        Settlement of Claims . The Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any threatened or pending Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall not settle any Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event in any manner that would impose any Losses on the Indemnitee without the Indemnitee’s prior written consent.

 

12.        Duration . All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period that Indemnitee is a director or officer of the Company (or is serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, member, trustee or agent of another Enterprise) and shall continue thereafter (i) so long as Indemnitee may be subject to any possible Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event (including any rights of appeal thereto) and (ii) throughout the pendency of any proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto) commenced by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret his or her rights under this Agreement, even if, in either case, he or she may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any such Claim or proceeding.

 

13.        Non-Exclusivity . The rights of Indemnitee hereunder will be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Constituent Documents, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, any other contract or otherwise (collectively, “ Other Indemnity Provisions ”); provided, however, that (a) to the extent that Indemnitee otherwise would have any greater right to indemnification under any Other Indemnity Provision, Indemnitee will be deemed to have such greater right hereunder and (b) to the extent that any change is made to any Other Indemnity Provision which permits any greater right to indemnification than that provided under this Agreement as of the date hereof, Indemnitee will be deemed to have such greater right hereunder.

 

14.        Liability Insurance . For the duration of Indemnitee’s service as a [director/officer] of the Company, and thereafter for so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any pending Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts (taking into account the scope and amount of coverage available relative to the cost thereof) to continue to maintain in effect policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing coverage that is at least substantially comparable in scope and amount to that provided by the Company’s current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. In all policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained by the Company, Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are provided to the most favorably insured of the Company’s directors, if Indemnitee is a director, or of the Company’s officers, if Indemnitee is an officer (and not a director) by such policy. Upon request, the Company will provide to Indemnitee copies of all directors’ and officers’ liability insurance applications, binders, policies, declarations, endorsements and other related materials.

 


 

15.        No Duplication of Payments . The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment to Indemnitee in respect of any Losses to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise received payment under any insurance policy, the Constituent Documents, Other Indemnity Provisions or otherwise of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable by the Company hereunder.

 

16.        Subrogation . In the event of payment to Indemnitee under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

17.        Amendments . No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought, and no such waiver shall operate as a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. Except as specifically provided herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.

 

18.        Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substances satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

19.        Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in the event that any of the provisions hereof (including any portion thereof) are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

20.        Notices . All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand, against receipt, or mailed, by postage prepaid, certified or registered mail:

 

a)              if to Indemnitee, to the address set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

b)              if to the Company, to:

 

Target Hospitality Corp.

Attn: General Counsel

2170 Buckthorne Place

Suite 440

The Woodlands, TX, 77380

 

Notice of change of address shall be effective only when given in accordance with this Section. All notices complying with this Section shall be deemed to have been received on the date of hand delivery or on the third business day after mailing.

 

21.        Governing Law and Forum . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed in such state without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court and not in any other state or federal court in the United States, (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, and (c) waive, and agree not to plead or make, any claim that the Delaware Court lacks venue or that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

 

22.        Headings . The headings of the sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and

 


 

shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction or interpretation thereof.

 

23.        Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

INDEMNITEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Exhibit 10.7

 

TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP.

2019 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

 

1. Purpose . The purpose of the Target Hospitality Corp. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “ Plan ”) is to provide a means through which the Company and its Affiliates may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors (and prospective directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors) of the Company and its Affiliates can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, which may (but need not) be measured by reference to the value of Common Shares, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company and its Affiliates and aligning their interests with those of the Company’s shareholders.

 

2. Definitions . The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan:

 

(a) “ Affiliate ” means (i) any person or entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company and/or (ii) to the extent provided by the Committee, any person or entity in which the Company has a significant interest. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any person or entity, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

(b) “ Award ” means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Bonus Award, and Performance Compensation Award granted under the Plan.

 

(c) “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(d) “ Business Combination ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

 

(e) “ Cause ” means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award agreement states otherwise, (i) the Company or an Affiliate having “cause” to terminate a Participant’s employment or service, as defined in any employment or consulting or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate in effect at the time of such termination or (ii) in the absence of any such employment or consulting or similar agreement (or the absence of any definition of “Cause” contained therein), (A) the Participant’s indictment for, conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony (other than in connection with a traffic violation) under any state or federal law, (B) the Participant’s failure to substantially perform his or her essential job functions after receipt of written notice from the Company requesting such performance, (C) an act of fraud or gross misconduct with respect, in each case, to the Company, by the Participant, (D) any material misconduct by the Participant that could be reasonably expected to damage the reputation or business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (E) the Participant’s violation of a material policy of the Company. Any determination of whether Cause exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

(f) “ Change in Control ” shall, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award agreement states otherwise or contains a different definition of “Change in Control,” be deemed to occur upon:

 

(i) Any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

 

(ii) Any “Person” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) is or becomes, directly or indirectly, the “beneficial owner” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act of securities of the Company that represent more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities (the “ Outstanding Company Voting Securities ”); provided , however , that for purposes of this Section 2(f)(ii), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (I) any acquisition directly from the Company, (II) any acquisition by the Company, (III) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or

 

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maintained by the Company or any Affiliate, (IV) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections 2(f)(iv)(A) and 2(f)(iv)(B), (V) any acquisition involving beneficial ownership of less than 50% of the then-outstanding Common Shares (the “ Outstanding Company Common Shares ”) or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that is determined by the Board, based on review of public disclosure by the acquiring Person with respect to its passive investment intent, not to have a purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company; provided , however , that for purposes of this clause (V), any such acquisition in connection with (x) an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents or (y) any “Business Combination” (as defined below) shall be presumed to be for the purpose or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company;

 

(iii) During any period of two (2) consecutive years, the individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board together with any individuals subsequently elected to the Board whose nomination by the shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote of the then incumbent Board (i.e. those members of the Board who either have been directors from the beginning of such two-year period or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by the Board as provided in this Section 2(f)(iii)) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board;

 

(iv) Consummation of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation (a “ Business Combination ”) of the Company with any other corporation, unless, following such Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Shares and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent securities) and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent governing body), as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Shares and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, and (B) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent governing body) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination;

 

(v) The date which is 10 business days prior to the consummation of complete liquidation of the Company.

 

(g) “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

 

(h) “ Committee ” means a committee of at least two people as the Board may appoint to administer the Plan or, if no such committee has been appointed by the Board, the Board.

 

(i) “ Common Shares ” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such ordinary shares may be converted or into which they may be exchanged).

 

(j) “ Company ” means Target Hospitality Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

(k) “ Confidential Information ” means any and all confidential and/or proprietary trade secrets, knowledge, data, or information of the Company including, without limitation, any: (A) drawings, inventions, methodologies, mask works, ideas, processes, formulas, source and object codes, data, programs, software source documents, works of authorship, know-how, improvements, discoveries, developments, designs and techniques, and all other work product of the Company, whether or not patentable or registrable under trademark, copyright, patent or similar laws; (B) information regarding plans for research, development, new service offerings and/or products, marketing, advertising and selling, distribution, business plans and strategies, business forecasts, budgets and

 

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unpublished financial statements, licenses, prices and costs, suppliers, customers, customer history, customer preferences, or distribution arrangements; (C) any information regarding the skills or compensation of employees, suppliers, agents, and/or independent contractors of the Company; (D) concepts and ideas relating to the development and distribution of content in any medium or to the current, future and proposed products or services of the Company; (E) information about the Company’s investment program, trading methodology, or portfolio holdings; or (F) any other information, data or the like that is labeled confidential or described as confidential.

 

(l) “ Date of Grant ” means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.

 

(m) “ Effective Date ” means the date on which the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company.

 

(n) “ Eligible Director ” means a person who is (i) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

(o) “ Eligible Person ” means any (i) individual employed by the Company or an Affiliate; provided , however , that no such employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; (ii) director of the Company or an Affiliate; (iii) consultant or advisor to the Company or an Affiliate; provided that if the Securities Act applies such persons must be eligible to be offered securities registrable on Form S-8 under the Securities Act; or (iv) prospective employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company or its Affiliates (and would satisfy the provisions of clauses (i) through (iii) above once he or she begins employment with or begins providing services to the Company or its Affiliates).

 

(p) “ Exchange Act ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control,” and any reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

 

(q) “ Exercise Price ” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan.

 

(r) “ Fair Market Value ” means, as of any date, the value of Common Shares determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Shares are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system will be the closing sales price for such shares (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable;

 

(ii) If the Common Shares are regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Common Share will be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Shares on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable; or

 

(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Shares, the Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Committee.

 

(s) “ Good Reason ” means, if applicable to any Participant in the case of a particular Award, as defined in the Participant’s employment agreement or the applicable Award agreement.

 

(t) “ Immediate Family Members ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16(b).

 

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(u) “ Incentive Stock Option ” means an Option that is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan.

 

(v) “ Indemnifiable Person ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e) of the Plan.

 

(w) “ Intellectual Property Products ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(c) of the Plan.

 

(x)  Mature Shares ” means Common Shares owned by a Participant that are not subject to any pledge or security interest and that have been either previously acquired by the Participant on the open market or meet such other requirements, if any, as the Committee may determine are necessary in order to avoid an accounting earnings charge on account of the use of such shares to pay the Exercise Price or satisfy a withholding obligation of the Participant.

 

(y)  “ Nonqualified Stock Option ” means an Option that is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(z) “ Option ” means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.

 

(aa) “ Option Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(c) of the Plan.

 

(bb) “ Outstanding Company Common Shares ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

 

(cc) “ Outstanding Company Voting Securities ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

 

(dd) “ Participant ” means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

 

(ee) “ Performance Compensation Award ” shall mean any Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.

 

(ff) “ Performance Criteria ” shall mean the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal(s) for a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award under the Plan.

 

(gg) “ Performance Formula ” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

 

(hh) “ Performance Goals ” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria.

 

(ii) “ Performance Period ” shall mean the one or more periods of time, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance Compensation Award.

 

(jj) “ Permitted Transferee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16(b) of the Plan.

 

(kk) “ Person ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

 

(ll) “ Plan ” means this Target Hospitality Corp. 2019 Incentive Award Plan.

 

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(mm) “ Qualifying Termination ” means the occurrence of either a termination of a Participant’s employment by the Company without Cause or for Good Reason, in either case, occurring on or within the 12-month period following the consummation of a Change in Control.

 

(nn) “ Restricted Period ” means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions or, as applicable, the period of time within which performance is measured for purposes of determining whether an Award has been earned.

 

(oo) “ Restricted Stock Unit ” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver Common Shares, cash, other securities or other property, subject to certain performance or time-based restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

 

(pp) “ Restricted Stock ” means Common Shares, subject to certain specified performance or time-based restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

 

(qq) “ Retirement ” means except as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in an Award agreement, termination of employment from the Company and its Affiliates (other than for Cause) on a date the Participant is then eligible to receive immediate, early or normal retirement benefits under the provisions of any of the Company’s or its Affiliate’s retirement plans, or if the Participant is not covered under any such plan, on or after attainment of age fifty-five (55) and completion of ten (10) years of continuous service with the Company and its Affiliates or on or after attainment of age sixty-five (65) and completion of five (5) years of continuous service with the Company and its Affiliates.

 

(rr) “ SAR Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 8(b) of the Plan.

 

(ss) “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

 

(tt) “ Stock Appreciation Right ” or SAR means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.

 

(uu) “ Stock Bonus Award ” means an Award granted under Section 10 of the Plan.

 

(vv) “ Strike Price ” means, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, (i) in the case of a SAR granted in tandem with an Option, the Exercise Price of the related Option, or (ii) in the case of a SAR granted independent of an Option, the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.

 

(ww) “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Outstanding Company Voting Securities (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or shareholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

 

(ii) any partnership (or any comparable foreign entity (a) the sole general partner (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general partner of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners (or functional equivalents thereof) of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

 

(xx) “ Substitute Award ” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(e).

 

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3. Effective Date; Duration . The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date. The expiration date of the Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date; provided , however , that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of the Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards.

 

4. Administration . (a) The Committee shall administer the Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan), it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time he takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan, be an Eligible Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as an Eligible Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. Whether a quorum is present shall be determined based on the Committee’s charter as approved by the Board.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of Common Shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Common Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, Common Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) accelerate the vesting or exercisability of, payment for or lapse of restrictions on, Awards; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

 

(c) The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company or any Affiliate the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election that is the responsibility of or that is allocated to the Committee herein, and that may be so delegated as a matter of law, except for grants of Awards to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award or any documents evidencing Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons or entities, including, without limitation, the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any shareholder of the Company.

 

(e) No member of the Board, the Committee, delegate of the Committee or any employee or agent of the Company (each such person, an “ Indemnifiable Person ”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder. Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan or any Award agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, provided that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such

 

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Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts or omissions of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold them harmless.

 

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.

 

5. Grant of Awards; Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations . (a) The Committee may, from time to time, grant Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Bonus Awards and/or Performance Compensation Awards to one or more Eligible Persons.

 

(b) Subject to Section 12 of the Plan, Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) the Committee is authorized to deliver under the Plan an aggregate of 4,000,000 Common Shares, (ii) the maximum number of Common Shares that may be granted under the Plan to any Participant during any single year with respect to Awards that are Options and SARs shall be 1,500,000 Common Shares, and (iii) the maximum number of Common Shares that may be granted under the Plan during any single year to any Participant who is a non-employee director, when taken together with any cash fees paid to such non-employee director during such year in respect of his or her service as a non-employee director, shall not exceed $600,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such Awards based on the grant date Fair Market Value of such Awards for financial reporting purposes); provided that the Board may make exceptions to this limit for a non-executive chair of the Board.

 

(c) In the event that (i) any Option or other Award granted hereunder is exercised through the tendering of Common Shares (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of Common Shares by the Company, or (ii) withholding tax liabilities arising from such Option or other Award are satisfied by the tendering of Common Shares (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of Common Shares by the Company, then in each such case the Common Shares so tendered or withheld shall be added to the Common Shares available for grant under the Plan on a one-for-one basis. Shares underlying Awards under this Plan that are forfeited, cancelled, expire unexercised, or are settled in cash are available again for Awards under the Plan.

 

(d) Common Shares delivered by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase, or a combination of the foregoing.

 

(e) Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“ Substitute Awards ”). The number of Common Shares underlying any Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the aggregate number of Common Shares available for Awards under the Plan.

 

6. Eligibility . Participation shall be limited to Eligible Persons who have entered into an Award agreement or who have received written notification from the Committee, or from a person designated by the Committee, that they have been selected to participate in the Plan.

 

7. Options .

 

(a)  Generally . Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement. All Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options unless the applicable

 

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Award agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company and its Affiliates, and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Eligible Person who is ineligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless the Plan has been approved by the shareholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval requirements of Section 422(b)(1) of the Code; provided that any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such approval is obtained. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the terms and conditions of such grant shall be subject to and comply with such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code. If for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under the Plan.

 

(b)  Exercise Price . The exercise price (“ Exercise Price ”) per Common Share for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share determined as of the Date of Grant; provided , however , that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns shares representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any Affiliate, the Exercise Price per share shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per share on the Date of Grant and provided further , that, notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Exercise Price shall not be less than the par value per Common Share.

 

(c)  Vesting and Expiration . Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “ Option Period ”); provided , however , that the Option Period shall not exceed five years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who on the Date of Grant owns shares representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any Affiliate; provided, further, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any Option, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such Option other than with respect to exercisability. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement: (i) an Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 100% of the Common Shares subject to such Option on the fourth anniversary of the Date of Grant; (ii) the unvested portion of an Option shall expire upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the Option, and the vested portion of such Option shall remain exercisable for (A) two years following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s Retirement, death or disability (as determined by the Committee), but not later than the expiration of the Option Period or (B) 90 days following termination of employment or service for any reason other than such Participant’s Retirement, death or disability, and other than such Participant’s termination of employment or service for Cause, but not later than the expiration of the Option Period; and (iii) both the unvested and the vested portion of an Option shall expire upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service by the Company for Cause. If the Option would expire at a time when the exercise of the Option would violate applicable securities laws, the expiration date applicable to the Option will be automatically extended to a date that is thirty (30) calendar days following the date such exercise would no longer violate applicable securities laws (so long as such extension shall not violate Section 409A of the Code); provided , that in no event shall such expiration date be extended beyond the expiration of the Option Period.

 

(d)  Method of Exercise and Form of Payment . No Common Shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld. Options that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Option accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent and/or Common Shares valued at the fair market value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of Common Shares in lieu of actual delivery of such shares to the Company); provided that such Common Shares are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and are Mature Shares and; (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit in accordance with applicable law, in its sole discretion, including without limitation: (A) in other property having a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price or (B) if there is a public market for the

 

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Common Shares at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company is delivered a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the Common Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price or (C) by a “net exercise” method whereby the Company withholds from the delivery of the Common Shares for which the Option was exercised that number of Common Shares having a fair market value equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for the Common Shares for which the Option was exercised. No fractional Common Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Common Shares, or whether such fractional Common Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

 

(e)  Notification upon Disqualifying Disposition of an Incentive Stock Option . Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date he makes a disqualifying disposition of any Common Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation, any sale) of such Common Shares before the later of (A) two years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option or (B) one year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The Company may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, retain possession of any Common Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option as agent for the applicable Participant until the end of the period described in the preceding sentence.

 

(f)  Compliance With Laws, etc . Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner that the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, if applicable, or any other applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.

 

8. Stock Appreciation Rights .

 

(a)  Generally . Each SAR granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each SAR so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement. Any Option granted under the Plan may include tandem SARs. The Committee also may award SARs to Eligible Persons independent of any Option.

 

(b)  Exercise Price . The Exercise Price per Common Share for each SAR shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share determined as of the Date of Grant

 

(c)  Vesting and Expiration . A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule and expiration provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall vest and become exercisable and shall expire in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “ SAR Period ”); provided , however , that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any SAR, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such SAR other than with respect to exercisability. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement: (i) a SAR shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 100% of the Common Shares subject to such SAR on the fourth anniversary of the Date of Grant; (ii) the unvested portion of a SAR shall expire upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the SAR, and the vested portion of such SAR shall remain exercisable for (A) two years following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s Retirement, death or disability (as determined by the Committee), but not later than the expiration of the SAR Period or (B) 90 days following termination of employment or service for any reason other than such Participant’s Retirement, death or disability, and other than such Participant’s termination of employment or service for Cause, but not later than the expiration of the SAR Period; and (iii) both the unvested and the vested portion of a SAR shall expire upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service by the Company for Cause.

 

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(d)  Method of Exercise . SARs that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on which such SARs were awarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the last day of the Option Period (or in the case of a SAR independent of an option, the SAR Period), the fair market value exceeds the Strike Price, the Participant has not exercised the SAR or the corresponding Option (if applicable), and neither the SAR nor the corresponding Option (if applicable) has expired, such SAR shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day and the Company shall make the appropriate payment therefor.

 

(e)  Payment . Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the number of shares subject to the SAR that are being exercised multiplied by the excess, if any, of the fair market value of one Common Share on the exercise date over the Strike Price, less an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in Common Shares valued at fair market value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. No fractional Common Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Common Shares, or whether such fractional Common Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

 

9. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units . (a)  Generally . Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each such grant shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 9, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement.

 

(b)  Restricted Accounts; Escrow or Similar Arrangement . Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, a book entry in a restricted account shall be established in the Participant’s name at the Company’s transfer agent and, if the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than held in such restricted account pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable, and (ii) the appropriate share power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute an agreement evidencing an Award of Restricted Stock and, if applicable, an escrow agreement and blank share power within the amount of time specified by the Committee, the Award shall be null and void. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 9 and the applicable Award agreement, the Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a shareholder as to such Restricted Stock, including without limitation the right to vote such Restricted Stock and the right to receive dividends, if applicable. To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any share certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a shareholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company.

 

(c)  Vesting; Acceleration of Lapse of Restrictions . Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement: (i) the Restricted Period shall lapse with respect to 100% of the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units on the fourth anniversary of the Date of Grant; and (ii) the unvested portion of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall terminate and be forfeited upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the applicable Award.

 

(d)  Delivery of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units .

 

(i) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, the share certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock that have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full share). Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Participant in cash or, at the sole

 

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discretion of the Committee, in Common Shares having a fair market value equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise set forth by the Committee in the applicable Award agreement).

 

(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, one Common Share for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit; provided , however , that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (x) pay cash or part cash and part Common Share in lieu of delivering only Common Shares in respect of such Restricted Stock Units or (y) defer the delivery of Common Shares (or cash or part Common Shares and part cash, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period if such delivery would result in a violation of applicable law until such time as is no longer the case. If a cash payment is made in lieu of delivering Common Shares, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the fair market value of the Common Shares as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, less an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld.

 

10. Stock Bonus Awards . The Committee may issue unrestricted Common Shares, or other Awards denominated in Common Shares, under the Plan to Eligible Persons, either alone or in tandem with other awards, in such amounts as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion determine. Each Stock Bonus Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each Stock Bonus Award so granted shall be subject to such conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement.

 

11. Performance Compensation Awards . (a)  Generally . The Committee shall have the authority, at the time of grant of any Award described in Sections 7 through 10 of the Plan, to designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award. The Committee shall have the authority to make an award of a cash bonus to any Participant and designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award. All Performance Compensation Awards shall be evidenced by an Award agreement.

 

(b)  Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards . The Committee shall have the discretion to the terms, conditions and restrictions of any Performance Compensation Award. With regard to a particular Performance Period, the Committee shall have sole discretion to select the length of such Performance Period, the type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s) and/or level(s) of the Performance Goals(s) that is (are) to apply and the Performance Formula.

 

(c)  Performance Criteria . The Committee may establish Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) for Performance Compensation Awards which may be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more Affiliates, divisions, business segments or operational units, or any combination of the foregoing) and may include, without limitation, any of the following: (i) net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or revenue growth; (iv) gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, or sales); (vii) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, net cash provided by operations and cash flow return on capital); (viii) financing and other capital raising transactions (including, but not limited to, sales of the Company’s equity or debt securities); (ix) earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization; (x) gross or operating margins; (xi) productivity ratios; (xii) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); (xiii) expense targets; (xiv) margins; (xv) productivity and operating efficiencies; (xvi) objective measures of customer satisfaction; (xvii) customer growth; (xviii) working capital targets; (xix) measures of economic value added; (xx) inventory control; (xxi) enterprise value; (xxii) sales; (xxiii) debt levels and net debt; (xxiv) combined ratio; (xxv) timely launch of new facilities; (xxvi) client retention; (xxvii) employee retention; (xxviii) timely completion of new product rollouts; (xxix) cost targets; (xxx) reductions and savings; (xxxi) productivity and efficiencies; (xxxii) strategic partnerships or transactions; and (xxxiii) objective measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may be used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates as a

 

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whole or any business unit(s) of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison or peer companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to the Performance Criteria specified in this paragraph. Any Performance Criteria that are financial metrics, may be determined in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“ GAAP ”) or may be adjusted when established to include or exclude any items otherwise includable or excludable under GAAP.

 

(d)  Modification of Performance Goal(s) . The Committee is authorized at any time to adjust or modify the calculation of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period, based on and in order to appropriately reflect any specified circumstance or event that occurs during a Performance Period, including but not limited to the following: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) unusual and/or infrequently occurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 (or any successor pronouncement thereto) and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year; (vi) acquisitions or divestitures; (vii) discontinued operations; (viii) any other specific unusual or infrequently occurring or non-recurring events, or objectively determinable category thereof; (ix) foreign exchange gains and losses; and (x) a change in the Company’s fiscal year.

 

(e)  Terms and Condition to Receipt of Payment . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award agreement, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period. A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that: (A) the Performance Goals for such period are achieved; and (B) all or some of the portion of such Participant’s Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period based on the application of the Performance Formula to such achieved Performance Goals. Following the completion of a Performance Period, the Committee shall determine whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, calculate the amount of the Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the amount of each Participant’s Performance Compensation Award actually payable for the Performance Period.

 

(f)  Timing of Award Payments . Performance Compensation Awards granted for a Performance Period shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively practicable following the Committee’s determination in accordance with Section 11(e).

 

12. Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events . In the event of (a) any dividend (other than ordinary cash dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, spin-off, split-up, split-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Common Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire Common Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) that affects the Common Shares, or (b) unusual or infrequently occurring events (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) affecting the Company, any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements of any governmental body or securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system, accounting principles or law, such that in either case an adjustment is determined by the Committee in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate, then the Committee shall make any such adjustments in such manner as it may deem equitable, including without limitation any or all of the following:

 

(i) adjusting any or all of (A) the number of Common Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) that may be delivered in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan (including, without limitation, adjusting any or all of the limitations under Section 5 of the Plan) and (B) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (1) the number of Common Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other

 

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securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate, (2) the Exercise Price or Strike Price with respect to any Award or (3) any applicable performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance Criteria and Performance Goals);

 

(ii) providing for a substitution or assumption of Awards, accelerating the exercisability of, lapse of restrictions on, or termination of, Awards or providing for a period of time for exercise prior to the occurrence of such event; and

 

(iii) canceling any one or more outstanding Awards and causing to be paid to the holders thereof, in cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property, or any combination thereof, the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which if applicable may be based upon the price per Common Share received or to be received by other shareholders of the Company in such event), including without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the Common Shares subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR, respectively (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the fair market value of a Common Share subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor); provided , however , that in the case of any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring. Any adjustment in Incentive Stock Options under this Section 12 (other than any cancellation of Incentive Stock Options) shall be made only to the extent not constituting a “modification” within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code, and any adjustments under this Section 12 shall be made in a manner that does not adversely affect the exemption provided pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.

 

13. Effect of Change in Control . Except to the extent otherwise provided in an Award agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may provide that, with respect to all or any portion of a particular outstanding Award or Awards:

 

(a) if a Participant experiences a Qualifying Termination, the Participant’s then outstanding Options and SARs shall become immediately exercisable as of the date of the Participant’s Qualifying Termination;

 

(b) if a Participant experiences a Qualifying Termination, any Restricted Period in effect on the date of the Participant’s Qualifying Termination shall expire as of such date (including without limitation a waiver of any applicable Performance Goals);

 

(c) if a Participant experiences a Qualifying Termination, Performance Periods in effect on the date of the Participant’s Qualifying Termination shall end on such date, and the Committee shall (i) determine the extent to which Performance Goals with respect to each such Performance Period have been met based upon such audited or unaudited financial information or other information then available as it deems relevant and (ii) cause the Participant to receive partial or full payment of Awards for each such Performance Period based upon the Committee’s determination of the degree of attainment of the Performance Goals, or assuming that the applicable “target” levels of performance have been attained or on such other basis determined by the Committee.

 

To the extent practicable, any actions taken by the Committee under the immediately preceding clauses (a) through (c) shall occur in a manner and at a time which allows affected Participants the ability to participate in the Change in Control transactions with respect to the Common Shares subject to their Awards.

 

14. Amendments and Termination .

 

(a)  Amendment and Termination of the Plan . The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that (i) no amendment to Section 14(b) (to the extent required by the proviso in such Section 14(b)) shall be made without shareholder approval and (ii) no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without shareholder approval if

 

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such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan (including, without limitation, as necessary to comply with any rules or requirements of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Shares may be listed or quoted); provided , further , that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary.

 

(b)  Amendment of Award Agreements . The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of any applicable Award agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award agreement, prospectively or retroactively; provided that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant; provided , further , that without shareholder approval, except as otherwise permitted under Section 12 of the Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the Strike Price of any SAR, (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR where the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares underlying such Option or SAR is less than its Exercise Price and replace it with a new Option or SAR, another Award or cash and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action that is considered a “repricing” for purposes of the shareholder approval rules of the applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted.

 

15. Restrictive Covenants . (a)  Confidentiality . By accepting an Award under the Plan, and as a condition thereof, each Participant agrees not to, at any time, either during their employment or thereafter, divulge, use, publish or in any other manner reveal, directly or indirectly, to any person, firm, corporation or any other form of business organization or arrangement, and to keep in the strictest confidence any Confidential Information, except (i) as may be necessary to the performance of the Participant’s duties to the Company, (ii) with the Company’s express written consent, (iii) to the extent that any such information is in or becomes in the public domain other than as a result of the Participant’s breach of any of his or her obligations under this Section 15(a), or (iv) where required to be disclosed by court order, subpoena or other government process and in such event, the Participant shall cooperate with the Company in attempting to keep such information confidential to the maximum extent possible. Upon the request of the Company or an Affiliate, the Participant agrees to promptly deliver to the Company the originals and all copies, in whatever medium, of all such Confidential Information.

 

(b)  Non-Disparagement . By accepting an Award under the Plan, and as a condition thereof, the Participant acknowledges and agrees that he or she will not defame or publicly criticize the services, business, integrity, veracity or personal or professional reputation of the Company, including its officers, directors, partners, executives or agents, in either a professional or personal manner at any time during or following his or her employment.

 

(c)  Post-Employment Property . By accepting an Award under the Plan, and as a condition thereof, the Participant agrees that any work of authorship, invention, design, discovery, development, technique, improvement, source code, hardware, device, data, apparatus, practice, process, method or other work product whatever (whether patentable or subject to copyright, or not, and hereinafter collectively called “discovery”) related to the business of the Company that the Participant, either solely or in collaboration with others, has made or may make, discover, invent, develop, perfect, or reduce to practice during his or her employment, whether or not during regular business hours and created, conceived or prepared on the Company’s premises or otherwise shall be the sole and complete property of the Company. More particularly, and without limiting the foregoing, the Participant agrees that all of the foregoing and any (i) inventions (whether patentable or not, and without regard to whether any patent therefor is ever sought), (ii) marks, names, or logos (whether or not registrable as trade or service marks, and without regard to whether registration therefor is ever sought), (iii) works of authorship (without regard to whether any claim of copyright therein is ever registered), and (iv) trade secrets, ideas, and concepts ((i) — (iv) collectively, “ Intellectual Property Products ”) created, conceived, or prepared on the Company’s premises or otherwise, whether or not during normal business hours, shall perpetually and throughout the world be the exclusive property of the Company, as shall all tangible media (including, but not limited to, papers, computer media of all types, and models) in which such Intellectual Property Products shall be recorded or otherwise fixed. The Participant further agrees promptly to disclose in writing and deliver to the Company all Intellectual Property Products created during his or

 

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her engagement by the Company, whether or not during normal business hours. The Participant agrees that all works of authorship created by the Participant during his or her engagement by the Company shall be works made for hire of which the Company is the author and owner of copyright. To the extent that any competent decision-making authority should ever determine that any work of authorship created by the Participant during his or her engagement by the Company is not a work made for hire, by accepting an Award, the Participant assigns all right, title and interest in the copyright therein, in perpetuity and throughout the world, to the Company. To the extent that this Plan does not otherwise serve to grant or otherwise vest in the Company all rights in any Intellectual Property Product created by the Participant during his or her engagement by the Company, by accepting an Award, the Participant assigns all right, title and interest therein, in perpetuity and throughout the world, to the Company. The Participant agrees to execute, immediately upon the Company’s reasonable request and without charge, any further assignments, applications, conveyances or other instruments, at any time, whether or not the Participant is engaged by the Company at the time such request is made, in order to permit the Company and/or its respective assigns to protect, perfect, register, record, maintain, or enhance their rights in any Intellectual Property Product; provided that the Company shall bear the cost of any such assignments, applications or consequences. Upon termination of the Participant’s employment by the Company for any reason whatsoever, and at any earlier time the Company so requests, the Participant will immediately deliver to the custody of the person designated by the Company all originals and copies of any documents and other property of the Company in the Participant’s possession, under the Participant’s control or to which he or she may have access.

 

For purposes of this Section 15, the term “ Company ” shall include the Company and its Affiliates.

 

16. General . (a)  Award Agreements . Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)) and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including without limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, disability or termination of employment or service of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined by the Committee.

 

(b)  Nontransferability . (i) Each Award shall be exercisable only by a Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or an Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

 

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) to be transferred by a Participant, without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award agreement to preserve the purposes of the Plan, to: (A) any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act (collectively, the “ Immediate Family Members ”); (B) a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; (C) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or stockholders are the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or (D) any other transferee as may be approved either (I) by the Board or the Committee in its sole discretion, or (II) as provided in the applicable Award agreement. (each transferee described in clauses (A), (B) (C) and (D) above is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Transferee ”); provided that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of the Plan.

 

(iii) The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in the Plan, or in any applicable Award agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the Common Shares to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent with any applicable Award agreement, that such a

 

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registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) the Committee or the Company shall not be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise; and (D) the consequences of the termination of the Participant’s employment by, or services to, the Company or an Affiliate under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Participant, including, without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified in the Plan and the applicable Award agreement.

 

(c)  Tax Withholding . (i) A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate, and the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold, from any cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property deliverable under any Award or from any compensation or other amounts owing to a Participant, the amount (in cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property) of any required withholding taxes (up to the maximum statutory rate under applicable law) in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee or the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding and taxes.

 

(ii) Without limiting the generality of clause (i) above, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability by (A) the delivery of Common Shares (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and are Mature Shares) owned by the Participant having a fair market value equal to such withholding liability or (B) having the Company withhold from the number of Common Shares otherwise issuable or deliverable pursuant to the exercise or settlement of the Award a number of shares with a fair market value equal to such withholding liability.

 

(d)  No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver . No employee of the Company or an Affiliate, or other person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or any Award agreement. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award agreement, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Company and its Affiliates and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.

 

(e)  International Participants . With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America, the Committee may in its sole discretion amend the terms of the Plan or outstanding Awards with respect to such Participants in order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant, the Company or its Affiliates.

 

(f)  Designation and Change of Beneficiary . Each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under the Plan upon his death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided , however , that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, his or her estate.

 

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(g)  Termination of Employment/Service . Unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any point following such event: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence nor a transfer from employment or service with the Company to employment or service with an Affiliate (or vice-versa) shall be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate; and (ii) if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity (or vice-versa), such change in status shall not be considered a termination of employment with the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(h)  No Rights as a Stockholder . Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award agreement, no person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of Common Shares that are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to that person.

 

(i)  Government and Other Regulations . (i) The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in Common Shares or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any Common Shares pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the Common Shares to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all certificates for Common Shares or other securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award agreement, the federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which such shares or other securities are then listed or quoted and any other applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, and, without limiting the generality of Section 9 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that it in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.

 

(ii) The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of Common Shares from the public markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Shares to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Shares from the Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Common Shares to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (A) the aggregate fair market value of the Common Shares subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or delivered, as applicable), over (B) the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of delivery of Common Shares (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof.

 

(j)  Payments to Persons Other Than Participants . If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or his estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to his spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.

 

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(k)  Nonexclusivity of the Plan . Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the shareholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options or other equity-based awards otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

 

(l)  No Trust or Fund Created . Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate, on the one hand, and a Participant or other person or entity, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other employees under general law.

 

(m)  Reliance on Reports . Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent public accountant of the Company and its Affiliates and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself.

 

(n)  Relationship to Other Benefits . No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

 

(o)  Governing Law . The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.

 

(p)  Severability . If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or entity or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or entity or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(q)  Obligations Binding on Successors . The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.

 

(r)  Code Section 409A .

 

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, all Awards made under this Plan are intended to be exempt from or, in the alternative, comply with Code Section 409A and the interpretive guidance thereunder, including the exceptions for stock rights and short-term deferrals. The Plan shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Each payment under an Award shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A.

 

(ii) If a Participant is a “specified employee” (as such term is defined for purposes of Code Section 409A) at the time of his or her termination of service, no amount that is nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A and that becomes payable by reason of such termination of service shall

 

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be paid to the Participant (or in the event of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s representative or estate) before the earlier of (x) the first business day after the date that is six months following the date of the Participant’s termination of service, and (y) within 30 days following the date of the Participant’s death. For purposes of Code Section 409A, a termination of service shall be deemed to occur only if it is a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and references in the Plan and any Award agreement to “termination of service” or similar terms shall mean a “separation from service.” If any Award is or becomes subject to Code Section 409A, unless the applicable Award agreement provides otherwise, such Award shall be payable upon the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A. If any Award is or becomes subject to Code Section 409A and if payment of such Award would be accelerated or otherwise triggered under a Change in Control, then the definition of Change in Control shall be deemed modified, only to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of an excise tax under Code Section 409A, to mean a “change in control event” as such term is defined for purposes of Code Section 409A.

 

(iii) Any adjustments made pursuant to Section 12 to Awards that are subject to Code Section 409A shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and any adjustments made pursuant to Section 12 to Awards that are not subject to Code Section 409A shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the Awards either (x) continue not to be subject to Code Section 409A or (y) comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

 

(s)  Expenses; Gender; Titles and Headings . The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates. Masculine pronouns and other words of masculine gender shall refer to both men and women. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings shall control.

 

(t)  Other Agreements . Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may require, as a condition to the grant of and/or the receipt of Common Shares under an Award, that the Participant execute lock-up, shareholder or other agreements, as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(u)  Payments . Participants shall be required to pay, to the extent required by applicable law, any amounts required to receive Common Shares under any Award made under the Plan.

 

(v)  Erroneously Awarded Compensation . All Awards shall be subject (including on a retroactive basis) to (i) any clawback, forfeiture or similar incentive compensation recoupment policy established from time to time by the Company, including, without limitation, any such policy established to comply with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (ii) applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), and/or (iii) the rules and regulations of the applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted, and such requirements shall be deemed incorporated by reference into all outstanding Award agreements.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into by and between Target Logistics Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (the “ Employer ”), and James Bradley Archer, an individual (the “ Executive ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Executive is currently employed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Employer;

 

WHEREAS, on November 13, 2018, Algeco Investments B.V. entered into a merger agreement, as amended January 4, 2019, pursuant to which it will sell all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Algeco U.S. Holdings, LLC, the owner of the Employer, to a special purpose acquisition company (the transactions contemplated in such agreement, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Transaction ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Employer will be the surviving entity following the consummation of the Transaction (the “ Closing ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Employer and the Executive desire to enter into this Agreement to set out the terms and conditions for the continued employment relationship of the Executive with the Employer effective as of the date of the Closing (the “ Effective Date ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Employment Agreement . On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Employer agrees to continue to employ the Executive and the Executive agrees to continue to be employed by the Employer for the Employment Period set forth in Section 2 and in the positions and with the duties set forth in Section 3 . Terms used herein with initial capitalization not otherwise defined are defined in Section 25 .

 

2.                                       Term . The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and extend for 36 months (the “ Initial Term ”). If the Closing does not occur, this Agreement shall be deemed null and void. The term of employment shall be automatically extended for an additional consecutive 12-month period (the “ Extended Term ”) on the last day of the Initial Term and each subsequent anniversary thereof, unless and until the Employer or Executive provides written notice to the other party in accordance with Section 11 hereof not less than 120 days before such anniversary date that such party is electing not to extend the term of employment under this Agreement (“ Non-Renewal ”), in which case the term of employment hereunder shall end as of the end of such Initial Term or Extended Term, as the case may be, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter set forth. Such Initial Term and all such Extended Terms are collectively referred to herein as the “ Employment Period ”. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if on the date of a Change in Control the remaining term of the Employment Period is less than 12 months, the Employment Period shall be automatically extended to the end of the 12-month period following such Change in Control.

 

3.                                       Position and Duties . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Employer. In such capacities, the Executive shall report

 


 

exclusively to the Chairman of the Board and shall have the duties, responsibilities and authorities customarily associated with such position(s) in a company the size and nature of the Employer. The Executive shall devote the Executive’s reasonable best efforts and full business time to the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder and the advancement of the business and affairs of the Employer; provided that , the Executive may serve on civic, charitable, educational, religious, public interest or public service boards, and manage the Executive’s personal and family investments, in each case, to the extent such activities do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall, if requested, serve as a member of the Board, and shall be recommended for reappointment as a member of the Board by the Target Hospitality Corp. Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, as necessary.

 

4.                                       Place of Performance . During the Employment Period, except for reasonable travel on the Employer’s business consistent with the Executive’s position, the Executive shall be based primarily at the Employer’s executive headquarters, currently located in Houston, Texas.

 

5.                                       Compensation and Benefits; Options .

 

(a)                                  Base Salary . During the Employment Period, the Employer shall pay to the Executive a base salary (the “ Base Salary ”) at the rate of no less than $600,000 per calendar year, less applicable deductions, and prorated for any partial year. Beginning with the first quarter of 2020, the Base Salary shall be reviewed for increase by the Employer no less frequently than annually, and shall be increased in the discretion of the Employer and any such adjusted Base Salary shall constitute the “Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement. The Base Salary shall be paid in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s regular payroll procedures. The Executive’s Base Salary may not be decreased during the Employment Period.

 

(b)                                  Election to Receive RSUs . Capitalized terms used in this Section 3(b)  but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them under the Incentive Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of each calendar year during the Employment Period, the Executive may elect in writing to receive 100% of the Base Salary in the form of restricted stock units (“ RSUs ”) in respect of Common Shares under the Incentive Plan, provided that, for the first year of the Employment Period only, such election may be made at any time on or prior to the Effective Date; the amount of RSUs that Executive shall be entitled to receive pursuant to any such election shall be determined by dividing the applicable annual Base Salary by the then Fair Market Value per Common Share, provided that, for the first year of the Employment Period only, the amount of RSUs the Executive shall be entitled to receive pursuant to any such election shall be 60,000. Any such election by the Executive shall continue in effect for each subsequent calendar year during the Employment Period unless and until notice revoking such election is provided by the Executive or the Employer no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the applicable calendar year; provided that any such election may be cancelled at any time, with no liability to the Employer, and the Base Salary may be paid in cash in accordance with Section 5(a) , if the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Committee ”) does not approve the grant of RSUs to the Executive in accordance with the terms of the Incentive Plan. The RSUs shall vest ratably each month during the calendar year any such election is in effect; provided that in the event of a termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the vesting of the RSUs shall cease and any unvested RSUs shall be forfeited as of the Date of Termination. The Restricted Period applicable to any RSUs issued hereunder shall lapse at the end of the calendar year in respect of which any such RSUs were issued, whereupon the Executive shall be entitled to one Common Share for each RSU that is no longer subject to the applicable Restricted Period.  Except as otherwise provided herein, any RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 5(b)  shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Incentive Plan and applicable Award agreement, neither of which shall conflict with the terms hereof.

 

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(c)                                   Annual Bonus . For each fiscal year of the Employer ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual cash performance bonus (an “ Annual Bonus ”) based on performance against performance criteria determined by the Committee. The Executive’s annual target bonus opportunity for a fiscal year shall equal 133% of the Executive’s Base Salary at the beginning of such year (the “ Target Bonus ”). The Executive’s Annual Bonus for a fiscal year shall be determined by the Committee after the end of the applicable bonus period and shall be paid to the Executive when annual bonuses for that year are paid to other senior executives of the Employer generally, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year to which such Annual Bonus relates.

 

(d)                                  Long Term Incentive Equity .

 

(i)                                      Annual Award . With respect to each fiscal year of the Employer ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive annual equity awards under the Incentive Plan (“ Annual Award ”). The level of the Executive’s participation in any such plan, if any, shall be determined in the discretion of the Committee from time to time. The target grant value of the Annual Award is $1,000,000, but the actual value of any grant may be higher or lower based on Committee discretion. Terms and conditions of such awards shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the applicable plan and the applicable award agreements.

 

(ii)                                   Initial Annual Award . For the Employer’s 2019 fiscal year, the Executive shall receive an equity award under the Incentive Plan having a grant date fair value (as determined by the Committee) of $1,000,000, 50% of which will be in the form of options and 50% of which will be in the form of RSUs, in each case, consistent with the terms set forth in Annex A.

 

(e)                                   Vacation . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks’ vacation annually to be used in accordance with the Employer’s applicable vacation policy.

 

(f)                                    Automobile Allowance . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an automobile allowance that is comparable in all material respects to that provided to other similarly situated executives of the Employer in accordance with the Employer’s applicable automobile allowance policy.

 

(g)                                   Benefits . During the Employment Period, the Employer shall provide to the Executive employee benefits and perquisites on a basis that is comparable in all material respects to that provided to other similarly situated executives of the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to change insurance carriers and to adopt, amend, terminate or modify employee benefit plans and arrangements at any time and without the consent of the Executive.

 

(h)                                  Additional Benefits . During the Employment Period, to the extent permitted under applicable law including without limitation the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Section 105(h) of the Code, the Employer shall reimburse the Executive for the Executive’s portion of the premium costs under the Employer’s group health, dental, vision, life and AD&D, STD and LTD insurance.

 

6.                                       Expenses . The Executive is expected and is authorized to incur reasonable expenses in the performance of his duties hereunder. The Employer shall reimburse the Executive for all such expenses reasonably and actually incurred in accordance with policies which may be adopted from time to time by the Employer promptly upon periodic presentation by the Executive of an itemized account, including reasonable substantiation, of such expenses.

 

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7.                                       Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure and Non-Competition Agreement . The Employer and the Executive acknowledge and agree that during the Executive’s employment with the Employer, the Executive will have access to and may assist in developing Employer Confidential Information and will occupy a position of trust and confidence with respect to the Employer’s affairs and business and the affairs and business of the Employer Affiliates. The Executive agrees that the following obligations are necessary to preserve the confidential and proprietary nature of Employer Confidential Information and to protect the Employer and the Employer Affiliates against harmful solicitation of employees and customers, harmful competition and other actions by the Executive that would result in serious adverse consequences for the Employer and the Employer Affiliates:

 

(a)                                  Non-Disclosure . During and after the Executive’s employment with the Employer, the Executive will not knowingly use, disclose or transfer any Employer Confidential Information other than as authorized in writing by the Employer or within the scope of the Executive’s duties with the Employer as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Executive. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 7(a)  shall not apply when disclosure is required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to disclose or make accessible any information or as to information that becomes generally known to the public or within the relevant trade or industry other than due to the Executive’s violation of this Section 7(a) .

 

(b)                                  Materials . The Executive will not remove any Employer Confidential Information or any other property of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate from the Employer’s premises or make copies of such materials except for normal and customary use in the Employer’s business as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Executive. The Executive will return to the Employer all Employer Confidential Information and copies thereof and all other property of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate at any time upon the request of the Employer and in any event promptly after termination of Executive’s employment. The Executive agrees to attempt in good faith to identify and return to the Employer any copies of any Employer Confidential Information after the Executive ceases to be employed by the Employer. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, nothing in this Section 7 shall prevent the Executive from retaining a home computer, papers and other materials of a personal nature that do not contain Employer Confidential Information.

 

(c)                                   No Solicitation or Hiring of Employees . During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not solicit, entice, persuade or induce any individual who is employed by the Employer or any Employer Affiliate (or who was so employed within 180 days prior to the Executive’s action) to terminate or refrain from continuing such employment or to become employed by or enter into contractual relations with any other individual or entity and the Executive shall not hire, directly or indirectly, as an employee, consultant or otherwise, any such person.

 

(d)                                  Non-Competition .

 

(i)                                      During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit or encourage any client or customer of the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer, or any person or entity who was such a client or customer within 180 days prior to Executive’s action to terminate, reduce or alter in a manner adverse to the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer, any existing business arrangements with the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer or to transfer existing business from the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer to any other person or entity, (B) provide services in any capacity to any entity in any geographic area in which the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer conducts that business, or is actively planning to conduct that business, as of the date of such termination (the “ Non-Competition Area ”) if (i) the entity competes with the Employer or any direct

 

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or indirect subsidiary of the Employer by engaging in any business engaged in by the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer, or (ii) the services to be provided by the Executive are competitive with the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer and substantially similar to those previously provided by the Executive to the Employer, or (C) own an interest in any entity, including those described in Section 7(d)(i)(B)(i)  immediately above. The Executive agrees that, before providing services, whether as an employee or consultant, to any entity during the Non-Compete Period, the Executive will provide a copy of this Agreement to such entity, and such entity shall acknowledge to the Employer in writing that it has read this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that this covenant has a unique, very substantial and immeasurable value to the Employer, that the Executive has sufficient assets and skills to provide a livelihood for the Executive while such covenant remains in force and that, as a result of the foregoing, in the event that the Executive breaches such covenant, monetary damages would be an insufficient remedy for the Employer and equitable enforcement of the covenant would be proper.

 

(ii)                                   If the restrictions contained in Section 7(d)(1)  shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of their extending for too great a period of time or over too great a geographical area or by reason of their being too extensive in any other respect, Section 7(d)(i)  shall be modified to be effective for the maximum period of time for which it may be enforceable and over the maximum geographical area as to which it may be enforceable and to the maximum extent in all other respects as to which it may be enforceable.

 

(e)                                   Enforcement . The Executive acknowledges that in the event of any breach of this Section 7 , the business interests of the Employer and the Employer Affiliates will be irreparably injured, the full extent of the damages to the Employer and the Employer Affiliates will be impossible to ascertain, monetary damages will not be an adequate remedy for the Employer and the Employer Affiliates, and the Employer will be entitled to enforce this Agreement by a temporary, preliminary and/or permanent injunction or other equitable relief, without the necessity of posting bond or security, which the Executive expressly waives. The Executive understands that the Employer may waive some of the requirements expressed in this Agreement, but that such a waiver to be effective must be made in writing and should not in any way be deemed a waiver of the Employer’s right to enforce any other requirements or provisions of this Agreement. The Executive agrees that each of the Executive’s obligations specified in this Agreement is a separate and independent covenant and that the unenforceability of any of them shall not preclude the enforcement of any other covenants in this Agreement. In signing this Agreement, the Executive gives the Employer assurance that the Executive has carefully read and considered all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Executive agrees that these restraints are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the Employer and the Employer Affiliates and their Confidential Information and that each and every one of the restraints is reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area, and that these restraints, individually or in the aggregate, will not prevent the Executive from obtaining other suitable employment during the period in which the Executive is bound by the restraints. The Executive agrees that, before providing services, whether as an employee or consultant, to any entity during the period of time that the Executive is subject to the constraints in this Agreement, the Executive will provide a copy of this Agreement to such entity, and such entity shall acknowledge to the Employer in writing that it has read this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that each of these covenants has a unique, very substantial and immeasurable value to the Employer and its Affiliates and that the Executive has sufficient assets and skills to provide a livelihood while such covenants remain in force. The Executive further covenants that he will not challenge the reasonableness or enforceability of any of the covenants set forth in this Agreement, and that the Executive will reimburse the Employer and the Employer Affiliates for all costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with any action to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement if the Executive challenges the reasonableness or enforceability of any

 

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of the provisions of this Agreement. It is also agreed that each of the Employer Affiliates will have the right to enforce all of the Executive’s obligations to that affiliate under this Agreement.

 

8.                                       Termination of Employment .

 

(a)                                  Permitted Terminations . The Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated during the Employment Period under the following circumstances:

 

(i)                                      Death . The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death;

 

(ii)                                   By the Employer . The Employer may terminate the Executive’s employment:

 

(A)                                Disability . If the Executive shall have been substantially unable to perform the Executive’s material duties hereunder by reason of illness, physical or mental disability or other similar incapacity, which inability shall continue for 180 consecutive days or 270 days in any 24-month period (a “ Disability ”) (provided, that until such termination, the Executive shall continue to receive the Executive’s compensation and benefits hereunder, reduced by any benefits payable to the Executive under any applicable disability insurance policy or plan); or

 

(B)                                Cause . For Cause or without Cause;

 

(iii)                                By the Executive . The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment for any reason (including Good Reason) or for no reason.

 

(b)                                  Termination . Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer or the Executive (other than because of the Executive’s death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Notice of Termination ” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, if any, and set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. Termination of the Executive’s employment shall take effect on the Date of Termination. The Executive agrees, in the event of any dispute under Section 8(a)(ii)(A)  as to whether a Disability exists, and if requested by the Employer, to submit to a physical examination by a licensed physician selected by mutual consent of the Employer and the Executive, the cost of such examination to be paid by the Employer. The written medical opinion of such physician shall be conclusive and binding upon each of the parties hereto as to whether a Disability exists and the date when such Disability arose. This Section shall be interpreted and applied so as to comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and any applicable state or local laws.

 

9.                                       Compensation Upon Termination .

 

(a)                                  Disability . If the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period because of the Executive’s Disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A) , the Employer shall pay to the Executive (i) the Accrued Benefits; and (ii) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally. In addition, any outstanding equity awards granted pursuant to Section 5(d)(i)-(ii)  that are subject solely to time-based vesting conditions shall immediately vest. The vesting, if any, upon termination as a result of

 

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the Executive’s Disability of any outstanding equity awards that are subject to performance-based vesting conditions shall be determined based on actual performance in the applicable fiscal period in which termination occurs, and the Executive will vest in any such awards to the extent performance metrics are ultimately achieved. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Death . If the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Employment Period as a result of the Executive’s death, the Employer shall pay to the Executive’s legal representative or estate, and the Executive’s legal representative or estate shall be entitled to, as applicable, (i) the amounts set forth in Section 9(a) ; and (ii) one times the Executive’s Base Salary at the time of termination less amounts payable, if any, under any Company provided life insurance policy, payable in a lump sum. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Termination by the Employer for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason . If, during the Employment Period, the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment for Cause pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B)  or the Executive terminates his employment without Good Reason, the Employer shall pay to the Executive the Accrued Benefits. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason . Subject to Section 9(e) , if the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A)  or if the Executive terminates his employment hereunder with Good Reason, subject to the Executive’s compliance with Section 7 , (i) the Employer shall pay the Executive (A) the Accrued Benefits, (B) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally, and (C) continued Base Salary for 12 months following the Date of Termination (the “ Severance Period ”) payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices (the “ Cash Severance Payment ”); (ii) any unvested awards granted to the Executive under the Incentive Plan shall continue to vest during the Severance Period to the extent that such awards would have become vested had he remained employed through the end of the Severance Period; and (iii) the Executive shall be entitled to additional payments, payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices, equal to the total costs that would be incurred by the Executive to obtain and pay for continued coverage under the Employer’s health insurance plans during the Severance Period (the “ Continued Coverage Payment ”). For the purposes of this Agreement, a voluntary termination by the Executive upon the expiration of the Employment Period due to delivery of a non-renewal notice by the Employer pursuant to Section 2 shall be treated as a termination by the Employer without Cause.

 

(e)                                   Change in Control .

 

(i)                                      Section 9(e)(ii)  shall apply if there is (A) a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability or by the Executive for Good Reason, in either case, during the 12-month period after a Change in Control; or (B) a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability prior to a Change in Control, if the termination was at the request of a third party or otherwise arose in anticipation of a Change in Control (a termination described in either clause (A) or clause (B), a “ CIC Termination ”).

 

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(ii)                                   If any such termination occurs, (A) the Executive shall receive benefits set forth in Section 9(d) , except that the Cash Severance Payment shall be equal to the sum of 1.5x the Executive’s Base Salary at the time of termination and the Executive Target Bonus for the year of termination and, if such Change in Control is a “change in control event” under Section 409A of the Code (a “ Qualifying CIC ”), shall be paid in a lump sum, and (B) the Continued Coverage Payment shall be paid in a lump sum. In addition, any outstanding equity awards granted pursuant to Section 5(d)(i)-(ii)  that are subject solely to time-based vesting conditions shall immediately vest upon a CIC Termination. For the avoidance of doubt, the acceleration, if any, upon a CIC Termination of any outstanding equity awards that are subject to performance-based vesting conditions shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the applicable plan and the applicable award agreements. To the extent the Executive’s CIC Termination is described in Section 9(e)(i)(B)  and the Change in Control is a Qualifying CIC, the incremental Cash Severance Payment and any unpaid Cash Severance Payment shall be paid in a lump sum.

 

(f)                                    Liquidated Damages . The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which will result to the Executive for termination by the Employer of the Executive’s employment without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the amounts, excluding the Accrued Benefits, payable to the Executive under Section 9(d)  or Section 9(e)  (the “ Severance Benefits ”) shall constitute liquidated damages for any such termination. The Executive agrees that, except for such other payments and benefits to which the Executive may be entitled as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or any other applicable benefit plan, such liquidated damages shall be in lieu of all other claims that the Executive may make by reason of any such termination of his employment and that, as a condition to receiving the Severance Benefits, the Executive must execute a release of claims in a form to be provided by the Employer (the “ Release ”). To be eligible for Severance Benefits, the Executive must execute and deliver the Release, and such Release must become irrevocable, within 60 days of the Date of Termination. The Cash Severance Payment shall be made, and the continuing health insurance coverage shall commence, promptly after the Release becomes irrevocable; provided that to the extent the 60-day period spans two calendar years and to the extent required to comply with Code Section 409A, such payments shall be made or commence, as applicable, on the 60th day following the Date of Termination.

 

(g)                                   No Offset . In the event of termination of his employment, the Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other employment and there shall be no offset against amounts due to him on account of any remuneration or benefits provided by any subsequent employment he may obtain. The Employer’s obligation to make any payment pursuant to, and otherwise to perform its obligations under, this Agreement shall not be affected by any offset, counterclaim or other right that the Employer or any Employer Affiliate may have against him for any reason.

 

10.                                Section 280G .

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement to the contrary, if any of the payments or benefits provided or to be provided by the Company or its affiliates to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (“ Covered Payments ”) constitute “parachute payments”  within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and would, but for this Section 10 be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law or any interest or penalties with respect to such taxes (collectively, the “ Excise Tax ”), then prior to making the Covered Payments, a calculation shall be made comparing (i) the Net Benefit (as defined below) to the Executive of the Covered Payments after payment of the Excise Tax to (ii) the Net Benefit to the Executive if the Covered Payments are limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax. Only if the amount calculated under (i) above is less than the amount under (ii) above will the

 

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Covered Payments be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the Covered Payments is subject to the Excise Tax. “ Net Benefit ” shall mean the present value of the Covered Payments net of all federal, state, local, foreign income, employment and excise taxes.

 

(b)                                  The Covered Payments shall be reduced in a manner that maximizes the Executive’s economic position. In applying this principle, the reduction shall be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and where two economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction but payable at different times, such amounts shall be reduced on a pro rata basis but not below zero.

 

(c)                                   Any determination required under this Section 10 shall be made in writing in good faith by an independent accounting firm selected by the Company that is reasonably acceptable to the Executive (the “ Accountants ”). The Company and the Executive shall provide the Accountants with such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section 10 . For purposes of making the calculations and determinations required by this Section 10 , the Accountants may rely on reasonable, good faith assumptions and approximations concerning the application of Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code. The Accountants’ determinations shall be final and binding on the Company and the Executive. The Executive shall be responsible for all fees and expenses incurred by the Accountants in connection with the calculations required by this Section 10 .

 

11.                                Notices . All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, delivered by overnight air courier, or transmitted by facsimile transmission addressed as follows:

 

(i)                                      If to the Employer:

 

General Counsel

Target Logistics Management, LLC

2170 Buckthorne Place, Suite 440

The Woodlands, TX 77380-1775

 

(ii)                                   If to the Executive:

 

James Bradley Archer

[Address redacted]

 

Each party may designate by notice in writing a new address to which any notice, demand, request or communication may thereafter be so given, served or sent. Each notice, demand, request, or communication that shall be given or made in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given or made for all purposes at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the return receipt, the delivery receipt, confirmation of facsimile transmission or the affidavit of messenger being deemed conclusive but not exclusive evidence of such delivery) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation.

 

12.                                Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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13.                                Effect on Other Agreements . The provisions of this Agreement shall supersede the terms of any plan, policy, agreement, award or other arrangement (whether entered into before or after the date hereof) regarding the subject matter hereof, including the Employment Agreement entered into by and between the Executive and Target Logistics Management, LLC, dated February 15, 2013, and the Letter Agreement between the Executive and Target Logistics Management, LLC, dated December 6, 2016.

 

14.                                Survival . It is the express intention and agreement of the parties hereto that the provisions of Sections 7 , 9 , 11 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 21 and 22 hereof and this Section 14 shall survive the termination of employment of the Executive. In addition, all obligations of the Employer to make payments hereunder shall survive any termination of this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

15.                                Assignment . The rights and obligations of the parties to this Agreement shall not be assignable or delegable, except that (i) in the event of the Executive’s death, the personal representative or legatees or distributees of the Executive’s estate, as the case may be, shall have the right to receive any amount owing and unpaid to the Executive hereunder and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Employer hereunder shall be assignable and delegable in connection with any subsequent merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or equity interests of the Employer or similar transaction involving the Employer or a successor corporation. The Employer shall require any successor to the Employer to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.

 

16.                                Binding Effect . Subject to any provisions hereof restricting assignment, this Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

17.                                Amendment; Waiver . This Agreement shall not be amended, altered or modified except by an instrument in writing duly executed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. Neither the waiver by either of the parties hereto of a breach of or a default under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure of either of the parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder, shall thereafter be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder.

 

18.                                Headings . Section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement for any purpose, and shall not in any way define or affect the meaning, construction or scope of any of the provisions hereof.

 

19.                                Governing Law . This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas (but not including any choice of law rule thereof that would cause the laws of another jurisdiction to apply).

 

20.                                Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties respecting the employment of the Executive, there being no representations, warranties or commitments except as set forth herein.

 

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

 

22.                                Withholding . The Employer may withhold from any benefit payment under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or governmental

 

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regulation or ruling; provided that any withholding obligation arising in connection with the exercise of a stock option or the transfer of stock or other property shall be satisfied through withholding an appropriate number of shares of stock or appropriate amount of such other property.

 

23.                                Section 409A . The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code (“ Code Section 409A ”) and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith. If the Executive notifies the Employer (with specificity as to the reason therefor) that the Executive believes that any provision of this Agreement (or of any award of compensation, including equity compensation or benefits) would cause the Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Code Section 409A and the Employer concurs with such belief or the Employer (without any obligation whatsoever to do so) independently makes such determination, the Employer shall, after consulting with the Executive, reform such provision to attempt to comply with Code Section 409A through good faith modifications to the minimum extent reasonably appropriate to conform with Code Section 409A. To the extent that any provision hereof is modified in order to comply with Code Section 409A, such modification shall be made in good faith and shall, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, maintain the original intent and economic benefit to the Executive and the Employer of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Code Section 409A. In no event whatsoever shall the Employer be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalty that may be imposed on the Executive by Code Section 409A or damages for failing to comply with Code Section 409A. With respect to any payment or benefit considered to be nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service” Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed on the date of termination to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B), then with regard to any payment or the provision of any benefit that is considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A payable on account of a “separation from service,” such payment or benefit shall not be made or provided until the date which is the earlier of (A) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of such “separation from service” of the Executive, and (B) the date of the Executive’s death, to the extent required under Code Section 409A. Upon the expiration of the foregoing delay period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this Section 23 (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. To the extent that reimbursements or other in-kind benefits under this Agreement constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A, (A) all expenses or other reimbursements hereunder shall be made on or prior to the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which such expenses were incurred by the Executive, (B) any right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and (C) no such reimbursement, expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided in any taxable year shall in any way affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other taxable year. For purposes of Code Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days, the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Employer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall any payment under this Agreement that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A be subject to offset by any other amount unless otherwise permitted by Code Section 409A.

 

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24.                                Indemnification . Employer hereby agrees to indemnify the Executive and provide directors and officers liability insurance coverage to the Executive, in each case, on terms and conditions no less favorable than those provided to members of the Board.

 

25.                                Definitions .

 

Accrued Benefits ” means (i) Base Salary through the Date of Termination; (ii) accrued and unused vacation pay; (iii) any earned but unpaid Annual Bonus; (iv) any amounts owing to the Executive for reimbursement of expenses properly incurred by the Executive prior to the Date of Termination and which are reimbursable in accordance with Section 6 ; and (v) any other benefits or amounts due and owing to the Executive under the terms of any plan, program or arrangement of the Employer. Amounts payable pursuant to the clauses (i) - (iii) shall be paid promptly after the Date of Termination and all other amounts will be paid in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, program or arrangement (as modified by this Agreement).

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Employer.

 

Cause ” shall be limited to the following events (i) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony (other than in connection with a traffic violation) under any state or federal law; (ii) the Executive’s failure to substantially perform his essential job functions hereunder after receipt of written notice from the Employer requesting such performance; (iii) a material act of fraud or material misconduct with respect, in each case, to the Employer, by the Executive; (iv) any material misconduct by the Executive that could be reasonably expected to damage the reputation or business of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate; or (v) the Executive’s material violation of a material policy of the Employer. Any determination of whether Cause exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive shall not be terminated for Cause hereunder unless (A) written notice stating the basis for the termination is provided to the Executive, (B) as to clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this paragraph, the Executive is given 15 days to cure the neglect or conduct that is the basis of such claim (it being understood that any errors in expense reimbursement may be cured by repayment), and (C) if the Executive fails to cure such neglect or conduct, there is a vote of a majority of the members of the Board to terminate the Executive for Cause.

 

Change in Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Incentive Plan.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

Date of Termination ” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Executive’s death, the date of the Executive’s death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated because of the Executive’s Disability, 30 days after Notice of Termination, provided that the Executive shall not have returned to the performance of the Executive’s duties on a full- time basis during such 30-day period; or (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Employer pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B)  or by the Executive pursuant to Section 8(a)(iii) , the date specified in the Notice of Termination, which may not be less than 60 days after the Notice of Termination in the event the Employer is terminating the Executive without Cause or the Executive is terminating employment without Good Reason.

 

Employer Affiliate ” means any entity controlled by, in control of, or under common control with, the Employer.

 

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Employer Confidential Information ” means information known to the Executive to constitute trade secrets or proprietary information belonging to the Employer or other confidential financial information, operating budgets, strategic plans or research methods, personnel data, projects or plans, or non-public information regarding the terms of any existing or pending lending transaction between Employer and an existing or pending client or customer (as the phrase “client or customer” is defined in Section 7(d)(i)  hereof), in each case, received by the Executive in the course of his employment by the Employer or in connection with his duties with the Employer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the general skills, knowledge and experience gained during the Executive’s employment with the Employer, information publicly available or generally known within the industry or trade in which the Employer competes and information or knowledge possessed by the Executive prior to his employment by the Employer, shall not be considered Employer Confidential Information.

 

Good Reason ” means, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Executive, (i) any material diminution or adverse change in the Executive’s titles; (ii) reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or Target Bonus; (iii) a failure to grant the Executive, in any consecutive 12 month period, long term incentive equity awards having a grant date fair value (as determined by the Committee in good faith) of at least $1,000,000; (iv) a requirement that the Executive report to someone other than the Employer’s Chairman of the Board; (v) a material diminution in the Executive’s authority, responsibilities or duties or material interference with the Executive’s carrying out his duties; (vi) the assignment of duties inconsistent with the Executive’s position or status with the Employer as of the Effective Date; or (vii) a relocation of the Executive’s primary place of employment to a location more than 50 miles from the Employer’s executive headquarters. In order to invoke a termination for Good Reason, (A) the Executive must give written notice of the occurrence of an event of Good Reason within 60 days of its occurrence, (B) the Employer must fail to cure such event within 30 days of such notice, and (C) the Executive must terminate employment within 10 days of the expiration of such cure period.

 

Incentive Plan ” means the Target Hospitality Corp. 2019 Incentive Award Plan.

 

Non-Compete Period ” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending twelve months after the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Period or the Executive’s Date of Termination.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf.

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Date:

1/29/2019

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Title: CFO

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James Bradley Archer

 

 

James Bradley Archer

 

 


 

ANNEX A

 

Terms of Long Term Incentive Equity

 

Initial Annual Award:

 

50% time-vested stock options and 50% RSUs vesting ratably over 4 years valued at $1,000,000 at grant. A minimum of 25% of the Initial Annual Award will vest if termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason occurs within the first year of grant.

 


Exhibit 10.9

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into by and between Target Logistics Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (the “ Employer ”), and Andrew A. Aberdale, an individual (the “ Executive ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Executive is currently employed as the Chief Financial Officer;

 

WHEREAS, on November 13, 2018, Algeco Investments B.V. entered into a merger agreement, as amended January 4, 2019, pursuant to which it will sell all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Algeco U.S. Holdings, LLC, the owner of the Employer, to a special purpose acquisition company (the transactions contemplated in such agreement, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Transaction ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Employer will be the surviving entity following the consummation of the Transaction (the “ Closing ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Employer and the Executive desire to enter into this Agreement to set out the terms and conditions for the continued employment relationship of the Executive with the Employer effective as of the date of the Closing (the “ Effective Date ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.             Employment Agreement . On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Employer agrees to continue to employ the Executive and the Executive agrees to continue to be employed by the Employer for the Employment Period set forth in Section 2 and in the positions and with the duties set forth in Section 3 . Terms used herein with initial capitalization not otherwise defined are defined in Section 25 .

 

2.             Term . The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and extend for 36 months (the “ Initial Term ”). If the Closing does not occur, this Agreement shall be deemed null and void.  The term of employment shall be automatically extended for an additional consecutive 12-month period (the “ Extended Term ”) on the last day of the Initial Term and each subsequent anniversary thereof, unless and until the Employer or Executive provides written notice to the other party in accordance with Section 11 hereof not less than 120 days before such anniversary date that such party is electing not to extend the term of employment under this Agreement (“ Non-Renewal ”), in which case the term of employment hereunder shall end as of the end of such Initial Term or Extended Term, as the case may be, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter set forth. Such Initial Term and all such Extended Terms are collectively referred to herein as the “ Employment Period ”. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if on the date of a Change in Control the remaining term of the Employment Period is less than 12 months, the Employment Period shall be automatically extended to the end of the 12-month period following such Change in Control.

 

3.             Position and Duties . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Employer. In such capacities, the Executive shall report exclusively to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Employer and shall have the duties, responsibilities and authorities customarily associated with such position(s) in a company the size and nature of the Employer.

 


 

The Executive shall devote the Executive’s reasonable best efforts and full business time to the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder and the advancement of the business and affairs of the Employer; provided that , the Executive may serve on civic, charitable, educational, religious, public interest or public service boards, and manage the Executive’s personal and family investments, in each case, to the extent such activities do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.

 

4.             Place of Performance . During the Employment Period, except for reasonable travel on the Employer’s business consistent with the Executive’s position, the Executive shall be based primarily at the Employer’s executive headquarters, currently located in Houston, Texas.

 

5.             Compensation and Benefits; Options .

 

(a)           Base Salary . During the Employment Period, the Employer shall pay to the Executive a base salary (the “ Base Salary ”) at the rate of no less than $400,000 per calendar year, less applicable deductions, and prorated for any partial year. Beginning with the first quarter of 2020, the Base Salary shall be reviewed for increase by the Employer no less frequently than annually, and shall be increased in the discretion of the Employer and any such adjusted Base Salary shall constitute the “Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement. The Base Salary shall be paid in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s regular payroll procedures. The Executive’s Base Salary may not be decreased during the Employment Period.

 

(b)           Election to Receive RSUs . Capitalized terms used in this Section 3(b)  but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them under the Incentive Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of each calendar year during the Employment Period, the Executive may elect in writing to receive 100% of the Base Salary in the form of restricted stock units (“ RSUs ”) in respect of Common Shares under the Incentive Plan, provided that, for the first year of the Employment Period only, such election may be made at any time on or prior to the Effective Date; the amount of RSUs that Executive shall be entitled to receive pursuant to any such election shall be determined by dividing the applicable annual Base Salary by the then Fair Market Value per Common Share, provided that, for the first year of the Employment Period only, the amount of RSUs the Executive shall be entitled to receive pursuant to any such election shall be 40,000. Any such election by the Executive shall continue in effect for each subsequent calendar year during the Employment Period unless and until notice revoking such election is provided by the Executive or the Employer no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the applicable calendar year; provided that any such election may be canceled at any time, with no liability to the Employer, and the Base Salary may be paid in cash in accordance with Section 5(a) , if the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Committee ”) does not approve the grant of RSUs to the Executive in accordance with the terms of the Incentive Plan. The RSUs shall vest ratably each month during the calendar year any such election is in effect; provided that in the event of a termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the vesting of the RSUs shall cease and any unvested RSUs shall be forfeited as of the Date of Termination. The Restricted Period applicable to any RSUs issued hereunder shall lapse at the end of the calendar year in respect of which any such RSUs were issued, whereupon the Executive shall be entitled to one Common Share for each RSU that is no longer subject to the applicable Restricted Period.  Except as otherwise provided herein, any RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 5(b)  shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Incentive Plan and applicable Award agreement, neither of which shall conflict with the terms hereof.

 

(c)           Annual Bonus . For each fiscal year of the Employer ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual cash performance bonus (an “ Annual Bonus ”) based on performance against performance criteria determined by the Committee. The

 

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Executive’s annual target bonus opportunity for a fiscal year shall equal 75% of the Executive’s Base Salary at the beginning of such year (the “ Target Bonus ”). The Executive’s Annual Bonus for a fiscal year shall be determined by the Committee after the end of the applicable bonus period and shall be paid to the Executive when annual bonuses for that year are paid to other senior executives of the Employer generally, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year to which such Annual Bonus relates.

 

(d)           Long Term Incentive Equity .

 

(i)            Annual Award . With respect to each fiscal year of the Employer ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive annual equity awards under the Incentive Plan (“ Annual Award ”). The level of the Executive’s participation in any such plan, if any, shall be determined in the discretion of the Committee from time to time. The target grant value of the Annual Award is $500,000, but the actual value of any grant may be higher or lower based on Committee discretion. Terms and conditions of such awards shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the applicable plan and the applicable award agreements.

 

(ii)           Initial Annual Award . For the Employer’s 2019 fiscal year, the Executive shall receive an equity award under the Incentive Plan having a grant date fair value (as determined by the Committee) of $500,000, 50% of which will be in the form of options and 50% of which will be in the form of RSUs, in each case, consistent with the terms set forth in Annex A.

 

(e)           Vacation . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks’ vacation annually to be used in accordance with the Employer’s applicable vacation policy.

 

(f)            Automobile Allowance . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an automobile allowance that is comparable in all material respects to that provided to other similarly situated executives of the Employer in accordance with the Employer’s applicable automobile allowance policy.

 

(g)           Benefits . During the Employment Period, the Employer shall provide to the Executive employee benefits and perquisites on a basis that is comparable in all material respects to that provided to other similarly situated executives of the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to change insurance carriers and to adopt, amend, terminate or modify employee benefit plans and arrangements at any time and without the consent of the Executive.

 

(h)           Additional Benefits .  During the Employment Period, to the extent permitted under applicable law including without limitation the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Section 105(h) of the Code, the Employer shall reimburse the Executive for the Executive’s portion of the premium costs under the Employer’s group health, dental, vision, life and AD&D, STD and LTD insurance.

 

6.             Expenses . The Executive is expected and is authorized to incur reasonable expenses in the performance of his duties hereunder. The Employer shall reimburse the Executive for all such expenses reasonably and actually incurred in accordance with policies which may be adopted from time to time by the Employer promptly upon periodic presentation by the Executive of an itemized account, including reasonable substantiation, of such expenses.

 

7.             Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure and Non-Competition Agreement . The Employer and the Executive acknowledge and agree that during the Executive’s employment with the Employer, the Executive will have access to and may assist in developing Employer Confidential Information and will

 

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occupy a position of trust and confidence with respect to the Employer’s affairs and business and the affairs and business of the Employer Affiliates. The Executive agrees that the following obligations are necessary to preserve the confidential and proprietary nature of Employer Confidential Information and to protect the Employer and the Employer Affiliates against harmful solicitation of employees and customers, harmful competition and other actions by the Executive that would result in serious adverse consequences for the Employer and the Employer Affiliates:

 

(a)           Non-Disclosure . During and after the Executive’s employment with the Employer, the Executive will not knowingly use, disclose or transfer any Employer Confidential Information other than as authorized in writing by the Employer or within the scope of the Executive’s duties with the Employer as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Executive. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 7(a)  shall not apply when disclosure is required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to disclose or make accessible any information or as to information that becomes generally known to the public or within the relevant trade or industry other than due to the Executive’s violation of this Section 7(a) .

 

(b)           Materials . The Executive will not remove any Employer Confidential Information or any other property of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate from the Employer’s premises or make copies of such materials except for normal and customary use in the Employer’s business as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Executive. The Executive will return to the Employer all Employer Confidential Information and copies thereof and all other property of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate at any time upon the request of the Employer and in any event promptly after termination of Executive’s employment. The Executive agrees to attempt in good faith to identify and return to the Employer any copies of any Employer Confidential Information after the Executive ceases to be employed by the Employer. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, nothing in this Section 7 shall prevent the Executive from retaining a home computer, papers and other materials of a personal nature that do not contain Employer Confidential Information.

 

(c)           No Solicitation or Hiring of Employees . During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not solicit, entice, persuade or induce any individual who is employed by the Employer or any Employer Affiliate (or who was so employed within 180 days prior to the Executive’s action) to terminate or refrain from continuing such employment or to become employed by or enter into contractual relations with any other individual or entity, and the Executive shall not hire, directly or indirectly, as an employee, consultant or otherwise, any such person.

 

(d)           Non-Competition .

 

(i)            During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit or encourage any client or customer of the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer, or any person or entity who was such a client or customer within 180 days prior to Executive’s action to terminate, reduce or alter in a manner adverse to the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer, any existing business arrangements with the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer or to transfer existing business from the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer to any other person or entity, (B) provide services in any capacity to any entity in any geographic area in which the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer conducts that business, or is actively planning to conduct that business, as of the date of such termination (the “ Non-Competition Area ”) if (i) the entity competes with the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer by engaging in any business engaged in by the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer, or (ii) the services to be provided by the Executive are competitive with the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer and substantially

 

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similar to those previously provided by the Executive to the Employer, or (C) own an interest in any entity, including those described in Section 7(d)(i)(B)(i)  immediately above. The Executive agrees that, before providing services, whether as an employee or consultant, to any entity during the Non-Compete Period, the Executive will provide a copy of this Agreement to such entity, and such entity shall acknowledge to the Employer in writing that it has read this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that this covenant has a unique, very substantial and immeasurable value to the Employer, that the Executive has sufficient assets and skills to provide a livelihood for the Executive while such covenant remains in force and that, as a result of the foregoing, in the event that the Executive breaches such covenant, monetary damages would be an insufficient remedy for the Employer and equitable enforcement of the covenant would be proper.

 

(ii)           If the restrictions contained in Section 7(d)(i)  shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of their extending for too great a period of time or over too great a geographical area or by reason of their being too extensive in any other respect, Section 7(d)(i)  shall be modified to be effective for the maximum period of time for which it may be enforceable and over the maximum geographical area as to which it may be enforceable and to the maximum extent in all other respects as to which it may be enforceable.

 

(e)           Enforcement . The Executive acknowledges that in the event of any breach of this Section 7 , the business interests of the Employer and the Employer Affiliates will be irreparably injured, the full extent of the damages to the Employer and the Employer Affiliates will be impossible to ascertain, monetary damages will not be an adequate remedy for the Employer and the Employer Affiliates, and the Employer will be entitled to enforce this Agreement by a temporary, preliminary and/or permanent injunction or other equitable relief, without the necessity of posting bond or security, which the Executive expressly waives. The Executive understands that the Employer may waive some of the requirements expressed in this Agreement, but that such a waiver to be effective must be made in writing and should not in any way be deemed a waiver of the Employer’s right to enforce any other requirements or provisions of this Agreement. The Executive agrees that each of the Executive’s obligations specified in this Agreement is a separate and independent covenant and that the unenforceability of any of them shall not preclude the enforcement of any other covenants in this Agreement. In signing this Agreement, the Executive gives the Employer assurance that the Executive has carefully read and considered all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Executive agrees that these restraints are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the Employer and the Employer Affiliates and their Confidential Information and that each and every one of the restraints is reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area, and that these restraints, individually or in the aggregate, will not prevent the Executive from obtaining other suitable employment during the period in which the Executive is bound by the restraints. The Executive agrees that, before providing services, whether as an employee or consultant, to any entity during the period of time that the Executive is subject to the constraints in this Agreement, the Executive will provide a copy of this Agreement to such entity, and such entity shall acknowledge to the Employer in writing that it has read this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that each of these covenants has a unique, very substantial and immeasurable value to the Employer and the Employer Affiliates and that the Executive has sufficient assets and skills to provide a livelihood while such covenants remain in force. The Executive further covenants that he will not challenge the reasonableness or enforceability of any of the covenants set forth in this Agreement, and that the Executive will reimburse the Employer and the Employer Affiliates for all costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with any action to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement if the Executive challenges the reasonableness or enforceability of any of the provisions of this Agreement. It is also agreed that each of the Employer Affiliates will have the right to enforce all of the Executive’s obligations to that affiliate under this Agreement.

 

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8.             Termination of Employment .

 

(a)           Permitted Terminations . The Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated during the Employment Period under the following circumstances:

 

(i)            Death . The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death;

 

(ii)           By the Employer . The Employer may terminate the Executive’s employment:

 

(A)          Disability . If the Executive shall have been substantially unable to perform the Executive’s material duties hereunder by reason of illness, physical or mental disability or other similar incapacity, which inability shall continue for 180 consecutive days or 270 days in any 24-month period (a “ Disability ”) (provided, that until such termination, the Executive shall continue to receive the Executive’s compensation and benefits hereunder, reduced by any benefits payable to the Executive under any applicable disability insurance policy or plan); or

 

(B)          Cause . For Cause or without Cause;

 

(iii)          By the Executive . The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment for any reason (including Good Reason) or for no reason.

 

(b)           Termination . Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer or the Executive (other than because of the Executive’s death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Notice of Termination ” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, if any, and set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. Termination of the Executive’s employment shall take effect on the Date of Termination. The Executive agrees, in the event of any dispute under Section 8(a)(ii)(A)  as to whether a Disability exists, and if requested by the Employer, to submit to a physical examination by a licensed physician selected by mutual consent of the Employer and the Executive, the cost of such examination to be paid by the Employer. The written medical opinion of such physician shall be conclusive and binding upon each of the parties hereto as to whether a Disability exists and the date when such Disability arose. This Section shall be interpreted and applied so as to comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and any applicable state or local laws.

 

9.             Compensation Upon Termination .

 

(a)           Disability . If the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period because of the Executive’s Disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A) , the Employer shall pay to the Executive (i) the Accrued Benefits; and (ii) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally. In addition, any outstanding equity awards granted pursuant to Section 5(d)(i)-(ii)  that are subject solely to time-based vesting conditions shall immediately vest. The vesting, if any, upon termination as a result of the Executive’s Disability of any outstanding equity awards that are subject to performance-based vesting conditions shall be determined based on actual performance in the applicable fiscal period in which termination occurs, and the Executive will vest in any such awards to the extent performance metrics are ultimately achieved. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

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(b)           Death . If the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Employment Period as a result of the Executive’s death, the Employer shall pay to the Executive’s legal representative or estate, and the Executive’s legal representative or estate shall be entitled to, as applicable, (i) the amounts set forth in Section 9(a) ; and (ii) one times the Executive’s Base Salary at the time of termination less amounts payable, if any, under any Company provided life insurance policy, payable in a lump sum. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(c)           Termination by the Employer for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason . If, during the Employment Period, the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment for Cause pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B)  or the Executive terminates his employment without Good Reason, the Employer shall pay to the Executive the Accrued Benefits. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(d)           Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason . Subject to Section 9(e) , if the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A)  or if the Executive terminates his employment hereunder with Good Reason, subject to the Executive’s compliance with Section 7 , (i) the Employer shall pay the Executive (A) the Accrued Benefits, (B) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally, and (C) continued Base Salary for 12 months following the Date of Termination (the “ Severance Period ”) payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices (the “ Cash Severance Payment ”); (ii) any unvested awards granted to the Executive under the Incentive Plan shall continue to vest during the Severance Period to the extent that such awards would have become vested had he remained employed through the end of the Severance Period; and (iii) the Executive shall be entitled to additional payments, payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices, equal to the total costs that would be incurred by the Executive to obtain and pay for continued coverage under the Employer’s health insurance plans during the Severance Period (the “ Continued Coverage Payment ”). For the purposes of this Agreement, a voluntary termination by the Executive upon the expiration of the Employment Period due to delivery of a non-renewal notice by the Employer pursuant to Section 2 shall be treated as a termination by the Employer without Cause.

 

(e)           Change in Control .

 

(i)            Section 9(e)(ii)  shall apply if there is (A) a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability or by the Executive for Good Reason, in either case, during the 12-month period after a Change in Control; or (B) a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability prior to a Change in Control, if the termination was at the request of a third party or otherwise arose in anticipation of a Change in Control (a termination described in either clause (A) or clause (B), a “ CIC Termination ”).

 

(ii)           If any such termination occurs, (A) the Executive shall receive benefits set forth in Section 9(d) , except that the Cash Severance Payment shall be equal to the sum of lx the Executive’s Base Salary at the time of termination and the Executive Target Bonus for the year of termination and, if such Change in Control is a “change in control event” under Section 409A of the Code (a “ Qualifying CIC ”), shall be paid in a lump sum, and (B) the Continued Coverage Payment shall be paid in a lump sum. In addition, any outstanding equity awards granted pursuant to Section 5(d)(i)-(ii)

 

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that are subject solely to time-based vesting conditions shall immediately vest upon a CIC Termination. For the avoidance of doubt, the acceleration, if any, upon a CIC Termination of any outstanding equity awards that are subject to performance-based vesting conditions shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the applicable plan and the applicable award agreements. To the extent the Executive’s CIC Termination is described in Section 9(e)(i)(B)  and the Change in Control is a Qualifying CIC, the incremental Cash Severance Payment and any unpaid Cash Severance Payment shall be paid in a lump sum.

 

(f)            Liquidated Damages . The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which will result to the Executive for termination by the Employer of the Executive’s employment without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the amounts, excluding the Accrued Benefits, payable to the Executive under Section 9(d)  or Section 9(e)  (the “ Severance Benefits ”) shall constitute liquidated damages for any such termination. The Executive agrees that, except for such other payments and benefits to which the Executive may be entitled as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or any other applicable benefit plan, such liquidated damages shall be in lieu of all other claims that the Executive may make by reason of any such termination of his employment and that, as a condition to receiving the Severance Benefits, the Executive must execute a release of claims in a form to be provided by the Employer (the “ Release ”). To be eligible for Severance Benefits, the Executive must execute and deliver the Release, and such Release must become irrevocable, within 60 days of the Date of Termination. The Cash Severance Payment shall be made, and the continuing health insurance coverage shall commence, promptly after the Release becomes irrevocable; provided that to the extent the 60-day period spans two calendar years and to the extent required to comply with Code Section 409A, such payments shall be made or commence, as applicable, on the 60th day following the Date of Termination.

 

(g)           No Offset . In the event of termination of his employment, the Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other employment and there shall be no offset against amounts due to him on account of any remuneration or benefits provided by any subsequent employment he may obtain. The Employer’s obligation to make any payment pursuant to, and otherwise to perform its obligations under, this Agreement shall not be affected by any offset, counterclaim or other right that the Employer or any Employer Affiliate may have against him for any reason.

 

10.          Section 280G .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement to the contrary, if any of the payments or benefits provided or to be provided by the Company or its affiliates to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (“ Covered Payments ”) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and would, but for this Section 10 be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law or any interest or penalties with respect to such taxes (collectively, the “ Excise Tax ”), then prior to making the Covered Payments, a calculation shall be made comparing (i) the Net Benefit (as defined below) to the Executive of the Covered Payments after payment of the Excise Tax to (ii) the Net Benefit to the Executive if the Covered Payments are limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax. Only if the amount calculated under (i) above is less than the amount under (ii) above will the Covered Payments be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the Covered Payments is subject to the Excise Tax. “ Net Benefit ” shall mean the present value of the Covered Payments net of all federal, state, local, foreign income, employment and excise taxes.

 

(b)           The Covered Payments shall be reduced in a manner that maximizes the Executive’s economic position. In applying this principle, the reduction shall be made in a manner

 

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consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and where two economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction but payable at different times, such amounts shall be reduced on a pro rata basis but not below zero.

 

(c)           Any determination required under this Section 10 shall be made in writing in good faith by an independent accounting firm selected by the Company that is reasonably acceptable to the Executive (the “ Accountants ”). The Company and the Executive shall provide the Accountants with such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section 10 . For purposes of making the calculations and determinations required by this Section 10 , the Accountants may rely on reasonable, good faith assumptions and approximations concerning the application of Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code. The Accountants’ determinations shall be final and binding on the Company and the Executive. The Executive shall be responsible for all fees and expenses incurred by the Accountants in connection with the calculations required by this Section 10 .

 

11.          Notices . All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, delivered by overnight air courier, or transmitted by facsimile transmission addressed as follows:

 

(i)                                      If to the Employer:

 

General Counsel

Target Logistics Management, LLC

2170 Buckthorne Place, Suite 440

The Woodlands, TX 77380-1775

 

(ii)                                   If to the Executive:

 

Andrew A. Aberdale

[Address redacted]

 

Each party may designate by notice in writing a new address to which any notice, demand, request or communication may thereafter be so given, served or sent. Each notice, demand, request, or communication that shall be given or made in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given or made for all purposes at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the return receipt, the delivery receipt, confirmation of facsimile transmission or the affidavit of messenger being deemed conclusive but not exclusive evidence of such delivery) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation.

 

12.          Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

13.          Effect on Other Agreements . The provisions of this Agreement shall supersede the terms of any plan, policy, agreement, award or other arrangement (whether entered into before or after the date hereof) regarding the subject matter hereof, including the Employment Agreement entered into by and between the Executive and Target Logistics Management, LLC, dated February 15, 2013, as amended by the First Amendment entered into June 25, 2014, and the Letter Agreement between the Executive and Target Logistics Management, LLC, dated March 1, 2017.

 

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14.                                Survival . It is the express intention and agreement of the parties hereto that the provisions of Sections 7 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 21 and 22 hereof and this Section 14 shall survive the termination of employment of the Executive. In addition, all obligations of the Employer to make payments hereunder shall survive any termination of this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

15.                                Assignment . The rights and obligations of the parties to this Agreement shall not be assignable or delegable, except that (i) in the event of the Executive’s death, the personal representative or legatees or distributees of the Executive’s estate, as the case may be, shall have the right to receive any amount owing and unpaid to the Executive hereunder and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Employer hereunder shall be assignable and delegable in connection with any subsequent merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or equity interests of the Employer or similar transaction involving the Employer or a successor corporation. The Employer shall require any successor to the Employer to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.

 

16.                                Binding Effect . Subject to any provisions hereof restricting assignment, this Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

17.                                Amendment; Waiver . This Agreement shall not be amended, altered or modified except by an instrument in writing duly executed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. Neither the waiver by either of the parties hereto of a breach of or a default under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure of either of the parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder, shall thereafter be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder.

 

18.                                Headings . Section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement for any purpose, and shall not in any way define or affect the meaning, construction or scope of any of the provisions hereof.

 

19.                                Governing Law . This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas (but not including any choice of law rule thereof that would cause the laws of another jurisdiction to apply).

 

20.                                Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties respecting the employment of the Executive, there being no representations, warranties or commitments except as set forth herein.

 

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

 

22.                                Withholding . The Employer may withhold from any benefit payment under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling; provided that any withholding obligation arising in connection with the exercise of a stock option or the transfer of stock or other property shall be satisfied through withholding an appropriate number of shares of stock or appropriate amount of such other property.

 

23.                                Section 409A . The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code (“ Code Section 409A ”) and, accordingly, to the

 

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maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith. If the Executive notifies the Employer (with specificity as to the reason therefor) that the Executive believes that any provision of this Agreement (or of any award of compensation, including equity compensation or benefits) would cause the Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Code Section 409A and the Employer concurs with such belief or the Employer (without any obligation whatsoever to do so) independently makes such determination, the Employer shall, after consulting with the Executive, reform such provision to attempt to comply with Code Section 409A through good faith modifications to the minimum extent reasonably appropriate to conform with Code Section 409A. To the extent that any provision hereof is modified in order to comply with Code Section 409A, such modification shall be made in good faith and shall, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, maintain the original intent and economic benefit to the Executive and the Employer of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Code Section 409A. In no event whatsoever shall the Employer be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalty that may be imposed on the Executive by Code Section 409A or damages for failing to comply with Code Section 409A. With respect to any payment or benefit considered to be nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service” Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed on the date of termination to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B), then with regard to any payment or the provision of any benefit that is considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A payable on account of a “separation from service,” such payment or benefit shall not be made or provided until the date which is the earlier of (A) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of such “separation from service” of the Executive, and (B) the date of the Executive’s death, to the extent required under Code Section 409A. Upon the expiration of the foregoing delay period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this Section 23 (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. To the extent that reimbursements or other in-kind benefits under this Agreement constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A, (A) all expenses or other reimbursements hereunder shall be made on or prior to the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which such expenses were incurred by the Executive, (B) any right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and (C) no such reimbursement, expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided in any taxable year shall in any way affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other taxable year. For purposes of Code Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days, the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Employer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall any payment under this Agreement that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A be subject to offset by any other amount unless otherwise permitted by Code Section 409A.

 

24.                                Indemnification . Employer hereby agrees to indemnify the Executive and provide directors and officers liability insurance coverage to the Executive, in each case, on terms and conditions no less favorable than those provided to members of the Board.

 

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25.                                Definitions .

 

Accrued Benefits ” means (i) Base Salary through the Date of Termination; (ii) accrued and unused vacation pay; (iii) any earned but unpaid Annual Bonus; (iv) any amounts owing to the Executive for reimbursement of expenses properly incurred by the Executive prior to the Date of Termination and which are reimbursable in accordance with Section 6 ; and (v) any other benefits or amounts due and owing to the Executive under the terms of any plan, program or arrangement of the Employer. Amounts payable pursuant to the clauses (i) - (iii) shall be paid promptly after the Date of Termination and all other amounts will be paid in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, program or arrangement (as modified by this Agreement).

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Employer.

 

Cause ” shall be limited to the following events (i) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony (other than in connection with a traffic violation) under any state or federal law; (ii) the Executive’s failure to substantially perform his essential job functions hereunder after receipt of written notice from the Employer requesting such performance; (iii) a material act of fraud or material misconduct with respect, in each case, to the Employer, by the Executive; (iv) any material misconduct by the Executive that could be reasonably expected to damage the reputation or business of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate; or (v) the Executive’s material violation of a material policy of the Employer. Any determination of whether Cause exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive shall not be terminated for Cause hereunder unless (A) written notice stating the basis for the termination is provided to the Executive, (B) as to clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this paragraph, the Executive is given 15 days to cure the neglect or conduct that is the basis of such claim (it being understood that any errors in expense reimbursement may be cured by repayment), and (C) if the Executive fails to cure such neglect or conduct, there is a vote of a majority of the members of the Board to terminate the Executive for Cause.

 

Change in Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Incentive Plan.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

Date of Termination ” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Executive’s death, the date of the Executive’s death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated because of the Executive’s Disability, 30 days after Notice of Termination, provided that the Executive shall not have returned to the performance of the Executive’s duties on a full- time basis during such 30-day period; or (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Employer pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B)  or by the Executive pursuant to Section 8(a)(iii) , the date specified in the Notice of Termination, which may not be less than 60 days after the Notice of Termination in the event the Employer is terminating the Executive without Cause or the Executive is terminating employment without Good Reason.

 

Employer Affiliate ” means any entity controlled by, in control of, or under common control with, the Employer.

 

Employer Confidential Information ” means information known to the Executive to constitute trade secrets or proprietary information belonging to the Employer or other confidential financial information, operating budgets, strategic plans or research methods, personnel data, projects or plans, or non-public information regarding the terms of any existing or pending lending transaction between Employer and an existing or pending client or customer (as the phrase “client or customer” is defined in Section 7(d)(i) hereof), in each case, received by the Executive in the course of his employment by the Employer or in connection with his duties with the Employer. Notwithstanding

 

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anything to the contrary contained herein, the general skills, knowledge and experience gained during the Executive’s employment with the Employer, information publicly available or generally known within the industry or trade in which the Employer competes and information or knowledge possessed by the Executive prior to his employment by the Employer, shall not be considered Employer Confidential Information.

 

Good Reason ” means, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Executive, (i) any material diminution or adverse change in the Executive’s titles; (ii) reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or Target Bonus; (iii) a failure to grant the Executive, in any consecutive 12 month period, long term incentive equity awards having a grant date fair value (as determined by the Committee in good faith) of at least $500,000; (iv) a requirement that the Executive report to someone other than the Employer’s Chief Executive Officer; (v) a material diminution in the Executive’s authority, responsibilities or duties or material interference with the Executive’s carrying out his duties; (vi) the assignment of duties inconsistent with the Executive’s position or status with the Employer as of the Effective Date; or (vii) a relocation of the Executive’s primary place of employment to a location more than 50 miles from the Employer’s executive headquarters. In order to invoke a termination for Good Reason, (A) the Executive must give written notice of the occurrence of an event of Good Reason within 60 days of its occurrence, (B) the Employer must fail to cure such event within 30 days of such notice, and (C) the Executive must terminate employment within 10 days of the expiration of such cure period.

 

Incentive Plan ” means the Target Hospitality Corp. 2019 Incentive Award Plan.

 

Non-Compete Period ” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending twelve months after the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Period or the Executive’s Date of Termination.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf.

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James Brad Archer

 

 

Date:

1/29/2019

 

 

 

 

 

Name: James Brad Archer

 

 

Title: President & CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 

Andrew A. Aberdale

 

 


 

ANNEX A

 

Terms of Long Term Incentive Equity

 

Initial Annual Award:

 

50% time-vested stock options and 50% RSUs vesting ratably over 4 years valued at $500,000 at grant. A minimum of 25% of the Initial Annual Award will vest if termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason occurs within the first year of grant.

 


Exhibit 10.10

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into by and between Target Logistics Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (the “ Employer ”), and Heidi Diane Lewis, an individual (the “ Executive ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Executive will be employed as General Counsel and Executive Vice President; and

 

WHEREAS, the Employer and the Executive desire to enter into this Agreement to set out the terms and conditions for the employment relationship of the Executive with the Employer.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Employment Agreement . On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Employer agrees to employ the Executive and the Executive agrees to continue to be employed by the Employer for the Employment Period set forth in Section 2 and in the positions and with the duties set forth in Section 3 . Terms used herein with initial capitalization not otherwise defined are defined in Section 25 .

 

2.                                       Term . The Executive’s employment hereunder shall be effective as of January 15, 2019 (the “ Effective Date ”) and shall extend for 36 months from this date (the “ Initial Term ”). The term of employment shall be automatically extended for an additional consecutive 12-month period (the “ Extended Term ”) on the last day of the Initial Term and each subsequent anniversary thereof, unless and until the Employer or Executive provides written notice to the other party in accordance with Section 11 hereof not less than 120 days before such anniversary date that such party is electing not to extend the term of employment under this Agreement (“ Non-Renewal ”), in which case the term of employment hereunder shall end as of the end of such Initial Term or Extended Term, as the case may be, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter set forth. Such Initial Term and all such Extended Terms are collectively referred to herein as the “ Employment Period ”. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if on the date of a Change in Control the remaining term of the Employment Period is less than 12 months, the Employment Period shall be automatically extended to the end of the 12-month period following such Change in Control.

 

3.                                       Position and Duties . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as the General Counsel and Executive Vice President of the Employer. In such capacities, the Executive shall report exclusively to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Employer and shall have the duties, responsibilities and authorities customarily associated with such position(s) in a company the size and nature of the Employer. The Executive shall devote the Executive’s reasonable best efforts and full business time to the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder and the advancement of the business and affairs of the Employer; provided that , the Executive may serve on civic, charitable, educational, religious, public interest or public service boards, and manage the Executive’s personal and family investments, in each case, to the extent such activities do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.

 


 

4.                                       Place of Performance . During the Employment Period, except for reasonable travel on the Employer’s business consistent with the Executive’s position, the Executive shall be based primarily at the Employer’s executive headquarters, currently located in Houston, Texas.

 

5.                                       Compensation and Benefits; Options .

 

(a)                                  Base Salary . During the Employment Period, the Employer shall pay to the Executive a base salary (the “ Base Salary ”) at the rate of no less than $295,000 per calendar year, less applicable deductions, and prorated for any partial year. Beginning with the first quarter of 2020, the Base Salary shall be reviewed for increase by the Employer no less frequently than annually, and shall be increased in the discretion of the Employer and any such adjusted Base Salary shall constitute the “Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement. The Base Salary shall be paid in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s regular payroll procedures. The Executive’s Base Salary may not be decreased during the Employment Period.

 

(b)                                  Election to Receive RSUs . Capitalized terms used in this Section 3(b)  but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them under the Incentive Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the second calendar year during the Employment Period and each calendar year thereafter during the Employment Period, the Executive may elect in writing to receive 100% of the Base Salary in the form of restricted stock units (“ RSUs ”) in respect of Common Shares under the Incentive Plan, provided that, for the first year of the Employment Period only, such election may be made at any time on or prior to the Effective Date; the amount of RSUs that Executive shall be entitled to receive pursuant to any such election shall be determined by dividing the applicable annual Base Salary by the then Fair Market Value per Common Share. Any such election by the Executive shall continue in effect for each subsequent calendar year during the Employment Period unless and until notice revoking such election is provided by the Executive or the Employer no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the applicable calendar year; provided that any such election may be cancelled at any time, with no liability to the Employer, and the Base Salary may be paid in cash in accordance with Section 5(a) , if the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Committee ”) does not approve the grant of RSUs to the Executive in accordance with the terms of the Incentive Plan. The RSUs shall vest ratably each month during the calendar year any such election is in effect; provided that in the event of a termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the vesting of the RSUs shall cease and any unvested RSUs shall be forfeited as of the Date of Termination. The Restricted Period applicable to any RSUs issued hereunder shall lapse at the end of the calendar year in respect of which any such RSUs were issued, whereupon the Executive shall be entitled to one Common Share for each RSU that is no longer subject to the applicable Restricted Period.  Except as otherwise provided herein, any RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 5(b)  shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Incentive Plan and applicable Award agreement, neither of which shall conflict with the terms hereof.

 

(c)                                   Annual Bonus . For each fiscal year of the Employer ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual cash performance bonus (an “ Annual Bonus ”) based on performance against performance criteria determined by the Committee. The Executive’s annual target bonus opportunity for a fiscal year shall equal 50% of the Executive’s Base Salary at the beginning of such year (the “ Target Bonus ”). The Executive’s Annual Bonus for a fiscal year shall be determined by the Committee after the end of the applicable bonus period and shall be paid to the Executive when annual bonuses for that year are paid to other senior executives of the Employer generally, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year to which such Annual Bonus relates.

 

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(d)                                  Long Term Incentive Equity .

 

(i)                                      Annual Award . With respect to each fiscal year of the Employer ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive annual equity awards under the Incentive Plan (“ Annual Award ”). The level of the Executive’s participation in any such plan, if any, shall be determined in the discretion of the Committee from time to time. The target grant value of the Annual Award is $150,000, but the actual value of any grant may be higher or lower based on Committee discretion. Terms and conditions of such awards shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the applicable plan and the applicable award agreements.

 

(ii)                                   Initial Annual Award . For the Employer’s 2019 fiscal year, the Executive shall receive an equity award under the Incentive Plan having a grant date fair value (as determined by the Committee) of $150,000, 50% of which will be in the form of options and 50% of which will be in the form of RSUs, in each case, consistent with the terms set forth in Annex A.

 

(e)                                   Vacation . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks’ vacation annually to be used in accordance with the Employer’s applicable vacation policy.

 

(f)                                    Automobile Allowance . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an automobile allowance of $6,000 per year, payable in accordance with the Employer’s applicable automobile allowance policy.

 

(g)                                   Benefits . During the Employment Period, the Employer shall provide to the Executive employee benefits and perquisites on a basis that is comparable in all material respects to that provided to other similarly situated executives of the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to change insurance carriers and to adopt, amend, terminate or modify employee benefit plans and arrangements at any time and without the consent of the Executive.

 

(h)                                  Additional Benefits .  During the Employment Period, to the extent permitted under applicable law including without limitation the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Section 105(h) of the Code, the Employer shall reimburse the Executive for the Executive’s portion of the premium costs under the Employer’s group health, dental, vision, life and AD&D, STD and LTD insurance.

 

6.                                       Expenses . The Executive is expected and is authorized to incur reasonable expenses in the performance of her duties hereunder. The Employer shall reimburse the Executive for all such expenses reasonably and actually incurred in accordance with policies which may be adopted from time to time by the Employer promptly upon periodic presentation by the Executive of an itemized account, including reasonable substantiation, of such expenses.

 

7.                                       Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure and Non-Solicitation Agreement . The Employer and the Executive acknowledge and agree that during the Executive’s employment with the Employer, the Executive will have access to and may assist in developing Employer Confidential Information and will occupy a position of trust and confidence with respect to the Employer’s affairs and business and the affairs and business of the Employer Affiliates. The Executive agrees that the following obligations are necessary to preserve the confidential and proprietary nature of Employer Confidential Information and to protect the Employer and the Employer Affiliates against harmful solicitation of employees and customers and other actions by the Executive that would result in serious adverse consequences for the Employer and the Employer Affiliates:

 

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(a)                                  Non-Disclosure . During and after the Executive’s employment with the Employer, the Executive will not knowingly use, disclose or transfer any Employer Confidential Information other than as authorized in writing by the Employer or within the scope of the Executive’s duties with the Employer as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Executive. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 7(a)  shall not apply when disclosure is required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to disclose or make accessible any information or as to information that becomes generally known to the public or within the relevant trade or industry other than due to the Executive’s violation of this Section 7(a) .

 

(b)                                  Materials . The Executive will not remove any Employer Confidential Information or any other property of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate from the Employer’s premises or make copies of such materials except for normal and customary use in the Employer’s business as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Executive. The Executive will return to the Employer all Employer Confidential Information and copies thereof and all other property of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate at any time upon the request of the Employer and in any event promptly after termination of Executive’s employment. The Executive agrees to attempt in good faith to identify and return to the Employer any copies of any Employer Confidential Information after the Executive ceases to be employed by the Employer. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, nothing in this Section 7 shall prevent the Executive from retaining a home computer, papers and other materials of a personal nature that do not contain Employer Confidential Information.

 

(c)                                   No Solicitation or Hiring of Employees . During the Non-Solicit Period, the Executive shall not solicit, entice, persuade or induce any individual who is employed by the Employer or any Employer Affiliate (or who was so employed within 180 days prior to the Executive’s action) to terminate or refrain from continuing such employment or to become employed by or enter into contractual relations with any other individual or entity, and the Executive shall not hire, directly or indirectly, as an employee, consultant or otherwise, any such person.

 

(d)                                  Enforcement . The Executive acknowledges that in the event of any breach of this Section 7 , the business interests of the Employer and the Employer Affiliates will be irreparably injured, the full extent of the damages to the Employer and the Employer Affiliates will be impossible to ascertain, monetary damages will not be an adequate remedy for the Employer and the Employer Affiliates, and the Employer will be entitled to enforce this Agreement by a temporary, preliminary and/or permanent injunction or other equitable relief, without the necessity of posting bond or security, which the Executive expressly waives. The Executive understands that the Employer may waive some of the requirements expressed in this Agreement, but that such a waiver to be effective must be made in writing and should not in any way be deemed a waiver of the Employer’s right to enforce any other requirements or provisions of this Agreement. The Executive agrees that each of the Executive’s obligations specified in this Agreement is a separate and independent covenant and that the unenforceability of any of them shall not preclude the enforcement of any other covenants in this Agreement. In signing this Agreement, the Executive gives the Employer assurance that the Executive has carefully read and considered all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Executive agrees that these restraints are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the Employer and the Employer Affiliates and their Confidential Information. The Executive agrees that, before providing services, whether as an employee or consultant, to any entity during the period of time that the Executive is subject to the constraints in this Agreement, the Executive will provide a copy of this Agreement to such entity, and such entity shall acknowledge to the Employer in writing that it has read this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that each of these covenants has a unique, very substantial and immeasurable value to the Employer and its Affiliates and that the Executive has sufficient assets and skills to provide a livelihood while such covenants remain in force. The Executive further covenants that she will not

 

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challenge the reasonableness or enforceability of any of the covenants set forth in this Agreement, and that the Executive will reimburse the Employer and the Employer Affiliates for all costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with any action to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement if the Executive challenges the reasonableness or enforceability of any of the provisions of this Agreement. It is also agreed that each of the Employer Affiliates will have the right to enforce all of the Executive’s obligations to that affiliate under this Agreement.

 

8.                                       Termination of Employment .

 

(a)                                  Permitted Terminations . The Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated during the Employment Period under the following circumstances:

 

(i)                                      Death . The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death;

 

(ii)                                   By the Employer . The Employer may terminate the Executive’s employment:

 

(A)                                Disability . If the Executive shall have been substantially unable to perform the Executive’s material duties hereunder by reason of illness, physical or mental disability or other similar incapacity, which inability shall continue for 180 consecutive days or 270 days in any 24-month period (a “ Disability ”) (provided, that until such termination, the Executive shall continue to receive the Executive’s compensation and benefits hereunder, reduced by any benefits payable to the Executive under any applicable disability insurance policy or plan); or

 

(B)                                Cause . For Cause or without Cause;

 

(iii)                                By the Executive . The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment for any reason (including Good Reason) or for no reason.

 

(b)                                  Termination . Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer or the Executive (other than because of the Executive’s death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Notice of Termination ” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, if any, and set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. Termination of the Executive’s employment shall take effect on the Date of Termination. The Executive agrees, in the event of any dispute under Section 8(a)(ii)(A)  as to whether a Disability exists, and if requested by the Employer, to submit to a physical examination by a licensed physician selected by mutual consent of the Employer and the Executive, the cost of such examination to be paid by the Employer. The written medical opinion of such physician shall be conclusive and binding upon each of the parties hereto as to whether a Disability exists and the date when such Disability arose. This Section shall be interpreted and applied so as to comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and any applicable state or local laws.

 

9.                                       Compensation Upon Termination .

 

(a)                                  Disability. If the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period because of the Executive’s Disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A) , the Employer shall pay to the Executive (i) the Accrued Benefits; and (ii) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the

 

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Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally. In addition, any outstanding equity awards granted pursuant to Section 5(d)(i)-(ii)  that are subject solely to time-based vesting conditions shall immediately vest. The vesting, if any, upon termination as a result of the Executive’s Disability of any outstanding equity awards that are subject to performance-based vesting conditions shall be determined based on actual performance in the applicable fiscal period in which termination occurs, and the Executive will vest in any such awards to the extent performance metrics are ultimately achieved. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Death . If the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Employment Period as a result of the Executive’s death, the Employer shall pay to the Executive’s legal representative or estate, and the Executive’s legal representative or estate shall be entitled to, as applicable, (i) the amounts set forth in Section 9(a) ; and (ii) one times the Executive’s Base Salary at the time of termination less amounts payable, if any, under any Company provided life insurance policy, payable in a lump sum. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Termination by the Employer for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason . If, during the Employment Period, the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment for Cause pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B)  or the Executive terminates her employment without Good Reason, the Employer shall pay to the Executive the Accrued Benefits. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason . Subject to Section 9(e) , if the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A)  or if the Executive terminates her employment hereunder with Good Reason, subject to the Executive’s compliance with Section 7 , (i) the Employer shall pay the Executive (A) the Accrued Benefits, (B) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally, and (C) continued Base Salary for 12 months following the Date of Termination (the “ Severance Period ”) payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices (the “ Cash Severance Payment ”); (ii) any unvested awards granted to the Executive under the Incentive Plan shall continue to vest during the Severance Period to the extent that such awards would have become vested had she remained employed through the end of the Severance Period; and (iii) the Executive shall be entitled to additional payments, payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices, equal to the total costs that would be incurred by the Executive to obtain and pay for continued coverage under the Employer’s health insurance plans during the Severance Period (the “ Continued Coverage Payment ”). For the purposes of this Agreement, a voluntary termination by the Executive upon the expiration of the Employment Period due to delivery of a non-renewal notice by the Employer pursuant to Section 2 shall be treated as a termination by the Employer without Cause.

 

(e)                                   Change in Control .

 

(i)                                      Section 9(e)(ii)  shall apply if there is (A) a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability or by the Executive for Good Reason, in either case, during the 12-month period after a Change in Control; or (B) a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer for a reason other than for Cause or

 

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due to the Executive’s Disability prior to a Change in Control, if the termination was at the request of a third party or otherwise arose in anticipation of a Change in Control (a termination described in either clause (A) or clause (B), a “ CIC Termination ”).

 

(ii)                                   If any such termination occurs, (A) the Executive shall receive benefits set forth in Section 9(d) , except that the Cash Severance Payment shall be equal to the sum of lx the Executive’s Base Salary at the time of termination and the Executive Target Bonus for the year of termination and, if such Change in Control is a “change in control event” under Section 409A of the Code (a “ Qualifying CIC ”), shall be paid in a lump sum, and (B) the Continued Coverage Payment shall be paid in a lump sum. In addition, any outstanding equity awards granted pursuant to Section 5(d)(i)-(ii)  that are subject solely to time-based vesting conditions shall immediately vest upon a CIC Termination. For the avoidance of doubt, the acceleration, if any, upon a CIC Termination of any outstanding equity awards that are subject to performance-based vesting conditions shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the applicable plan and the applicable award agreements. To the extent the Executive’s CIC Termination is described in Section 9(e)(i)(B)  and the Change in Control is a Qualifying CIC, the incremental Cash Severance Payment and any unpaid Cash Severance Payment shall be paid in a lump sum.

 

(f)                                    Liquidated Damages . The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which will result to the Executive for termination by the Employer of the Executive’s employment without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the amounts, excluding the Accrued Benefits, payable to the Executive under Section 9(d)  or Section 9(e)  (the “ Severance Benefits ”) shall constitute liquidated damages for any such termination. The Executive agrees that, except for such other payments and benefits to which the Executive may be entitled as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or any other applicable benefit plan, such liquidated damages shall be in lieu of all other claims that the Executive may make by reason of any such termination of her employment and that, as a condition to receiving the Severance Benefits, the Executive must execute a release of claims in a form to be provided by the Employer (the “ Release ”). To be eligible for Severance Benefits, the Executive must execute and deliver the Release, and such Release must become irrevocable, within 60 days of the Date of Termination. The Cash Severance Payment shall be made, and the continuing health insurance coverage shall commence, promptly after the Release becomes irrevocable; provided that to the extent the 60-day period spans two calendar years and to the extent required to comply with Code Section 409A, such payments shall be made or commence, as applicable, on the 60th day following the Date of Termination.

 

(g)                                   No Offset . In the event of termination of her employment, the Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other employment and there shall be no offset against amounts due to her on account of any remuneration or benefits provided by any subsequent employment she may obtain. The Employer’s obligation to make any payment pursuant to, and otherwise to perform its obligations under, this Agreement shall not be affected by any offset, counterclaim or other right that the Employer or any Employer Affiliate may have against her for any reason.

 

10.                                Section 280G .

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement to the contrary, if any of the payments or benefits provided or to be provided by the Company or its affiliates to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (“ Covered Payments ”) constitute “parachute payments”  within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and would, but for this Section 10 be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law or any interest or penalties with respect to such taxes (collectively, the “ Excise Tax ”), then prior to

 

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making the Covered Payments, a calculation shall be made comparing (i) the Net Benefit (as defined below) to the Executive of the Covered Payments after payment of the Excise Tax to (ii) the Net Benefit to the Executive if the Covered Payments are limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax. Only if the amount calculated under (i) above is less than the amount under (ii) above will the Covered Payments be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the Covered Payments is subject to the Excise Tax. “ Net Benefit ” shall mean the present value of the Covered Payments net of all federal, state, local, foreign income, employment and excise taxes.

 

(b)                                  The Covered Payments shall be reduced in a manner that maximizes the Executive’s economic position. In applying this principle, the reduction shall be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and where two economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction but payable at different times, such amounts shall be reduced on a pro rata basis but not below zero.

 

(c)                                   Any determination required under this Section 10 shall be made in writing in good faith by an independent accounting firm selected by the Company that is reasonably acceptable to the Executive (the “ Accountants ”). The Company and the Executive shall provide the Accountants with such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section 10 . For purposes of making the calculations and determinations required by this Section 10 , the Accountants may rely on reasonable, good faith assumptions and approximations concerning the application of Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code. The Accountants’ determinations shall be final and binding on the Company and the Executive. The Executive shall be responsible for all fees and expenses incurred by the Accountants in connection with the calculations required by this Section 10 .

 

11.                                Notices . All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, delivered by overnight air courier, or transmitted by facsimile transmission addressed as follows:

 

(i)                                      If to the Employer:

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

Target Logistics Management, LLC

2170 Buckthorne Place, Suite 440

The Woodlands, TX 77380-1775

 

(ii)                                   If to the Executive:

 

Heidi Diane Lewis

[Address withheld]

 

Each party may designate by notice in writing a new address to which any notice, demand, request or communication may thereafter be so given, served or sent. Each notice, demand, request, or communication that shall be given or made in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given or made for all purposes at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the return receipt, the delivery receipt, confirmation of facsimile transmission or the affidavit of messenger being deemed conclusive but not exclusive evidence of such delivery) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation.

 

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12.                                Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

13.                                Effect on Other Agreements . The provisions of this Agreement shall supersede the terms of any plan, policy, agreement, award or other arrangement (whether entered into before or after the date hereof) regarding the subject matter hereof.

 

14.                                Survival . It is the express intention and agreement of the parties hereto that the provisions of Sections 7 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 21 and 22 hereof and this Section 14 shall survive the termination of employment of the Executive. In addition, all obligations of the Employer to make payments hereunder shall survive any termination of this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

15.                                Assignment . The rights and obligations of the parties to this Agreement shall not be assignable or delegable, except that (i) in the event of the Executive’s death, the personal representative or legatees or distributees of the Executive’s estate, as the case may be, shall have the right to receive any amount owing and unpaid to the Executive hereunder and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Employer hereunder shall be assignable and delegable in connection with any subsequent merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or equity interests of the Employer or similar transaction involving the Employer or a successor corporation. The Employer shall require any successor to the Employer to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.

 

16.                                Binding Effect . Subject to any provisions hereof restricting assignment, this Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

17.                                Amendment; Waiver . This Agreement shall not be amended, altered or modified except by an instrument in writing duly executed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. Neither the waiver by either of the parties hereto of a breach of or a default under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure of either of the parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder, shall thereafter be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder.

 

18.                                Headings . Section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement for any purpose, and shall not in any way define or affect the meaning, construction or scope of any of the provisions hereof.

 

19.                                Governing Law . This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas (but not including any choice of law rule thereof that would cause the laws of another jurisdiction to apply).

 

20.                                Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties respecting the employment of the Executive, there being no representations, warranties or commitments except as set forth herein.

 

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

 

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22.                                Withholding . The Employer may withhold from any benefit payment under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling; provided that any withholding obligation arising in connection with the exercise of a stock option or the transfer of stock or other property shall be satisfied through withholding an appropriate number of shares of stock or appropriate amount of such other property.

 

23.                                Section 409A . The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code (“ Code Section 409A ”) and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith. If the Executive notifies the Employer (with specificity as to the reason therefor) that the Executive believes that any provision of this Agreement (or of any award of compensation, including equity compensation or benefits) would cause the Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Code Section 409A and the Employer concurs with such belief or the Employer (without any obligation whatsoever to do so) independently makes such determination, the Employer shall, after consulting with the Executive, reform such provision to attempt to comply with Code Section 409A through good faith modifications to the minimum extent reasonably appropriate to conform with Code Section 409A. To the extent that any provision hereof is modified in order to comply with Code Section 409A, such modification shall be made in good faith and shall, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, maintain the original intent and economic benefit to the Executive and the Employer of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Code Section 409A. In no event whatsoever shall the Employer be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalty that may be imposed on the Executive by Code Section 409A or damages for failing to comply with Code Section 409A. With respect to any payment or benefit considered to be nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service” Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed on the date of termination to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B), then with regard to any payment or the provision of any benefit that is considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A payable on account of a “separation from service,” such payment or benefit shall not be made or provided until the date which is the earlier of (A) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of such “separation from service” of the Executive, and (B) the date of the Executive’s death, to the extent required under Code Section 409A. Upon the expiration of the foregoing delay period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this Section 23 (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. To the extent that reimbursements or other in-kind benefits under this Agreement constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A, (A) all expenses or other reimbursements hereunder shall be made on or prior to the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which such expenses were incurred by the Executive, (B) any right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and (C) no such reimbursement, expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided in any taxable year shall in any way affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other taxable year. For purposes of Code Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days, the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Employer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall any payment under this Agreement that constitutes

 

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“nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A be subject to offset by any other amount unless otherwise permitted by Code Section 409A.

 

24.                                Indemnification . Employer hereby agrees to indemnify the Executive and provide directors and officers liability insurance coverage to the Executive, in each case, on terms and conditions no less favorable than those provided to members of the Board.

 

25.                                Definitions .

 

Accrued Benefits ” means (i) Base Salary through the Date of Termination; (ii) accrued and unused vacation pay; (iii) any earned but unpaid Annual Bonus; (iv) any amounts owing to the Executive for reimbursement of expenses properly incurred by the Executive prior to the Date of Termination and which are reimbursable in accordance with Section 6 ; and (v) any other benefits or amounts due and owing to the Executive under the terms of any plan, program or arrangement of the Employer. Amounts payable pursuant to the clauses (i) - (iii) shall be paid promptly after the Date of Termination and all other amounts will be paid in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, program or arrangement (as modified by this Agreement).

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Employer.

 

Cause ” shall be limited to the following events (i) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony (other than in connection with a traffic violation) under any state or federal law; (ii) the Executive’s failure to substantially perform her essential job functions hereunder after receipt of written notice from the Employer requesting such performance; (iii) a material act of fraud or material misconduct with respect, in each case, to the Employer, by the Executive; (iv) any material misconduct by the Executive that could be reasonably expected to damage the reputation or business of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate; or (v) the Executive’s material violation of a material policy of the Employer. Any determination of whether Cause exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive shall not be terminated for Cause hereunder unless (A) written notice stating the basis for the termination is provided to the Executive, (B) as to clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this paragraph, the Executive is given 15 days to cure the neglect or conduct that is the basis of such claim (it being understood that any errors in expense reimbursement may be cured by repayment), and (C) if the Executive fails to cure such neglect or conduct, there is a vote of a majority of the members of the Board to terminate the Executive for Cause.

 

Change in Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Incentive Plan.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

Date of Termination ” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Executive’s death, the date of the Executive’s death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated because of the Executive’s Disability, 30 days after Notice of Termination, provided that the Executive shall not have returned to the performance of the Executive’s duties on a full- time basis during such 30-day period; or (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Employer pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B)  or by the Executive pursuant to Section 8(a)(iii) , the date specified in the Notice of Termination, which may not be less than 60 days after the Notice of Termination in the event the Employer is terminating the Executive without Cause or the Executive is terminating employment without Good Reason.

 

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Employer Affiliate ” means any entity controlled by, in control of, or under common control with, the Employer.

 

Employer Confidential Information ” means information known to the Executive to constitute trade secrets or proprietary information belonging to the Employer or other confidential financial information, operating budgets, strategic plans or research methods, personnel data, projects or plans, or non-public information regarding the terms of any existing or pending lending transaction between Employer and an existing or pending client or customer, in each case, received by the Executive in the course of her employment by the Employer or in connection with her duties with the Employer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the general skills, knowledge and experience gained during the Executive’s employment with the Employer, information publicly available or generally known within the industry or trade in which the Employer competes and information or knowledge possessed by the Executive prior to her employment by the Employer, shall not be considered Employer Confidential Information.

 

Good Reason ” means, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Executive, (i) any material diminution or adverse change in the Executive’s titles; (ii) reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or Target Bonus; (iii) a failure to grant the Executive, in any consecutive 12 month period, long term incentive equity awards having a grant date fair value (as determined by the Committee in good faith) of at least $150,000; (iv) a requirement that the Executive report to someone other than the Employer’s Chief Executive Officer; (v) a material diminution in the Executive’s authority, responsibilities or duties or material interference with the Executive’s carrying out her duties; (vi) the assignment of duties inconsistent with the Executive’s position or status with the Employer as of the Effective Date; or (vii) a relocation of the Executive’s primary place of employment to a location more than 50 miles from the Employer’s executive headquarters. In order to invoke a termination for Good Reason, (A) the Executive must give written notice of the occurrence of an event of Good Reason within 60 days of its occurrence, (B) the Employer must fail to cure such event within 30 days of such notice, and (C) the Executive must terminate employment within 10 days of the expiration of such cure period.

 

Incentive Plan ” means the Target Hospitality Corp. 2019 Incentive Award Plan.

 

Non-Solicit Period ” means the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending twelve months after the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Period or the Executive’s Date of Termination.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf.

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James B. Archer

 

Date:

01/10/2019

 

 

 

 

Name:

James Bradley Archer

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

 

 

/s/ Heidi Diane Lewis

 

Heidi Diane Lewis

 


 

ANNEX A

 

Terms of Long Term Incentive Equity

 

Initial Annual Award:

 

50% time-vested stock options and 50% RSUs vesting ratably over 4 years valued at $150,000 at grant. A minimum of 25% of the Initial Annual Award will vest if termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason occurs within the first year of grant.

 


Exhibit 10.11

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into by and between Target Logistics Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (the “ Employer ”), and Troy Schrenk, an individual (the “ Executive ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Executive is currently employed as the Chief Commercial Officer;

 

WHEREAS, on November 13, 2018, Algeco Investments B.V. entered into a merger agreement, as amended January 4, 2019, pursuant to which it will sell all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Algeco U.S. Holdings, LLC, the owner of the Employer, to a special purpose acquisition company (the transactions contemplated in such agreement, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Transaction ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Employer will be the surviving entity following the consummation of the Transaction (the “ Closing ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Employer and the Executive desire to enter into this Agreement to set out the terms and conditions for the continued employment relationship of the Executive with the Employer effective as of the date of the Closing (the “ Effective Date ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Employment Agreement . On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Employer agrees to continue to employ the Executive and the Executive agrees to continue to be employed by the Employer for the Employment Period set forth in Section 2 and in the positions and with the duties set forth in Section 3 . Terms used herein with initial capitalization not otherwise defined are defined in Section 25 .

 

2.                                       Term . The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and extend for 36 months (the “ Initial Term ”). If the Closing does not occur, this Agreement shall be deemed null and void.  The term of employment shall be automatically extended for an additional consecutive 12-month period (the “ Extended Term ”) on the last day of the Initial Term and each subsequent anniversary thereof, unless and until the Employer or Executive provides written notice to the other party in accordance with Section 11 hereof not less than 120 days before such anniversary date that such party is electing not to extend the term of employment under this Agreement (“ Non-Renewal ”), in which case the term of employment hereunder shall end as of the end of such Initial Term or Extended Term, as the case may be, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter set forth. Such Initial Term and all such Extended Terms are collectively referred to herein as the “ Employment Period ”. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if on the date of a Change in Control the remaining term of the Employment Period is less than 12 months, the Employment Period shall be automatically extended to the end of the 12-month period following such Change in Control.

 

3.                                       Position and Duties . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as the Chief Commercial Officer of the Employer. In such capacities, the Executive shall report exclusively to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Employer and shall have the duties, responsibilities and authorities customarily associated with such position(s) in a company the size and nature of the Employer.

 


 

The Executive shall devote the Executive’s reasonable best efforts and full business time to the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder and the advancement of the business and affairs of the Employer; provided that , the Executive may serve on civic, charitable, educational, religious, public interest or public service boards, and manage the Executive’s personal and family investments, in each case, to the extent such activities do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.

 

4.                                       Place of Performance . During the Employment Period, except for reasonable travel on the Employer’s business consistent with the Executive’s position, the Executive shall be based primarily at the Employer’s executive headquarters, currently located in Houston, Texas.

 

5.                                       Compensation and Benefits; Options .

 

(a)                                  Base Salary . During the Employment Period, the Employer shall pay to the Executive a base salary (the “ Base Salary ”) at the rate of no less than $200,000 per calendar year, less applicable deductions, and prorated for any partial year. Beginning with the first quarter of 2020, the Base Salary shall be reviewed for increase by the Employer no less frequently than annually, and shall be increased in the discretion of the Employer and any such adjusted Base Salary shall constitute the “Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement. The Base Salary shall be paid in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s regular payroll procedures. The Executive’s Base Salary may not be decreased during the Employment Period.

 

(b)                                  Election to Receive RSUs . Capitalized terms used in this Section 3(b)  but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them under the Incentive Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of each calendar year during the Employment Period, the Executive may elect in writing to receive 100% of the Base Salary in the form of restricted stock units (“ RSUs ”) in respect of Common Shares under the Incentive Plan, provided that, for the first year of the Employment Period only, such election may be made at any time on or prior to the Effective Date; the amount of RSUs that Executive shall be entitled to receive pursuant to any such election shall be determined by dividing the applicable annual Base Salary by the then Fair Market Value per Common Share, provided that, for the first year of the Employment Period only, the amount of RSUs the Executive shall be entitled to receive pursuant to any such election shall be 60,000. Any such election by the Executive shall continue in effect for each subsequent calendar year during the Employment Period unless and until notice revoking such election is provided by the Executive or the Employer no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the applicable calendar year; provided that any such election may be cancelled at any time, with no liability to the Employer, and the Base Salary may be paid in cash in accordance with Section 5(a) , if the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Committee ”) does not approve the grant of RSUs to the Executive in accordance with the terms of the Incentive Plan. The RSUs shall vest ratably each month during the calendar year any such election is in effect; provided that in the event of a termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the vesting of the RSUs shall cease and any unvested RSUs shall be forfeited as of the Date of Termination. The Restricted Period applicable to any RSUs issued hereunder shall lapse at the end of the calendar year in respect of which any such RSUs were issued, whereupon the Executive shall be entitled to one Common Share for each RSU that is no longer subject to the applicable Restricted Period.  Except as otherwise provided herein, any RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 5(b)  shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Incentive Plan and applicable Award agreement, neither of which shall conflict with the terms hereof.

 

(c)                                   Annual Bonus . For each fiscal year of the Employer ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual cash performance bonus (an “ Annual Bonus ”) based on performance against performance criteria determined by the Committee. The

 

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Executive’s annual target bonus opportunity for a fiscal year shall equal 75% of the Executive’s Base Salary at the beginning of such year (the “ Target Bonus ”). The Executive’s Annual Bonus for a fiscal year shall be determined by the Committee after the end of the applicable bonus period and shall be paid to the Executive when annual bonuses for that year are paid to other senior executives of the Employer generally, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year to which such Annual Bonus relates.

 

(d)                                  Long Term Incentive Equity .

 

(i)                                      Initial Public Offering Award . Upon completion of an Initial Public Offering of Employer shares, the Executive shall receive a one-time equity award consistent with the terms set forth in Annex A.

 

(ii)                                   Annual Award . With respect to each fiscal year of the Employer ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive annual equity awards under the Incentive Plan (“ Annual Award ”). The level of the Executive’s participation in any such plan, if any, shall be determined in the discretion of the Committee from time to time. The target grant value of the Annual Award is $200,000, but the actual value of any grant may be higher or lower based on Committee discretion. Terms and conditions of such awards shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the applicable plan and the applicable award agreements.

 

(iii)                                Initial Annual Award . For the Employer’s 2019 fiscal year, the Executive shall receive an equity award under the Incentive Plan having a grant date fair value (as determined by the Committee) of $200,000, 50% of which will be in the form of options and 50% of which will be in the form of RSUs, in each case, consistent with the terms set forth in Annex A.

 

(e)                                   Vacation . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks’ vacation annually to be used in accordance with the Employer’s applicable vacation policy.

 

(f)                                    Automobile Allowance . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an automobile allowance that is comparable in all material respects to that provided to other similarly situated executives of the Employer in accordance with the Employer’s applicable automobile allowance policy.

 

(g)                                   Benefits . During the Employment Period, the Employer shall provide to the Executive employee benefits and perquisites on a basis that is comparable in all material respects to that provided to other similarly situated executives of the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to change insurance carriers and to adopt, amend, terminate or modify employee benefit plans and arrangements at any time and without the consent of the Executive.

 

(h)                                  Additional Benefits . During the Employment Period, to the extent permitted under applicable law including without limitation the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Section 105(h) of the Code, the Employer shall reimburse the Executive for the Executive’s portion of the premium costs under the Employer’s group health, dental, vision, life and AD&D, STD and LTD insurance.

 

(i)                                      Commissions . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive quarterly commission payments equal to (i) 0.25% of the quarterly gross revenue generated by the Executive’s direct team on behalf the Company and (ii) no more than 2.0% of quarterly gross revenue from any customer accounts originated or managed by Executive, including extensions and renewals of

 

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contracts with such customers,  as such commission percentages and awards are determined pursuant to Company’s commission policy in effect at that time.

 

6.                                       Expenses . The Executive is expected and is authorized to incur reasonable expenses in the performance of his duties hereunder. The Employer shall reimburse the Executive for all such expenses reasonably and actually incurred in accordance with policies which may be adopted from time to time by the Employer promptly upon periodic presentation by the Executive of an itemized account, including reasonable substantiation, of such expenses.

 

7.                                       Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure and Non-Competition Agreement . The Employer and the Executive acknowledge and agree that during the Executive’s employment with the Employer, the Executive will have access to and may assist in developing Employer Confidential Information and will occupy a position of trust and confidence with respect to the Employer’s affairs and business and the affairs and business of the Employer Affiliates. The Executive agrees that the following obligations are necessary to preserve the confidential and proprietary nature of Employer Confidential Information and to protect the Employer and the Employer Affiliates against harmful solicitation of employees and customers, harmful competition and other actions by the Executive that would result in serious adverse consequences for the Employer and the Employer Affiliates:

 

(a)                                  Non-Disclosure . During and after the Executive’s employment with the Employer, the Executive will not knowingly use, disclose or transfer any Employer Confidential Information other than as authorized in writing by the Employer or within the scope of the Executive’s duties with the Employer as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Executive. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 7(a)  shall not apply when disclosure is required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to disclose or make accessible any information or as to information that becomes generally known to the public or within the relevant trade or industry other than due to the Executive’s violation of this Section 7(a) .

 

(b)                                  Materials . The Executive will not remove any Employer Confidential Information or any other property of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate from the Employer’s premises or make copies of such materials except for normal and customary use in the Employer’s business as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Executive. The Executive will return to the Employer all Employer Confidential Information and copies thereof and all other property of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate at any time upon the request of the Employer and in any event promptly after termination of Executive’s employment. The Executive agrees to attempt in good faith to identify and return to the Employer any copies of any Employer Confidential Information after the Executive ceases to be employed by the Employer. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, nothing in this Section 7 shall prevent the Executive from retaining a home computer, papers and other materials of a personal nature that do not contain Employer Confidential Information.

 

(c)                                   No Solicitation or Hiring of Employees . During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not solicit, entice, persuade or induce any individual who is employed by the Employer or any Employer Affiliate (or who was so employed within 180 days prior to the Executive’s action) to terminate or refrain from continuing such employment or to become employed by or enter into contractual relations with any other individual or entity, and the Executive shall not hire, directly or indirectly, as an employee, consultant or otherwise, any such person.

 

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(d)                                  Non-Competition .

 

(i)                                      During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit or encourage any client or customer of the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer, or any person or entity who was such a client or customer within 180 days prior to Executive’s action to terminate, reduce or alter in a manner adverse to the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer, any existing business arrangements with the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer or to transfer existing business from the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer to any other person or entity, (B) provide services in any capacity to any entity in any geographic area in which the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer conducts that business, or is actively planning to conduct that business, as of the date of such termination (the “ Non-Competition Area ”) if (i) the entity competes with the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer by engaging in any business engaged in by the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer, or (ii) the services to be provided by the Executive are competitive with the Employer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Employer and substantially similar to those previously provided by the Executive to the Employer, or (C) own an interest in any entity, including those described in Section 7(d)(i)(B)(i)  immediately above. The Executive agrees that, before providing services, whether as an employee or consultant, to any entity during the Non-Compete Period, the Executive will provide a copy of this Agreement to such entity, and such entity shall acknowledge to the Employer in writing that it has read this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that this covenant has a unique, very substantial and immeasurable value to the Employer, that the Executive has sufficient assets and skills to provide a livelihood for the Executive while such covenant remains in force and that, as a result of the foregoing, in the event that the Executive breaches such covenant, monetary damages would be an insufficient remedy for the Employer and equitable enforcement of the covenant would be proper.

 

(ii)                                   If the restrictions contained in Section 7(d)(i)  shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of their extending for too great a period of time or over too great a geographical area or by reason of their being too extensive in any other respect, Section 7(d)(i)  shall be modified to be effective for the maximum period of time for which it may be enforceable and over the maximum geographical area as to which it may be enforceable and to the maximum extent in all other respects as to which it may be enforceable.

 

(e)                                   Enforcement . The Executive acknowledges that in the event of any breach of this Section 7 , the business interests of the Employer and the Employer Affiliates will be irreparably injured, the full extent of the damages to the Employer and the Employer Affiliates will be impossible to ascertain, monetary damages will not be an adequate remedy for the Employer and the Employer Affiliates, and the Employer will be entitled to enforce this Agreement by a temporary, preliminary and/or permanent injunction or other equitable relief, without the necessity of posting bond or security, which the Executive expressly waives. The Executive understands that the Employer may waive some of the requirements expressed in this Agreement, but that such a waiver to be effective must be made in writing and should not in any way be deemed a waiver of the Employer’s right to enforce any other requirements or provisions of this Agreement. The Executive agrees that each of the Executive’s obligations specified in this Agreement is a separate and independent covenant and that the unenforceability of any of them shall not preclude the enforcement of any other covenants in this Agreement. In signing this Agreement, the Executive gives the Employer assurance that the Executive has carefully read and considered all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Executive agrees that these restraints are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the Employer and the Employer Affiliates and their Confidential Information and that each and every one of the restraints is reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area, and that these restraints, individually or in the aggregate, will not prevent the Executive from obtaining other suitable employment during the period

 

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in which the Executive is bound by the restraints. The Executive agrees that, before providing services, whether as an employee or consultant, to any entity during the period of time that the Executive is subject to the constraints in this Agreement, the Executive will provide a copy of this Agreement to such entity, and such entity shall acknowledge to the Employer in writing that it has read this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that each of these covenants has a unique, very substantial and immeasurable value to the Employer and the Employer Affiliates and that the Executive has sufficient assets and skills to provide a livelihood while such covenants remain in force. The Executive further covenants that he will not challenge the reasonableness or enforceability of any of the covenants set forth in this Agreement, and that the Executive will reimburse the Employer and the Employer Affiliates for all costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with any action to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement if the Executive challenges the reasonableness or enforceability of any of the provisions of this Agreement. It is also agreed that each of the Employer Affiliates will have the right to enforce all of the Executive’s obligations to that affiliate under this Agreement.

 

8.                                       Termination of Employment .

 

(a)                                  Permitted Terminations . The Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated during the Employment Period under the following circumstances:

 

(i)                                      Death . The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death;

 

(ii)                                   By the Employer . The Employer may terminate the Executive’s employment:

 

(A)                                Disability . If the Executive shall have been substantially unable to perform the Executive’s material duties hereunder by reason of illness, physical or mental disability or other similar incapacity, which inability shall continue for 180 consecutive days or 270 days in any 24-month period (a “ Disability ”) (provided, that until such termination, the Executive shall continue to receive the Executive’s compensation and benefits hereunder, reduced by any benefits payable to the Executive under any applicable disability insurance policy or plan); or

 

(B)                                Cause . For Cause or without Cause;

 

(iii)                                By the Executive . The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment for any reason (including Good Reason) or for no reason.

 

(b)                                  Termination . Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer or the Executive (other than because of the Executive’s death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Notice of Termination ” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, if any, and set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. Termination of the Executive’s employment shall take effect on the Date of Termination. The Executive agrees, in the event of any dispute under Section 8(a)(ii)(A)  as to whether a Disability exists, and if requested by the Employer, to submit to a physical examination by a licensed physician selected by mutual consent of the Employer and the Executive, the cost of such examination to be paid by the Employer. The written medical opinion of such physician shall be conclusive and binding upon each of the parties hereto as to whether a Disability exists and the date when such Disability arose. This Section shall be interpreted and applied so as to comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and any applicable state or local laws.

 

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9.                                       Compensation Upon Termination .

 

(a)                                  Disability . If the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period because of the Executive’s Disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A) , the Employer shall pay to the Executive (i) the Accrued Benefits; and (ii) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally. In addition, any outstanding equity awards granted pursuant to Section 5(d)(i)-(iii)  that are subject solely to time-based vesting conditions shall immediately vest. The vesting, if any, upon termination as a result of the Executive’s Disability of any outstanding equity awards that are subject to performance-based vesting conditions shall be determined based on actual performance in the applicable fiscal period in which termination occurs, and the Executive will vest in any such awards to the extent performance metrics are ultimately achieved. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Death . If the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Employment Period as a result of the Executive’s death, the Employer shall pay to the Executive’s legal representative or estate, and the Executive’s legal representative or estate shall be entitled to, as applicable, (i) the amounts set forth in Section 9(a) ; and (ii) one times the Executive’s Base Salary at the time of termination less amounts payable, if any, under any Company provided life insurance policy, payable in a lump sum. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Termination by the Employer for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason . If, during the Employment Period, the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment for Cause pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B)  or the Executive terminates his employment without Good Reason, the Employer shall pay to the Executive the Accrued Benefits. Except as set forth herein, the Employer shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason . Subject to Section 9(e) , if the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A)  or if the Executive terminates his employment hereunder with Good Reason, subject to the Executive’s compliance with Section 7, (i) the Employer shall pay the Executive (A) the Accrued Benefits, (B) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally, and (C) continued Base Salary for 12 months following the Date of Termination (the “ Severance Period ”) payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices (the “ Cash Severance Payment ”); (ii) any unvested awards granted to the Executive under the Incentive Plan shall continue to vest during the Severance Period to the extent that such awards would have become vested had he remained employed through the end of the Severance Period; and (iii) the Executive shall be entitled to additional payments, payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices, equal to the total costs that would be incurred by the Executive to obtain and pay for continued coverage under the Employer’s health insurance plans during the Severance Period (the “ Continued Coverage Payment ”). For the purposes of this Agreement, a voluntary termination by the Executive upon the expiration of the Employment Period due to delivery of a non-renewal notice by the Employer pursuant to Section 2 shall be treated as a termination by the Employer without Cause.

 

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(e)                                   Change in Control .

 

(i)                                      Section 9(e)(ii)  shall apply if there is (A) a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability or by the Executive for Good Reason, in either case, during the 12-month period after a Change in Control; or (B) a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employer for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability prior to a Change in Control, if the termination was at the request of a third party or otherwise arose in anticipation of a Change in Control (a termination described in either clause (A) or clause (B), a “ CIC Termination ”).

 

(ii)                                   If any such termination occurs, (A) the Executive shall receive benefits set forth in Section 9(d) , except that the Cash Severance Payment shall be equal to the sum of lx the Executive’s Base Salary at the time of termination and the Executive Target Bonus for the year of termination and, if such Change in Control is a “change in control event” under Section 409A of the Code (a “ Qualifying CIC ”), shall be paid in a lump sum, and (B) the Continued Coverage Payment shall be paid in a lump sum. In addition, any outstanding equity awards granted pursuant to Section 5(d)(i)-(iii)  that are subject solely to time-based vesting conditions shall immediately vest upon a CIC Termination. For the avoidance of doubt, the acceleration, if any, upon a CIC Termination of any outstanding equity awards that are subject to performance-based vesting conditions shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the applicable plan and the applicable award agreements. To the extent the Executive’s CIC Termination is described in Section 9(e)(i)(B)  and the Change in Control is a Qualifying CIC, the incremental Cash Severance Payment and any unpaid Cash Severance Payment shall be paid in a lump sum.

 

(f)                                    Liquidated Damages . The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which will result to the Executive for termination by the Employer of the Executive’s employment without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the amounts, excluding the Accrued Benefits, payable to the Executive under Section 9(d)  or Section 9(e)  (the “ Severance Benefits ”) shall constitute liquidated damages for any such termination. The Executive agrees that, except for such other payments and benefits to which the Executive may be entitled as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or any other applicable benefit plan, such liquidated damages shall be in lieu of all other claims that the Executive may make by reason of any such termination of his employment and that, as a condition to receiving the Severance Benefits, the Executive must execute a release of claims in a form to be provided by the Employer (the “ Release ”). To be eligible for Severance Benefits, the Executive must execute and deliver the Release, and such Release must become irrevocable, within 60 days of the Date of Termination. The Cash Severance Payment shall be made, and the continuing health insurance coverage shall commence, promptly after the Release becomes irrevocable; provided that to the extent the 60-day period spans two calendar years and to the extent required to comply with Code Section 409A, such payments shall be made or commence, as applicable, on the 60th day following the Date of Termination.

 

(g)                                   No Offset . In the event of termination of his employment, the Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other employment and there shall be no offset against amounts due to him on account of any remuneration or benefits provided by any subsequent employment he may obtain. The Employer’s obligation to make any payment pursuant to, and otherwise to perform its obligations under, this Agreement shall not be affected by any offset, counterclaim or other right that the Employer or any Employer Affiliate may have against him for any reason.

 

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10.                                Section 280G .

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement to the contrary, if any of the payments or benefits provided or to be provided by the Company or its affiliates to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (“ Covered Payments ”) constitute “parachute payments”  within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and would, but for this Section 10 be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law or any interest or penalties with respect to such taxes (collectively, the “ Excise Tax ”), then prior to making the Covered Payments, a calculation shall be made comparing (i) the Net Benefit (as defined below) to the Executive of the Covered Payments after payment of the Excise Tax to (ii) the Net Benefit to the Executive if the Covered Payments are limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax. Only if the amount calculated under (i) above is less than the amount under (ii) above will the Covered Payments be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the Covered Payments is subject to the Excise Tax. “ Net Benefit ” shall mean the present value of the Covered Payments net of all federal, state, local, foreign income, employment and excise taxes.

 

(b)                                  The Covered Payments shall be reduced in a manner that maximizes the Executive’s economic position. In applying this principle, the reduction shall be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and where two economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction but payable at different times, such amounts shall be reduced on a pro rata basis but not below zero.

 

(c)                                   Any determination required under this Section 10 shall be made in writing in good faith by an independent accounting firm selected by the Company that is reasonably acceptable to the Executive (the “ Accountants ”). The Company and the Executive shall provide the Accountants with such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section 10 . For purposes of making the calculations and determinations required by this Section 10 , the Accountants may rely on reasonable, good faith assumptions and approximations concerning the application of Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code. The Accountants’ determinations shall be final and binding on the Company and the Executive. The Executive shall be responsible for all fees and expenses incurred by the Accountants in connection with the calculations required by this Section 10 .

 

11.                                Notices . All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, delivered by overnight air courier, or transmitted by facsimile transmission addressed as follows:

 

(i)                                      If to the Employer:

 

General Counsel

Target Logistics Management, LLC

2170 Buckthorne Place, Suite 440

The Woodlands, TX 77380-1775

 

(ii)                                   If to the Executive:

 

Troy Schrenk

[Address redacted]

 

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Each party may designate by notice in writing a new address to which any notice, demand, request or communication may thereafter be so given, served or sent. Each notice, demand, request, or communication that shall be given or made in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given or made for all purposes at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the return receipt, the delivery receipt, confirmation of facsimile transmission or the affidavit of messenger being deemed conclusive but not exclusive evidence of such delivery) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation.

 

12.          Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

13.          Effect on Other Agreements . The provisions of this Agreement shall supersede the terms of any plan, policy, agreement, award or other arrangement (whether entered into before or after the date hereof) regarding the subject matter hereof, including the Offer Letter from the Employer to the Executive, dated April 24, 2012.

 

14.          Survival . It is the express intention and agreement of the parties hereto that the provisions of Sections 7 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 21 and 22 hereof and this Section 14 shall survive the termination of employment of the Executive. In addition, all obligations of the Employer to make payments hereunder shall survive any termination of this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

15.          Assignment . The rights and obligations of the parties to this Agreement shall not be assignable or delegable, except that (i) in the event of the Executive’s death, the personal representative or legatees or distributees of the Executive’s estate, as the case may be, shall have the right to receive any amount owing and unpaid to the Executive hereunder and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Employer hereunder shall be assignable and delegable in connection with any subsequent merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or equity interests of the Employer or similar transaction involving the Employer or a successor corporation. The Employer shall require any successor to the Employer to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.

 

16.          Binding Effect . Subject to any provisions hereof restricting assignment, this Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

17.          Amendment; Waiver . This Agreement shall not be amended, altered or modified except by an instrument in writing duly executed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. Neither the waiver by either of the parties hereto of a breach of or a default under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure of either of the parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder, shall thereafter be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder.

 

18.          Headings . Section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement for any purpose, and shall not in any way define or affect the meaning, construction or scope of any of the provisions hereof.

 

19.          Governing Law . This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the

 

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State of Texas (but not including any choice of law rule thereof that would cause the laws of another jurisdiction to apply).

 

20.          Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties respecting the employment of the Executive, there being no representations, warranties or commitments except as set forth herein.

 

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

 

22.          Withholding . The Employer may withhold from any benefit payment under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling; provided that any withholding obligation arising in connection with the exercise of a stock option or the transfer of stock or other property shall be satisfied through withholding an appropriate number of shares of stock or appropriate amount of such other property.

 

23.          Section 409A . The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code (“ Code Section 409A ”) and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith. If the Executive notifies the Employer (with specificity as to the reason therefor) that the Executive believes that any provision of this Agreement (or of any award of compensation, including equity compensation or benefits) would cause the Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Code Section 409A and the Employer concurs with such belief or the Employer (without any obligation whatsoever to do so) independently makes such determination, the Employer shall, after consulting with the Executive, reform such provision to attempt to comply with Code Section 409A through good faith modifications to the minimum extent reasonably appropriate to conform with Code Section 409A. To the extent that any provision hereof is modified in order to comply with Code Section 409A, such modification shall be made in good faith and shall, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, maintain the original intent and economic benefit to the Executive and the Employer of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Code Section 409A. In no event whatsoever shall the Employer be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalty that may be imposed on the Executive by Code Section 409A or damages for failing to comply with Code Section 409A. With respect to any payment or benefit considered to be nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service” Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed on the date of termination to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B), then with regard to any payment or the provision of any benefit that is considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A payable on account of a “separation from service,” such payment or benefit shall not be made or provided until the date which is the earlier of (A) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of such “separation from service” of the Executive, and (B) the date of the Executive’s death, to the extent required under Code Section 409A. Upon the expiration of the foregoing delay period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this Section 23 (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. To the extent that reimbursements or other in-kind benefits under this Agreement constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A, (A) all expenses or other reimbursements hereunder shall be made on or prior to the last

 

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day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which such expenses were incurred by the Executive, (B) any right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and (C) no such reimbursement, expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided in any taxable year shall in any way affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other taxable year. For purposes of Code Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days, the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Employer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall any payment under this Agreement that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A be subject to offset by any other amount unless otherwise permitted by Code Section 409A.

 

24.          Indemnification . Employer hereby agrees to indemnify the Executive and provide directors and officers liability insurance coverage to the Executive, in each case, on terms and conditions no less favorable than those provided to members of the Board.

 

25.          Definitions .

 

Accrued Benefits ” means (i) Base Salary through the Date of Termination; (ii) accrued and unused vacation pay; (iii) any earned but unpaid Annual Bonus; (iv) any amounts owing to the Executive for reimbursement of expenses properly incurred by the Executive prior to the Date of Termination and which are reimbursable in accordance with Section 6 ; and (v) any other benefits or amounts due and owing to the Executive under the terms of any plan, program or arrangement of the Employer. Amounts payable pursuant to the clauses (i) - (iii) shall be paid promptly after the Date of Termination and all other amounts will be paid in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, program or arrangement (as modified by this Agreement).

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Employer.

 

Cause ” shall be limited to the following events (i) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony (other than in connection with a traffic violation) under any state or federal law; (ii) the Executive’s failure to substantially perform his essential job functions hereunder after receipt of written notice from the Employer requesting such performance; (iii) a material act of fraud or material misconduct with respect, in each case, to the Employer, by the Executive; (iv) any material misconduct by the Executive that could be reasonably expected to damage the reputation or business of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate; or (v) the Executive’s material violation of a material policy of the Employer. Any determination of whether Cause exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive shall not be terminated for Cause hereunder unless (A) written notice stating the basis for the termination is provided to the Executive, (B) as to clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this paragraph, the Executive is given 15 days to cure the neglect or conduct that is the basis of such claim (it being understood that any errors in expense reimbursement may be cured by repayment), and (C) if the Executive fails to cure such neglect or conduct, there is a vote of a majority of the members of the Board to terminate the Executive for Cause.

 

Change in Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Incentive Plan.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

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Date of Termination ” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Executive’s death, the date of the Executive’s death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated because of the Executive’s Disability, 30 days after Notice of Termination, provided that the Executive shall not have returned to the performance of the Executive’s duties on a full- time basis during such 30-day period; or (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Employer pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B)  or by the Executive pursuant to Section 8(a)(iii) , the date specified in the Notice of Termination, which may not be less than 60 days after the Notice of Termination in the event the Employer is terminating the Executive without Cause or the Executive is terminating employment without Good Reason.

 

Employer Affiliate ” means any entity controlled by, in control of, or under common control with, the Employer.

 

Employer Confidential Information ” means information known to the Executive to constitute trade secrets or proprietary information belonging to the Employer or other confidential financial information, operating budgets, strategic plans or research methods, personnel data, projects or plans, or non-public information regarding the terms of any existing or pending lending transaction between Employer and an existing or pending client or customer (as the phrase “client or customer” is defined in Section 7(d)(i)  hereof), in each case, received by the Executive in the course of his employment by the Employer or in connection with his duties with the Employer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the general skills, knowledge and experience gained during the Executive’s employment with the Employer, information publicly available or generally known within the industry or trade in which the Employer competes and information or knowledge possessed by the Executive prior to his employment by the Employer, shall not be considered Employer Confidential Information.

 

Good Reason ” means, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Executive, (i) any material diminution or adverse change in the Executive’s titles; (ii) reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or Target Bonus; (iii) a failure to grant the Executive, in any consecutive 12 month period, long term incentive equity awards having a grant date fair value (as determined by the Committee in good faith) of at least $200,000; (iv) a requirement that the Executive report to someone other than the Employer’s Chief Executive Officer; (v) a material diminution in the Executive’s authority, responsibilities or duties or material interference with the Executive’s carrying out his duties; (vi) the assignment of duties inconsistent with the Executive’s position or status with the Employer as of the Effective Date; or (vii) a relocation of the Executive’s primary place of employment to a location more than 50 miles from the Employer’s executive headquarters. In order to invoke a termination for Good Reason, (A) the Executive must give written notice of the occurrence of an event of Good Reason within 60 days of its occurrence, (B) the Employer must fail to cure such event within 30 days of such notice, and (C) the Executive must terminate employment within 10 days of the expiration of such cure period.

 

Incentive Plan ” means the Target Hospitality Corp. 2019 Incentive Award Plan.

 

Non-Compete Period ” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending twelve months after the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Period or the Executive’s Date of Termination.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf.

 

 

TARGET LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Diarmuid Cummins

 

 

Date:

1/29/2019

 

 

 

 

Name: Diarmuid Cummins

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Troy Schrenk

 

 

Troy Schrenk

 

 


 

ANNEX A

 

Terms of Long Term Incentive Equity

 

Initial Public Offering Award:

 

50% time-vesting stock options and 50% RSUs vesting ratably over 4 years valued at $500,000 at grant. A minimum of 25% of the Initial Public Offering Award will vest if termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason occurs within the first year of grant.

 

 

 

Initial Annual Award:

 

50% time-vested stock options and 50% RSUs vesting ratably over 4 years valued at $200,000 at grant. A minimum of 25% of the Initial Annual Award will vest if termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason occurs within the first year of grant.

 


Exhibit 14.1

 

CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AND SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICERS

 

Target Hospitality Corp. (the “ Company ”) has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “ Code of Conduct ”) that applies to all officers, directors, and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. The executives subject to this Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers (this “ Code of Ethics ”) are also subject to the Code of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures adopted by the Company. In adopting the Code of Conduct and this Code of Ethics, the Company has recognized the vital importance to the Company of conducting its business subject to the highest ethical standards and in full compliance with applicable law and, even where not required by law, with the utmost integrity and honesty.

 

Persons Covered by this Code of Ethics

 

This Code of Ethics is applicable to the Company’s chief executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, and controller or persons performing similar functions (each, a “ Covered Officer ” and together, the “ Covered Officers ”).

 

This policy is intended to be a code of ethics that complies with Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), and Item 406 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

General Principals

 

Covered Officers bear a special responsibility for promoting integrity throughout the organization, and fostering a culture throughout our organization that ensures the fair and timely reporting of the Company’s results of operations and financial condition and other financial information. For this reason, in all of their dealings on behalf of, or with, the Company, each Covered Officer must:

 

·                   engage in and promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

·                   act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting material facts or allowing his or her independent judgment to be subordinated to the judgment of others;

 

·                   produce full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”), and in other public communications, including both written and oral disclosures, statements and presentations;

 

·                   comply with all applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations (including, but not limited to, those relating to disclosure of the business activities and/or performance of the Company);

 

·                   promptly report violations of this Code of Ethics, or of the Code of Conduct, by designated senior management, to the appropriate persons;

 

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·                   protect the confidentiality of non-public information about the Company and its customers or suppliers or other business partners, and prevent the unauthorized disclosure of such information unless required by law;

 

·                   deter wrongdoing;

 

·                   ensure the responsible use of, and control over, all Company assets and resources entrusted to his or her care; and

 

·                   assume accountability for compliance with, and the interpretation and enforcement of, this Code of Ethics (which includes proactively promoting and being an example of ethical behavior in the work environment).

 

Public Disclosure

 

Covered Officers are responsible under the federal securities laws and this Code of Ethics for assuring accurate, full, fair, timely and understandable disclosure in all of the Company’s public communications, including but not limited to any report or other document filed with or submitted to the SEC or other governmental agency or entity, or in a press release, investor conference or any other medium in which a Covered Officer purports to communicate on behalf of the Company. Accordingly, it is the responsibility of each Covered Officer to promptly bring to the attention  of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board” ) any credible information of which he or she becomes aware that would place in doubt the accuracy and completeness in any material respect of any disclosures of which he or she is aware that have been made, or are to be made, directly or indirectly by the Company in any public SEC filing or submission or any other formal or informal public communication, whether oral or written (including but not limited to a press release).

 

In addition, each Covered Officer is responsible for promptly bringing to our attention any credible information of which he or she becomes aware that indicates any deficiency in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting within the meaning of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the SEC’s implementing rules, and/or the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures for preparing SEC reports or other public communication as mandated by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the SEC’s implementing rules, even if a materially inaccurate or incomplete disclosure by or on behalf of the Company has not resulted or is not expected imminently to result from such deficiency.

 

Further, Covered Officers must not knowingly make, or permit or direct another to make, materially false or misleading entries in the Company’s financial statements or records; fail to correct materially false and misleading financial statements or records; sign, or permit another to sign, a document containing materially false and misleading information; or falsely respond, or fail to respond, to specific inquiries of the Company’s independent auditor or outside legal counsel. Each Covered Officer is reminded, moreover, that the Company is required by law and its Code of Conduct to keep books and records that accurately and fairly reflect its business operations, its acquisition and disposition of assets and its incurrence of liabilities, as part of a system of internal accounting controls that will ensure the reliability and adequacy of these books and records and that will ensure that access to Company assets is granted only as permitted by Company policies. Any attempt to enter inaccurate or fraudulent information into the Company’s accounting system will not be tolerated and will result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

 

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Reporting Violations

 

If you have questions about this Code of Ethics, you should seek guidance from the Company’s General Counsel. If you know of or suspect a violation of this Code of Ethics, you must immediately either (i) report the information to the General Counsel and the Audit Committee or (ii) submit the information through confidential or anonymous complaint procedures set forth in the Company’s Whistleblower Policy. No one will be subject to retaliation because of a good faith report of known or suspected misconduct or other violations of this policy.

 

Upon receipt of a determination that there has been a violation of this policy, the Company’s Board of Directors (or, if applicable, committee thereof) will take such preventive or disciplinary action as it deems appropriate, including without limitation reassignment, demotion, dismissal and, in the event of criminal conduct or other serious violations of the law, notification of the appropriate authorities.

 

Amendments and Waivers

 

Where an amendment to or waiver of this Code of Ethics may be necessary or appropriate with respect to a Covered Officer, such person shall submit a request for approval to the full Board. Only the Board may grant waivers from compliance with this Code of Ethics or make amendments to this Code of Ethics. All waivers, including implicit waivers, and amendments will be publicly disclosed as required by applicable SEC regulations and the requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“ Nasdaq ”), and no waiver, implicit waiver or amendment of this Code of Ethics will become effective until such public disclosure is made. To the extent permitted by the SEC and Nasdaq, such waivers shall be disclosed through the Company’s website. For this purpose, a “waiver” means the approval by the Board of a material departure from a provision of this Code of Ethics and an “implicit waiver” means the failure of the Board to take action within a reasonable period of time regarding a material departure from a provision of this Code of Ethics after any executive officer of the Company has become aware of such material departure.

 

Other

 

Covered Officers are required to be familiar with this policy, and shall certify compliance with this Code of Ethics on an annual basis.  This policy will be reviewed and updated, as necessary, on an annual basis.

 

This Code of Ethics is a statement of the fundamental principles and key policies and procedures that govern the Company’s senior financial officers in the conduct of the Company’s business.  It is neither a contract of employment nor a guarantee of continuing Company policy. The Company reserves the right to amend, supplement or discontinue this Code and the matters addressed herein, without prior notice, at any time.

 

Adopted by the Board March 15, 2019

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECIEPT AND REVIEW

 

I acknowledge that I have received and read a copy of Target Hospitality Corp.’s Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers (“ Code of Ethics ”). I understand the contents of the Code of Ethics, and I agree to comply with the policies and procedures set out in the Code of Ethics. I also understand that I should approach the General Counsel if I have questions about the Code of Ethics in general or about reporting a suspected conflict of interest or other violation of the Code of Ethics.

 

Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

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Exhibit 21.1

 

List of Subsidiaries

 

Name

 

Jurisdiction

Topaz Holdings LLC

 

Delaware

Arrow Bidco, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Holdings LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Construction Services LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Management, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Barnhart, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Carrizo, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Jal, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Kenedy, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Midland, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Pecos, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Orla, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor El Reno, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Rancho Agave, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Water Tower, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Kermit, LLC

 

Delaware

RL Signor Odessa, LLC

 

Delaware

Target Logistics Management LLC

 

Massachusetts

TLM Equipment, LLC

 

Delaware

US Iron Bidco, LLC

 

Delaware

Chard Camp Catering Services Ltd.

 

Canada (Alberta)

Target Logistics Holdings Tioga, LLC

 

North Dakota

Target Logistics Holdings Williston, LLC

 

North Dakota

Target H20, LLC

 

North Dakota

Target Logistics Holdings Dickinson, LLC

 

North Dakota

Target Management Canada, Ltd.

 

Canada (British Columbia)

TL Proveeduria Y Servicios de rl de cv

 

Mexico (The Federal District)

Algeco Canada Inc.

 

Canada (Ontario)

 


Exhibit 99.1

 

COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017

With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Combined Financial Statements

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Contents

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

3

 

 

Combined Financial Statements

 

 

 

Combined Balance Sheets

4

Combined Statements of Comprehensive Income

5

Combined Statements of Changes in Equity

6

Combined Statements of Cash Flows

7

Notes to Combined Financial Statements

8

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Sole Member of Algeco US Holdings LLC and shareholder of Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying combined balance sheet of Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation (the Companies) as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related combined statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “combined financial statements”). In our opinion, the combined financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Companies’ at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companies’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companies’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

 

We have served as the Companies’ auditor since 2018 .

 

 

 

Houston, TX

 

 

 

February 26, 2019

 

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

Combined Balance Sheets

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

12,194

 

$

12,533

 

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $39 and $137, respectively

 

57,106

 

18,090

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

3,965

 

4,823

 

Notes due from affiliates

 

638

 

 

Notes due from officers

 

1,083

 

625

 

Total current assets

 

74,986

 

36,071

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted cash

 

257

 

 

Specialty rental assets, net

 

293,559

 

193,786

 

Other property, plant and equipment, net

 

18,882

 

5,603

 

Goodwill

 

34,180

 

8,065

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

127,383

 

38,334

 

Deferred tax asset

 

12,420

 

23,233

 

Deferred financing costs revolver, net

 

2,865

 

 

Notes due from affiliates

 

 

55,742

 

Notes due from officers

 

500

 

2,291

 

Total assets

 

$

565,032

 

$

363,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

21,597

 

$

4,718

 

Accrued liabilities

 

23,300

 

18,779

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

17,805

 

20,188

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

2,446

 

15,260

 

Notes due to affiliate

 

 

13,500

 

Total current liabilities

 

65,148

 

72,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

20,564

 

2,793

 

Note due to affiliates

 

108,047

 

221,000

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

19,571

 

37,559

 

Asset retirement obligation

 

2,610

 

1,903

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

101

 

2,521

 

Total liabilities

 

216,041

 

338,221

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)

 

 

 

 

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Equity (deficit)

 

307,366

 

(12,606

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(2,463

)

(1,622

)

Accumulated earnings

 

44,088

 

39,132

 

Total equity

 

348,991

 

24,904

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

565,032

 

$

363,125

 

 

See accompanying notes to the combined financial statements.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

Combined Statements of Comprehensive Income

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

For the Years Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

Services income

 

$

186,865

 

$

75,422

 

Specialty rental income

 

53,735

 

58,813

 

Total revenue

 

240,600

 

134,235

 

Costs:

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

93,064

 

46,630

 

Specialty rental

 

10,372

 

10,095

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

31,610

 

24,464

 

Loss on impairment

 

15,320

 

 

Gross Profit

 

90,234

 

53,046

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

41,340

 

24,337

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

7,518

 

5,681

 

Restructuring costs

 

8,593

 

2,180

 

Currency (gain) loss, net

 

149

 

(91

)

Other income, net

 

(8,275

)

(519

)

Operating income

 

40,909

 

21,458

 

Interest expense (income), net

 

24,198

 

(5,107

)

Income before income tax

 

16,711

 

26,565

 

Income tax expense

 

11,755

 

25,584

 

Net income

 

4,956

 

981

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation

 

(841

)

618

 

Comprehensive income

 

$

4,115

 

$

1,599

 

 

See accompanying notes to the combined financial statements.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

Combined Statements of Changes in Equity

For the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

Equity (deficit)

 

Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss

 

Accumulated
Earnings

 

Total

 

Balances at December 31, 2016

 

$

274,663

 

$

(2,240

)

$

38,151

 

$

310,574

 

Net income

 

 

 

981

 

981

 

Net distribution upon Restructuring

 

(101,047

)

 

 

(101,047

)

Net distribution to affiliate

 

(186,222

)

 

 

(186,222

)

Cumulative translation adjustment

 

 

618

 

 

618

 

Balances at December 31, 2017

 

$

(12,606

)

$

(1,622

)

$

39,132

 

$

24,904

 

Net income

 

 

 

4,956

 

4,956

 

Contributions

 

346,710

 

 

 

346,710

 

Distributions

 

(26,738

)

 

 

(26,738

)

Cumulative translation adjustment

 

 

(841

)

 

(841

)

Balances at December 31, 2018

 

$

307,366

 

$

(2,463

)

$

44,088

 

$

348,991

 

 

See accompanying notes to the combined financial statements.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

Combined Statements of Cash Flows

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

For the Years Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

4,956

 

$

981

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

31,952

 

25,244

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

7,176

 

4,902

 

Loss on impairment

 

15,320

 

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligation

 

202

 

140

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

608

 

 

Officer loan compensation expense

 

792

 

625

 

Gain on sale of specialty rental assets and other property, plant and equipment

 

 

(31

)

Gain on involuntary conversion

 

(1,678

)

 

Deferred income taxes

 

10,864

 

21,878

 

Provision (benefit) for loss on receivables, net of recoveries

 

(98

)

426

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of business acquired)

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(25,908

)

(6,877

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

(361

)

(2,385

)

Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities

 

5,329

 

6,600

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

(20,531

)

(15,288

)

Other non-current assets and liabilities

 

(2,420

)

4,559

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

26,203

 

40,774

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of specialty rental assets

 

 

1,562

 

Purchase of specialty rental assets

 

(78,733

)

(15,315

)

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

 

(951

)

(899

)

Purchase of business, net of cash acquired

 

(200,356

)

(36,538

)

Repayments from (advances to) affiliates

 

55,645

 

(79,056

)

Receipts of insurance proceeds

 

3,478

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(220,917

)

(130,246

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Repayments of notes with affiliates

 

(256,626

)

 

Proceeds from notes with affiliates

 

130,173

 

13,500

 

Principal payments on borrowings from ABL

 

(40,076

)

 

Proceeds from borrowings on ABL

 

59,550

 

1,994

 

Contributions from affiliates

 

346,710

 

125,593

 

Distributions to affiliates

 

(26,738

)

(23,561

)

Cash paid for acquisition of Target

 

 

(5,640

)

Payment of deferred financing costs

 

(3,473

)

 

Principal payments on finance and capital lease obligations

 

(14,967

)

(13,827

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

194,553

 

98,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

(178

)

136

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(339

)

8,723

 

Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of year

 

12,533

 

3,810

 

Cash and cash equivalents - end of year

 

$

12,194

 

$

12,533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

23,076

 

$

955

 

Income taxes paid, net of refunds received

 

$

 

$

620

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash investing and financing activity:

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash distribution to affiliate - affiliate note payable incurred for Target acquisition

 

$

 

$

(221,000

)

Non-cash distribution to affiliate - liability transfer from affiliate, net

 

$

 

$

(9,257

)

Non-cash distribution to affiliates - forgiveness of related party receivables and payables, net

 

$

 

$

(171,747

)

Non-cash change in accrued capital expenditures

 

$

2,277

 

$

440

 

Non-cash change in specialty rental assets due to effect of exchange rate changes

 

$

(663

)

$

 

Non-cash consideration in purchase of business, net of cash acquired

 

$

1,181

 

$

 

 

See accompanying notes to the combined financial statements.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Organization and Nature of Operations

 

Algeco US Holdings LLC (Holdings), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Delaware, was formed by TDR Capital LLP (TDR) in September 2017. Holdings is directly owned by Algeco Scotsman Global S.a.r.l. (ASG) which is ultimately owned by a group of investment funds managed and controlled by TDR. During 2018, ASG assigned all of its ownership interest in Holdings to Algeco Investments B.V., an affiliate entity that is also ultimately owned by a group of investment funds managed and controlled by TDR. Holdings acts as a holding company that includes the US corporate employees of ASG and affiliates and certain related administrative costs and is the owner of Target Logistics Management, LLC (Target), its operating company. Holdings receives capital contributions, makes distributions, and maintains cash as well as other amounts owed to and from affiliated entities. Certain cost allocations are made to Holdings from its ultimate parent, related to payroll, taxes, and certain operating expenses.

 

Target is one of the largest suppliers of vertically integrated hospitality solutions in North America. It is organized as a single-member limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts. Target provides specialty rental with comprehensive vertically integrated hospitality services including: catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, overall workforce lodge management, and laundry service. Target serves clients in oil, gas, mining, alternative energy, government and immigrations sectors principally located in the West Texas, South Texas, Oklahoma and Bakken regions, as well as various large linear-construction (pipeline and infrastructure) projects in the United States.

 

Arrow Parent Corporation (Arrow), incorporated under the laws of Delaware, owns 100% of Arrow Bidco LLC (Bidco). Arrow is owned by Arrow Holdings S.a.r.l. (AHS), which is ultimately owned by a group of investment funds managed and controlled by TDR. Arrow was formed in August 2018 and acts as a holding company for Bidco, which was also formed in September 2018 as a holding company. Neither Arrow or Bidco have operating activity, but receive capital contributions, make distributions, and maintain cash as well as other amounts owed to and from affiliated entities.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Bidco is incorporated under the laws of Delaware as a single member LLC, and owns 100% of RL Signor Holdings, LLC (Signor) acquired on September 7, 2018 (see Note 2).

 

Signor is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware to own, develop, manage and operate hospitality solutions located primarily throughout Texas. Through its operating subsidiaries, Signor provides comprehensive vertically integrated hospitality services consistent with those of Target.

 

On November 13, 2018, Holdings and Arrow entered into a Membership Purchase Agreement with Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corporation (Platinum Eagle), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Topaz Holdings LLC, to affect a business combination. Pursuant to the agreement, all of the equity interests of Holdings and Arrow will be purchased for approximately $1.311 billion. The purchase price will be paid in shares and cash.

 

On December 22, 2017, in a restructuring transaction (Restructuring) amongst entities under common control of TDR and ASG, Holdings acquired 100% ownership of Target, initially acquired by another subsidiary of ASG in 2013, as its operating company. As part of the Restructuring, certain notes and intercompany accounts among Target and other ASG entities were offset and extinguished and any gain or loss on extinguishment of the notes and receivables have been recognized as contributions and distributions in equity. Further, immediately prior to the Restructuring transaction, on December 15, 2017, Target acquired all of Iron Horse Managing Services, LLC and Iron Horse Ranch Yorktown, LLC (collectively, Iron Horse), in a transaction between entities under common control of TDR. Iron Horse was initially acquired by another subsidiary of TDR on July 31, 2017 and accounted for as a business combination with the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recorded at fair value as of the date of the initial acquisition. The acquisition of Iron Horse expanded Target’s presence in the Texas Permian Basin, adding four lodges with approximately one thousand rooms in strategic locations across Texas.

 

As the Restructuring transaction and Target’s acquisition of Iron Horse were among entities under common control, the transactions did not result in a change in control and therefore did not meet the definition of a business combination in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 805, Business Combinations . Accordingly, the net assets have been recorded at their carrying value at the date of transfer. Additionally, as these transactions occurred between entities under common control, Holdings has recorded no gain or loss in the combined financial statements. Further, as the common control transactions resulted in a change in the reporting entity, the Holdings consolidated financial statements for historical comparative periods presented have been retrospectively adjusted, as if the transactions had occurred as of the earliest period presented or the initial date at which the entities first came under common control. As such, the operating results of Target and Iron Horse are included in the operations beginning on February 15, 2013 and July 31, 2017, respectively, the date at which common control was attained.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Basis of Presentation

 

Due to common ownership of Holdings and Arrow by TDR as explained above, these financial statements have been combined to include the consolidated accounts of both Holdings and Arrow (the Companies). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. TDR, the ultimate parent of Holdings, owns 76% percent of Holdings with the remaining 24% held through affiliated entities of TDR. TDR owns 100% of Arrow. TDR will have majority ownership of the entity created from the closing of the business combination with Platinum Eagle, discussed above.

 

The combined financial statements reflect the Companies historical financial position, results of operations and cash flows, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). The accompanying combined financial statements were prepared from the separate records maintained by the Companies and may not necessarily be indicative of the conditions that would have existed or the results of operations if the Companies had been operated as unaffiliated entities.

 

Management believes the assumptions underlying the combined financial statements, including the assumptions regarding the allocation of general corporate expenses, are reasonable. However, the allocations may not include all of the actual expenses that would have been incurred by the Companies and may not reflect its combined results of operations, financial position and cash flows had it been a standalone company during the periods presented. It is not practicable to estimate actual costs that would have been incurred had the Companies been a standalone company and operated as an unaffiliated entity during the periods presented. Actual costs that might have been incurred had the Companies been a standalone company would depend on a number of factors, including the organizational structure, what corporate functions the Companies might have performed directly or outsourced and strategic decisions the Companies might have made in areas such as executive management, legal and other professional services, and certain corporate overhead functions. Due to the Restructuring previously discussed, there are approximately $17.3 million and $9.3 million of additional expenses related to the activity of Holdings included in the combined statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Approximately $8.6 million and $0.5 million are reported in restructuring costs for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Approximately $8.1 million and $8.8 million of these expenses are reported in selling, general and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Such selling, general and administrative expenses were offset through charges to affiliated entities in the amount of approximately $5.3 million and recognized in other income, net for the year ended December 31, 2018 as more fully discussed in Note 18. Approximately $0.6 million and $0 of these expenses are reported in other income, net for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Earnings per share is not presented in the accompanying notes as Holdings is a single member LLC and Arrow is a wholly owned subsidiary.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires the use of estimates and assumptions by management in determining the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the combined financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. If the underlying estimates and assumptions upon which the financial statements are based change in future periods, actual amounts may differ from those included in the accompanying combined financial statements.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Companies consider all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Included in restricted cash are irrevocable standby letters of credit that represent collateral for site improvements.

 

Receivables and Allowances for Doubtful Accounts

 

Receivables primarily consist of amounts due from customers from the delivery of specialty rental services. The trade accounts receivable is recorded net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon the amount of losses expected to be incurred in the collection of these accounts. The estimated losses are based upon a review of outstanding receivables, including specific accounts and the related aging, and on historical collection experience. Specific accounts are written off against the allowance when management determines the account is uncollectible. Activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts was as follows:

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Balance at Beginning of Year

 

$

137

 

$

781

 

Net charges to bad debt expense

 

464

 

426

 

Recoveries

 

(562

)

 

Write-offs

 

 

(1,070

)

Balance at End of Year

 

$

39

 

$

137

 

 

Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets

 

Prepaid expenses of approximately $3.0 million and $2.0 million at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, primarily consist of insurance, taxes, rent, and permits.  Prepaid insurance, taxes, rent, and permits are amortized over the related term of the respective agreements.  Other assets of approximately $1.0 million and $2.8 million at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, primarily consist of $0 and $1.8 million of insurance proceeds receivable (see Note 15), $0 and $0.5 million of affiliate note interest receivable (see Note 8), and $0.9 million and $0.5 million of hospitality inventory.  Inventory, primarily consisting of food and beverages, is accounted for by the first-in, first-out method and is stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value.

 

Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

In the normal course of business, the Companies grant credit to its customers based on credit evaluations of their financial condition and generally requires no collateral or other security. Major customers are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the Companies’ revenues or accounts receivable. The Companies had one customer representing 27.4% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018. The largest customer accounts for 9.4% of accounts receivable while two other customers account for 24.5% and 17.3% of accounts receivable, respectively, at December 31, 2018.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Holdings had two customers representing 50.5% and 11.8%, respectively, of total revenues. The largest customer accounts for 26.6% of accounts receivable, with no other customer making up more than 10% of receivables at December 31, 2017.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Major suppliers are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the annual goods purchased. For the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Companies had no major suppliers comprising more than 10.0% of total purchases.

 

The Companies provide services almost entirely to customers in the governmental and oil and gas industries and as such, are almost entirely dependent upon the continued activity of such customers.

 

Specialty Rental Assets

 

Specialty rental assets (units, site work and furniture and fixtures comprising lodges) are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Cost includes expenditures that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. Costs of improvements and betterments to units are capitalized when such costs extend the useful life of the unit or increase the rental value of the unit. Costs incurred for units to meet a particular customer specification are capitalized and depreciated over the lease term. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives and considering the residual value of those assets. The estimated useful life of modular units is 15 years. The estimated useful life of site work (above ground and below ground infrastructure) is 5 years. The estimated useful life of furniture and fixtures is 7 years. Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are adjusted prospectively, if a revision is determined to be appropriate.

 

Other Property, Plant, and Equipment

 

Other property, plant, and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Assets leased under capital leases are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives unless it is reasonably certain that the Companies will obtain ownership by the end of the lease term. Land is not depreciated. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives, as follows:

 

 

 

Depreciable Lives (in years)

Buildings

 

5-15 years

Machinery and equipment

 

3-5 years

Furniture and fixtures

 

7 years

Software

 

3 years

 

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.

 

Business Combinations

 

Except as it relates to common control transactions as described in Note 1, business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. Consideration transferred for acquisitions is measured at fair value at the acquisition date and includes assets transferred, liabilities assumed and equity issued. Acquisition costs incurred are expensed and included in selling, general and administrative expenses. When the Companies acquire a business, the financial assets and liabilities assumed are assessed for appropriate classification and designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions at the acquisition date.

 

Any contingent consideration transferred by the acquirer is recognized at fair value at the acquisition date. Any subsequent changes to the fair value of contingent consideration are recognized in profit or loss. If the contingent consideration is classified as equity, it is not re-measured and subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Goodwill

 

The Companies evaluate goodwill for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is the operating segment, or one level below that operating segment (the component level) if discrete financial information is prepared and regularly reviewed by segment management. However, components are aggregated as a single reporting unit if they have similar economic characteristics. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to each of the Companies’ reporting units that are expected to benefit from the combination. The Companies evaluate changes in its reporting structure to assess whether that change impacts the composition of one or more of its reporting units. If the composition of the Companies’ reporting units changes, goodwill is reassigned between reporting units using the relative fair value allocation approach.

 

The Companies perform the annual impairment test of goodwill at October 1. In addition, the Companies perform impairment tests during any reporting period in which events or changes in circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. In assessing the fair value of the reporting units, the Companies consider the market approach, the income approach, or a combination of both. Under the market approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is based on quoted market prices of companies comparable to the reporting unit being valued. Under the income approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is based on the present value of estimated cash flows. The income approach is dependent on several significant management assumptions, including estimated future revenue growth rates, gross margin on sales, operating margins, capital expenditures, tax rates and discount rates.

 

If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the calculated fair value, a loss on impairment is recognized in an amount equal to that excess, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. Additionally, the Companies consider the income tax effect from any tax-deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting unit, if applicable, when measuring the goodwill impairment charge.

 

Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

 

Intangible assets that are acquired by the Companies and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually. The Companies’ indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of trade names. The Companies calculate fair value by comparing a relief-from-royalty method to the carrying amount of the indefinite-lived intangible asset. This method is used to estimate the cost savings that accrue to the owner of an intangible asset who would otherwise have to pay royalties or license fees on revenues earned through the use of the asset. A loss on impairment would be recorded to the extent the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds the fair value.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Other intangible assets that have finite useful lives are measured at cost less accumulated amortization and impairment losses, if any. Subsequent expenditures for intangible assets are capitalized only when they increase the future economic benefits embodied in the specific asset to which they relate. Amortization is recognized in profit or loss on an accelerated basis or a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of intangible assets. The Companies have customer relationship assets with lives ranging from 5 to 9 years and a non-compete agreement with a useful life of 5 years. Amortization of intangible assets is included in other depreciation and amortization on the combined statements of comprehensive income.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived and Amortizable Intangible Assets

 

Fixed assets including rental equipment and other property, plant and equipment and amortizable intangible assets are reviewed for impairment as events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset group to future undiscounted cash flows, without interest charges, expected to be generated by the asset group. If future undiscounted cash flows, without interest charges, exceed the carrying amount of an asset, no impairment is recognized. If management determines that the carrying value cannot be recovered based on estimated future undiscounted cash flows, without interest charges, over the shorter of the asset’s estimated useful life or the expected holding period, an impairment loss would be recorded based on the estimated fair value of the asset. As discussed in Note 5, an impairment loss has been recognized during 2018.

 

Assets Held for Sale

 

Management considers an asset to be held for sale when management approves and commits to a formal plan to actively market the asset for sale and it is probable that the sale will be completed within twelve months. A sale may be considered probable when a signed sales contract and significant non-refundable deposit or contract break-up fee exist. Upon designation as held for sale, management records the carrying value of the asset at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value, less estimated costs to sell, and management stops recording depreciation expense. As of December 31, 2018, no assets were considered held for sale.

 

Deferred Financing Costs Revolver, net

 

Deferred financing costs revolver are associated with the refinancing of the ABL revolver facility, as discussed in Note 9, during February 2018.  Such costs are amortized over the contractual term of the line-of-credit through the initial maturity date using the straight-line method.  Amortization of deferred financing costs revolver was $0.6 million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and is included in interest expense (income), net in the combined statements of comprehensive income.  Accumulated amortization of deferred financing costs revolver was $0.6 million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Asset Retirement Obligations

 

The Companies recognize asset retirement obligations (AROs) related to legal obligations associated with the operation of the Companies’ specialty rental assets. The fair values of these AROs are recorded on a discounted basis, at the time the obligation is incurred and accreted over time for the change in present value over the estimated useful lives of the underlying assets. The Companies capitalize asset retirement costs by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived assets and depreciating these costs over the remaining useful life. The carrying amount of AROs included in the combined balance sheets were $2.6 million and $1.9 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which represents the present value of the estimated future cost of these AROs of approximately $3.3 million.  Accretion expense of approximately $0.2 million and $0.1 million was recognized in specialty rental costs in the accompanying combined statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Foreign Currency Transactions and Translation

 

The Companies’ reporting currency is the US Dollar (USD). Exchange rate adjustments resulting from foreign currency transactions are recognized in profit or loss, whereas effects resulting from the translation of financial statements are reflected as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of equity.

 

The assets and liabilities of subsidiaries whose functional currency is different from the USD are translated into USD at exchange rates at the reporting date and revenue and expenses are translated using average exchange rates for the respective period.

 

Foreign exchange gains and losses arising from a receivable or payable to a combined Companies’ entity, the settlement of which is neither planned nor anticipated in the foreseeable future, are considered to form part of a net investment in the Companies’ entity and are included within accumulated other comprehensive loss.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Companies derive revenue from specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality services, specifically lodging and related ancillary services. Revenue is recognized in the period in which lodging and services are provided pursuant to the terms of contractual relationships with the customers. In some contracts, rates may vary over the contract term. In these cases, revenue is generally deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the contract term. Certain arrangements contain a lease of lodging facilities to customers. The leases are accounted for as an operating lease under the authoritative guidance for leases and are recognized as income using the straight-line method over the term of the lease agreement. When the Companies enter into arrangements with multiple deliverables, arrangement consideration is allocated between the deliverables based on the relative estimated selling price of each deliverable. The estimated price of lodging and services deliverables is based on the prices of lodging and services when sold separately, or based upon the best estimate of selling price.

 

When lodging and services are billed and collected in advance, recognition of revenue is deferred until services are rendered. Certain arrangements allow customers the ability to use paid but unused lodging and services for a specified period beyond the expiration of the contract. The Companies recognize revenue for these paid but unused lodging and services as they are used, as it becomes probable the lodging and services will not be used, or upon expiration of the specified term.

 

Cost of services includes labor, food, utilities, supplies, rent and other direct costs associated with operating the lodging units. Cost of rental includes leasing costs and other direct costs of maintaining the lodging units. Incremental direct costs of acquiring contracts includes sales commissions which are expensed as incurred and reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses in the combined statements of comprehensive income.

 

The Companies also originated a contract in 2013 with TransCanada Pipelines (TCPL) to construct, deliver, cater and manage all accommodations and hospitality services in conjunction with the planned construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project. During the construction phase of the contract, the Companies recognize revenue as costs are incurred in connection with the project. The revenue recognized includes a margin mark-up on costs incurred as allowable under the contract terms. Revenues associated with this contract are reflected as services income in the combined statements of comprehensive income and amounted to approximately $23 million and $0 million of services income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Additionally, the Companies collects sales, use, occupancy and similar taxes, which the Companies present on a net basis (excluded from revenues) in the combined statements of comprehensive income.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Income Taxes

 

The Companies’ operations are subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes. The Companies account for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Companies record net deferred tax assets to the extent that it is more likely than not that these assets will be realized. In making such determination, the Companies consider all available positive and negative evidence, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent results of operations. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce the deferred tax assets to an amount that will more likely than not be realized. When a valuation allowance is established or there is an increase in an allowance in a reporting period, tax expense is generally recorded in the Companies’ combined statements of comprehensive income. Conversely, to the extent circumstances indicate that a valuation allowance is no longer necessary, that portion of the valuation allowance is reversed, which generally reduces the Companies’ income tax expense.

 

Prior to the Restructuring, the operations of Target were included in the U.S. tax return of its historical parent, Williams Scotsman International, Inc., along with certain state and local and foreign income tax returns. In preparing the combined financial statements for the period prior to the Restructuring, the provision for income taxes was calculated using the “separate return” method. Under this method, Target assumed a separate return would be filed with the tax authority, thereby reporting its taxable income or loss and paying the applicable tax to or receiving the appropriate refund from its parent as applicable. Target’s current provision is the amount of tax payable or refundable on the basis of a hypothetical, current-year separate return. Target provides deferred taxes on temporary differences and on any carryforwards that it could claim on a hypothetical return and the need for a valuation allowance is assessed on the basis of its projected separate return results.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

In accordance with applicable authoritative guidance, the Companies account for uncertain income tax positions using a benefit recognition model with a two-step approach; a more-likely-than-not recognition criterion; and a measurement approach that measures the position as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. If it is not more-likely-than-not that the benefit of the tax position will be sustained on its technical merits, no benefit is recorded. Uncertain tax positions that relate only to timing of when an item is included on a tax return are considered to have met the recognition threshold. The Companies classify interest and penalties related to on uncertain tax positions within income tax expense. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Companies had no unrecognized tax benefits.

 

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”). The Act makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code, including, but not limited to: (1) reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; (2) requiring companies to pay a one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries; (3) generally eliminating U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; (4) requiring a tax on global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) which is a current inclusion in U.S. federal taxable income of certain earnings of controlled foreign corporations; (5) eliminating the corporate alternative minimum tax (AMT) and changing how existing AMT credits can be realized; (6) creating the base erosion anti-abuse tax (BEAT), a new minimum tax; (7) creating a new limitation on deductible interest expense; and (8) changing rules related to uses and limitations of net operating loss carryforwards created in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017.

 

During December 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (SAB 118) which provides guidance on accounting for the Act’s impact. SAB 118 provides a measurement period, which in no case should extend beyond one year from the Act enactment date, during which a company acting in good faith may complete the accounting for the impacts of the Act under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 740.

 

Per SAB 118, the Companies must reflect the income tax effects of the Act in the reporting period in which the accounting under ASC Topic 740 is complete. To the extent the Companies’ accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act is incomplete, it can determine a reasonable estimate for those effects and record a provisional estimate in the financial statements in the first reporting period in which a reasonable estimate can be determined. If the Companies cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 based on the provisions of the tax laws that were in effect immediately prior to the Act being enacted. If the Companies are unable to provide a reasonable estimate of the impacts of the Act in a reporting period, a provisional amount must be recorded in the first reporting period in which a reasonable estimate can be determined.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

As of and for the year ended December 31, 2017, the Companies, which consisted of Target operations, completed their accounting for the income tax effects of the Act. The Companies have not recorded a liability for the one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries imposed under the Act due to negative earnings and profit historically deemed repatriation transition tax. The Companies also remeasured their deferred tax asset and liabilities to reflect the reduction of the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent and, consequently, recorded a decrease related to net deferred tax assets of $12.1 million with a corresponding increase to deferred income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

The Companies maximize the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are prioritized into three levels that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1: Inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are observable.

 

Level 2: Inputs that reflect quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

 

Level 3: Inputs that are unobservable to the extent that observable inputs are not available for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

The Companies meet the definition of as an emerging growth company (EGC) as defined under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act). Using exemptions provided under the JOBS Act provided to EGCs, the Companies have elected to defer compliance with new or revised financial accounting standards until a company that is not an issuer (as defined under section 2(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) is required to comply with such standards. As such, compliance dates included below pertain to non-issuers, and as permitted, early adoption dates are indicated.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) , which prescribes a single comprehensive model for entities to use in the accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The new guidance will supersede virtually all existing revenue guidance under US GAAP. The new standard becomes effective for the Companies’ year ended December 31, 2019 and interim periods thereafter. Topic 606 allows either full or modified retrospective transition, and the Companies currently plan to use the modified retrospective method of adoption. This approach consists of recognizing the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. As part of the modified retrospective approach in the year of adoption, the Companies will present the comparative periods under legacy GAAP and disclose the amount by which each financial statement line item was affected as a result of applying the new standard and an explanation of significant changes. The core principle contemplated by this new standard is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. New disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers are also required. In April and May 2016, the FASB also issued clarifying updates to the new standard specifically to address certain core principles including the identification of performance obligations, licensing guidance, the assessment of the collectability criterion, the presentation of taxes collected from customers, non-cash considerations, contract modifications and completed contracts at transition. The Companies are currently evaluating the impact that the updated guidance will have on the Companies’ financial statements and related disclosures. As part of the evaluation process, the Companies are holding regular meetings with key stakeholders from across the organization to discuss the impact of the standard on its existing contracts. The Companies are utilizing a bottom-up approach to analyze the impact of the standard on its portfolio of contracts by reviewing the Companies’ current accounting policies and practices to identify potential differences that would result from applying the requirements of the new standard to the Companies’ existing revenue contracts.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02,  Leases (Topic 842) . This guidance revises existing practice related to accounting for leases under ASC Topic 840  Leases (ASC 840) for both lessees and lessors. The new guidance requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all of their leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease). The lease liability will be equal to the present value of lease payments and the right-of-use asset will be based on the lease liability, subject to adjustment such as for initial direct costs. For income statement purposes, the new standard retains a dual model similar to ASC 840, requiring leases to be classified as either operating or finance. Operating leases will result in straight-line expense (similar to current accounting by lessees for operating leases under ASC 840) while finance leases will result in a front-loaded expense pattern (similar to current accounting by lessees for capital leases under ASC 840). While the new standard maintains similar accounting for lessors as under ASC 840, the new standard reflects updates to, among other things, align with certain changes to the lessee model. The new standard will be effective for the Companies during the year ended December 31, 2020 and interim periods thereafter. Topic 842 allows an entity to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach or to adopt under the new optional transition method that allows an entity to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of the adoption date. The Companies are currently evaluating the impact of the pronouncement on its combined financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses ( ASU 2016-13 ). This new standard change how companies will measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net income. ASU 2016-13 is effective for financial statements issued for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within the reporting periods.  The Companies are currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its combined financial statements.

 

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16,  Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-entity Transfers of Assets other than Inventory . This guidance requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of intra-entity sale or transfers of assets, other than inventory, at the time of transfer. The new standard requires companies to recognize the income tax effects of intercompany sales or transfers of assets, other than inventory, in the income statement as income tax expense (or benefit) in the period the sale or transfer occurs. The exception to recognizing the income tax effects of intercompany sales or transfers of assets remains in place for intercompany inventory sales and transfers. The new standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for all entities as long as entities adopt at the beginning of an annual reporting period. The Companies do not believe the pronouncement will have a material impact on its combined financial statements.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

On November 17, 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of cash flows (Topic 230): Restricted cash . The amendments in this Update require that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this Update apply to all entities that have restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents and are required to present a statement of cash flows under Topic 230. This Update addresses stakeholder concerns around the diversity in practice that exists in the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows. The provisions of ASU No. 2016-18 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments in this Update should be applied retrospectively. The Companies do not plan to early adopt. The Companies do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on the combined financial statements.

 

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02,  Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income , to address a specific consequence of new legislation by allowing a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Act’s reduction of the US federal corporate income tax rate. The ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted, and is to be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the effect of the change in the US federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Act is recognized. The Companies plan to adopt the standard on January 1, 2019 and do not anticipate a material impact upon adoption.

 

2. Acquisitions

 

Acquisition of Signor

 

As previously described in Note 1, on September 7, 2018, Bidco purchased 100% of the Membership Interests of Signor. Bidco acquired Signor for an aggregate purchase price of $201.5 million excluding $15.5 million of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash acquired. Included in the purchase price was $1.2 million of amounts owed to the sellers as a result of a subsequent working capital true-up adjustment as discussed in Note 20 and recognized in accrued liabilities, with a corresponding increase to goodwill, as of December 31, 2018 in the accompanying combined balance sheets. The amount of the purchase price in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the total purchase price to the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition by Bidco at estimated fair value:

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

15,536

 

Accounts receivable

 

13,008

 

Property and equipment

 

79,026

 

Other current assets

 

581

 

Goodwill

 

26,115

 

Customer relationships

 

96,225

 

Total assets acquired

 

230,491

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

(3,678

)

Accrued expenses

 

(9,051

)

Capital lease liability and note payable

 

(490

)

Unearned revenue

 

(201

)

Total liabilities assumed

 

(13,420

)

Net assets acquired

 

$

217,071

 

 

The aggregate fair value of the acquired accounts receivable approximated the aggregate gross contractual amount. The contractual cash flows not expected to be collected at the acquisition date amounted to approximately $740.

 

Intangible assets related to customer relationships represent the aggregate value of those relationships from existing contracts and future operations on a look-through basis, considering the end customers of Signor. The intangible assets received by Bidco will be amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of nine years from the date of the business combination.

 

The purchase price allocation performed resulted in the recognition of approximately $26.1 million of goodwill. The goodwill recognized is attributable to expected revenue synergies generated by the expansion of territory of workforce housing, and costs synergies resulting from the consolidation or elimination of certain functions. All of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Upon finalization of the fair value allocations and useful lives, the amortization impact, if any, is not expected to be material. Acquisition-related costs incurred by Bidco in the amount of $5.2 million are included in the selling, general and administrative expenses line in the accompanying combined statement of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

Arrow has included the results of operations and cash flows of Signor from the date of acquisition.

 

Signor added $30.1 million and $12.5 million to our revenue and income before income taxes, respectively, for 2018.

 

The following unaudited pro forma information presents combined financial information as if Signor had been acquired as of January 1, 2017:

 

Period

 

Revenue

 

Income before taxes

 

2018 pro forma from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

$

301,842

 

$

41,175

 

2017 pro forma from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

$

172,972

 

$

22,097

 

 

These pro forma amounts have been calculated after applying the Companies’ accounting policies and adjusting the results of Signor to reflect the additional depreciation and amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair value adjustments to property and equipment, and intangible assets had been applied from January 1, 2017.

 

2018 supplemental pro forma income before taxes was adjusted to exclude $5.2 million of acquisition-related costs incurred in 2018. 2017 supplemental proforma income before taxes were adjusted to include these charges.

 

Acquisition of Iron Horse

 

As further described in Note 1, on December 15, 2017, Target purchased 100% of the Membership Interests of Iron Horse in a transaction under common control (initially acquired by a TDR affiliate on July 31, 2017). Target acquired Iron Horse for an aggregate purchase price of $37.1 million and recorded the excess of the purchase price over the carrying amount of the net assets acquired as a dividend, amounting to $0.1 million. The following table summarizes the carrying amount of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition by Target on December 15, 2017:

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Cash

 

$

616

 

Other Assets

 

36

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

14,720

 

Goodwill

 

8,065

 

Intangible assets

 

14,015

 

Total Assets

 

37,452

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

(376

)

Dividend

 

78

 

Total Consideration

 

$

37,154

 

 

Intangible assets related to customer relationships represent the aggregate value of those relationships from existing contracts and future operations on a look-through basis, considering the end customers of Iron Horse. The intangible assets received by Target will be amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of nine years from the date of the business combination. The useful life is based on a period of expected future cash flow used to measure the fair value of the intangible assets.

 

The purchase price allocation performed by the TDR affiliate at July 31, 2017, the acquisition date, resulted in the recognition of approximately $8.1 million of goodwill. The goodwill recognized is attributable to expected revenue synergies generated by the expansion of territory of workforce housing, and costs synergies resulting from the consolidation or elimination of certain functions. The goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

 

The Companies have included the results of operations and cash flows of Iron Horse from the date of acquisition by the TDR affiliate as common control existed as of the business combination date. The effects of intra-entity transactions on current assets, current liabilities, revenue and expenses have been eliminated.

 

Iron Horse contributed $13.1 million and $1.5 million to our revenue and pretax income, respectively, for 2017.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

The following unaudited pro forma information presents combined financial information as if Iron Horse had been acquired as of January 1, 2017:

 

Period

 

Revenue

 

Income before income tax

 

2017 Supplemental pro forma from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

$

145,974

 

$

26,128

 

 

3. Specialty Rental Assets, Net

 

Specialty rental assets, net at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Specialty rental assets

 

$

432,158

 

$

315,524

 

Construction-in-process

 

18,356

 

3,607

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

(156,955

)

(125,345

)

Specialty rental assets, net

 

$

293,559

 

$

193,786

 

 

Included in specialty rental assets, net are certain assets under capital leases. The gross cost of specialty rental assets under capital leases was approximately $22.8 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The accumulated depreciation related to specialty rental assets under capital leases totaled $8.2 million and $5.7 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The depreciation expense of these assets is presented in depreciation of specialty rental assets in the combined statements of comprehensive income. The net book value of these assets was $14.6 million and $17.1 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Companies sold specialty rental assets with a net book value of $0.9 million for $1.5 million, which resulted in a gain of $0.6 million being recognized in other income, net in the combined statements of comprehensive income.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

4. Other Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

 

Other property, plant, and equipment, net at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Land

 

$

16,245

 

$

5,025

 

Buildings and leasehold improvements

 

908

 

32

 

Machinery and office equipment

 

1,083

 

898

 

Software and other

 

1,667

 

327

 

 

 

19,903

 

6,282

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

(1,021

)

(679

)

Total other property, plant and equipment, net

 

$

18,882

 

$

5,603

 

 

Depreciation expense related to other property and equipment was $0.3 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and is included in other depreciation and amortization in the combined statements of comprehensive income. The 2018 land amount included in the above table includes approximately $7.6 million of land acquired as part of the Signor acquisition discussed in Note 2, which is currently not being used in the operations of the business. Management is evaluating future plans for this land with options to potentially sell the land, however, the land is not currently classified as held for sale as it is not expected to be sold within the next twelve months.

 

5. Loss on impairment

 

The following summarizes pre-tax impairment charges recorded during 2018 by segment, which are included in loss on impairment in our combined statements of comprehensive income (in thousands):

 

 

 

The Permian
Basin

 

The Bakken
Basin

 

Government

 

All
Other

 

Total

 

Year ended December 31, 2018

 

$

696

 

$

7,233

 

$

 

$

7,391

 

$

15,320

 

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

During the fourth quarter of 2018, we decided to dispose of certain nonstrategic asset groups that were vacant or operating at a loss. Some of these asset groups will be disposed of by sale, but are not classified as held for sale, as it is not probable that these asset groups will be sold within twelve months from the balance sheet date. Additionally, we identified an indicator that another asset group in the Canadian oil sands may be impaired due to deteriorating market conditions (“All Other” category above). These asset groups are comprised of land, modular units, furniture and fixtures, and land improvements. We assessed the carrying value of these asset groups to determine if they continued to be recoverable based on their estimated future cash flows. Based on the assessment, the carrying value of these asset groups were determined to not be fully recoverable, and we proceeded to compare the estimated fair value of those assets to their respective carrying values. The fair value of asset groups expected to be sold was determined using the market approach, comparing the assets held to other similar assets that have recently transacted in the market as well as identifying a depreciated replacement cost for real property assets. The fair value of the other asset groups was determined based on a discounted cash flow analysis in accordance with the income approach whereby current cash flow projections demonstrate continued operating losses in the future. Accordingly, the value of the asset groups were written down to their estimated fair values resulting in a total loss on impairment for the year ended December 31, 2018 of $15.3 million compared to $0 in the prior year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Our estimates of fair value using market and income based approaches required us to use significant unobservable inputs, representative of Level 3 fair value measurements, including numerous assumptions with respect to future circumstances that might directly impact each of the relevant asset groups’ operations in the future. These assumptions considered a variety of industry and local market conditions.

 

6. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net

 

As discussed further in Note 2, the Companies reflect the acquisition of Signor and Iron Horse in September 2018 and July 2017, respectively, resulting in the recognition of $26.1 million and $8.1 million of goodwill, respectively. In connection with the Signor and Iron Horse transactions, all goodwill was attributable to the Permian Basin business segment and reporting unit. There were no goodwill or intangible asset impairment losses recorded for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, nor are there balances in accumulated impairment as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Intangible assets other than goodwill at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Weighted
average
remaining lives

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net Book
Value

 

Intangible assets subject to amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer relationships

 

8.3

 

$

127,920

 

$

(16,937

)

$

110,983

 

Non-compete agreements

 

 

11,400

 

(11,400

)

 

Total

 

 

 

139,320

 

(28,337

)

110,983

 

Indefinite lived assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tradenames

 

 

 

16,400

 

 

16,400

 

Total intangible assets other than goodwill

 

 

 

$

155,720

 

$

(28,337

)

$

127,383

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Weighted
average
remaining lives

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net Book
Value

 

Intangible assets subject to amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer relationships

 

7.1

 

$

31,695

 

$

(10,046

)

$

21,649

 

Non-compete agreements

 

0.2

 

11,400

 

(11,115

)

285

 

Total

 

 

 

43,095

 

(21,161

)

21,934

 

Indefinite lived assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tradenames

 

 

 

16,400

 

 

16,400

 

Total intangible assets other than goodwill

 

 

 

$

59,495

 

$

(21,161

)

$

38,334

 

 

The aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets subject to amortization was $7.2 million and $4.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and is included in other depreciation and amortization in the combined statements of comprehensive income.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

The estimated aggregate amortization expense at December 31, 2018 for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows:

 

2019

 

$

14,100

 

2020

 

14,100

 

2021

 

14,100

 

2022

 

12,746

 

2023

 

12,325

 

Thereafter

 

43,612

 

Total

 

$

110,983

 

 

7. Accrued Liabilities

 

Accrued liabilities at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Accrued expenses

 

$

9,104

 

$

11,238

 

Employee accrued compensation expense

 

5,774

 

6,377

 

Other accrued liabilities

 

5,088

 

543

 

Accrued interest due affiliates

 

3,334

 

621

 

Total accrued liabilities

 

$

23,300

 

$

18,779

 

 

8. Notes Due from Affiliates

 

The Companies record interest income on notes due from affiliates based on the stated interest rate in the loan agreement. Interest income of $4.6 million and $7.9 million associated with notes due from affiliates is reflected in interest expense (income), net on the combined statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Companies do not charge, and therefore do not defer and amortize, loan origination costs on notes due from affiliates.

 

Current interest receivable of $0 and $0.5 million associated with these notes due from affiliates is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the combined balance sheets at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

As discussed in Note 1, during 2017, certain notes due from affiliates and related accrued interest receivable amounts outstanding prior to the Restructuring of $172.3 million were settled in a non-cash transaction as part of the Restructuring.

 

The non-current portion of notes due from affiliates at the dates indicated below consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Interest Rate

 

Year of
Maturity

 

December 31,
2018

 

December 31,
2017

 

Notes due from affiliates

 

8.60

%

2019

 

$

 

$

55,742

 

 

The notes between Holdings and related entities in the amount of $55.7 million included in the above table as of December 31, 2017 plus accrued interest of $5.0 million were collected in December of 2018. The proceeds were used to pay off certain notes due to affiliates as more fully discussed in Note 10.

 

9. Debt

 

Capital Lease and Other Financing Obligations

 

The Companies capital lease and financing obligations at December 31, 2018, primarily consisted of $1.7 million associated with an equipment financing arrangement, and $0.9 million of capital leases.

 

The $1.7 million related to the equipment financing agreement is payable monthly and matures in January 2019 and bears interest at 11.1%. Under this agreement, the Companies transferred title and ownership of certain lodging units, assigned a portion of future lease payments, and can repurchase the rental equipment for $1 in January 2019. This financing obligation was fully paid off in January 2019 (see Note 20).

 

The Companies entered into a capital lease for certain equipment with a lease term expiring in October 2019 and an effective interest rate of 7.43%. The Companies’ capital leases relating to commercial-use vehicles have interest rates ranging from 3.3% to 20.7% with lease terms that expire through November 2020.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

ABL Facility

 

The Companies participate as a co-borrower in a multicurrency asset-based revolving credit facility (the ABL Revolver). The borrowers participating in the agreement are affiliates of ASG (Borrowers). The ABL Revolver provides up to $400 million of available financing subject to a borrowing base, with a maximum U.S. facility amount of $150 million available to the Companies. The amount the Borrowers can draw on the ABL Revolver is subject to a defined formula of available assets, principally tangible assets calculated monthly and is secured by a first lien on these tangible assets which comprise substantially all rental equipment, property, plant and equipment and trade receivables of all Borrowers. The ABL Revolver has an aggregate availability block of $25 million shared among all the Borrowers. A borrowing base is calculated at the greater of $60 million and 15% of Line Cap as defined within the agreement. As of December 31, 2018, the Companies had $124.5 million available to be borrowed. The ABL Revolver also includes a financial covenant requiring a certain minimum quarterly latest twelve months EBITDA of the Borrowers on a consolidated basis. Borrowings under the ABL Revolver bear interest payable on the first day of each quarter for the preceding quarter at a variable rate based on LIBOR or another applicable regional bank rate plus a variable margin between 1.5% and 3%. Holdings is a guarantor of the obligation of the other borrowers under the credit facility.

 

The carrying value of debt outstanding at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Capital lease and other financing obligations

 

$

2,460

 

$

16,977

 

ABL Revolver

 

20,550

 

1,076

 

Total debt

 

23,010

 

18,053

 

Less: current maturities

 

(2,446

)

(15,260

)

Total long-term debt

 

$

20,564

 

$

2,793

 

 

Interest expense incurred on debt

 

Interest incurred and expensed on debt, including capital lease and other financing obligations, was approximately $2.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, of which approximately $0.3 million and $0 was accrued as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The interest expense is recognized in interest expense (income), net, in the combined statements of comprehensive income.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Future maturities

 

The aggregate annual principal maturities of debt and capital lease obligations for each of the next five years, based on contractual terms are listed in the table below. The ABL Revolver with original maturity dates in 2018 now extended to 2023 in connection with the refinancing completed in February 2018, has been classified as long term in the combined balance sheet.

 

The schedule of future maturities at December 31, 2018 consists of the following:

 

2019

 

2,446

 

2020

 

14

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

20,550

 

Total

 

$

23,010

 

 

10. Notes Due to Affiliates

 

The Companies record interest expense on notes due to affiliates based on the stated interest rate in the loan agreement. Interest expense of $20.7 million and $0.6 million associated with notes due to affiliates is reflected in interest expense (income), net on the combined statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

As part of an intercompany debt restructuring, which occurred in December of 2018, Holdings collected cash for the repayment of 100% of its affiliate note receivables and related accrued interest (Note 8), which amounted to approximately $61 million. Additionally, as discussed in Note 11, the sole member of Holdings, contributed $217 million to Holdings on December 14, 2018. Total cash received for the above amounts as of December 14, 2018 totaled approximately $278 million. The cash was used to pay off all intercompany debt and related accrued interest owed by Holdings as of December 14, 2018, which amounted to approximately $278 million.

 

As discussed in Note 1, during 2017, certain notes due from affiliates and related accrued interest receivable amounts outstanding on Holdings books prior to the Restructuring of $171.7 million were settled in a non-cash transaction as part of the Restructuring. Additionally, as part of this Restructuring in 2017, Holdings originated additional notes of $221 million for the acquisition of Target and $13.5 million as part of the Restructuring, which were paid off in December 2018 as discussed above.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

In connection with the acquisition of Signor, a note in the amount of $108 million was originated in September of 2018 between Arrow and an affiliated entity. The note is due in 5 years and accrues interest at a rate of LIBOR plus a 4% margin plus a margin. Interest incurred and expensed associated with this note due to affiliate was approximately $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 and is included in accrued liabilities in the combined balance sheet at December 31, 2018.

 

Notes due to affiliates at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

Affiliate Lender

 

Interest
Rate

 

Date of
Maturity

 

December
31, 2018

 

December
31, 2017

 

Algeco Scotsman Global Finance Plc

 

8.75%

 

December 2024

 

$

 

$

221,000

 

Algeco Scotsman Global S.a.r.l.

 

8.60%

 

December 2018

 

$

 

$

13,500

 

Arrow Holdings S.a.r.l.

 

LIBOR+4%+Margin

 

September 2023

 

$

108,047

 

$

 

 

As previously discussed, the $221,000 and $13,500 of affiliate notes outstanding as of December 31, 2017 included in the above table, were fully paid off in December of 2018.

 

Future maturities

 

The aggregate annual principal maturities of notes due to affiliates for each of the next five years, based on contractual terms are listed in the table below:

 

The schedule of future maturities at December 31, 2018 consists of the following:

 

2019

 

$

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

108,047

 

Total

 

$

108,047

 

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

11. Equity

 

The following table sets forth the changes in equity for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Capital Contributions

 

 

 

 

 

Current taxes payable

 

$

 

$

2,835

 

Deferred taxes on intra-entity transfer

 

 

10,372

 

Corporate costs

 

 

1,020

 

Contribution of chard

 

 

4,116

 

Contributions to Parent

 

103,338

 

 

Contributions to Holdings

 

243,372

 

 

Total capital contributions (a)

 

$

346,710

 

$

18,343

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forgiveness of related party receivables and payables, net

 

$

 

$

(171,747

)

Liability transfer from affiliate, net

 

 

(9,257

)

Distribution to affiliate

 

(26,738

)

(23,561

)

Net contributions (distributions) to affiliates

 

$

319,972

 

$

(186,222

)

 


(a) Total capital contributions in 2017 are non-cash financing activities

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Capital Contributions

 

 

 

 

 

Capital contributions from affiliates

 

$

 

$

125,593

 

Total capital contributions

 

$

 

$

125,593

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate note payable incurred for Target acquisition

 

 

(221,000

)

Cash paid for acquisition of Target

 

 

(5,640

)

Net distributions upon Restructuring

 

$

 

$

(101,047

)

 

AHS and affiliates contributed $103.3 million of cash during 2018 to Arrow, which was used by Bidco to partially fund the acquisition of Signor discussed in Note 2. This contribution is reflected in the above table as contributions to Arrow.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

As discussed in Note 10, the sole member of Holdings made a capital contribution of approximately $217 million in December of 2018, which was used to pay off the affiliate notes and related accrued interest discussed in Note 10. Additionally, during 2018, as discussed in Note 18, Holdings was repaid amounts and incurred charges from affiliates amounting to approximately $26.3 million. Such amounts were treated as contributions to Holdings. Also, during 2018, as discussed in Note 18, Holdings recharged affiliates for certain services performed and also paid debt on behalf of affiliates, which were both treated as capital distributions and totaled approximately $26.3 million. Holdings also paid amounts on behalf of affiliates in the amount of approximately $0.4 million, which was treated as a capital distribution.

 

As discussed in Note 1, during 2017, the Companies offset and extinguished notes with affiliates in a restructuring transaction under common control. Additionally, as part of the Restructuring, an affiliate note payable was incurred and cash was paid to an affiliate as part of the acquisition of net assets of Target and transaction costs were paid by the Companies on behalf of its affiliates, which is reflected in the above schedules as reductions of equity. The acquisition price paid by Holdings for Target was approximately $226.6 million in the form of cash of approximately $5.6 million (reported as a distribution to affiliate in the above table) and debt of $221 million (reported as an affiliate note payable in the above table).

 

The amount paid by Holdings exceeded the carrying amount of the net assets of Target by approximately $60.7 million. However, for accounting purposes, as Holdings was not formed until September 2017, Target is treated as a predecessor and therefore this transaction was reflected as the receipt by Target of the net assets of Holdings.

 

As discussed in Note 1, the combined statements of comprehensive income include allocations of corporate general and administrative expenses and income taxes related to the Companies’ operations that were included in the historical operating results of its parent.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

12. Income Taxes

 

The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, are comprised of the following:

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Domestic

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

$

891

 

$

3,706

 

Deferred

 

10,864

 

21,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred

 

 

(2

)

Total income tax expense

 

$

11,755

 

$

25,584

 

 

Income tax results differed from the amount computed by applying the U.S. statutory income tax rate to income before income taxes for the following reasons for the years ended December 31:

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statutory income tax expense

 

$

3,109

 

$

9,298

 

State tax expense

 

2,681

 

531

 

Effect of tax rates in foreign jurisdictions

 

(623

)

219

 

Change in tax rate

 

 

12,064

 

Financing fees

 

 

2,608

 

Interest expense

 

 

(194

)

Transaction Costs

 

1,288

 

355

 

Stewardship expense

 

2,397

 

 

Valuation allowances

 

2,801

 

752

 

Other

 

102

 

(49

)

Reported income tax expense

 

$

11,755

 

$

25,584

 

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Deferred Income Taxes

 

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases, as well as from net operating loss and carryforwards.Significant components of the Companies deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred compensation

 

$

177

 

$

163

 

Deferred revenue

 

10,084

 

14,465

 

Intangible assets

 

7,420

 

5,826

 

Tax loss carryforwards

 

22,093

 

718

 

Rental equipment and other property, plant, and equipment

 

 

1,090

 

Accrueds

 

54

 

1,810

 

Interest

 

730

 

128

 

Other - net

 

162

 

58

 

Deferred tax assets gross

 

40,720

 

24,258

 

Valuation allowance

 

(3,572

)

(1,025

)

Net deferred income tax asset

 

37,148

 

23,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Rental equipment and other plant, property and equipment

 

(24,728

)

 

Deferred tax liability

 

(24,728

)

 

Net deferred income tax asset

 

$

12,420

 

$

23,233

 

 

Tax loss carryovers totaled $100.6 million at December 31, 2018. Approximately $3.4 million of these tax loss carryovers expire between 2024 and 2039. The remaining $97.2 million of tax loss carryovers do not expire. The availability of these tax losses to offset future income varies by jurisdiction. A valuation allowance has been established against the deferred tax assets to the extent it is not more likely than not they will be realized.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

 

 

2018

 

Expiration

 

Valuation
Allowance

 

United States

 

$

98,478

 

$1,300 Expire in 2038. Remaining do not expire.

 

0

%

Canada

 

1,775

 

2023-2039

 

100

%

Mexico

 

355

 

2024-2029

 

100

%

Total

 

$

100,608

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. Fair Value

 

The fair value of the financial assets and liabilities are included at the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale.

 

The Companies have assessed that the fair value of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, trade payables, other current liabilities, and other debt approximates their carrying amounts largely due to the short-term maturities or recent commencement of these instruments. The fair value of the ABL Revolver is primarily based upon observable market data, such as market interest rates, for similar debt. The fair value of notes due to and notes due from affiliates are based upon similarly publicly-traded instruments with a readily-available market value as a proxy.

 

The carrying amounts and fair values of financial assets and liabilities, all of which are Level 2, are as follows:

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

December 31, 2017

 

Financial Assets (Liabilities) Not
Measured at Fair Value

 

Carrying
Amount

 

Fair Value

 

Carrying
Amount

 

Fair Value

 

ABL Revolver (See Note 9)

 

$

(20,550

)

$

(20,550

)

$

(1,076

)

$

(1,076

)

Notes due from affiliates (See Note 18)

 

638

 

638

 

55,742

 

55,742

 

Notes due to affiliates (see Note 10)

 

$

(108,047

)

$

(108,047

)

$

(234,500

)

$

(234,500

)

 

There were no transfers of financials instruments between the three levels of the fair value hierarchy during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

14. Business Restructuring

 

The Companies incurred costs associated with restructuring plans designed to streamline operations and reduce costs of $8.6 million and $2.2 million (excluding the restructuring liability transferred from affiliate) during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The following is a summary of the activity in our restructuring accruals for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

 

 

Employee

 

Other

 

Total

 

 

 

termination

 

restructuring

 

restructuring

 

 

 

costs

 

costs

 

costs

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Restructuring liability transfer from affiliate

 

1,968

 

 

1,968

 

Charges during the period

 

1,368

 

812

 

2,180

 

Cash payments during the period

 

(941

)

(812

)

(1,753

)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

2,395

 

$

 

$

2,395

 

Charges during the period

 

8,593

 

 

8,593

 

Cash payments during the period

 

(9,526

)

 

(9,526

)

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

$

1,462

 

$

 

$

1,462

 

 

Approximately $2.5 million of the above restructuring costs in 2017 (inclusive of the restructuring liability transfer from affiliate, which was recorded as a distribution to affiliate) and all of the 2018 restructuring costs relate to the closure of the Baltimore, MD corporate office for Holdings which resulted in downsizing of corporate employees which consist of employee termination costs. As part of the corporate restructuring plans, certain employees were required to render future service in order to receive their termination benefits. The termination costs associated with these employees are recognized over the period from the date of communication to the employee to the actual date of termination.  The total amount expected to be incurred in connection with this restructuring is estimated to be approximately $11.2 million, of which, $11 million was incurred through December 31, 2018.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Approximately $1.7 million of restructuring costs for the year ended December 31, 2017 includes $0.8 million associated primarily with lease termination costs for the relocation of the Holdings corporate office from Boston, MA to Houston, TX and $0.9 million in employee termination costs related to this office relocation.

 

These restructuring costs pertain to corporate locations and do not impact the segments discussed in Note 19.

 

15. Involuntary Conversion

 

One of the Companies’ properties in North Dakota incurred flood damage in November of 2017. Specialty rental assets were written-down by $1.8 million as of December 31, 2017 related to the damaged portion of the property. As of December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, $3.5 million and $0 in insurance proceeds were received, respectively, with $0 and $1.8 million recognized as an insurance receivable and included within prepaid expenses and other assets in the combined balance sheets as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.  For the year ended December 31, 2018, the Companies recognized a gain on involuntary conversion associated with this event in the amount of approximately $1.7 million, which is measured as the difference between the net book value of the damaged portion of the property and the amount of insurance proceeds received through December 31, 2018. This $1.7 million gain is recognized within other income, net within the combined statements of comprehensive income.  The Companies have completed approximately $3.5 million in property rehabilitation as of December 31, 2018, recorded as construction-in-progress.

 

16. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Commitments

 

The Companies lease certain land, lodging units and real estate under non-cancellable operating leases, the terms of which vary and generally contain renewal options. Total rent expense under these leases is recognized ratably over the initial term of the lease. Any difference between the rent payment and the straight-line expense is recorded as a liability. Rent expense included in services costs in the combined statements of comprehensive income for cancelable and non-cancelable leases was $4.7 million and $8.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Rent expense included in the selling, general, and administrative expenses in the combined statements of comprehensive income for cancelable and non-cancelable leases was $0.6 million and $0.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Future minimum lease payments at December 31, 2018, by year and in the aggregate, under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:

 

2019

 

$

1,794

 

2020

 

1,471

 

2021

 

1,146

 

2022

 

919

 

2023

 

680

 

Total

 

$

6,010

 

 

Contingencies

 

The Companies are involved in various lawsuits or claims in the ordinary course of business. Management is of the opinion that there is no pending claim or lawsuit which, if adversely determined, would have a material impact on the financial condition of the Companies.

 

17. Rental Income

 

Certain arrangements contain a lease of lodging facilities (Lodges) to customers. During 2014, we entered into a lease for Lodges in Dilley, Texas. That lease was amended in 2016 and expires in 2021. During 2015, the Companies entered into a lease for Lodges in Mentone, Texas. That lease was amended in 2018 and expires in 2022. Rental income from these leases for 2018 and 2017 was $53.7 million and $58.8 million, respectively. Each Lodge is leased exclusively to one customer and is accounted for as an operating lease under the authoritative guidance for leases. Revenue related to these lease arrangements is reflected as specialty rental income in the combined statements of comprehensive income.

 

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Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Scheduled future minimum lease payments to be received by the Companies as of December 31, 2018 for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows:

 

2019

 

$

46,005

 

2020

 

46,073

 

2021

 

38,090

 

2022

 

1,554

 

2023

 

 

Total

 

$

131,722

 

 

18. Related Parties

 

The ultimate parent of the Companies is TDR.

 

Holdings had amounts due from affiliates in the amount of $0.7 million and $55.7 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As discussed in Note 8, the notes due from affiliates as of December 31, 2017, including accrued interest, were fully collected in December of 2018 and the proceeds were used to pay off the notes due to affiliates mentioned below. As further described in Note 8, Holdings had notes due from affiliates including accrued interest that were settled in a non-cash transaction during 2017 as part of the Restructuring. The $0.6 million note due from affiliate as of December 31, 2018 represents financing costs and bonus amounts paid by Holdings on behalf of an affiliate during the fourth quarter of 2018.

 

45


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Holdings had amounts due to affiliates in the amount of $0 and $234.5 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As described in Note 10, the amounts between Holdings and affiliated entities were settled for cash during 2018. As further described in Note 10, the amounts due from affiliates prior to the Restructuring were settled in a non-cash transaction during 2017 as part of the Restructuring.

 

As more fully described in Note 1, on November 29, 2017, ASG completed the sale of William Scotsman International, Inc. (WSII) to an entity controlled by TDR. Prior to completing the sale, ASG conducted a carve-out transaction to carve-out the net assets related to Target and Chard from WSII and incorporated as a new division under Holdings; Chard became a wholly owned subsidiary of Target.

 

As more fully described in Note 2, on December 15, 2017, Holdings purchased Iron Horse from TDR.

 

As more fully described in Note 9, Holdings is a co-borrower and co-guarantor of the obligations of the other borrowers under the ABL credit facility. The other borrowers and guarantors are affiliates of TDR and include Holdings. The total amount outstanding under the ABL at December 31, 2018, was $151.9 million, which included the $20.6 million reported on the Companies combined balance sheets as of December 31, 2018.

 

Loans to officers were provided as retention payments and are earned and forgiven over a four-year period and charged to compensation expense on a straight-line basis as amounts are forgiven. The amounts due as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively are included in the Notes due from officers in the combined balance sheets. Approximately $0.5 million and $3.5 million was loaned to officers during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, approximately $1 million and $0 was paid, respectively. Compensation expense recognized for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 totaled $0.8 and $0.6 million, respectively and are included in selling, general and administrative expense in the combined statement of comprehensive income.

 

Holdings is a guarantor of certain secured and unsecured notes payable of ASG. On February 15, 2018, ASG completed a refinancing of these secured and unsecured notes payable issuing new secured and unsecured notes totaling €750 million of secured notes payables and $825 million of secured and unsecured notes payable. The notes mature in 2023. Holdings remains a guarantor of these secured and unsecured notes payable. The amount of secured and unsecured notes payable outstanding at December 31, 2018 is $1.6 billion.

 

46


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Holdings leased modular buildings from an ASG affiliate to serve one of its customers. The rent expense related to the leasing of the modular buildings amounted to $0.3 million and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and has been included as a cost of specialty rental in the combined statements of comprehensive income. In August 2018, Holdings purchased these leased buildings for $1.6 million.

 

In August 2018, Holdings paid interest on behalf of ASG in the amount of $21 million. ASG subsequently paid Holdings the amount in August 2018. These amounts have been captured as a distribution and contribution within the equity section of the combined balance sheet and the combined statement of changes in equity.

 

Holdings leased a building for its Boston corporate office from a former owner and executive who remains affiliated to Holdings. Holdings paid the former owner principal and interest payments of $0 and $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, to occupy the building which was recorded under a capital lease. In August of 2017, Holdings paid a settlement amount of $0.7 million to terminate the lease early, which is recognized as a restructuring cost in the combined statement of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

On September 6, 2018, Arrow entered into a related party note with AHS for $108 million as more fully discussed in Note 10.

 

Holdings charges affiliates for services performed by its home office based on work performed for the benefit of the affiliate group.  These amounts consist of primarily compensation and benefits plus a mark-up associated primarily with corporate employees providing accounting, treasury, and IT services delivered to the affiliate groups being charged.  Such charges amounted to approximately $5.3 million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and are included in other income, net in the accompanying combined statement of comprehensive income. This transaction between Holdings and its affiliates have been treated as distributions during 2018 within the combined statements of changes in equity.

 

As part of the financing arrangement between affiliates of ASG, during 2018, Holdings was charged $1.9 million of financing costs related to the extinguished affiliate notes discussed in Note 10 by an affiliate of ASG, which was recognized in the interest expense (income), net line on the combined statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2018. In addition, in relation to the refinancing of the ABL facility in 2018, $3.4 million of deferred financing costs were charged to Holdings by an affiliate of ASG and capitalized by the Companies on the combined balance sheets and amortized in the amount of $0.6 million in the interest expense (income), net line on the combined statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2018. These transactions between Holdings and its affiliates have been treated as contributions during 2018 within the combined statements of changes in equity.

 

47


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

19. Business Segments

 

The Companies are organized primarily on the basis of geographic region and customer industry group and operate primarily in three reportable segments. These reportable segments are also operating segments. Resources are allocated, and performance is assessed by our CEO, whom we have determined to be our Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM).

 

Our remaining operating segments have been combined and included in an “All Other” category.

 

The following is a brief description of our reportable segments and a description of business activities conducted by All Other.

 

Permian Basin  — Segment operations consist primarily of specialty rental and vertically integrated hospitality services revenue from customers in the Oil and Gas industry located primarily in Texas and New Mexico.

 

Bakken Basin  — Segment operations consist primarily of specialty rental and vertically integrated hospitality services revenue from customers in the Oil and Gas industry located primarily in North Dakota.

 

Government  — Segment operations consist primarily of specialty rental and vertically integrated hospitality services revenue from Government customers located in Texas.

 

All Other — Segment operations consist primarily of revenue from the construction phase of the contract with TCPL discussed in Note 1 as well as specialty rental and vertically integrated hospitality services revenue from customers in the Oil and Gas industry located outside of the Permian and Bakken Basins.

 

48


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for the Companies. The Companies evaluate performance of their segments and allocate resources to them based on revenue and adjusted gross profit. Adjusted gross profit for the CODM’s analysis includes the services and specialty rental costs in the financial statements and excludes depreciation and loss on impairment.

 

The table below presents information about reported segments for the years ended December 31:

 

2018

 

 

 

The Permian Basin

 

The Bakken Basin

 

Government

 

All Other

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

120,590

 

$

25,813

 

$

66,676

 

$

27,521

(a)

$

240,600

 

Adjusted gross profit

 

$

73,795

 

$

10,554

 

$

47,437

 

$

5,378

 

$

137,164

 

Capital expenditures

 

$

68,724

 

$

6,375

 

$

5,068

 

$

1,388

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

234,368

 

$

64,770

 

$

43,994

 

$

3,489

 

$

346,621

 

 

2017

 

 

 

The Permian Basin

 

The Bakken Basin

 

Government

 

All Other

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

41,439

 

$

22,351

 

$

66,722

 

$

3,723

(a)

$

134,235

 

Adjusted gross profit

 

$

18,175

 

$

9,333

 

$

48,613

 

$

1,389

 

$

77,510

 

Capital expenditures

 

$

17,808

 

$

460

 

$

84

 

$

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

66,783

 

$

82,398

 

$

47,602

 

$

10,005

 

$

206,788

 

 


(a)          Revenues from segments below the quantitative thresholds are attributable to three operating segments of the Companies and are reported in the “All Other” category previously described.

 

49


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

A reconciliation of total segment adjusted gross profit to total combined income before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

December 31, 2017

 

Total reportable segment gross profit

 

$

131,786

 

$

76,121

 

Other adjusted gross profit

 

5,378

 

1,389

 

Loss on impairment

 

(15,320

)

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

(39,128

)

(30,145

)

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

(41,340

)

(24,337

)

Restructuring costs

 

(8,593

)

(2,180

)

Currency gains (losses), net

 

(149

)

91

 

Other income, net

 

8,275

 

519

 

Interest (expense) income, net

 

(24,198

)

5,107

 

Combined income before income taxes

 

$

16,711

 

$

26,565

 

 

A reconciliation of total segment assets to total combined assets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, is as follows:

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

December 31, 2017

 

Total reportable segment assets

 

$

343,132

 

$

196,783

 

Other assets

 

3,489

 

10,005

 

Corporate assets

 

257

 

666

 

Other unallocated amounts

 

218,154

 

155,671

 

Combined assets

 

$

565,032

 

$

363,125

 

 

Other unallocated assets are not included in the measure of segment assets provided to or reviewed by the CODM for assessing performance and allocating resources, and as such, are not allocated. These unallocated assets consist of the following as reported in the combined balance sheets of the Companies as of the dates indicated below:

 

50


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

December 31, 2017

 

Total current assets

 

$

74,986

 

$

36,071

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

127,383

 

38,334

 

Deferred tax asset

 

12,420

 

23,233

 

Deferred financing costs revolver, net

 

2,865

 

 

Notes due from affiliates

 

 

55,742

 

Notes due from officers

 

500

 

2,291

 

Total other unallocated amounts of assets

 

$

218,154

 

$

155,671

 

 

Revenues from the Companies’ Government segment are from one customer and represent approximately $66.7 million of the Companies’ combined revenues for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Revenues from one customer of the Companies’ Permian Basin segment represented approximately $15.5 million of the Companies’ combined revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017. There were no single customers from the Permian Basin segment for the year ended December 31, 2018 that represented 10% or more of the Companies’ combined revenues. There were no transactions between reportable operating segments for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

20. Subsequent Events

 

In January 2019, agreements were executed between certain executives of the Companies and certain TDR affiliates that will result in additional compensation to these executives in the amount of $27 million should the business combination discussed in Note 1 be consummated. No amounts related to these agreements have been included in the financial statements as of December 31, 2018.

 

In January 2019, agreements were executed between certain executives of the Companies and certain TDR affiliates that will result in the loans with the officers discussed in Note 18 being forgiven upon consummation of the business combination discussed in Note 1. No amounts related to these agreements have been included in the financial statements as of December 31, 2018.

 

51


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC and Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

In January 2019, the equipment financing arrangement of $1.7 million discussed in Note 9 was fully paid.

 

On January 31, 2019, Target announced the renewal and expansion of four contracts as part of Target’s ongoing operations and integration of Signor. The contracts extend the duration of the existing contracts and expand the scope of services included. The extended and expanded contracts require additional room commitments across Target’s Permian Basin lodging network. Each contract adds a minimum of two years to the original term.

 

On February 20, 2019, in connection with the acquisition of Signor by Arrow and in accordance the Member Interest Purchase Agreement, an additional $1.2 million was paid to the sellers of Signor for changes within working capital during the closing period of the transaction. This amount was included in the Signor purchase price as discussed in Note 2.

 

On February 26, 2019, Target announced new contract awards to build a new community in the Permian Basin.

 

The Companies have evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of these financial statements, and determined that, other than those matters disclosed above, no subsequent events had occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in its combined financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

52


Exhibit 99.2

 

ALGECO US HOLDINGS

 

Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016

and for the Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 


 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the sole Member of Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Algeco US Holdings LLC (the Company) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in member’s equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018 .

 

Baltimore, Maryland

 

November 13, 2018

 

F- 1


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

12,533

 

$

3,810

 

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $137 and $781, respectively

 

18,090

 

9,839

 

Notes due from affiliates

 

 

116,394

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

4,823

 

2,348

 

Notes due from officers

 

625

 

 

Total current assets

 

36,071

 

132,391

 

Specialty rental assets, net

 

193,786

 

189,619

 

Other property and equipment, net

 

5,603

 

4,288

 

Goodwill

 

8,065

 

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

38,334

 

28,523

 

Deferred tax asset

 

23,233

 

34,192

 

Notes due from affiliates

 

55,742

 

32,735

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

2,528

 

Notes due from officers

 

2,291

 

 

Total assets

 

$

363,125

 

$

424,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

4,718

 

$

2,641

 

Accrued liabilities

 

18,779

 

6,268

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

20,188

 

19,282

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

15,260

 

10,262

 

Note due to affiliates

 

13,500

 

1,992

 

Total current liabilities

 

72,445

 

40,445

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

2,793

 

17,591

 

Note due to affiliate

 

221,000

 

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

37,559

 

53,753

 

Asset retirement obligation

 

1,903

 

1,763

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

2,521

 

150

 

Total liabilities

 

338,221

 

113,702

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 15)

 

 

 

 

 

Member’s equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Member’s equity (deficit)

 

(12,606

)

274,663

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(1,622

)

(2,240

)

Accumulated earnings

 

39,132

 

38,151

 

Total member’s equity

 

24,904

 

310,574

 

Total liabilities and member’s equity

 

$

363,125

 

$

424,276

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F- 2


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

 

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

For the years ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

Services income

 

$

75,422

 

$

69,510

 

Specialty rental income

 

58,813

 

79,957

 

Total revenue

 

134,235

 

149,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs:

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

46,630

 

42,245

 

Specialty rental

 

10,095

 

9,785

 

Depreciation of specialty rental assets

 

24,464

 

36,300

 

Gross Profit

 

53,046

 

61,137

 

Selling, general, and administrative

 

24,337

 

15,793

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

5,681

 

5,029

 

Restructuring costs

 

2,180

 

 

Currency (gain), net

 

(91

)

 

Other income (net)

 

(519

)

(392

)

Operating income

 

21,458

 

40,707

 

Interest income, net

 

5,107

 

3,512

 

Income before income tax

 

26,565

 

44,219

 

Income tax expense

 

(25,584

)

(17,310

)

Net income

 

981

 

26,909

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation gains

 

618

 

205

 

Comprehensive income

 

$

1,599

 

$

27,114

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F- 3


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Member’s Equity

 

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

Member’s
Equity
(deficit)

 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss

 

Accumulated
Earnings

 

Total

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

$

263,971

 

$

(2,445

)

$

11,242

 

$

272,768

 

Net income

 

 

 

26,909

 

26,909

 

Net contribution from affiliate

 

10,692

 

 

 

10,692

 

Cumulative translation adjustment

 

 

205

 

 

205

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

274,663

 

$

(2,240

)

$

38,151

 

$

310,574

 

Net income

 

 

 

981

 

981

 

Net distribution upon Restructuring

 

(101,047

)

 

 

(101,047

)

Net distribution to affiliate

 

(186,222

)

 

 

(186,222

)

Cumulative translation adjustment

 

 

618

 

 

618

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

(12,606

)

$

(1,622

)

$

39,132

 

$

24,904

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F- 4


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

For the years ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

981

 

$

26,909

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

25,244

 

37,115

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

4,902

 

4,074

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligation

 

140

 

140

 

Officer loan compensation expense

 

625

 

 

Gain on sale of specialty rental assets and other property, plant and equipment

 

(31

)

(394

)

Deferred income tax benefit

 

21,878

 

8,015

 

Bad debt expense

 

426

 

826

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of business acquired)

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(6,877

)

(4,457

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

(2,385

)

1,607

 

Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities

 

6,600

 

(9,960

)

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

(15,288

)

(19,147

)

Other Non-current assets and liabilities

 

4,559

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

40,774

 

44,728

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of specialty rental assets

 

1,562

 

 

Purchase of specialty rental assets

 

(15,315

)

(5,102

)

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

 

(899

)

(23

)

Purchase of business, net of cash acquired

 

(36,538

)

 

Advances to affiliates

 

(79,056

)

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(130,246

)

(5,125

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Receipts from borrowings

 

1,994

 

9,859

 

Proceeds from notes with affiliate

 

13,500

 

(53,592

)

Contributions from affiliates

 

125,593

 

10,682

 

Cash paid for acquisition of Target

 

(5,640

)

 

Distributions to affiliate

 

(23,561

)

 

Principal payments on finance and capital lease obligations

 

(13,827

)

(6,891

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

98,059

 

(39,942

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

136

 

(12

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

8,723

 

(351

)

Cash and cash equivalents—beginning of year

 

3,810

 

4,161

 

Cash and cash equivalents—end of year

 

$

12,533

 

$

3,810

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

 

 

 

 

 

Interest received, net of interest paid

 

$

955

 

$

1,993

 

Income taxes paid, net of refunds received

 

$

620

 

$

530

 

Non-cash investing and financing activity:

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash distribution to affiliate—affiliate note payable incurred for Target acquisition

 

$

(221,000

)

$

 

Non-cash distribution to affiliate—liability transfer from affiliate, net

 

$

(9,257

)

 

 

Non-cash distribution to affiliates—forgiveness of related party receivables and payables, net

 

$

(171,747

)

$

 

Non-cash change in accrued capital expenditures

 

$

440

 

$

667

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F- 5


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Organization and Nature of Operations

 

Algeco US Holdings LLC (Holdings or the Company), a single member limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Delaware, owns 100% of Target Logistics Management, LLC (Target). Holdings is owned by Algeco Scotsman Global S.a r.l. (ASG), which is ultimately owned by a group of investment funds managed by TDR Capital LLP (TDR). Target was acquired by a subsidiary of ASG, Williams Scotsman International Inc. (WSII), in February 2013.

 

Holdings was formed in September 2017 and acts as a holding company that includes the ASG US corporate employees and certain related administrative costs. Holdings does not have any significant operating activity outside of Target. The Company receives capital contributions, makes distributions, and maintains cash as well as other amounts owed to and from affiliated entities. Certain cost allocations are made to Holdings from its ultimate parent, related to payroll, taxes, and certain operating expenses.

 

Founded in 2006, Target is one of the largest suppliers of specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality services and housing solutions in North America. The Company is organized as a single-member limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, and is considered a disregarded entity for income tax purposes. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides temporary living accommodations, and comprehensive lodge services including: catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, overall workforce lodge management, and laundry service. The Company serves clients in oil, gas, mining, alternative energy, government and immigrations categories principally located in the West Texas, South Texas, and Bakken regions, as well as various large linear-construction (pipeline and infrastructure) projects in the United States.

 

Prior to November 28, 2017, WSII held 100 percent of Target. WSII also held, through its wholly-owned US and foreign subsidiaries, 100% of all issued and outstanding shares of Chard Camp Catering Services Ltd (Chard), a limited liability company organized under the laws of Canada.

 

Common Control Transaction

 

On November 28, 2017, in a restructuring transaction (Restructuring) amongst entities under common control of TDR and ASG, ASG conducted a carve-out transaction of Target and Chard’s net assets from WSII and Chard became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Target. Effective December 22, 2017 Holdings acquired Target and Chard in exchange for cash of $5.6 million and an intercompany loan of $221 million. As part of the Restructuring, certain notes and intercompany balances among WSII, Target, Chard and other ASG entities were offset and extinguished. As this carve-out transaction was among entities under common control, the transaction did not result in a change in control and therefore did not meet the definition of a business combination in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 805, Business Combinations . Accordingly, the net assets have been recorded at historical cost basis and any gain or loss on extinguishment of the notes and intercompany accounts have been recorded as contributions and distributions in member’s equity. Additionally, because the acquisition of Target by Holdings is a common control transaction, the prior period financial statements have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the transaction as if it occurred at the beginning of the period presented. Because Target was owned by ASG prior to Holdings’ formation,

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

the historical operations of Target are deemed to be those of the Company. Thus, the financial statements included in this report reflect (i) the historical operating results of Target prior to the Restructuring; (ii) the combined results of Target and Holdings following the Restructuring on November 28, 2017; (iii) the assets and liabilities of Target at their historical cost; and (iv) Holdings’ equity structure since the date of its formation.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements represent the financial position and results of operations of entities to be held by the Company on a stand-alone basis that have historically been under common control of ASG. The consolidated financial statements were prepared on a carve-out basis and reflect significant assumptions and allocations. The consolidated financial statements reflect the Company’s historical financial position, results of operations and cash flows, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP).

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared from the separate records maintained by ASG and may not necessarily be indicative of the conditions that would have existed or the results of operations if the Company had been operated as an unaffiliated entity.

 

The consolidated statements of comprehensive income include allocations of corporate general and administrative expenses from ASG on the basis of direct usage when identifiable, with the remainder allocated on a pro rata basis of consolidated sales and certain tangible assets. Management believes the assumptions underlying the consolidated financial statements, including the assumptions regarding the allocation of general corporate expenses, are reasonable. However, the allocations may not include all of the actual expenses that would have been incurred by the Company and may not reflect its consolidated results of operations, financial position and cash flows had it been a standalone company during the periods presented. It is not practicable to estimate actual costs that would have been incurred had the Company been a standalone company and operated as an unaffiliated entity during the periods presented. Actual costs that might have been incurred had the Company been a standalone company would depend on a number of factors, including the organizational structure, what corporate functions the Company might have performed directly or outsourced and strategic decisions the Company might have made in areas such as executive management, legal and other professional services, and certain corporate overhead functions. Due to the Restructuring previously discussed, there are approximately $9.3 million of additional expenses related to the activity of Holdings included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2017, which were not included for the year ended December 31, 2016 as Holdings did not exist in 2016. Approximately $8.8 million of these expenses are reported in selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Earnings per share is not presented in the accompanying notes as the Company is a single member LLC.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries that it controls due to ownership of a majority voting interest. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date of acquisition, being the date on which the Company obtains control, and continue to be consolidated until the date when such control ceases. The financial statements of the subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting period as the Company. The Company regularly evaluates its involvement with variable interest entities to determine whether it has a variable interest and is the primary beneficiary of such entities. When these criteria are met, the Company is required to consolidate the variable interest entity. All intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated.

 

Accounting Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in these financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

 

Receivables and Allowances for Doubtful Accounts

 

Receivables primarily consist of amounts due from customers from the delivery of specialty rental services. The trade accounts receivable is recorded net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon the amount of losses expected to be incurred in the collection of these accounts. The estimated losses are based upon a review of outstanding receivables, including specific accounts and the related aging, and on historical collection experience. Specific accounts are written off against the allowance when management determines the account is uncollectible. Activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts was as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Balance at Beginning of Year

 

$

781

 

48

 

Net charges to bad debt expense

 

426

 

826

 

Write-offs

 

(1,070

)

(93

)

Balance at End of Year

 

$

137

 

$

781

 

 

Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets

 

Prepaid expenses of approximately $4.8 million at December 31, 2017, primarily consist of insurance, taxes and licenses of $1.6 million. Prepaid insurance, taxes and licenses are amortized over the related term, of the respective agreements. Other assets of approximately $2.2 million at

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

December 31, 2017 consist of insurance proceeds receivable of $1.8 million, with $0.4 million of hospitality inventory. Inventory primarily consists of food and beverages, is accounted for by first-in, first-out method.

 

Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

In the normal course of business, the Company grants credit to its customers based on credit evaluations of their financial condition and generally requires no collateral or other security. Major customers are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the Company’s revenues or accounts receivable. The Company had two customers representing 50.5% and 11.8%, respectively, of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017. The largest customer, accounts for 26.6% of accounts receivable, with no other customer making up more than 10% of receivables at December 31, 2017.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company had one customer representing approximately 68.3% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016. This customer also accounts for 57.3% of accounts receivable at December 31, 2016.

 

Major suppliers are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the annual goods purchased. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company had no major suppliers comprising more than 10.0% of total purchases. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company had one supplier that accounted for approximately 10.2% of total purchases.

 

The Company provides services almost entirely to customers in the governmental and oil and gas industries and as such, is almost entirely dependent upon the continued activity of such customers.

 

Specialty Rental Assets

 

Specialty Rental assets (units, site work and furniture and fixtures comprising lodges) are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Cost includes expenditures that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. Costs of improvements and betterments to units are capitalized when such costs extend the useful life of the unit or increase the rental value of the unit. Costs incurred for units to meet a particular customer specification are capitalized and depreciated over the lease term. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives and considering the residual value of those assets. The estimated useful life of modular units is 15 years with a 25% residual value. The estimated useful life of site work (above ground and below ground infrastructure) is 5 years. The estimated useful life of furniture and fixtures is 7 years. Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are adjusted prospectively, if a revision is determined to be appropriate.

 

Other Property, Plant, and Equipment

 

Other property, plant, and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. The cost of self-constructed assets includes the cost of materials, direct labor and

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

any other costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to a working condition for its intended use. Assets leased under capital leases are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives unless it is reasonably certain that the Company will obtain ownership by the end of the lease term. Land is not depreciated. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives, as follows:

 

 

 

Depreciable Lives
(in years)

 

Buildings

 

5 - 15 years

 

Machinery and Equipment

 

3 - 5 years

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

7 years

 

Software

 

3 years

 

 

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.

 

Business Combinations

 

Except as it relates to common control transactions as described in Note 1, business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. Consideration transferred for acquisitions is measured at fair value at the acquisition date and includes assets transferred, liabilities assumed and equity issued. Acquisition costs incurred are expensed and included in selling, general and administrative expenses. When the Company acquires a business, it assesses the financial assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions at the acquisition date.

 

Any contingent consideration transferred by the acquirer is recognized at fair value at the acquisition date. Any subsequent changes to the fair value of contingent consideration are recognized in profit or loss. If the contingent consideration is classified as equity, it is not re-measured and subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity.

 

Goodwill

 

The Company evaluates goodwill for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is the operating segment, or one level below that operating segment (the component level) if discrete financial information is prepared and regularly reviewed by segment management. However, components are aggregated as a single reporting unit if they have similar economic characteristics. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to each of the Company’s reporting units that are expected to benefit from the combination. The Company evaluates changes in its reporting structure to assess whether that change impacts the composition of one or more of its reporting units. If the composition of the Company’s reporting units’ changes, goodwill is reassigned between reporting units using the relative fair value allocation approach.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

The Company performs its annual impairment test of goodwill at October 1. In addition, the Company performs impairment tests during any reporting period in which events or changes in circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. In assessing the fair value of the reporting units, the Company considers the market approach, the income approach, or a combination of both. Under the market approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is based on quoted market prices of companies comparable to the reporting unit being valued. Under the income approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is based on the present value of estimated cash flows. The income approach is dependent on a number of significant management assumptions, including estimated future revenue growth rates, gross margin on sales, operating margins, capital expenditures, tax rates and discount rates.

 

If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the calculated fair value, an impairment charge is recognized in an amount equal to that excess, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. Additionally, the Company considers the income tax effect from any tax-deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting unit, if applicable, when measuring the goodwill impairment charge.

 

Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

 

Intangible assets that are acquired by the Company and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually. The Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of trade names. The Company calculates fair value by comparing a relief-from-royalty method to the carrying amount of the indefinite-lived intangible asset. This method is used to estimate the cost savings that accrue to the owner of an intangible asset who would otherwise have to pay royalties or license fees on revenues earned through the use of the asset. An impairment charge would be recorded to the extent the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds the fair value.

 

Other intangible assets that have finite useful lives are measured at cost less accumulated amortization and impairment losses, if any. Subsequent expenditures for intangible assets are capitalized only when they increase the future economic benefits embodied in the specific asset to which they relate. Amortization is recognized in profit or loss on an accelerated basis or a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of intangible assets. The Company has customer relationship assets with lives ranging from 5 to 9 years and a non-compete agreement with a useful life of 5 years. Amortization of intangible assets is included in other depreciation and amortization on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

Fixed assets including rental equipment and other property, plant and equipment and amortizable intangible assets are reviewed for impairment as events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset group to future undiscounted cash flows, without interest charges, expected to be generated by the asset group. If future

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

undiscounted cash flows, without interest charges, exceed the carrying amount of an asset, no impairment is recognized. If management determines that the carrying value cannot be recovered based on estimated future undiscounted cash flows, without interest charges, over the shorter of the asset’s estimated useful life or the expected holding period, an impairment loss would be recorded based on the estimated fair value of the asset. No impairment loss with respect to the carrying value of the assets was recorded in 2017 and 2016.

 

Asset Retirement Obligations

 

The Company recognizes asset retirement obligations (AROs) related to legal obligations associated with the operation of the Company’s remote accommodation lodges. The fair values of these AROs are recorded on a discounted basis, at the time the obligation is incurred and accreted over time for the change in present value. The Company capitalizes asset retirement costs by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived assets and depreciating these costs over the remaining useful life. The carrying amount of AROs included in consolidated balance sheets was $1.9 million and $1.8 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Foreign Currency Transactions and Translation

 

The Company’s reporting currency is the US Dollar (USD). Exchange rate adjustments resulting from foreign currency transactions are recognized in profit or loss, whereas effects resulting from the translation of financial statements are reflected as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of member’s equity.

 

The assets and liabilities of subsidiaries whose functional currency is different from the USD are translated into USD at exchange rates at the reporting date and revenue and expenses are translated using average exchange rates for the respective period.

 

Foreign exchange gains and losses arising from a receivable or payable to a consolidated Company entity, the settlement of which is neither planned nor anticipated in the foreseeable future, are considered to form part of a net investment in the Company entity and are included within accumulated other comprehensive loss.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company derives the majority of its revenue from specialty rentals, specifically lodging and related ancillary services. Revenue is recognized in the period in which specialty rentals are provided pursuant to the terms of contractual relationships with the customers. In some contracts, rates may vary over the contract term. In these cases, revenue is generally recognized on a straight-line basis over the contract term. The Company enters into arrangements with a single deliverable as well as multiple deliverables. For those with multiple deliverables, arrangement consideration is allocated between lodging and services based on the relative estimated selling price of each deliverable. The estimated price of lodging and services deliverables is based on the prices of lodging and services when sold separately, or based upon the best estimate of selling price.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

When lodging and services are billed in advance, recognition of revenue is deferred until services are rendered. Certain arrangements allow customers the ability to use paid but unused lodging and services for a specified period beyond the expiration of the contract. The Company recognizes revenue for these paid but unused lodging and services as they are used, as it becomes probable the lodging and services will not be used, or upon expiration of the specified term.

 

Certain arrangements contain a lease of lodging facilities to customers. The leases are accounted for as an operating lease under the authoritative guidance for leases and is recognized as income using the straight-line method over the term of the lease agreement.

 

Cost of rental includes leasing costs and other direct costs of maintaining the lodging units. Cost of services includes labor, food, utilities, supplies and other direct costs associated with operating the lodging units. Incremental direct costs of acquiring contracts includes sales commissions which are expensed as incurred and reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Additionally, the Company collects sales, use, occupancy and similar taxes, which the Company presents on a net basis (excluded from revenues) in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company’s operations are subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes, and have historically been included in the U.S. consolidated tax return of its parent, along with certain state and local and foreign incomes tax returns. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Company calculated the provision for income taxes by using a “separate return” method. Under this method, the Company assumed it would file a separate return with the tax authority, thereby reporting its taxable income or loss and paying the applicable tax to or receiving the appropriate refund from its parent as applicable. The Company’s current provision is the amount of tax payable or refundable on the basis of a hypothetical, current-year separate return. The Company provides deferred taxes on temporary differences and on any carryforwards that it could claim on its hypothetical return and assesses the need for a valuation allowance on the basis of its projected separate return results. Any difference between the tax provision allocated to the Company under the separate return method and payments to be made to (or received from) WSII, as applicable, for tax expense are treated as either dividends or capital contributions. As a stand-alone entity, the Company’s taxes payable, deferred taxes and effective tax rate may differ significantly from those in the historical periods.

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Company records net deferred tax assets to the extent it believes that it is more likely than not that these assets will be realized. In making such determination, the Company considers all

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

available positive and negative evidence, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent results of operations. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce the deferred tax assets to an amount that will more likely than not be realized. When a valuation allowance is established or there is an increase in an allowance in a reporting period, tax expense is generally recorded in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Conversely, to the extent circumstances indicate that a valuation allowance is no longer necessary, that portion of the valuation allowance is reversed, which generally reduces the Company’s income tax expense.

 

In accordance with applicable authoritative guidance, the Company accounts for uncertain income tax positions using a benefit recognition model with a two-step approach; a more-likely-than-not recognition criterion; and a measurement approach that measures the position as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. If it is not more-likely-than-not that the benefit of the tax position will be sustained on its technical merits, no benefit is recorded. Uncertain tax positions that relate only to timing of when an item is included on a tax return are considered to have met the recognition threshold. The Company classifies interest on uncertain tax positions and income tax penalties within income tax expense. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits.

 

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”). The Act makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code, including, but not limited to: (1) reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; (2) requiring companies to pay a one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries; (3) generally eliminating U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; (4) requiring a tax on global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) which is a current inclusion in U.S. federal taxable income of certain earnings of controlled foreign corporations; (5) eliminating the corporate alternative minimum tax (AMT) and changing how existing AMT credits can be realized; (6) creating the base erosion anti-abuse tax (BEAT), a new minimum tax; (7) creating a new limitation on deductible interest expense; and (8) changing rules related to uses and limitations of net operating loss carryforwards created in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017.

 

During December 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (SAB 118) which provides guidance on accounting for the Act’s impact. SAB 118 provides a measurement period, which in no case should extend beyond one year from the Act enactment date, during which a company acting in good faith may complete the accounting for the impacts of the Act under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 740.

 

Per SAB 118, the Company must reflect the income tax effects of the Act in the reporting period in which the accounting under ASC Topic 740 is complete. To the extent the Company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act is incomplete, it can determine a reasonable estimate for those effects and record a provisional estimate in the financial statements in the first reporting period in which a reasonable estimate can be determined. If the Company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 based on the

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

provisions of the tax laws that were in effect immediately prior to the Act being enacted. If the Company is unable to provide a reasonable estimate of the impacts of the Act in a reporting period, a provisional amount must be recorded in the first reporting period in which a reasonable estimate can be determined.

 

The Company was able to reasonably estimate certain Act effects in 2017 and, therefore, recorded provisional adjustments associated with the deemed repatriation transition tax and remeasurement of certain deferred tax asset and liabilities.

 

The Company believes that its deemed repatriation transition tax is zero due to prior earnings and profits deficits. The Company is continuing to gather additional information to complete its accounting for the calculation of the transition tax and expects to complete its accounting within the prescribed measurement period.

 

The Company was able to reasonably estimate the remeasurement of certain deferred tax asset and liabilities at an initial provisional amount to be $12.1 million of additional income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2017. The Company is continuing to gather additional information to more precisely compute the amount of the tax expense related to remeasurement. The accounting for this item is not yet complete because judgement is required with respect to the timing and deductibility of certain expenses in the Company’s income tax provision.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are prioritized into three levels that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1: Inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are observable.

 

Level 2: Inputs that reflect quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

 

Level 3: Inputs that are unobservable to the extent that observable inputs are not available for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) , which prescribes a single comprehensive model for entities to use in the accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The new guidance will supersede virtually all existing revenue guidance under US GAAP and is effective for the Company for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption for nonpublic entities is permitted starting with annual reporting

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company plans to adopt the standard beginning in the fourth quarter of 2019 for the year ended December 31, 2019. Topic 606 allows either full or modified retrospective transition, and the Company currently plans to use the modified retrospective method of adoption. This approach consists of recognizing the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. As part of the modified retrospective approach in the year of adoption, the Company will present the comparative periods under legacy GAAP and disclose the amount by which each financial statement line item was affected as a result of applying the new standard and an explanation of significant changes. The core principle contemplated by this new standard is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. New disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers are also required. In April and May 2016, the FASB also issued clarifying updates to the new standard specifically to address certain core principles including the identification of performance obligations, licensing guidance, the assessment of the collectability criterion, the presentation of taxes collected from customers, non-cash considerations, contract modifications and completed contracts at transition. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the updated guidance will have on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures. As part of the evaluation process, the Company is holding regular meetings with key stakeholders from across the organization to discuss the impact of the standard on its existing contracts. The Company is utilizing a bottom-up approach to analyze the impact of the standard on its portfolio of contracts by reviewing the Company’s current accounting policies and practices to identify potential differences that would result from applying the requirements of the new standard to the Company’s existing revenue contracts. The Company is still completing this evaluation and has not yet determined the impact on its financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) . This guidance revises existing practice related to accounting for leases under ASC Topic 840 Leases (ASC 840) for both lessees and lessors. The new guidance requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all of their leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease). The lease liability will be equal to the present value of lease payments and the right-of-use asset will be based on the lease liability, subject to adjustment such as for initial direct costs. For income statement purposes, the new standard retains a dual model similar to ASC 840, requiring leases to be classified as either operating or finance. Operating leases will result in straight-line expense (similar to current accounting by lessees for operating leases under ASC 840) while finance leases will result in a front-loaded expense pattern (similar to current accounting by lessees for capital leases under ASC 840). While the new standard maintains similar accounting for lessors as under ASC 840, the new standard reflects updates to, among other things, align with certain changes to the lessee model. The new standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company plans to adopt the standard in the fourth quarter of 2020 for the year ended December 31, 2020. Topic 842 requires an entity to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the pronouncement on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—(Continued)

 

In October 2016, the FASB issued guidance which requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of intra-entity sale or transfers of assets, other than inventory, at the time of transfer. The new standard requires companies to recognize the income tax effects of intercompany sales or transfers of assets, other than inventory, in the income statement as income tax expense (or benefit) in the period the sale or transfer occurs. The exception to recognizing the income tax effects of intercompany sales or transfers of assets remains in place for intercompany inventory sales and transfers. The new standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for all entities as long as entities adopt at the beginning of an annual reporting period. The Company does not believe the pronouncement will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the Company elected to early adopt the amendments of ASU No. 2017-04,  Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350), which simplifies the testing for goodwill impairment by eliminating the second step of the two-step goodwill impairment test. Rather a goodwill impairment charge will be measured as the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the reporting unit. The Company believes the new method of testing goodwill for impairment is preferable to the old method based on the consistency between the results of the reporting unit level test and the goodwill level test. In addition, the new method should reduce the cost and complexity of evaluating goodwill for impairment. The pronouncement had no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02,  Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income , to address a specific consequence of the Act by allowing a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Act’s reduction of the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate. The ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted, and is to be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the effect of the change in the US federal corporate income tax rate in the Act is recognized. The Company does not anticipate a material impact upon adoption.

 

2. Acquisitions

 

Acquisition of Iron Horse Ranch

 

On July 31, 2017, an affiliate of TDR acquired substantially all the assets, and assumed certain liabilities, of Iron Horse Managing Services, LLC and Iron Horse Ranch Yorktown, LLC (together, Iron Horse). Iron Horse is a specialty rental provider with four lodges with approximately 1,000 rooms in strategic locations across Texas. The TDR affiliate accounted for the acquisition as a business combination and recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value, on a preliminary basis. Concurrently with the acquisition, the TDR affiliate entered into certain agreements with the Target, pursuant to which the Target leased the Iron Horse properties and provided certain support services to the TDR affiliate and was responsible for the management, operation and oversight of Iron Horse. Target charged the TDR affiliate a management fee of $0.5 million and incurred rent expense

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

2. Acquisitions—(Continued)

 

of $3.3 million related to these agreements, through December 15, 2017. On December 15, 2017, the Company purchased 100% of the Membership Interests of the TDR affiliate for an aggregate purchase price of $37.1 million. Iron Horse expands Target’s presence in the Texas Permian Basin. Target and the TDR affiliate are under the control of TDR; TDR is their ultimate parent. As a result of the presence of common control, the Company recorded the net assets acquired from the TDR affiliate at their carrying amount as recorded in the accounts of the TDR affiliate on the date of the purchase of membership interests. The following table summarizes the carrying amount of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date:

 

Cash

 

$

616

 

Other Assets

 

36

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

14,720

 

Goodwill

 

8,065

 

Intangible assets, net

 

14,015

 

Total Assets

 

37,452

 

Other liabilities

 

(376

)

Dividend

 

78

 

Total Consideration

 

$

37,154

 

 

Iron Horse added $13.1 million and $1.5 million to our sales and pre-tax income, respectively, for 2017.

 

The following unaudited pro forma information presents consolidated financial information as if Iron Horse had been acquired as of January 1, 2016.

 

Period

 

Revenue

 

Income
before taxes

 

2017 pro forma from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

$

145,974

 

$

8,994

 

2016 pro forma from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

$

170,058

 

$

35,295

 

 

The Company did not have any material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings.

 

The Company recorded the excess of the $37.1 million cash paid to purchase the Iron Horse over the carrying amount of the net assets acquired as a dividend, amounting to $0.1 million.

 

Intangible assets related to customer relationships were recognized by the TDR affiliate and represent the aggregate value of those relationships from existing contracts and future operations on a look-through basis, considering the end customers of Iron Horse. The intangible assets acquired by the Company will be amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of nine years from the date of the business combination. The useful life is based on a period of expected future cash flow used to measure the fair value of the intangible assets.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

2. Acquisitions—(Continued)

 

The purchase price allocation performed by the TDR affiliate resulted in the recognition of $8.1 million of goodwill. The goodwill recognized is attributable to expected revenue synergies generated by the expansion of territory of workforce housing, and costs synergies resulting from the consolidation or elimination of certain functions. All of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

 

The Company has included the results of operations and cash flows of Iron Horse from the date of acquisition by the TDR affiliate as common control existed as of the business combination date. The effects of intra-entity transactions on current assets, current liabilities, revenue and expenses have been eliminated.

 

3. Specialty Rental Assets, Net

 

Specialty Rental assets, net at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Specialty rental assets

 

$

315,524

 

$

292,712

 

Construction-In-Process

 

3,607

 

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

(125,345

)

(103,093

)

Specialty rental assets, net

 

$

193,786

 

$

189,619

 

 

Included in specialty rental assets are certain assets under capital leases. The gross cost of specialty rental assets under capital leases was $22.8 million and $18.1 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The accumulated depreciation related to specialty rental assets under capital leases totaled $5.7 million and $2.4 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The depreciation expense of these assets is presented in depreciation of specialty rental assets in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The net book value of these assets was $17.1 million and $15.5 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

4. Other Property and Equipment, Net

 

Other property, plant, and equipment, net at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Land

 

$

5,025

 

$

2,930

 

Buildings and leasehold improvements

 

32

 

1,263

 

Machinery and Office Equipment

 

898

 

851

 

Software and other

 

327

 

335

 

 

 

6,282

 

5,379

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

(679

)

(1,091

)

Total Other property and equipment, net

 

$

5,603

 

$

4,288

 

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

4. Other Property and Equipment, Net—(Continued)

 

Depreciation expense related to other property and equipment was $0.8 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

5. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net

 

As discussed further in Note 2, the Company acquired Iron Horse in December 2017 resulting in the recognition of $8.1 million of goodwill. In connection with the Iron Horse transaction, all goodwill has been allocated to the Permian Basin business segment and reporting unit. There were no impairment losses recorded for the year ended December 31, 2017 and therefore, the Company does not have accumulated impairment as of December 31, 2017.

 

Intangible assets other than goodwill at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

2017

 

 

 

Weighted
average
remaining
lives

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net Book
Value

 

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer Relationships

 

7.1

 

$

31,695

 

$

(10,046

)

$

21,649

 

Non-compete agreements

 

0.2

 

11,400

 

(11,115

)

285

 

Total

 

 

 

43,095

 

(21,161

)

21,934

 

Indefinite lived assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tradenames

 

 

 

16,400

 

 

16,400

 

Total Intangible Assets other than Goodwill

 

 

 

$

59,495

 

$

(21,161

)

$

38,334

 

 

 

 

2016

 

 

 

Weighted
average
remaining
lives

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net Book
Value

 

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer Relationships

 

5.1

 

$

21,944

 

$

(12,386

)

$

9,558

 

Non-compete agreements

 

1.2

 

11,400

 

(8,835

)

2,565

 

Total

 

 

 

33,344

 

(21,221

)

12,123

 

Indefinite lived assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tradenames

 

 

 

16,400

 

 

16,400

 

Total Intangible Assets other than Goodwill

 

 

 

$

49,744

 

$

(21,221

)

$

28,523

 

 

The aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets subject to amortization was $4.9 million and $4.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

5. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net—(Continued)

 

The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows:

 

2018

 

$

4,117

 

2019

 

3,720

 

2020

 

3,720

 

2021

 

3,720

 

2022

 

2,242

 

Thereafter

 

4,415

 

Total

 

$

21,934

 

 

6. Accrued Liabilities

 

Accrued liabilities at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Accrued expenses

 

$

11,238

 

$

1,198

 

Employee accrued compensation expense

 

6,377

 

2,018

 

Other accrued liabilities

 

543

 

494

 

Accrued interest due affiliates

 

621

 

60

 

Payables due to affiliate

 

 

2,498

 

Total

 

$

18,779

 

$

6,268

 

 

7. Notes Due from Affiliates

 

The Company records interest income on notes due from affiliates based on the stated interest rate in the loan agreement. Interest income of $7.9 million and $5.8 million associated with notes due from affiliates is reflected in interest income, net on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company does not charge, and therefore does not defer and amortize, loan origination costs on notes due from affiliates. Current interest receivable of $0.5 million and $1.1 million associated with these notes due from affiliates is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Non-current interest receivable of $0 and $2.5 million is included in other non-current assets in the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

As discussed in Note 1, certain notes due from affiliates and related accrued interest receivable amounts outstanding prior to the Restructuring of $172.3 million were settled in a non-cash transaction as part of the Restructuring.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

7. Notes Due from Affiliates—(Continued)

 

Notes due from affiliates at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Interest
Rate

 

Year of
Maturity

 

2017

 

2016

 

Total notes due from affiliates

 

4 - 11

%

2017 - 2019

 

$

55,742

 

$

149,129

 

Less: current maturities

 

 

 

 

 

 

(116,394

)

Total non-current notes due from affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

$

55,742

 

$

88,477

 

 

8. Debt

 

The carrying value of debt outstanding at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Capital lease and other financing obligations

 

$

16,977

 

$

27,853

 

ABL Revolver

 

1,076

 

 

Total debt

 

18,053

 

27,853

 

Less: current portion of long-term debt

 

(15,260

)

(10,262

)

Total long-term debt

 

$

2,793

 

$

17,591

 

 

Capital Lease and Other Financing Obligations

 

The Company’s capital lease and financing obligations at December 31, 2017, primarily consisted of $15.2 million associated with an equipment financing arrangement, and $1.7 million of capital leases.

 

The $15.2 million related to the equipment financing agreement is payable monthly and matures in March 2019 and bears interest at 11.1%. Under this agreement, the Company transferred title and ownership of certain lodging units, assigned a portion of future lease payments, and can repurchase the rental equipment for $1 in March 2019. The agreement was amended in December 2016 for an additional $10.8 million of equipment financing.

 

The Company’s capital leases primarily relate to commercial-use vehicles and have interest rates ranging from 3.3% to 20.7%.

 

ABL Facility

 

The Company participates as a co-borrower in a multicurrency asset-based revolving credit facility (the ABL Revolver). The borrowers participating in the agreement are affiliates of ASG (Borrowers). The ABL Revolver provides up to $400 million of available financing subject to a borrowing base, with a maximum U.S. facility amount of $150 million. The amount the Borrowers can draw on the ABL Revolver is subject to a defined formula of available assets, principally tangible assets calculated monthly and is secured by a first lien on these tangible assets which comprise substantially all rental equipment, property, plant and equipment and trade receivables of all Borrowers. The ABL Revolver has an availability block of $100 million, requires a minimum of $30 million of excess availability, and

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

8. Debt—(Continued)

 

requires minimum cash, on the last day of the month, of $20 million, shared among all the Borrowers. The ABL Revolver also includes a financial covenant requiring a certain minimum quarterly latest twelve months EBITDA of the Borrowers on a consolidated basis. Borrowings under the ABL Revolver bear interest payable on the first day of each quarter for the preceding quarter at a variable rate based on LIBOR or another applicable regional bank rate plus a fixed margin of 3.75%. The Company is a guarantor of the obligations of the other borrowers under the credit facility.

 

The aggregate annual principal maturities of debt and capital lease obligations for each of the next five years, based on contractual terms are listed in the table below. The ABL Revolver with original maturity dates in 2018 now extended to 2023 in connection with the refinancing completed in February 2018, has been classified as long term in the consolidated balance sheet.

 

2018

 

$

15,260

 

2019

 

2,793

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

Total

 

$

18,053

 

 

9. Notes Due to Affiliates

 

The Company records interest expense on notes due to affiliates based on the stated interest rate in the loan agreement. Interest expense of $0.6 million and $0.1 million associated with notes due to affiliates is reflected in interest expense on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Interest payable of $0.3 million associated with these notes due to affiliates is included in accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. As discussed in Note 1, certain notes due from affiliates and related accrued interest receivable amounts outstanding on Target’s books prior to the Restructuring of $171.7 million were settled in a non-cash transaction as part of the Restructuring. The Company issued additional notes of $221 million for the acquisition of Target and $13.5 million as part of the Restructuring.

 

Notes due to affiliates at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Interest
Rate

 

Date of
Maturity

 

2017

 

2016

 

Algeco Scotsman Global Finance Plc

 

8.75

%

December 2024

 

$

221,000

 

$

 

Algeco Scotsman Global S.a.r.l.

 

8.60

%

December 2018

 

$

13,500

 

$

 

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

9. Notes Due to Affiliates— (Continued)

 

The schedule of future maturities consists of the following:

 

Year of Maturity

 

2017

 

2018

 

$

13,500

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

221,000

 

 

 

$

234,500

 

 

10. Member’s Equity

 

The following tables sets forth the changes in member’s equity for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Capital Contributions

 

 

 

 

 

Current taxes payable

 

$

2,835

 

$

9,295

 

Deferred taxes on intra-entity transfer

 

10,372

 

 

Corporate costs

 

1,020

 

1,387

 

Contribution of chard

 

4,116

 

 

Total capital contributions(a)

 

$

18,343

 

$

10,682

 

Forgiveness of related party receivables and payables, net

 

(171,747

)

 

Other

 

 

10

 

Liability transfer from affiliate, net

 

(9,257

)

 

 

Distribution to affiliate

 

(23,561

)

 

Net (distributions) contributions to affiliates

 

$

(186,222

)

$

10,692

 

 


(a)          Total capital contributions in 2017 are non-cash financing activities

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Capital Contributions

 

 

 

 

 

Capital contributions from affiliates

 

$

125,593

 

$

 

Total capital contributions

 

$

125,593

 

$

 

Affiliate note payable incurred for Target acquisition

 

(221,000

)

 

Cash paid for acquisition of Target

 

(5,640

)

 

Net distributions upon Restructuring

 

$

(101,047

)

$

 

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

10. Member’s Equity —(Continued)

 

As discussed in Note 1, the Company offset and extinguished notes with affiliates in a restructuring transaction under common control. Additionally, as part of the Restructuring common control transaction discussed in Note 1, an affiliate note payable was incurred and cash was paid to an affiliate as part of the acquisition of net assets of Target and transaction costs were paid by the Company on behalf of its affiliates, which is reflected in the above schedules as reductions of equity. The acquisition price paid by the Company for Target was approximately $226.6 million in the form of cash of approximately $5.64 million and debt of $221 million. This amount paid by Holdings exceeded the carrying amount of the net assets of Target by approximately $60.7 million. However, for accounting purposes, as Holdings was not formed until September 2017, Target is treated as the predecessor and therefore this transaction was reflected as the receipt by Target of the net assets of Holdings.

 

As discussed in Note 1, the consolidated statements of comprehensive income include allocations of corporate general and administrative expenses and income taxes related to the Company’s operations that were included in the historical operating results of its parent.

 

11. Income Taxes

 

The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, are comprised of the following:

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Domestic

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

$

3,706

 

$

9,295

 

Deferred

 

21,880

 

8,356

 

Foreign

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred

 

(2

)

(341

)

Total income tax expense

 

$

25,584

 

$

17,310

 

 

Income tax results differed from the amount computed by applying the U.S. statutory income tax rate to income before income taxes for the following reasons for the years ended December 31:

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Statutory income tax expense

 

$

9,298

 

$

15,477

 

State tax expense

 

531

 

1,269

 

Effect of tax rates in foreign jurisdictions

 

219

 

101

 

Change in tax rate

 

12,064

 

429

 

Financing fees

 

2,608

 

 

Interest expense

 

(194

)

 

Transaction expense

 

355

 

 

Valuation allowances other

 

752

 

 

Other

 

(49

)

34

 

Reported income tax expense

 

$

25,584

 

$

17,310

 

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

11. Income Taxes —(Continued)

 

Deferred Income Taxes

 

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases, as well as from net operating loss and carryforwards.

 

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred compensation

 

$

163

 

$

519

 

Deferred revenue

 

14,465

 

28,474

 

Intangible assets

 

5,826

 

18,591

 

Tax loss carryforwards

 

718

 

149

 

Rental equipment and other property, plant, and equipment

 

1,090

 

 

Accrueds

 

1,810

 

 

Interest

 

128

 

 

Other—net

 

58

 

512

 

Deferred tax assets gross

 

24,258

 

48,245

 

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Valuation allowance

 

(1,025

)

(273

)

Net deferred income tax asset

 

23,233

 

47,972

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Rental equipment and other plant, property and equipment

 

 

(13,780

)

Deferred tax liability

 

 

(13,780

)

Net deferred income tax asset

 

$

23,233

 

$

34,192

 

 

Tax loss carryovers totaled $2.7 million at December 31, 2017, and expire between 2022 and 2037. The availability of these tax losses to offset future income varies by jurisdiction. A valuation allowance has been established against the deferred tax assets to the extent it is not more likely than not they will be realized.

 

 

 

2017

 

Expiration

 

Valuation
Allowance

 

United States

 

$

1,287

 

2037

 

0

%

Canada

 

1,142

 

2022 - 2027

 

100

%

Mexico

 

299

 

2022 - 2027

 

100

%

Total

 

$

2,728

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

12. Fair Value

 

The fair value of the financial assets and liabilities are included at the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale.

 

The Company has assessed that the fair value of cash and short-term deposits, trade receivables, trade payables, bank overdrafts, other current liabilities, notes payable due affiliates, and other debt approximate their carrying amounts largely due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.

 

The carrying amounts and fair values of financial assets and liabilities, including their level in the fair value hierarchy, are as follows:

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Fair Value

 

Carrying

 

Fair Value

 

Financial Assets (Liabilities) Not Measured at Fair Value

 

Amount

 

Level 2

 

Amount

 

Level 2

 

ABL Revolver (See note 8)

 

$

(1,076

)

$

(1,076

)

$

 

$

 

Notes due from affiliates (See note 7)

 

55,742

 

55,742

 

149,129

 

149,129

 

Notes due to affiliates (See note 9)

 

(234,500

)

(234,500

)

(1,992

)

(1,992

)

 

There were no transfers of financials instruments between the three levels of the fair value hierarchy during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

Notes with Affiliates and ABL Revolver

 

The fair value of the ABL Revolver is primarily based upon observable market data such as market interest rates. The fair value of notes due to and notes due from affiliates are based upon similarly publicly-traded instruments with a readily-available market value as a proxy.

 

13. Business Restructuring

 

The company incurred costs associated with restructuring plans designed to streamline operations and reduce costs of $2.2 million (excluding the restructuring liability transferred from affiliate) and $0 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 respectively. The following is a summary of the activity in our restructuring accruals for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

 

 

Employee
termination
costs

 

Other
restructuring
costs

 

Total
restructuring
costs

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Restructuring liability transfer from affiliate

 

1,968

 

 

1,968

 

Charges during the period

 

1,368

 

812

 

2,180

 

Cash payments during the period

 

(941

)

(812

)

(1,753

)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

2,395

 

$

 

$

2,395

 

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

13. Business Restructuring— (Continued)

 

Approximately $2.5 million of the above restructuring costs (inclusive of the restructuring liability transfer from affiliate, which was recorded as a distribution to affiliate) relate to the closure of the Baltimore corporate office for Holdings which resulted in downsizing of corporate employees which consist of employee termination costs. As part of the corporate restructuring plans, certain employees were required to render future service in order to receive their termination benefits. The termination costs associated with these employees will be recognized over the period from the date of communication to the employee to the actual date of termination. The total amount expected to be incurred in connection with this restructuring is estimated to be approximately $11.2 million, of which, $2.5 million was incurred through December 31, 2017.

 

Approximately $1.7 million of these restructuring costs for the year ended December 31, 2017 includes $0.8 million associated primarily with lease termination costs for the relocation of the corporate office from Boston, MA to Houston, TX and $0.9 million in employee termination costs related to this office relocation. No further amounts are expected to be incurred in connection with this restructuring.

 

These restructuring costs pertain to corporate locations and do not impact the segments discussed in Note 18.

 

14. Involuntary Conversion

 

One of the Company’s properties in North Dakota incurred flood damage in November 2017. Estimated losses of $1.8 million related to the write-off of the net book value of the damaged portion of the property was recognized as a loss on involuntary conversion for the year ended December 31, 2017. As of December 31, 2017, $0 million in insurance proceeds were received. Of the insurance proceeds expected, $1.8 million was recognized as an insurance receivable and included within prepaid expenses and other assets in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017. This insurance receivable of $1.8 million was recorded as an offset to the loss previously discussed within other expense (income), net on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

15. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Commitments

 

The Company leases certain land, lodging units and real estate under non-cancellable operating leases, the terms of which vary and generally contain renewal options. Total rent expense under these leases is recognized ratably over the initial term of the lease. Any difference between the rent payment and the straight-line expense is recorded as a liability. Rent expense included in the selling, general, and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for cancelable and non-cancelable leases was $8.5 million and $5.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

15. Commitments and Contingencies— (Continued)

 

Future minimum lease payments at December 31, 2017, by year and in the aggregate, under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:

 

2018

 

$

3,492

 

2019

 

1,402

 

2020

 

1,107

 

2021

 

639

 

2022

 

 

Total

 

$

6,640

 

 

Contingencies

 

Legal Claims

 

The Company is involved in various lawsuits or claims in the ordinary course of business. Management is of the opinion that there is no pending claim or lawsuit which, if adversely determined, would have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition.

 

16. Rental Income

 

Certain arrangements contain a lease of lodging facilities (“Lodges”) to customers. During 2014, we entered into a lease for Lodges in Dilley, Texas. That lease was amended in 2016 and expires in 2021. During 2015, we entered into a lease for Lodges in Mentone, Texas. That lease was amended in 2018 and expires in 2022. Rental income from these leases for 2017 was $58.8 million, of which $10.3 million was attributable to the straight-line adjustment. Each Lodge is leased exclusively to one customer and is accounted for as operating lease under the authoritative guidance for leases. Revenue related to these lease arrangements is reflected as rental income in the statement of comprehensive income.

 

Scheduled future minimum lease payments are as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

$

46,570

 

2019

 

46,005

 

2020

 

46,073

 

2021

 

38,090

 

2022

 

1,554

 

Total

 

$

178,292

 

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

17. Related Parties

 

The ultimate parent of the Company is ASG, and the ultimate controlling shareholder of ASG and the Company is TDR.

 

The Company had amounts due to affiliates in the amount of $234.5 million and $1.9 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016. As further described in Note 1, the net amounts due to affiliates prior to the Restructuring amounting to $171.7 million and were settled in a non-cash transaction as part of the Restructuring.

 

As more fully described in Notes 7 and 9, the Company had notes receivable and payable to affiliates including accrued interest that were settled in a non-cash transaction as part of the Restructuring.

 

The Company paid management fees to an affiliate in the amount of $1.9 million and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

As more fully described in Note 1, on November 29, 2017, ASG completed the sale of WSII to an entity controlled by TDR. Prior to completing the sale, ASG conducted a carve-out transaction to carve-out the net assets related to Target and Chard from WSII and incorporated as a new division under Holdings; Chard became a wholly owned subsidiary of Target.

 

As more fully described in Note 2, on December 15, 2017, the Company purchased Iron Horse from TDR.

 

As more fully described in Note 8, the Company is a co-borrower and co-guarantor of the obligations of the other borrowers under the ABL credit facility. The other borrowers and guarantors are affiliates of TDR and include Holdings. The total amount outstanding under the ABL at December 31, 2017, was $194 million, which included the $1.1 million included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

 

In 2017, the Company loaned $2.5 million to officers as retention payments. The loans are forgiven over a four-year period and charged to bonus expense on a straight-line basis as amounts are forgiven. The balance due at December 31, 2017 of $2.3 million is included in notes due from officers in the balance sheets. $0.6 million was recognized as bonus expense in 2017 and is included in selling, general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

 

The Company is a guarantor of certain secured and unsecured notes payable of ASG. The amount of secured and unsecured notes payable outstanding at December 31, 2017, was $2.1 billion. On February 15, 2018, ASG completed a refinancing of these secured and unsecured notes payable issuing new secured and unsecured notes totaling € 750 million of secured notes payables and $825 million of secured and unsecured notes payable. The notes mature in 2023. The Company remains a guarantor of these secured and unsecured notes payable.

 

The Company leased modular buildings from WSII to serve one of its customers. The rent expense related to the leasing of the WSII modular buildings amounted to $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, and has been included as a cost of services revenue in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

17. Related Parties— (Continued)

 

The Company leased a building for its Boston corporate office from a former owner and executive who remains affiliated to the Company. The Company paid the former owner principal and interest payments of $0.8 million and $0.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, to occupy the building which was recorded under a capital lease.

 

18. Business Segments

 

The Company is organized primarily on the basis of geographic region and customer industry group and operates primarily in three reportable segments. These reportable segments are also operating segments. Resources are allocated, and performance is assessed by our CEO, whom we have determined to be our Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM). Three of our non-reportable operating segments have been combined and included in an “All Other” category.

 

The following is a brief description of our reportable segments and a description of business activities conducted by All Other.

 

The Permian Basin —Segment operations consist primarily of specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality services revenue from customers in the Oil and Gas industry located primarily in Texas and New Mexico.

 

The Bakken Basin —Segment operations consist primarily of specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality services revenue from customers in the Oil and Gas industry located primarily in North Dakota.

 

Government —Segment operations consist primarily of specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality services and rental income revenue from customers in the Government located in Texas.

 

All Other —Segment operations consist primarily of specialty rental with vertically integrated hospitality services revenue from customers in the Oil and Gas industry located outside of the Permian and Bakken Basins.

 

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for the Company. The Company evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based on revenue and gross profit. Gross profit for the CODM’s analysis includes the services and rentals costs in the financial statements and excludes depreciation.

 

F- 31


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

18. Business Segments— (Continued)

 

The table below presents information about reported segments for the years ending December 31:

 

2017

 

 

 

The Permian
Basin

 

The Bakken
Basin

 

Government

 

All Other

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

41,439

 

$

22,351

 

$

66,722

 

$

3,723

(a)

$

134,235

 

Gross profit

 

$

18,175

 

$

9,333

 

$

48,613

 

$

1,389

 

$

77,510

 

Capital expenditures

 

$

17,808

 

$

460

 

$

84

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

$

66,783

 

$

82,398

 

$

47,602

 

$

10,005

 

$

206,788

 

 

2016

 

 

 

The Permian
Basin

 

The Bakken
Basin

 

Government

 

All Other

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

15,274

 

$

23,738

 

$

101,733

 

$

8,722

(a)

$

149,467

 

Gross profit

 

$

7,478

 

$

8,972

 

$

80,129

 

858

 

$

97,437

 

Capital expenditures

 

$

5,281

 

$

361

 

$

295

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

$

33,038

 

$

92,208

 

$

56,008

 

$

12,653

 

$

193,907

 

 


(a)          Revenues from segments below the quantitative thresholds are attributable to three operating segments of the Company and are reported in the “All Other” category previously described.

 

A reconciliation of total segment gross profit to total consolidated income before income taxes, for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, is as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

 

Total reportable segment gross profit

 

$

76,121

 

$

96,579

 

Other gross profit

 

1,389

 

858

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

(30,145

)

(41,329

)

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

 

(24,337

)

(15,793

)

Restructuring costs

 

(2,180

)

 

Currency gains, net

 

91

 

 

Other income, net

 

519

 

392

 

Interest and other income, net

 

5,107

 

3,512

 

Consolidated income before income taxes

 

$

26,565

 

$

44,219

 

 

F- 32


 

Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

18. Business Segments— (Continued)

 

A reconciliation of total segment assets to total consolidated assets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, are as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

 

Total reportable segment assets

 

$

196,783

 

$

181,254

 

Other assets

 

10,005

 

11,220

 

Corporate assets

 

666

 

1,433

 

Other unallocated amounts

 

155,671

 

230,369

 

Consolidated assets

 

$

363,125

 

$

424,276

 

 

Other unallocated assets are not included in the measure of segment assets provided to or reviewed by the CODM for assessing performance and allocating resources, and as such, are not allocated. These unallocated assets consist of the following as reported in the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of the dates indicated below:

 

 

 

December 31,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

 

Total current assets

 

$

36,071

 

$

132,391

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

38,334

 

28,523

 

Deferred tax asset

 

23,233

 

34,192

 

Notes due from affiliates

 

55,742

 

32,735

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

2,528

 

Notes due from officers

 

2,291

 

 

Total other unallocated amount of assets

 

$

155,671

 

$

230,369

 

 

Revenues from one customer of the Company’s Government segment represents approximately $66.7 million and $101.7 million of the Company’s consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Revenues from one customer of the Company’s Permian Basin segment represents approximately $15.5 million of the Company’s consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017. There were no transactions between reportable operating segments for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

The capital expenditure amounts for the Permian Basin in 2017 excludes the impact of the Iron Horse acquisition discussed in Note 2.

 

19. Subsequent Events

 

On February 15, 2018, ASG completed a comprehensive refinancing of its capital structure. The refinancing included an amendment to the ABL Revolver to which the Company is co-borrower. The new ABL Revolver principally retains the terms of the previous ABL Revolver but extends the maturity to February 2023 and reduces the availability block to $25 million.

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

19. Subsequent Events— (Continued)

 

On September 7, 2018, the Company entered into a Support Services Agreement with a TDR affiliate company to perform management services for R.L. Signor Holdings, LLC. The services include management and oversight, information technology and computer operations, accounting and finance, specialty rental asset development and construction support and project management, sales and marketing, human resources, payroll and benefits, legal as well as other support services. In return for these services, the Company will receive 6% of total gross revenue collected through the operations of the facilities.

 

On September 7, 2018 the Company entered into a Facilities Lease Agreement (the Lease) with Arrow BidCo, LLC whereby all of the real property, improvements, modular units, personal property, and equipment of RL Signor Holdings, LLC (and its subsidiaries) was leased to the Company in connection with the Company’s operation of all Signor properties on behalf of Arrow Bidco, LLC. As consideration for Target’s lease of the Signor property, the Company pays monthly rent based on a per person per day rate and actual occupancy at each facility during the term of the Lease. Pursuant to the Lease, Target is responsible for all costs related to taxes, insurance, and utilities related to the leased property.

 

On November 13, 2018, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement between Holdings and another affiliated entity, to effect certain business combination transactions. Pursuant to the terms of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreements, Platinum Eagle, through its wholly-owned subsidiary will acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Company and the other affiliated entity, respectively.

 

The closing of the business combination is subject to the Company’s receipt of gross proceeds of at least $340 million from new debt financing. The closing of the business combination is also subject to certain other conditions, including, among others, (i) approval by the Company’s shareholders of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreements, the business combination and certain other actions related thereto, (ii) the availability of at least $225 million of cash in the Company’s trust account, after giving effect to redemptions of public shares, if any, and (iii) the receipt of consent from the existing lenders of Algeco and certain affiliated entities.

 

Under the Membership Interest Purchase Agreements, the total amount payable by the Holdco Acquiror will be $1.311 billion, which amount is inclusive of the amounts required to pay third party and intercompany indebtedness at the closing of the business combination and net of transaction expenses, of which (A) $562 million will be paid in cash (the “Cash Consideration”) and (B) the remaining $749 million will be paid to the Sellers in the form of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, of Target Hospitality, with (i) 25,800,000 such shares delivered to the Algeco Seller and (ii) 49,100,000 such shares delivered to the affiliated entity pursuant to the respective Membership Interest Purchase Agreements. The Cash Consideration shall come from the following sources: (1) proceeds available from the trust account, after giving effect to any and all redemptions; (2) the gross proceeds from new debt financing of at least $340 million; and (3) subject to the prior consent of the Sellers: (x) the proceeds from a private placement of Target Hospitality common stock (the “Equity Offering”) and (y) any additional equity offering to fund the shortfall of any minimum proceeds from the trust (the “Backstop Offering”).

 

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Algeco US Holdings LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

19. Subsequent Events— (Continued)

 

In November 2018, the Company and its affiliates, extended the due date on the notes that were due in 2018 until October 15, 2019.

 

During 2017, the Company experienced flood damage at one of their properties as more fully discussed in Note 14. Through October 2018, the Company received insurance proceeds of $4.3 million of which $0.7 million were business interruption insurance.

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of these financial statements, and determined that, other than those matters disclosed above, no subsequent events had occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in its consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

F- 35


Exhibit 99.3

 

ARROW PARENT CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Financial Statements as of September 30, 2018,

September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017

and for the periods September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018 and

January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018

and the nine months ended September 30, 2018

 

F- 1


 

ARROW PARENT CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

As of
September 30,
2018

 

 

As of
September 6,
2018

 

As of
December 31,
2017

 

 

 

(Successor)
(Unaudited)

 

 

(Predecessor)
(Unaudited)

 

(Predecessor)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

8,830

 

 

$

15,279

 

$

2,047

 

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,211, $1,201 and $11, respectively

 

8,975

 

 

13,008

 

10,893

 

Related party receivable

 

2,104

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

250

 

 

581

 

492

 

Total current assets

 

20,159

 

 

28,868

 

13,432

 

Restricted cash

 

257

 

 

257

 

257

 

Property and equipment, net

 

71,950

 

 

56,432

 

44,708

 

Land held for investment

 

7,560

 

 

7,264

 

7,264

 

Goodwill

 

28,278

 

 

16,000

 

16,000

 

Intangible assets, net

 

95,532

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax asset

 

2,015

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

225,751

 

 

$

108,821

 

$

81,661

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of notes payable

 

$

209

 

 

$

800

 

$

1,149

 

Current portion of capital lease liability

 

248

 

 

247

 

234

 

Accounts payable

 

2,021

 

 

3,760

 

2,914

 

Related party payable

 

3,651

 

 

 

 

Balance due on asset purchases

 

 

 

 

3,387

 

Accrued expenses

 

4,910

 

 

5,398

 

1,908

 

Unearned revenue

 

304

 

 

368

 

181

 

Total current liabilities

 

11,343

 

 

10,573

 

9,773

 

Other liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

543

 

 

533

 

479

 

Related party note payable

 

108,047

 

 

 

 

Notes payable, net of current portion and deferred loan costs

 

 

 

2,710

 

3,136

 

Capital lease liability, net of current portion

 

21

 

 

79

 

209

 

Total liabilities

 

119,954

 

 

13,895

 

13,597

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

105,797

 

 

94,926

 

68,064

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

225,751

 

 

$

108,821

 

$

81,661

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F- 2


 

ARROW PARENT CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

(in thousands)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

For the
period
September 7,
2018 to
September 30,
2018

 

 

For the
period
January 1,
2018 to
September 6,
2018

 

For the
nine months
ended
September 30,
2017

 

 

 

(Successor)

 

 

(Predecessor)

 

(Predecessor)

 

Services income

 

$

 

 

$

61,242

 

$

22,394

 

Rental income—related party

 

2,104

 

 

 

 

Total income

 

2,104

 

 

61,242

 

22,394

 

Cost of services

 

 

 

26,675

 

10,724

 

Depreciation and accretion

 

780

 

 

4,022

 

2,004

 

Gross profit

 

1,324

 

 

30,545

 

9,666

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

693

 

 

 

 

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

 

351

 

 

2,949

 

2,271

 

Acquisition expenses

 

9,227

 

 

411

 

 

Operating (loss) income

 

(8,947

)

 

27,185

 

7,395

 

Interest expense, net

 

422

 

 

268

 

80

 

(Loss) income before taxes

 

(9,369

)

 

26,917

 

7,315

 

Income tax benefit

 

(2,015

)

 

 

 

Net (loss)/income

 

$

(7,354

)

 

$

26,917

 

$

7,315

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F- 3


 

ARROW PARENT CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Statements of Equity

 

(in thousands, except units and shares)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/

 

 

 

 

 

Series A Units

 

Series B Units

 

Common

 

 

 

(Accumulated

 

Total

 

 

 

Units

 

Value

 

Units

 

Value

 

Stock

 

APIC

 

Deficit)

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Predecessor Company)

 

51,003,049

 

$

51,002

 

2,240,000

 

$

448

 

$

 

$

 

$

16,614

 

$

68,064

 

Distribution to Members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(55

)

(55

)

Net Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,917

 

26,917

 

Balance at September 6, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Predecessor Company)

 

51,003,049

 

$

51,002

 

2,240,000

 

$

448

 

$

 

$

 

$

43,476

 

$

94,926

 

Balance at September 7, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Successor Company)

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Issuance of common stock (1,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

113,151

 

 

113,151

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,354

)

(7,354

)

Balance at September 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Successor Company)

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

$

 

$

113,151

 

$

(7,354

)

$

105,797

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F- 4


 

ARROW PARENT CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

(in thousands)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

For the period
September 7, 2018 to
September 30, 2018

 

 

For period
January 1, 2018 to
September 6, 2018

 

For nine months
ended
September 30, 2017

 

 

 

(Successor Company)

 

 

(Predecessor Company)

 

(Predecessor Company)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(7,354

)

 

$

26,917

 

$

7,315

 

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

 

1,473

 

 

4,022

 

2,004

 

Amortization of loan costs

 

 

 

30

 

3

 

Bad debt expense

 

10

 

 

1,192

 

 

Net loss (gain) on sale and disposal of property and equipment

 

 

 

(3

)

9

 

Deferred tax benefit

 

(2,015

)

 

 

 

Incentive unit compensation

 

 

 

 

103

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of business acquired):

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

4,023

 

 

(3,307

)

(6,898

)

Related party receivable

 

(2,104

)

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

334

 

 

(89

)

688

 

Accounts payable

 

(1,824

)

 

846

 

2,873

 

Accrued expenses

 

(1,033

)

 

3,488

 

2,500

 

Related party payable

 

3,651

 

 

 

 

Unearned revenue

 

(64

)

 

187

 

71

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

(4,903

)

 

33,283

 

8,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of assets

 

 

 

 

4

 

Purchase of business, net of cash acquired

 

(205,890

)

 

 

 

Asset purchases and improvements to property and equipment

 

(1,297

)

 

(19,078

)

(12,444

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(207,187

)

 

(19,078

)

(12,440

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from note payable

 

 

 

 

4,000

 

Proceeds from related party note payable

 

108,047

 

 

 

 

Payments on notes payable

 

 

 

(802

)

(210

)

Payment of deferred financing costs

 

 

 

 

(60

)

Principal payments on capital lease liability

 

(21

)

 

(116

)

(93

)

Contributions

 

113,151

 

 

 

3,012

 

Distributions

 

 

 

(55

)

(4

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

221,177

 

 

(973

)

6,645

 

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

9,087

 

 

13,232

 

2,873

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period

 

 

 

2,304

 

1,013

 

Cash, cash equivalent and restricted cash—end of period

 

$

9,087

 

 

$

15,536

 

$

3,886

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash investing and financing activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment purchases included in accrued expenses

 

$

111

 

 

$

204

 

$

42

 

Asset retirement obligation additions to property and equipment

 

 

 

3

 

77

 

Property and equipment purchases included in accounts payable

 

535

 

 

1,341

 

1,588

 

Balance due to seller on property and equipment acquired

 

 

 

 

3,387

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

 

 

$

271

 

$

71

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F- 5


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Arrow Parent Corporation, the Successor Company (“Successor” or “Corp”), incorporated under the laws of Delaware, owns 100% of Arrow Bidco LLC (“Bidco”). Corp is owned by Arrow Holdings Sarl. (“AHS”), which is ultimately owned by a group of investment funds managed by TDR Capital LLP (“TDR”).

 

Corp was formed in August 2018 and acts as a holding company for Bidco. Corp does not have operating activity. Corp receives capital contributions, makes distributions, and maintains cash as well as other amounts owed to and from affiliated entities.

 

Bidco is incorporated under the laws of Delaware as a single member LLC, and owns 100% of RL Signor Holdings, LLC after the acquisition on September 7, 2018 (see Note 4). Bidco was formed in September 2018 and acts as a holding company for RL Signor Holdings, LLC. Bidco does not have any operating activity. Bidco receives capital contributions, makes distributions, and maintains cash as well as other amounts owed to and from affiliated entities.

 

RL Signor Holdings, LLC, and Subsidiaries (collectively, “RLS” or the “Predecessor”) is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware to own, develop, manage and operate workforce communities located primarily throughout Texas. RLS’s customers are primarily companies for which RLS provides workforce housing.

 

RLS was owned by Roughneck Lodging, LLC (“RL”) and certain members of RLS management. At September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017, RL owned 83.1% of the Series A Units of RLS. The remaining Series A Units and 100% of the Series B Units were owned by certain members of RLS’s management. Allocations of cash distributions, equity transactions and net income and losses were made in accordance with RLS’s Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, as further modified by Amendment No. 1 thereto.

 

RLS was formed on September 5, 2014. On September 18, 2014, RR Acquisition, LLC, a third-party not controlled by RL, contributed to RLS its workforce assets, consisting primarily of five properties in Texas (each a “Property” and collectively, the “Properties”). RL acquired a controlling interest in RLS on September 18, 2014. The acquisition of the controlling interest in RLS was accounted for as a purchase whereby the estimated fair value of the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired were pushed down and reflected on the books and records of RLS. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values was recorded as goodwill.

 

The Predecessor Company and Successor Company are collectively referred to as “the Company” throughout the consolidated financial statements and notes.

 

The Chief Operating Decision-Maker (“CODM”) of the Predecessor was the Managing Member of the LLC and currently is the CEO of the Successor, who review financial information presented on a consolidated basis in order to assess its performance and allocate resources. There are no segment managers who are held accountable by the CODM or anyone else for operations, operating results and planning for levels or components below the consolidated unit level. Accordingly, the Successor and Predecessor have determined that it has one reportable segment. This reporting segment includes only one operating segment.

 

F- 6


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“U.S. SEC”) and include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. These unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Predecessor and related footnotes for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for a full year. It is the opinion of management that all necessary adjustments for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods have been and are of a recurring nature unless otherwise disclosed herein.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of both the Predecessor and its controlled subsidiaries for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and include the accounts of the Successor and its controlled subsidiaries for the period September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018. All of the Company’s subsidiaries are wholly owned, either directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:

 

The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Included in restricted cash are irrevocable standby letters of credit that represent collateral for site improvements. Contained within the cash flows as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are $8,830, $15,279 and $2,047, of cash and cash equivalents as well as $257 of restricted cash in each period.

 

Accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts:

 

The Company determines the allowance for doubtful accounts by considering a number of factors including length of time accounts receivable are past due and the payment history of the customer. Accounts are written off when it is determined the receivable will not be collected.

 

Property and equipment:

 

Property and equipment assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Costs incurred associated with the acquisition, development, and construction of real estate projects are capitalized into construction in progress. Upon substantial completion of a real estate project, these costs are allocated to asset classes based on specific identification and depreciation commences once the components of the real estate project are substantially complete and available for use. The Predecessor contracted a firm to develop a billing system (“technology”) that was created during 2016 and put into service in 2017.

 

F- 7


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

Management evaluates the recoverability of its investments in property and equipment and land held for investment at the lowest identifiable level. The long-lived assets of the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when the sum of the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposal is less than it carrying amount. No impairment losses were identified or recorded as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 or December 31, 2017.

 

Business combinations:

 

Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. Consideration transferred for acquisitions is measured at fair value at the acquisition date and includes assets transferred, liabilities assumed and equity issued. Acquisition costs are expensed as incurred. When the Company acquires a business, it assesses the financial assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions at the acquisition date.

 

Goodwill:

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired. The Company reviews goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level annually as of December 31, or whenever events and changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may exceed its fair value. The Company has one reporting unit. Goodwill is evaluated for impairment using a qualitative and quantitative assessment approach. The Company uses a qualitative assessment to determine if any facts or circumstances during the period could require a quantitative analysis for impairment. If the Company determines that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount, an impairment on goodwill would be recorded. The Company did not recognize any impairment as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 or December 31, 2017.

 

Intangible assets:

 

Intangible assets that have finite useful lives are recorded at fair value upon acquisition less accumulated amortization and impairment losses, if any. Subsequent expenditures for intangible assets are capitalized only when they increase the future economic benefits embodied in the specific asset to which they relate. Amortization is recognized in income or loss on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of intangible assets. The Company has customer relationship assets with an estimated useful life of 9 years.

 

Asset retirement obligation:

 

The Company recognizes asset retirement obligations (AROs) related to legal obligations associated with the operation of the Company’s remote accommodation lodges. The fair values of these AROs are recorded on a discounted basis, at the time the obligation is incurred and accreted over time for the change in present value. The Company capitalizes asset retirement costs by increasing the

 

F- 8


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

carrying amount of the related long-lived assets and depreciating these costs over the remaining useful life. The carrying amount of AROs included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets was $540, $534, and $477 as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018, and December 31, 2017, respectively. Accretion expense was $6, $55 and $63 for the period from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018, the period from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.

 

Revenue recognition:

 

Rental income is derived from the lease of the Successor’s facilities by an affiliated entity (see Note 9 Related Party Transactions ). The Successor earns and bills monthly for rent based on a per person per day rate and actual occupancy at each facility during the term of the lease. Pursuant to the lease, the affiliated entity is responsible for all costs related to operating the leased property. Rental income was $2,104, $0 and $0 for the period from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018, the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017. At September 30, 2018 a related party receivable of $2,104 is recorded for amounts due under this lease. Costs related to the operations of the facilities are included in the support service agreement discussed in Note 9.

 

Service income is primarily derived from room rentals and are recognized by the Predecessor when service is rendered. Service income also includes food service revenue and third-party hotel booking fees. Food service revenue is recognized by the Predecessor when service is rendered. Third-party hotel booking fees are recognized by the Predecessor when services by third-party hotels are rendered to our customers. Unearned revenue represents cash advances received, but for which the services have not been rendered and have not met our revenue recognition criteria. Service income of $0, $61,242 and $22,394 for the period from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018, the period from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, is recognized within the service income line within the consolidated statements of operations.

 

Taxes collected from customers:

 

In the course of doing business, the Predecessor collects taxes from customers including but not limited to sales taxes. It was the Predecessor’s policy to record these taxes on a net basis in service income.

 

Income taxes:

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require management to evaluate tax positions taken and recognize a tax liability, if the Company has taken an uncertain tax position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by a government authority. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Company and has concluded that as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017 there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.

 

F- 9


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions, if any, in income tax expense. There were no income tax related interest and penalties recorded for the period from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018, the period from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

 

Successor Period

 

The Successor, which is a standalone corporation, accounts for income taxes in interim periods under ASC 740-270, Income Taxes—Interim Reporting, which generally requires application of an estimated annual consolidated effective tax rate to consolidated pre-tax income from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018. Income tax benefit for the period from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018 was $2,015 with an effective rate of 21.5%.

 

Predecessor Period

 

The Predecessor is a limited liability company and is not subject to income taxes.

 

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”). The Act makes broad and complex changes to the US tax code effective January 1, 2018. There was no effect of the Act disclosed at the end of 2017 as the Predecessor was a limited liability company, did not have any foreign presence, and was not subject to income taxes. Therefore, under Staff Accounting Bulletin 118, the Predecessor has completed its assessment during the one-year measurement period.

 

Use of estimates:

 

Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing the consolidated financial statements. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses. The more significant estimates include the realization of land held for investment, collectability of accounts receivable, discount rate for the present value of the asset retirement obligation, potential impairment of property and equipment, intangible assets and goodwill and the discount rate and assumptions used to value business combinations, among others. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Concentrations of credit risk:

 

The Company’s financial instruments that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The Company places its cash with commercial banking institutions. At times, such amounts may be in excess of the FDIC insurance limit.

 

Deferred financing costs:

 

Loan origination costs are charged to interest expense over the loan term using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective-interest method.

 

F- 10


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

Fair Value Measurements:

 

The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are prioritized into three levels that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1: Inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are observable.

 

Level 2: Inputs that reflect quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted process for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

 

Level 3: Inputs that are unobservable to the extent that observable inputs are not available for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

Earnings per unit/share:

 

Successor Period

 

Basic and diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to Corp by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the reporting period.

 

Predecessor Period

 

Basic earnings per unit is computed by dividing net income attributable to members of RLS by the weighted average number of Series A and vested Series B units outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per unit is computed by dividing net income attributable to members of RLS by the weighted average number of Series A and total Series B units outstanding during the period. Our basic and diluted EPU are computed using the two-class method, whereby earnings are outstanding allocated to the Series A units and the unvested Series B units that are participating securities based on their respective ownership. Per unit amounts are computed by dividing net income available to members by the weighted average units outstanding during each period.

 

3. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”). The core principle of this ASU is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which it expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In doing so, companies will need to use judgment and make estimates when evaluating contract terms and other relevant facts and circumstances. Additionally, ASU 2014-09 requires enhanced disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from

 

F- 11


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

3. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Continued)

 

Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which delayed the effective date of ASU 2014-09 to the first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2018 for the Company. In 2016 and 2017, the FASB issued several accounting standards updates to clarify certain topics within ASU 2014-09, and to update certain other topics within the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) to conform with the new guidance in Topic 606. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”), which was further clarified and amended in July 2018 by ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases (“ASU 2018-10”) and ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements (“ASU 2018-11”). These ASUs provide revised guidance for lease accounting and related disclosure requirements, including a requirement for lessees to recognize right-of use assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for leases with durations greater than twelve months. These ASUs are effective for the Company for the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. As issued, ASU 2016-02 required modified retrospective application for all leases existing as of, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the consolidated financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. ASU 2018-11 simplifies the transition requirements by providing companies an option to initially apply the new lease requirements as of the date of adoption and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment (“ASU 2017-04”). ASU 2017-04 eliminates the second step in goodwill impairment testing, which requires that goodwill impairment losses be measured as the difference between the implied value of a reporting unit’s goodwill and its carrying amount. ASU 2017-04 is expected to reduce the cost and complexity of impairment testing by requiring goodwill impairment losses to be measured as the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill and related goodwill tax effects, over its fair value. Beginning in 2018, if the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied value, the resulting amount of goodwill impairment recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements could differ from the amount of goodwill impairment that would have been recorded prior to adoption of this ASU. On January 1, 2017, ASU 2017-04 was adopted and did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2017, FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting (“ASU 2017-09”). ASU 2017-09 clarifies when a change to the terms or conditions of a unit-based payment award must be accounted for as a modification. Limited and administrative modifications that do not change the value, vesting conditions, or classification of the award are exempt from following the modification guidance in Topic 718. This ASU was adopted for the periods presented and did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (“ASU 2016-15”) to reduce diversity in practice by providing guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the

 

F- 12


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

3. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Continued)

 

statement of cash flows. This ASU, which the Company adopted as of January 1, 2018, is effective on a retrospective basis, and will result in the reclassification of certain types of activity in the consolidated statement of cash flows, as applicable to the prior year periods, beginning in 2018. The provisions of this ASU have been adopted for the periods and did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments (Topic 326)—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which provides guidance regarding the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments. The new guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in the current guidance with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to determine credit loss estimates. This ASU will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Restricted Cash. This ASU requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash. Amounts generally described as restricted cash should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. This update should be applied retrospectively to each period presented. The pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company has adopted this pronouncement as of January 1, 2018 on a retrospective basis resulting in $257 of restricted cash being reflected within the cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash on the statements of cash flows for each reporting period of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018, and December 31, 2017, respectively.

 

4. ACQUISITION OF RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

On September 7, 2018, Bidco purchased 100% of the membership interest of RLS for a cash acquisition price of $221 million or approximately $206 million, net of cash acquired. The amount of the purchase price in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill.

 

F- 13


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

4. ACQUISITION OF RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES (Continued)

 

The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the total purchase price to the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition by Bidco at estimated fair value:

 

 

 

Amount

 

Cash, cash equivalent and restricted cash

 

$

15,536

 

Accounts receivable

 

13,008

 

Property and equipment

 

70,781

 

Land held for investment

 

7,560

 

Other current assets

 

581

 

Goodwill

 

28,278

 

Customer relationships

 

96,225

 

Total assets acquired

 

231,969

 

Accounts payable

 

(3,760

)

Accrued expenses

 

(5,938

)

Capital lease liability and notes payable

 

(477

)

Unearned revenue

 

(368

)

Total liabilities assumed

 

(10,543

)

Net assets acquired

 

$

221,426

 

 

Intangible assets related to customer relationships represent the aggregate value of those relationships from existing contracts and future operations on a look-through basis, considering the end customers of RLS. The intangible assets received by Bidco will be amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of nine years from the date of the business combination. The useful life is based on a period of expected future cash flow used to measure the fair value of the intangible assets.

 

Acquisition expenses incurred by AHS or its affiliates related to the acquisition of RLS by Bidco were $9,277 and are included in acquisition expenses in the consolidated statement of operations for the period from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018. $3.3 million of these acquisition expenses are included in related party payable while the remaining $6.0 million are included in additional paid-in capital as a deemed contribution.

 

Bidco has included the results of operations and cash flows of RLS from the date of acquisition. The following unaudited pro forma information presents consolidated financial information as if Bidco had been formed and RLS had been acquired at the beginning of 2018.

 

Period

 

Revenue

 

Pre-tax
Income

 

2018 pro forma from January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018

 

$

23,666

 

$

3,148

 

 

RLS’s operations contributed $2.1 million and $615 to our revenue and pre-tax income, respectively, for the Successor Period in 2018.

 

F- 14


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

4. ACQUISITION OF RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES (Continued)

 

Intangible assets related to customer relationships were recognized and represent the aggregate value of those relationships from existing contracts. The intangible assets acquired by the Company will be amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of nine years from the date of the business combination.

 

The preliminary purchase price allocation performed by Bidco resulted in the recognition of $28.3 million of goodwill. The goodwill recognized is attributable to expected revenue synergies generated by the territorial expansion of workforce housing, and costs synergies resulting from the consolidation or elimination of certain functions. All of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

 

5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT ASSETS

 

Property and equipment as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Depreciable
Lives
(in years)

 

September 30,
2018

 

 

September 6,
2018

 

December 31,
2017

 

 

 

 

 

(Successor
Company)

 

 

(Predecessor
Company)

 

(Predecessor
Company)

 

Land

 

 

$

3,619

 

 

$

4,003

 

$

3,258

 

Buildings

 

7

 

35,181

 

 

32,206

 

22,609

 

Land improvements

 

15

 

10,675

 

 

11,243

 

8,016

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

7

 

10,940

 

 

7,875

 

5,746

 

Construction in progress

 

 

10,646

 

 

10,222

 

10,639

 

Technology

 

7

 

1,262

 

 

1,247

 

898

 

Asset retirement obligation

 

7

 

401

 

 

401

 

378

 

Gross property and equipment

 

 

 

72,724

 

 

67,197

 

51,544

 

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

(774

)

 

(10,765

)

(6,836

)

Total property and equipment, net

 

 

 

$

71,950

 

 

$

56,432

 

$

44,708

 

 

Depreciation expense for property and equipment for the periods September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018, January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $774, $3,967 and $1,941, respectively.

 

Property and equipment includes equipment under capital leases as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017 consisting of the following:

 

 

 

(Successor
Company

 

(Predecessor
Company)

 

(Predecessor
Company)

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

$

863

 

$

1,081

 

$

1,081

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

(10

)

(613

)

(516

)

Total property and equipment, net

 

$

853

 

$

468

 

$

565

 

 

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Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT ASSETS (Continued)

 

In October 2017, the Predecessor entered into a purchase agreement to purchase assets for $2.5 million and paid the deposit of $250 upon its execution as stipulated. The purchase agreement requires that the $2.25 million balance be paid on or before May 30, 2018. The balance due on the asset purchase at September 6, 2018 was $0.

 

In December 2017, the Predecessor purchased assets for $704 with $197 due upon execution of the purchase agreement and six-monthly installments of $83 beginning on December 15, 2017. The balance due on the asset purchase at December 31, 2017 was $424 after payment by the Predecessor of the initial and the first installment. The balance on the note at September 6, 2018 was $0.

 

Also, in December 2017, the Predecessor purchased assets for $1.0 million. The purchase price includes storage fees through October 31, 2018, by which time the Predecessor must remove the assets. $325 was paid upon execution of the purchase agreement, with the remaining balance of $710 payable before October 31, 2018. The balance due on the asset purchase at September 6, 2018 was $0.

 

In January 2018, the Predecessor purchased four dormitories for $348. The agreement was amended in July 2018 to include an option for additional assets per the original agreement totaling $1.9 million. As of September 30, 2018, and September 6, 2018 this option was not exercised.

 

6. LAND HELD FOR INVESTMENT

 

Pursuant to the acquisition of the Properties in 2014, the Predecessor identified land at certain of these properties as held for investment purposes. The Predecessor did not sell any land held for investment during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 or the period from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018. While the land was being marketed and the Predecessor had plans to sell the land over time, it is not classified as land held for sale, as it is not expected to be sold within twelve months. Based on assessment of the real estate marketplace, including discussions with agents and brokers, among other procedures, management believes the land held for investment is properly stated at the lower of cost or fair market value and not impaired. Land held for investment is $7,560 as of September 30, 2018 based on the fair value at the effective date of acquisition, September 7, 2018.

 

7. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

 

As discussed further in Note 4, the Successor acquired RLS in September of 2018 resulting in the preliminary fair value allocation of $28.3 million of goodwill.

 

Intangible assets other than goodwill at September 30, 2018 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Weighted
average
remaining life

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net
Book
Value

 

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization Customer Relationships

 

9.0

 

$

 96,225

 

$

 (693

)

$

 95,532

 

 

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Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

7. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (Continued)

 

The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows:

 

Remainder of 2018

 

$

2,670

 

2019

 

10,680

 

2020

 

10,680

 

2021

 

10,680

 

2022

 

10,680

 

2023

 

10,680

 

Thereafter

 

39,462

 

Total

 

$

95,532

 

 

8. ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

Accrued expenses at the dates indicated below consisted of the following:

 

 

 

September 30,
2018

 

September 6,
2018

 

December 31,
2017

 

Accrued expenses

 

$

2,263

 

$

1,923

 

$

1,393

 

Accrued property, sales, and occupancy taxes

 

2,532

 

3,298

 

342

 

Other

 

115

 

177

 

173

 

Total accrued expenses

 

$

4,910

 

$

5,398

 

$

1,908

 

 

9. CAPITAL LEASES

 

The Predecessor had entered into a capital lease for certain equipment with a lease term expiring in October 2019 and an effective interest rate of 7.43%. As of the acquisition, the Successor assumed the lease.

 

Scheduled future minimum principal payments on the leased equipment as follows:

 

September 30,

 

 

 

Remainder of 2018

 

$

77

 

2019

 

204

 

Interest at 7.4%

 

(12

)

Principal payments

 

$

269

 

Less: current portion

 

248

 

Capital lease liability, net of current portion

 

$

21

 

 

F- 17


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Predecessor reimbursed Centerboard Residential, LLC, a member of RL and/or its affiliates for expenses incurred for the benefit of the Predecessor Company. For the period from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, reimbursable expenses were $461 and $269, respectively, and were included in selling, general and administrative expense. In connection with certain asset acquisitions, $150 in finder fees was paid to an affiliate of Centerboard Residential during the period from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018. As of September 6, 2018, and September 30, 2017, there was $252 and $117, respectively, due to an affiliate for unreimbursed expenses included in accrued expenses.

 

Target Logistics Management (“TLM”), an affiliated entity of Bidco through common ownership with ASH, paid $3.2 million of acquisition expenses relating to the acquisition of RLS on behalf of Bidco, which has been recorded in acquisition expenses within the consolidated statement of operations. This amount has been recorded as a related party payable in the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2018.

 

On September 7, 2018, Bidco entered into a Support Services Agreement with TLM, to perform management services for the facilities owned by Bidco. The term of the agreement is for a period of one year and will be automatically renewed for one-year periods. The agreement states that TLM will be paid an amount representing 6% of total gross revenue for the period through the operation of the facilities that TLM is leasing per the lease agreement described later in this note. The fee is exclusive of any applicable sales, hotel occupancy, or other transaction taxes that may apply. Expense recognized for these management services was $0.4 million, $0 and $0 for the periods from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018, January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. The management services expense is recognized within selling, general and administrative expenses in the statement of operations. At September 30, 2018 the Company recorded a related party payable of $0.4 million due TLM under this agreement.

 

On September 7, 2018 the Successor (“lessor”) entered into a Facilities Lease Agreement (the “Lease”) with an affiliated entity through common ownership with AHS. As consideration for the affiliated entity’s lease of Bidco’s acquired properties, the Successor receives monthly rent based on a per person per day rate and actual occupancy at each facility during the term of the Lease. The term of the lease is one year. Pursuant to the Lease, the affiliated entity is responsible for contracting and paying all costs related to managing the leased properties. Rental income-related party and the associated receivable have been recorded in the amount of $2,104, $0, and $0 as of and for the period of September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018, January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.

 

11. NOTES PAYABLE

 

During 2014, RLS purchased certain equipment and entered into promissory notes with the vendor totaling $1,400. The five individual promissory notes have four-year terms maturing between November 2018 and January 2019. The promissory notes call for monthly payments of principal and interest, based on a variable interest rate based on the prime rate plus 4% with a stated minimum rate of 8% and a maximum of 9%. The promissory notes are collateralized by the property and equipment purchased.

 

F- 18


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

11. NOTES PAYABLE (Continued)

 

The balance of these notes was $86, $86 and $348 as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

 

During 2015, RLS purchased 40 acres of land in Orla, Texas for $135 and entered into a promissory note with the seller. The promissory note has a five-year term and calls for monthly payments of principal and interest, with a balloon payment of approximately $110 in 2020, based on a 10.0% interest rate. The note has a maturity date of December 1, 2020. The promissory note is collateralized by the land purchased. The balance of this note was $123, $123 and $125 as of September 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

 

During 2017, RLS entered into a loan agreement with Washington Federal for a $4 million term loan. The term loan has an interest rate of 3.50% plus one-month LIBOR per annum. The interest rate on the term loan was 5.63% and 5.00% as of September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The note requires monthly payments of principal and interest and matures on October 1, 2022. The term loan is collateralized by real and personal property owned by RLS, excluding certain assets as defined in the loan agreement. The balance of this note was $0 as of September 30, 2018, $3.2 million as of September 6, 2018 and $3.9 million as of December 31, 2017. The agreement also placed certain restrictions upon RLS and required RLS to maintain certain financial and non-financial covenants. As of September 6, 2018, RLS was in compliance with the financial covenants. As part of the purchase agreement with RLS, the loan was paid off on behalf of the RLS previous owners and not assumed by Bidco in the amount of $3,270, which was the outstanding principal and interest at the date of acquisition.

 

During 2017, RLS entered into a loan agreement with Washington Federal for a revolving line of credit not to exceed the lesser of $1.0 million and the borrowing base as defined in the loan agreement. In December 2017, the revolving line of credit was amended to provide for a maximum amount to be borrowed of $3.5 million until April 30, 2018, on which date the maximum amount shall be reduced to $1.0 million. The promissory note has an interest rate of 3.50% plus one-month LIBOR per annum. The interest rate on the revolving line of credit was 5.00%. The revolving line of credit note requires monthly interest-only payments with the entire unpaid principal balance due at maturity. The revolving line of credit has a maturity date of October 1, 2019 and is collateralized by real and personal property owned by RLS, excluding certain assets as defined in the loan agreements. The balance of this note was $0 as of September 6, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The line of credit was extinguished as part of the acquisition of RLS by Bidco.

 

Corp entered into a related party note with Arrow Holdings Sarl. for $108 million. The note is due in five years and accrues interest at a rate of Libor plus a 4% margin. Interest expense of $0.4 million associated with this note is reflected in interest expense on the consolidated statements of operations for the period from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018. Interest payable of $0.4 million associated with these notes due to affiliates is included in accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2018.

 

F- 19


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

11. NOTES PAYABLE (Continued)

 

Scheduled of future minimum principal payments for each of the next five years are as follows:

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

$

209

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

108,047

 

Balance at September 30, 2018

 

$

108,256

 

 

12. EARNINGS PER UNIT/SHARE

 

At September 30, 2018, there were 1,000 shares of common stock outstanding with a par value of $0.01. These shares were issued and outstanding at the beginning of the Successor period. Net loss for the period from September 7, 2018 to September 30, 2018 was $7,354 and loss per share was $7,354. There were no potentially dilutive securities for the period ended September 30, 2018.

 

RLS had not historically presented earnings per unit (“EPU”) as its member units do not trade on a public market. Accordingly, the Predecessor was permitted under accounting guidance to omit such disclosure. However, RLS is presenting basic and diluted EPU for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Our basic and diluted EPU through September 6, 2018 was computed using the two-class method, whereby earnings are allocated to the Series A units and the participating Series B units based on their respective ownership. Per unit amounts are computed by dividing net income available to members by the weighted average shares outstanding during each period.

 

F- 20


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

12. EARNINGS PER UNIT/SHARE (Continued)

 

The following table provides details underlying RLS’s earnings per unit calculations for the periods indicated:

 

 

 

For the period of
January 1, 2018 through
September 6, 2018

 

For the nine months ended
September 30, 2017

 

 

 

Series A

 

Series B

 

Series A

 

Series B

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

26,917

 

$

 

$

7,315

 

$

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions to Series A units

 

(55

)

 

(4

)

 

Undistributed net income

 

$

26,862

 

$

 

$

7,311

 

$

 

Allocation of undistributed net income

 

$

25,732

 

$

1,130

 

$

7,083

 

$

228

 

Actual distributions

 

$

55

 

$

 

$

4

 

$

 

Net income allocation

 

$

25,787

 

$

1,130

 

$

7,087

 

$

228

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average units (Basic and Diluted)

 

51,003,049

 

2,240,000

 

45,712,411

 

2,240,000

 

Basic and Diluted EPU

 

$

0.51

 

$

0.50

 

$

0.16

 

$

0.10

 

 

13. EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Stock in the Successor Period.   Corp. was formed as a corporation with 1,000 shares issued at $0.01 par value to its parent, AHS. AHS and/or its affiliates also contributed through September 30, 2018, $113 million directly in cash or indirectly in the form of payment of expenses on behalf of the Successor, which is reflected in additional-paid-in-capital.

 

Member Units in the Predecessor period.   Pursuant to the terms of RLS’s Operating Agreement, as further modified by Amendment No. 1, capital contributions, distributions and allocations of profit and loss are made in proportion to the respective members’ units in RLS. RLS has two classes of units, Series A Units and Series B Units, the primary differences being that distributions are paid on Series B Units only after Series A Units have received a full return of capital and Series B Units are non-voting. In connection with any merger or sale of RLS, all issued and outstanding units will be sold.

 

As of September 6, 2018, and December 31, 2017, 51,003,049 Series A Units and 2,240,000 Series B Units were outstanding. Pursuant to the acquisition of RLS by Bidco, all units were sold and effectively canceled.

 

Incentive Unit Compensation Awards.   In 2014, RLS granted 2.2 million Incentive Compensation Unit Awards (“ICUs”) to certain members. These awards granted the members certain profit interests represented by the Series B Units. The Series B Units are valued, fair value less lack of marketability, at $0.20 per unit. Following payment of the Series A return of capital, all other distributions, including upon any dissolution, liquidation or termination of RLS, the Series B units are to be paid out in accordance with the terms of the operating agreement. These awards are classified as equity-based awards and vested over a three-year period at 33%, 33% and 34%, respectively.

 

RLS recognized share-based compensation expense of $0 and $103 for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.

 

F- 21


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

14. FAIR VALUE

 

The fair value of the financial assets and liabilities are included at the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale.

 

The Company has assessed that the fair value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, related party notes payable and other debt approximates their carrying amounts largely due to the short-term maturities or recent commencement of these instruments. The fair value of the note payable is primarily based upon observable market data, such as market interest rates, for similar debt. The fair value of notes due to and notes due from affiliates are based upon similarly publicly-traded instruments with a readily-available market value as a proxy.

 

The carrying amounts and fair values of financial assets and liabilities, all of which are Level 2, are as follows:

 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

September 6, 2018

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Carrying
Amount

 

Fair Value

 

Carrying
Amount

 

Fair Value

 

Carrying
Amount

 

Fair Value

 

Related party note payable

 

$

108,047

 

$

108,047

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Notes payable

 

$

209

 

$

209

 

$

3,510

 

$

3,510

 

$

4,285

 

$

4,285

 

 

15. CUSTOMER CONCENTRATIONS

 

In the normal course of business, the Predecessor granted credit to its customers based on credit evaluations of their financial condition and generally requires no collateral or other security. Major customers are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of Predecessor’s revenues or accounts receivable. The Predecessor had three customers representing 21.5%, 20.1%, and 10.3%, of total revenues for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018. The Predecessor had three customers representing 34.7%, 13% and 12% of accounts receivable as of September 6, 2018.

 

The Predecessor had three customers that representing 32.7%, 16.8%, and 12.5% of total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

 

The Company provides services almost entirely to customers involved the Extraction and Petroleum (E&P) industry in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Basin region of west Texas and the SCOOP/STACK area of Oklahoma, and as such, is almost entirely dependent upon the continued activity of such customers

 

16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

The Predecessor leases office space under a lease expiring August 31, 2018. Rent for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $121 and $133, included in selling, general and administrative expense. The lease was not extended post acquisition of RLS by Bidco.

 

F- 22


 

Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)

 

During 2017, the Predecessor entered into a lease for land in Midland, Texas, which expires April 20, 2022. Rent for the period January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $92 and $54, respectively.

 

The Predecessor entered into a workforce housing facility lease in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The initial lease term is from December 11, 2017 through March 11, 2018, and provides for up to three one-month extensions. The lease was extended until April 11, 2018. Rent for the period from January 1, 2018 to September 6, 2018 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $240 and $0, respectively. Scheduled future minimum lease payments for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows:

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

 

Remainder of 2018

 

$

31

 

2019

 

123

 

2020

 

123

 

2021

 

123

 

2022

 

54

 

Total

 

$

454

 

 

As of September 6, 2018, the Predecessor is involved in two pending litigation matters. The first matter, Todd Bell v. RL Signor Corp, LLC, is a suit pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. This suit alleges breach of contract and other related causes of action arising out of a ground lease entered into by the Predecessor with Mr. Bell. The terms of the ground lease allowed the Predecessor to terminate the lease if it was unable to secure adequate utilities to build a camp on Mr. Bell’s property. After receiving a denial of services letter from the City of El Reno, the Predecessor terminated the lease and Mr. Bell sued. The Predecessor filed a motion to dismiss all counts which was granted except for amounts owed during the period prior to the lease being terminated. The case was closed on May 17, 2018 and an accrual was recorded for $38. The settlement resulted in a payment of approximately $38 made in August 2018.

 

The second matter, Black Horse Lodge & Casino, LLC et al. v. MacBain Properties, Inc., et al. is a suit pending in Montana Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Roosevelt County. This suit alleges that the plaintiff had a written lease with MacBain for the Bainville property which was sold by MacBain to the Predecessor in 2017. The Predecessor’s purchase agreement with MacBain states that all leases will be terminated prior to closing and contains a representation and warranty that the Predecessor is receiving unencumbered title for the land and assets purchased. The Predecessor filed a motion to dismiss in this case however it was settled in early November 2018 for $213. This amount was accrued as of September 6, 2018 and September 30, 2018.

 

We accrue for contingent liabilities when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. In regards to legal costs, we record such costs as incurred.

 

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Arrow Parent Corporation

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands except units or shares or stated otherwise)

 

(unaudited)

 

17. REPORTABLE SEGMENTS

 

The Company reports operating results and financial data in one operating and reportable segment. The Company manages its business as a single profit center for the purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The CODM evaluates operating results and financial data on a consolidated basis. The Predecessor and Successor operate in one industry segment: of turnkey workforce services and housing solutions. All of its operations are conducted in the south western portion of the U.S. All revenues are derived from customers located in that region. As a result, the Predecessor and Successor determined that it has a single operating and reportable segment, and consequently does not aggregate any operating segments.

 

18. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On November 13, 2018, Corp entered into a merger agreement with Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (Platinum Eagle) and certain TDR affiliates to affect a business combination. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Platinum Eagle, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, will acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Arrow Parent Corporation.

 

In December 2018, Bidco paid off the $3.2 million related party payable amount discussed in Note 10.

 

F- 24


Exhibit 99.4

 

RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC

 

Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

and for the Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

F- 1


 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Members of

RL Signor Holdings, LLC

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of income, members’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ EisnerAmper LLP

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2014.

 

EISNERAMPER LLP

Iselin, New Jersey

November 13, 2018

 

F- 2


 

RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

2,047

 

$

842

 

Accounts receivable, less allowance of $11 and $72, respectively

 

10,893

 

3,123

 

Capital contribution receivable

 

 

811

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

492

 

654

 

Total current assets

 

13,432

 

5,430

 

Restricted cash

 

257

 

171

 

Property and equipment, net

 

44,708

 

20,470

 

Land held for investment

 

7,264

 

8,229

 

Goodwill

 

16,000

 

16,000

 

Total assets

 

$

81,661

 

$

50,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of notes payable

 

$

1,149

 

$

355

 

Current portion of capital lease liability

 

234

 

646

 

Accounts payable

 

2,914

 

502

 

Balance due on asset purchases

 

3,387

 

1,024

 

Accrued expenses

 

1,908

 

454

 

Unearned revenue

 

181

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

9,773

 

2,981

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

479

 

371

 

Notes payable, net of current portion and deferred loan costs

 

3,136

 

475

 

Capital lease liability, net of current portion

 

209

 

 

Total liabilities

 

13,597

 

3,827

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

Members’ equity

 

68,064

 

46,473

 

Total Liabilities and Members’ Equity

 

$

81,661

 

$

50,300

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Consolidated Statements of Income

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

For the Years Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Service income

 

$

38,737

 

$

13,497

 

Costs of service

 

17,241

 

6,974

 

Depreciation & accretion

 

3,279

 

1,971

 

Gross profit

 

18,217

 

4,552

 

Selling, general, and administrative

 

3,524

 

2,799

 

Net (loss) gain on sale and disposal of property and equipment

 

(9

)

1,478

 

Operating income

 

14,684

 

3,231

 

Interest (expense) and other income, net

 

(132

)

(128

)

Net income

 

$

14,552

 

$

3,103

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Consolidated Statements of Members’ Equity

 

($ in thousands, except units)

 

 

 

Series A Units

 

Series B Units

 

Retained
Earnings

 

Total
Members’
Equity

 

 

 

Units

 

Value

 

Units

 

Value

 

Value

 

Value

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

40,325,412

 

$

40,325

 

2,240,000

 

$

162

 

$

(954

)

$

39,533

 

Contributions from members

 

3,692,422

 

3,692

 

 

 

 

3,692

 

Incentive unit compensation

 

 

 

 

149

 

 

149

 

Distribution to members

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

(4

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

3,103

 

3,103

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

44,017,834

 

44,017

 

2,240,000

 

311

 

2,145

 

46,473

 

Contributions from members

 

6,985,215

 

6,985

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,985

 

Incentive unit compensation

 

 

 

 

137

 

 

137

 

Distribution to members

 

 

 

 

 

(83

)

(83

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

14,552

 

14,552

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

51,003,049

 

$

51,002

 

2,240,000

 

$

448

 

$

16,614

 

$

68,064

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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RL SIGNOR HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

For the years ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

14,552

 

$

3,103

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation & accretion

 

3,279

 

1,971

 

Amortization of loan costs

 

3

 

 

Bad debt expense

 

 

18

 

Net loss (gain) on sale and disposal of property and equipment

 

9

 

(1,478

)

Incentive unit compensation

 

137

 

149

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(7,770

)

(1,254

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

162

 

(308

)

Accounts payable

 

1,336

 

(65

)

Accrued expenses

 

1,454

 

(35

)

Unearned revenue

 

181

 

 

Other liability

 

31

 

5

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

13,374

 

2,106

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of assets

 

4

 

2,051

 

Proceeds from insurance settlement

 

 

148

 

Restricted cash payments

 

(86

)

(140

)

Purchase of land held for investment

 

(69

)

 

Asset purchases and improvements to property and equipment

 

(23,033

)

(8,170

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(23,184

)

(6,111

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from note payable

 

4,000

 

 

Payments on notes payable

 

(488

)

(354

)

Payment of deferred financing costs

 

(59

)

 

Capital lease payments

 

(151

)

(291

)

Contributions

 

7,796

 

2,881

 

Distributions

 

(83

)

(4

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

11,015

 

2,232

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

1,205

 

(1,773

)

Cash and cash equivalents—beginning of year

 

842

 

2,615

 

Cash and cash equivalents—end of year

 

$

2,047

 

$

842

 

Non-cash investing and financing activity:

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment purchases included in accrued expenses

 

$

 

$

10

 

Asset retirement obligation additions to property and equipment

 

$

77

 

$

4

 

Property and equipment purchases included in accounts payable

 

$

1,076

 

$

 

Balance due to seller on property and equipment acquired

 

$

3,387

 

$

1,024

 

Land held for investment placed in service

 

$

1,034

 

$

 

Capital contribution receivable

 

$

 

$

811

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

113

 

$

128

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

RL Signor Holdings, LLC (“RLS”) and Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware to own, develop, manage and operate workforce lodging facilities located primarily throughout Texas. The Company’s customers are primarily companies for which RLS provides workforce housing.

 

RLS is owned by Roughneck Lodging, LLC (“RL”) and certain members of RLS management. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, RL owned 83.1% and 80.4%, respectively, of the Series A Units of RLS. The remaining Series A Units and 100% of the Series B Units were owned by certain members of RLS’s management. Allocations of cash distributions, equity transactions and net income and losses are made in accordance with RLS’s Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, as further modified by Amendment No. 1 thereto. See also Note 14 for sale agreement subsequent to year end.

 

RLS was formed on September 5, 2014. On September 18, 2014, RR Acquisition, LLC, a third-party not controlled by RL, contributed to RLS its workforce lodging assets, consisting primarily of five properties in Texas (each a “Property” and collectively, the “Properties”). RL acquired a controlling interest in RLS on September 18, 2014. The acquisition of the controlling interest in RLS has been accounted for as a purchase whereby the estimated fair value of the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired have been pushed down and reflected on the books and records of RLS. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values has been recorded as goodwill.

 

The Company’s Chief Operating Decision-Maker (“CODM”) is the Managing Member of the Company who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis in order to assess the Company’s performance and allocate resources. There are no segment managers who are held accountable by the CODM or anyone else for operations, operating results and planning for levels or components below the consolidated unit level. Accordingly, the Company has determined that it has one reportable segment, which is to provide workforce housing.

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Principles of consolidation:

 

The Company prepared the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of RLS and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. All of the Company’s subsidiaries are wholly owned, either directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Cash equivalents and restricted cash:

 

The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Included in restricted cash are irrevocable standby letters of credit that represent collateral for site improvements.

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

Accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts:

 

The Company determines the allowance for doubtful accounts by considering a number of factors including length of time accounts receivable are past due and the payment history of the customer. Accounts are written off when it is determined the receivable will not be collected. Allowance for estimated uncollectible amounts was approximately $11 and $72 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Property and equipment:

 

Lodging property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Costs incurred associated with the acquisition, development, and construction of real estate projects are capitalized into construction in progress. Upon substantial completion of a real estate project, these costs are allocated to asset classes based on specific identification and depreciation commences once the components of the real estate project are substantially complete and available for use. Depreciation of buildings, land improvements, and furniture, fixtures and equipment, is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The Company contracted a firm to develop a billing system (“technology”) that was created during 2016 and put into service in 2017. The technology is assigned a useful life of 7 years and is depreciated using the straight-line method over that useful life.

 

Management evaluates the recoverability of its investments in property and equipment, technology, and land held for investment at the lowest identifiable level. The long-lived assets of the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when the sum of the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposal is less than its’ carrying amount. No impairment losses were identified or recorded as of December 31, 2017 or 2016.

 

Goodwill:

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired. The Company reviews goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level annually as of December 31 or whenever events and changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may exceed its fair value. The Company has one reporting unit. Goodwill is evaluated for impairment using a qualitative and quantitative assessment approach. The Company uses a qualitative assessment to determine if any facts or circumstances during the period could require a quantitative analysis for impairment. If the Company determines that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its’ carrying amount, an impairment on goodwill would be recorded. The Company did not recognize any impairment for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

Asset retirement obligations:

 

The Company recognizes asset retirement obligations (AROs) related to legal obligations associated with the operation of the Company’s remote accommodation lodges. The fair values of these

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

AROs are recorded on a discounted basis, at the time the obligation is incurred and accreted over time for the change in present value. The Company capitalizes asset retirement costs by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived assets and depreciating these costs over the remaining useful life. The carrying amount of AROs included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets was $477 and $362 as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Accretion expense of $38 and $34 was incurred for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively and is included in the depreciation and accretion on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

 

Revenue recognition:

 

Service income is primarily derived from lodging room rentals and are recognized when service is rendered. Service income also includes food service income and third-party hotel booking fees. Food service income is recognized when service is rendered. Third-party hotel booking fees are recognized when services by third-party hotels are rendered to our customers. Unearned revenue represents cash advances received, but for which the services have not been rendered and have not met our revenue recognition criteria.

 

Taxes collected from customers:

 

In the course of doing business, the Company collects taxes from customers including but not limited to sales taxes. It is the Company’s policy to record these taxes on a net basis in service income.

 

Income taxes:

 

The Company is a limited liability company and is not subject to income taxes. The members report the income or loss on their individual income tax returns.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require management to evaluate tax positions taken and recognize a tax liability if the Company has taken an uncertain tax position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by a government authority. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Company and has concluded that as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions, if any, in income tax expense. There were no income tax related interest and penalties recorded for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

Use of estimates:

 

Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing the consolidated financial statements. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses. The more significant estimates include the realization of land held for investment, collectability of accounts receivable, the estimated depreciable lives of assets placed in service, discount rate for asset retirement obligations,

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

and potential impairment of property and equipment and goodwill, among others. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Concentrations of credit risk:

 

The Company’s financial instruments that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The Company places its cash with commercial banking institutions. At times, such amounts may be in excess of the FDIC insurance limit.

 

Deferred financing costs:

 

Loan origination costs are charged to interest expense over the loan term using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective-interest method and are presented as a reduction of Notes Payable line in the consolidated financial statements.

 

Fair value measurements:

 

The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are prioritized into three levels that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1: Inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are observable.

 

Level 2: Inputs that reflect quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; Quoted process for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

 

Level 3: Inputs that are unobservable to the extent that observable inputs are not available for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

Earnings per unit:

 

Basic earnings per unit is computed by dividing net income attributable to members of RLS by the weighted average number of Series A and vested Series B units during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per unit is computed by dividing net income attributable to members of RLS by the weighted average number of Series A and total Series B units during the period. Our basic and diluted EPU are computed using the two-class method, whereby earnings are allocated to the Series A units and the unvested Series B units that are participating securities based on their respective ownership. Per unit amounts are computed by dividing net income available to members by the weighted average units outstanding during each period.

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”  2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”). The core principle of this ASU is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which it expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In doing so, companies will need to use judgment and make estimates when evaluating contract terms and other relevant facts and circumstances. Additionally, ASU 2014-09 requires enhanced disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which delayed the effective date of ASU 2014-09 to the first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2018 for the Company. In 2016 and 2017, the FASB issued several accounting standards updates to clarify certain topics within ASU 2014-09, and to update certain other topics within the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) to conform with the new guidance in Topic 606. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”), which was further clarified and amended in July 2018 by ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases (“ASU 2018-10”) and ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements (“ASU 2018-11”). These ASUs provide revised guidance for lease accounting and related disclosure requirements, including a requirement for lessees to recognize right-of use assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for leases with durations greater than twelve months. These ASUs are effective for the Company for the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. As issued, ASU 2016-02 required modified retrospective application for all leases existing as of, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the consolidated financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. ASU 2018-11 simplifies the transition requirements by providing companies an option to initially apply the new lease requirements as of the date of adoption and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment (“ASU 2017-04”). ASU 2017-04 eliminates the second step in goodwill impairment testing, which requires that goodwill impairment losses be measured as the difference between the implied value of a reporting unit’s goodwill and its carrying amount. ASU 2017-04 is expected to reduce the cost and complexity of impairment testing by requiring goodwill impairment losses to be measured as the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill and related goodwill tax effects, over its fair value. Beginning in 2018, if the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied value, the resulting amount of goodwill impairment recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements could differ from the amount of goodwill impairment that would have been recorded prior to adoption of this ASU. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2017 and did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

3. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Continued)

 

In May 2017, FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting (“ASU 2017-09”). ASU 2017-09 clarifies when a change to the terms or conditions of a unit-based payment award must be accounted for as a modification. Limited and administrative modifications that do not change the value, vesting conditions, or classification of the award are exempt from following the modification guidance in Topic 718. This ASU, which is effective January 1, 2018, is not expected to have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (“ASU 2016-15”) to reduce diversity in practice by providing guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the statement of cash flows. This ASU, which the Company adopted as of January 1, 2018, is effective on a retrospective basis, and will result in the reclassification of certain types of activity in the consolidated statement of cash flows, as applicable to the prior year periods, beginning in 2018. The provisions of this ASU are not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments (Topic 326)—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which provides guidance regarding the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments. The new guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in the current guidance with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to determine credit loss estimates. This ASU will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Restricted Cash. This ASU requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash. Amounts generally described as restricted cash should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. This update should be applied retrospectively to each period presented. The pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of this ASU on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment at December 31, 2017 and 2016 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Depreciable
Lives
(in years)

 

December 31,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

 

Land

 

 

$

3,258

 

$

1,579

 

Buildings

 

7

 

22,609

 

9,153

 

Land improvements

 

15

 

8,016

 

4,109

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

7

 

5,746

 

3,252

 

Construction in progress

 

 

10,639

 

5,330

 

Technology

 

7

 

898

 

351

 

Asset Retirement Obligation

 

7

 

378

 

301

 

Total property and equipment

 

 

 

51,544

 

24,075

 

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

(6,836

)

(3,605

)

Total property and equipment, net

 

 

 

$

44,708

 

$

20,470

 

 

Depreciation expense for property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 was $3,241 and $1,937, respectively.

 

Property and equipment include equipment under capital leases as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 consisting of the following:

 

 

 

December 31,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

$

1,081

 

$

1,133

 

Less: Accumulated Depreciation

 

(516

)

(370

)

Total property and equipment, net

 

$

565

 

$

763

 

 

Certain assets purchased in July 2016 for $698 were sold in July 2016 and September 2016 for $2,043, resulting in a gain of $1,345. The Company also sold certain assets acquired in 2014 for proceeds of $8, which resulted in a loss of $15. In September 2016, certain lodging property and equipment at the Jal, New Mexico location were damaged by a storm. Receipt of proceeds from the insurance claim related to the storm damaged assets resulted in a gain of $148. The aggregate net gain on disposal of these assets was $1,478.

 

In December 2016, the Company purchased assets for $2,063 and relocated most of the assets in 2017. The purchase agreement stipulates that approximately half of the purchase price be paid on the closing date, approximately one fourth be paid at the commencement of asset removal, and approximately one fourth be paid immediately prior to the completion of the asset removal. The Company paid $1,039 at closing, and the remaining $1,024 in two payments in 2017.

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Continued)

 

In October 2017, the Company entered into a purchase agreement to purchase assets for $2,503 and paid the deposit of $250 upon its execution as stipulated. The purchase agreement requires that the $2,253 balance of the purchase price be paid on or before May 30, 2018.

 

In December 2017, the Company purchased assets for $704 with $197 due upon execution of the purchase agreement and six-monthly installments of $83 beginning on December 15, 2017. The balance due on the asset purchase at December 31, 2017 was $424 after payment by the Company of the initial and the first installment.

 

Also, in December 2017, the Company purchased assets for $1,035. The purchase price includes storage fees through October 31, 2018, by which time the Company must remove the assets. $325 was paid upon execution of the purchase agreement, with the remaining balance of $710 payable before October 31, 2018.

 

5. LAND HELD FOR INVESTMENT

 

Pursuant to the acquisition of the Properties in 2014, the Company identified land at certain of these properties as held for investment purposes. The Company did not sell any land held for investment during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. While marketing of the land is currently underway, and the Company has plans to sell the land over time, it is not classified as land held for sale, as it is not expected to be sold within twelve months. Based on assessment of the real estate marketplace, including discussions with agents and brokers, among other procedures, management believes the land held for investment is properly stated at the lower of cost or fair market value and not impaired. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company expanded operations in Pecos, TX onto certain land that had previously been held for investment. Costs associated with the land of $1.0 million was reclassified from land held for investment to property and equipment (land).

 

6. CAPITAL LEASES

 

The Company had entered into a capital lease for certain land with a lease term expiring in December 2015 with a $73 buyout option at the end of the lease term, which was exercised by the Company in 2016. In addition, the Company entered into a capital lease for certain equipment with a lease term expiring October 2019, with an effective interest rate of 7.43%.

 

Scheduled future minimum principal payments on the leased equipment are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

$

259

 

2019

 

216

 

Interest at 7.4%

 

(32

)

Principal payments

 

443

 

Less: current portion

 

(234

)

Long-term capital lease obligation

 

$

209

 

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company reimburses Centerboard Residential, LLC, a member of RL and/or its affiliates for expenses incurred for the benefit of the Company. During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, reimbursable expenses were $712 and $711, respectively, and were included in selling, general and administrative expense, all of which were paid in the year incurred. In connection with certain asset acquisitions, $300 and $100 in finder fees was paid to an affiliate of Centerboard Residential during the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. At December 31, 2017, $92 was due to an affiliate for unreimbursed expenses and is included in accrued expenses.

 

8. NOTES PAYABLE

 

During 2014, the Company purchased certain lodging equipment and entered into promissory notes with the vendor totaling $1,401. The five individual promissory notes have four-year terms maturing between November 2018 and January 2019. The promissory notes call for monthly payments of principal and interest, based on a variable interest rate based on the prime rate plus 4% with a stated minimum rate of 8% and a maximum of 9%. The promissory notes are collateralized by the property and equipment purchased. The balance of these notes was $349 and $699 as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

During 2015, the Company purchased 40 acres of land in Orla, Texas for $135 and entered into a promissory note with the seller. The promissory note has a five-year term and calls for monthly payments of principal and interest, with a balloon payment of approximately $110 in 2020, based on a 10.0% interest rate. The note has a maturity date of December 1, 2020. The promissory note is collateralized by the land purchased. The balance of this note was $126 and $131 as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

During 2017, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Washington Federal for a $4,000 term loan. The term loan has an interest rate of 3.50% plus one-month LIBOR per annum. At December 31, 2017, the interest rate on the term loan was 5.00%. The note requires monthly payments of principal and interest and matures on October 1, 2022. The term loan is collateralized by real and personal property owned by the Company, excluding certain assets as defined in the loan agreement. The balance of this note was $3,867 as of December 31, 2017. The agreement also places certain restrictions upon the Company and requires the Company to maintain certain financial and non-financial covenants. As of December 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants.

 

During 2017, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Washington Federal for a revolving line of credit not to exceed the lesser of $1,000 and the borrowing base as defined in the loan agreement. In December 2017, the revolving line of credit was amended to provide for a maximum amount to be borrowed of $3,500 until April 30, 2018, on which date the maximum amount shall be reduced to $1,000. The promissory note has an interest rate of 3.50% plus one-month LIBOR per annum. At December 31, 2017, the interest rate on the revolving line of credit was 5.00%. The revolving line of credit note requires monthly interest-only payments with the entire unpaid principal balance due at maturity. The revolving line of credit has a maturity date of October 1, 2019 and is

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

8. NOTES PAYABLE (Continued)

 

collateralized by real and personal property owned by the Company, excluding certain assets as defined in the loan agreements. The balance of this note was $0 as of December 31, 2017.

 

Scheduled future minimum principal payments are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

$

1,149

 

2019

 

810

 

2020

 

806

 

2021

 

910

 

2022

 

667

 

Total notes payable

 

4,342

 

Less: unamortized deferred financing costs

 

(56

)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

4,286

 

 

9. EARNINGS PER UNIT

 

The Company has not historically presented earnings per unit (“EPU”) as its member units do not trade on a public market. Accordingly, the Company was permitted under accounting guidance to omit such disclosure. However, based on the subsequent event as described in Note 14 below, the Company is presenting basic and diluted EPU for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. Our basic and diluted EPU are computed using the two-class method, whereby earnings are allocated to the Series A units and the unvested Series B units that are participating securities based on their respective ownership. Per unit amounts are computed by dividing net income available to members by the weighted average units outstanding during each period.

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

9. EARNINGS PER UNIT (Continued)

 

The following table provides details underlying the Company’s earnings per unit calculations for the periods indicated:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

 

Series A

 

Series B

 

Series A

 

Series B

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

14,552

 

$

 

$

3,103

 

$

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions to Series A units

 

(83

)

 

(4

)

 

Undistributed net income

 

14,469

 

 

3,099

 

 

Allocation of undistributed net income

 

13,810

 

659

 

2,939

 

160

 

Actual distributions

 

83

 

 

4

 

 

Net income allocation

 

$

13,893

 

$

659

 

$

2,943

 

$

160

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average units (Basic and Diluted)

 

46,915,805

 

2,240,000

 

41,108,054

 

2,240,000

 

Basic and Diluted EPU

 

$

0.30

 

$

0.29

 

$

0.07

 

$

0.07

 

 

10. MEMBERS’ EQUITY AND INCENTIVE UNIT COMPENSATION

 

Member Units.   Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Operating Agreement, as further modified by Amendment No. 1, capital contributions, distributions and allocations of profit and loss are made in proportion to the respective members’ units in the Company. The Company has two classes of units, Series A Units and Series B Units, the primary differences being that distributions are paid on Series B Units only after Series A Units have received a full return of capital and Series B Units are non-voting. In connection with any merger or sale of the Company, all issued and outstanding units will be sold.

 

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, 51,003,049 Series A Units and 2,240,000 Series B Units and 44,017,834 Series A Units and 2,240,000 Series B Units were outstanding, respectively. During 2017, the Company issued 6,985,215 Series A Units for $6,985 at $1 per unit. During 2016, the Company issued 3,692,422 Series A Units for $3,692 at $1 per unit.

 

Incentive Compensation Unit Awards.   In 2014 the Company granted 2.2 million Incentive Compensation Unit Awards (“ICUs”) to certain members. These awards granted the members certain profit interests represented by the Series B Units. The Series B Units are valued at $0.20 per unit. The fair value of these units was determined through the income approach and utilizing a discounted cash flow to determine the enterprise value of the entity. This value was then discounted for a lack of marketability and applied to the number of shares outstanding. Following payment of the Series A return of capital, all other distributions, including upon any dissolution, liquidation or termination of the Company, the Series B units are to be paid out in accordance with the terms of the operating

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

10. MEMBERS’ EQUITY AND INCENTIVE UNIT COMPENSATION (Continued)

 

agreement. These awards are classified as equity-based awards and vested over a three-year period at 33%, 33% and 34%, respectively.

 

There were 2.2 and 1.4 million vested Series B units as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company recognized unit-based compensation expense of $137 and $149 for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. There were no unvested units as of December 31, 2017.

 

11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

The Company leases office space under a lease expiring August 31, 2018. Rent for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 was $64 and $64 respectively, and is included in selling, general and administrative expense.

 

During 2017, the Company entered into a lease for land in Midland, Texas, which expires April 20, 2022. Rent for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $85.

 

The Company entered into a workforce housing facility lease in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The lease calls for monthly rent of $72 for up to 225 guests nightly and additional rent of $15 per night for guests in excess of 225. The initial lease term is from December 11, 2017 through March 11, 2018, and provides for up to three one-month extensions. Rent for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $48.

 

Scheduled future minimum lease payments are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

$

168

 

2019

 

123

 

2020

 

123

 

2021

 

123

 

2022

 

41

 

Total

 

$

578

 

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company is involved in two pending litigation matters. The first matter, Todd Bell v. RL Signor Holdings, LLC, is a suit pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. This suit alleges breach of contract and other related causes of action arising out of a ground lease entered into by the Company with Mr. Bell. The terms of the ground lease allowed the Company to terminate the lease if it was unable to secure adequate utilities to build a camp on Mr. Bell’s property. After receiving a denial of services letter from the City of El Reno, the Company terminated the lease and Mr. Bell sued. The Company filed a motion to dismiss all counts which was granted except for amounts owed during the period prior to the lease being terminated. The case was closed on May 17, 2018, resulting in a settlement payment of approximately $39 made in August 2018.

 

The second matter, Black Horse Lodge & Casino, LLC et al. v. MacBain Properties, Inc., et al. is a suit in the Montana Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Roosevelt County. This suit alleges that the

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)

 

plaintiff had a written lease with MacBain for the Bainville property which was sold by MacBain to the Company in 2017. Our purchase agreement with MacBain states that all leases will be terminated prior to closing and contains a representation and warranty that we are receiving unencumbered title for the land and assets purchased. We have agreed to settlement terms including payment of $0.2 million to the plaintiff in consideration for a full release of and stipulation of dismissal with prejudice of plaintiff’s claims against us. Settlement documents are presently being prepared.

 

We accrue for contingent liabilities when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. In regards to legal costs, we record such costs as incurred.

 

12. CUSTOMER CONCENTRATIONS

 

In the normal course of business, the Company grants credit to its customers based on credit evaluations of their financial condition and generally requires no collateral or other security. Major customers are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the Company’s service income or accounts receivable. The Company had three customers representing 29.8%, 20.0% and 13.1% or 62.9% of total service income for the year ended December 31, 2017. These customers also account for 28.1%, 26.0% and 11.4% of accounts receivables for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company had three customers representing approximately 33.3%, 13.4% and 12.3% or 59.0% of total service income for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

Major vendors are defined as those individually comprising more than 10.0% of the annual goods purchased. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company had two major suppliers that accounted for approximately 33% of total purchases. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company had one supplier that accounted for approximately 24.0% of total purchases.

 

The Company provides services almost entirely to customers involved the Extraction and Production (E&P) industry in the Permian Basin, Eagle and Ford Basin region of west Texas and the SCOOP/STACK area of Oklahoma and New Mexico, and as such, is almost entirely dependent upon the continued activity of such customers.

 

13. REPORTABLE SEGMENTS

 

The Company reports operating results and financial data in one operating and reportable segment. The Company manages its business as a single profit center for the purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The CODM evaluates operating results and financial data on a consolidated basis. The Company operates in one industry segment: of turnkey workforce services and housing solutions. All of its operations are conducted in the south western portion of the U.S. All service income is derived from customers located in that region. As a result, the Company determined that it has a single operating and reportable segment, and consequently does not aggregate any operating segments.

 

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RL Signor Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

(Amounts in Thousands, Unless Stated Otherwise)

 

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In January 2018, the Company purchased four dormitories for $348. The agreement was amended in July 2018 to include optional assets per the original agreement. The total price for the amended assets was $1.9 million which included 618 additional rooms. The amendment of the purchase agreement stipulates that 25% of the optional purchase price be paid on the effective date of the first amendment, 25% is due on October 1, 2018, 25% is due on the six month anniversary of the amendment effective date and 25% is due on the one year anniversary of the amendment.

 

On September 6, 2018, the owners of the RLS entered into an asset purchase and sale agreement with Arrow Bidco, LLC (Bidco) to sell RLS.

 

The term loan entered into with Washington Federal during 2017 has been paid off as of November 7, 2018. The Final payment was $3.3 million.

 

F- 20


Exhibit 99.5

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information presents the pro forma effects of the following transactions:

 

·                        the acquisition of Signor by Arrow Seller

 

·                        the combination of the Target Parent and Signor Parent financial statements resulting from both entities being under common control

 

·                        the reverse acquisition of Target Parent and Signor Parent by Platinum Eagle, collectively (the“Business Combination”); and

 

·                        the Debt Financing

 

Platinum Eagle is a blank check company incorporated on July 12, 2017 as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Platinum Eagle has neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenue to date. Based on its business activities, Platinum Eagle is a “shell company” as defined under the Exchange Act because it has no operations and nominal assets consisting almost entirely of cash.

 

The following describes the above entities:

 

Target Parent

 

Target Parent was formed in September 2017. Target Parent, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Delaware, owns 100% of Target. Target Parent is owned by Algeco Global which is ultimately owned by a group of investment funds managed by TDR. On November 28, 2017, in a restructuring transaction of entities under common control of TDR and Algeco Global, Algeco Global conducted a carve-out transaction of Target and another subsidiary’s net assets from WSII and incorporated as a new division under the direct ownership of Target Parent effective as of December 22, 2017. Founded in 2006, Target is one of the largest suppliers of turnkey workforce services and housing solutions in North America. Target provides temporary living accommodations and comprehensive community services including: catering food services, maintenance, housekeeping, grounds-keeping, on-site security, overall workforce community management and laundry service.

 

Arrow Seller

 

Arrow Seller is a holding company owned by TDR through a group of its managed funds and related subsidiaries. On September 6, 2018, Arrow Seller acquired Signor, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware to own, develop, manage and operate workforce community facilities located primarily throughout Texas. Signor’s customers are primarily companies for which it provides workforce housing. Signor’s assets consist of housing facilities, equipment and infrastructure that provide workforce housing in oil and gas basins in the United States. The acquisition of Signor by Arrow Bidco was accounted for as a business combination under ASC 805 and Arrow Bidco recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value on a preliminary basis.

 

Description of the Business Combination

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreements, Platinum Eagle, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Topaz Holdings LLC, has agreed to acquire all of the equity interests of Target Parent and Signor Parent from the Algeco Seller and Arrow Seller, respectively, for approximately $1.311 billion, financed partly with Platinum Eagle’s IPO funds currently held in a trust account as well as leverage from a debt instrument and additional equity offering where necessary. Upon the closing of the business combination, Platinum Eagle will own 100% of Topaz Holdings LLC which will own 100% of Arrow Bidco, which will own 100% of each of Signor and Target, respectively, which will be sister companies below Arrow Bidco.

 


 

The Business Combination will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded, in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Platinum Eagle will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the business combination will be treated as the equivalent of Target Parent and Signor Parent issuing stock for the net assets of Platinum Eagle, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Platinum Eagle will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.

 

Prior to and on the closing of the business combination, Target Parent and Signor Parent are entities under ultimate TDR ownership resulting in common control. TDR is the ultimate parent of Target Parent; TDR owns 76% percent of Target Parent and the other 24% is held through TDR affiliated entities. TDR owns 100% of Arrow Seller. As a result of the common control of TDR, Target Parent and Signor parent have issued combined financial statements as of December 31, 2018. Upon the closing of the business combination, TDR will have majority ownership in the combined company. As such, the business combination assumes Target Parent and Signor Parent are “one” target versus separate targets to reflect the common control ownership by TDR. Target Parent and Signor Parent, deemed “one” target for purposes of the accounting acquirer determination, have been determined to be the accounting acquirer based on an evaluation of the following facts and circumstances:

 

·                        Target Parent and Signor Parent’s senior management will comprise the senior management of the combined company;

 

·                        TDR, through the Algeco and Arrow Sellers, will have the greatest voting interest in the combined entity;

 

·                        The combined company’s board of directors will initially consist of seven directors, four of which will be selected by TDR and two held by TDR;

 

·                        Target Parent and Signor Parent’s subsidiaries will comprise the ongoing operations of the combined company;

 

·                        Target Parent and Signor Parent are larger individually and in the aggregate than Platinum Eagle;

 

·                        The combined company’s headquarters will be that of Target Parent.

 

Consideration of $1.311 billion will consist of (A) Cash Consideration of $562 million and (B) the remaining $749 million will be paid to the Sellers in the form of shares of Target Hospitality common stock, par value $0.0001, with (i) 25.8 million shares delivered to the Algeco Seller and (ii) 49.1 million shares delivered to the Arrow Seller. The Cash Consideration shall come from the following sources: (1) the gross proceeds from the trust account, after giving effect to any and all redemptions; (2) the gross proceeds of new debt financings in an amount equal to at least $340 million; and (3) in each case upon the prior written consent of the Sellers, which may be granted in their sole discretion, at least $80 million gross proceeds from an Equity Offering and Backstop Offering. The Cash Consideration payable to the Algeco Seller will be increased to the extent any cash on the balance sheet of the combined business of Signor and Target, after giving effect to the business combination, the redemptions from the Trust Account, the proceeds from the Equity Offering and the proceeds from the Backstop Offering, if any, exceeds $5.0 million. In the event the Cash Consideration is increased, the Stock Consideration paid to Algeco Seller will be decreased on a dollar for dollar basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Cash Consideration be less than $562.0 million, but depending upon the amount of redemptions and additional equity raised through the Equity Offering and Backstop Offering, if any, the Cash Consideration and Stock Consideration will be adjusted accordingly.

 


 

The following represents the aggregate consideration (in thousands):

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2018 (a)

 

Cash paid to Algeco Seller

 

$

563,137

 

Stock Issuance to Algeco Seller, at $10 per share

 

256,863

 

Stock Issuance to Arrow Seller, at $10 per share

 

491,000

 

Total Consideration

 

$

1,311,000

 

 


(a) Reflects subsequent changes to the trust account through the closing date of the transaction and actual redemptions.

 

Platinum Eagle has no specified maximum redemption threshold; however, the consummation of the business combination is conditioned upon, among other things, availability of at least $225 million of cash in the Company’s trust account, after giving effect to redemptions and equity offerings. Furthermore, in no event will the Company redeem public shares in an amount that would cause net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on actual redemptions.

 

Concurrently with the signing of the Merger Agreements, the Company entered into subscriptions to sell 8.0 million Common A Shares to investors. The table below has been updated to reflect this.

 

The following summarizes the pro forma common shares outstanding taking into consideration actual redemptions (in thousands):

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2018 (a)

 

 

 

Shares

 

%

 

Platinum Eagle Public Shareholders

 

14,322

 

14

%

Platinum Eagle Founders and Harry Sloan

 

3,034

 

3

%

Independent Directors

 

75

 

0

%

Total Platinum Eagle

 

17,431

 

17

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Algeco Seller

 

25,686

 

26

%

Arrow Seller

 

49,100

 

49

%

Total TDR

 

74,786

 

75

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIPE Investor(s)

 

8,000

 

8

%

Total Shares at Closing [excluding shares held in escrow]

 

100,217

 

100

%

Other - Escrow Shares

 

5,016

 

 

 

Total Shares at Closing [including shares held in escrow]

 

105,233

 

 

 

 


(a) Reflects subsequent changes to the trust account through the closing date of the transaction and actual redemptions.

 


 

Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corporation

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

As of December 31, 2018

(Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 

 

Platinum Eagle
(Historical)

 

Target Parent and
Signor Parent
(Historical)

 

Pro Forma
Adjustments

 

 

 

Combined Pro
Forma

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

498

 

$

12,194

 

$

364,245

 

2a

 

$

25,456

 

 

 

 

 

331,466

 

2b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(185,329

)

2n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,385

)

2g

 

 

 

 

 

 

(563,137

)

2j

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,000

 

2k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,096

)

2d

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

57,106

 

 

 

 

57,106

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

76

 

3,965

 

 

 

 

4,041

 

Notes due from affiliates

 

 

638

 

(638

)

2d

 

 

Notes due from officers

 

 

1,083

 

(1,083

)

2m

 

 

Total current assets

 

574

 

74,986

 

11,043

 

 

 

86,603

 

Restricted cash

 

 

257

 

 

 

 

257

 

Cash and investments held in trust accounts

 

330,379

 

 

1,087

 

2b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(331,466

)

2b

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

312,441

 

 

 

 

312,441

 

Land held for investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

34,180

 

 

 

 

34,180

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

127,383

 

 

 

 

127,383

 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

12,420

 

 

 

 

12,420

 

Deferred financing costs, net

 

 

2,865

 

(2,865

)

2c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,888

 

2b

 

 

 

Notes due from officers

 

 

500

 

(500

)

2m

 

 

Total assets

 

$

330,953

 

$

565,032

 

$

(320,813

)

 

 

$

575,172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

 

$

21,597

 

$

 

 

 

$

21,597

 

Accrued expenses

 

1,059

 

23,300

 

(241

)

2c

 

59,477

 

 

 

 

 

28,500

 

2l

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,334

)

2d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,193

 

2g

 

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

 

17,805

 

 

 

 

17,805

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

2,446

 

 

 

2,446

 

Total current liabilities

 

1,059

 

65,148

 

35,118

 

 

 

101,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

 

20,564

 

366,133

 

2b

 

366,133

 

 

 

 

 

(20,564

)

2c

 

 

Notes due to affiliate

 

 

108,047

 

(108,047

)

2d

 

 

Deferred underwriting compensation

 

11,375

 

 

(11,375

)

2g

 

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits

 

 

19,571

 

 

 

 

19,571

 

Asset retirement obligation

 

 

2,610

 

 

 

 

2,610

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

 

101

 

 

 

 

101

 

Total liabilities

 

12,434

 

216,041

 

261,265

 

 

 

489,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption; 31,351,920 shares at approximately $10.00 per share at December 31, 2018

 

313,519

 

 

(313,519

)

2e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A ordinary shares

 

 

 

7

 

2i

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2f

 

 

Class B ordinary shares

 

1

 

 

(1

)

2f

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

996

 

 

128,190

 

2e, 2n

 

85,424

 

 

 

 

 

17,940

 

2c

 

 

 

 

 

 

103,647

 

2d

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,090

 

2f

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,793

)

2g

 

 

 

 

 

 

(563,137

)

2h

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7

)

2i

 

 

 

 

 

 

348,991

 

2j

 

 

 

 

 

 

(28,500

)

2l

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,000

 

2k

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,583

)

2m

 

 

Retained earnings

 

4,003

 

 

(5,090

)

2f

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,087

 

2b

 

 

Total Shareholders’ Equity

 

$

5,000

 

$

 

$

80,432

 

 

 

$

85,432

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members’ Equity

 

$

 

$

348,991

 

$

(348,991

)

2j

 

$

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

330,953

 

$

565,032

 

$

(320,813

)

 

 

$

575,172

 

 


 

Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corporation

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the year ended December 31, 2018

(Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)

 

 

 

Platinum Eagle
(Historical)

 

Target Parent
(Historical)

 

Signor (Unaudited)
(3a)

 

Pro Forma
Adjustments

 

 

 

Combined Pro Forma

 

REVENUE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services and lodging

 

$

 

$

186,865

 

$

61,242

 

$

 

 

 

$

248,107

 

Specialty rental

 

 

53,735

 

 

 

 

 

53,735

 

Total revenue

 

 

240,600

 

61,242

 

 

 

 

301,842

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COSTS OF REVENUE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services and lodging

 

 

93,064

 

26,675

 

 

 

 

119,739

 

Specialty rental

 

 

10,372

 

 

 

 

 

10,372

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

$

 

$

31,610

 

$

3,988

 

$

1,530

 

3a

 

$

37,128

 

Loss on impairment

 

 

15,320

 

 

 

 

15,320

 

Gross profit

 

 

90,234

 

30,579

 

(1,530

)

 

 

119,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general, and administrative

 

1,618

 

41,340

 

3,360

 

(8,307

)

3g

 

38,946

 

 

 

 

 

 

935

 

3h

 

 

Restructuring costs

 

 

8,593

 

 

 

 

 

8,593

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

 

7,518

 

 

7,321

 

3a

 

14,839

 

Currency losses, net

 

 

149

 

 

 

 

 

149

 

Other expenses (income), net

 

 

(8,275

)

 

 

 

 

(8,275

)

Total operating expenses

 

1,618

 

49,325

 

3,360

 

(51

)

 

 

54,252

 

Operating (loss) income

 

(1,618

)

40,909

 

27,219

 

(1,479

)

 

 

65,031

 

OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense and other income, net

 

 

24,198

 

268

 

(23,101

)

3b

 

38,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,308

 

3c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,135

 

3e

 

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

(5,629

)

 

 

5,629

 

3d

 

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

(5,629

)

24,198

 

268

 

19,971

 

 

 

38,808

 

Net income (loss) before income taxes

 

4,011

 

16,711

 

26,951

 

(21,450

)

 

 

26,223

 

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

 

(11,755

)

 

(2,302

)

3f

 

(14,057

)

Net income

 

$

4,011

 

$

4,956

 

$

26,951

 

$

(23,752

)

 

 

$

12,166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per ordinary share, Class A - basic and diluted

 

$

0.17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.12

 

Weighted average number of Class A ordinary shares outstanding - basic and diluted

 

32,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,217,035

 

Net loss per ordinary share, Class B - basic and diluted

 

$

(0.17

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding - basic and diluted

 

8,125,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note 1. Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 gives pro forma effect to the Business Combination and the related proposed financing transactions as if they had occurred on January 1, 2018. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 assumes that the business combination and the related proposed financing transactions were completed on December 31, 2018.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:

 

·                     Platinum Eagle’s audited year end balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission “SEC”

 

·                     Target Parent and Signor Parent’s combined audited year end balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 included elsewhere in this filing.

 


 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 has been prepared using the following:

 

·                     Platinum Eagle’s audited statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018

 

·                     Target Parent and Signor Parent’s combined audited statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 included elsewhere in this filing.

 

·                     Signor’s unaudited statement of operations for the period ended September 6, 2018 included elsewhere in previous filings.

 

All direct costs of the business combination will be recorded as an offset to additional-paid-in-capital, consistent with the accounting for equity recapitalizations. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements do not give effect to any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies or cost savings that may be associated with the business combination.

 

The unaudited condensed pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the business combination and related transactions are based on certain estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions are based on information available as of the date of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and may be revised as additional information becomes available. Therefore, it is likely that the actual adjustments will differ from the pro forma adjustments and it is possible the difference may be material.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements have been prepared for illustrative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations and financial position would have been had the business combination and related transactions taken place on the dates indicated, nor do they purport to project the future consolidated results of operations or financial position of the combined company. They should be read in conjunction with the historical consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Platinum Eagle and Combined Target Parent and Signor Parent.

 

The historical consolidated financial statements have been adjusted in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to give effect to pro forma events that are (1) directly attributable to the business combination, (2) factually supportable, and (3) with respect to the statement of operations, expected to have a continuing impact on the results of the combined company.

 

There were no significant intercompany balances or transactions between Platinum Eagle and the operating companies as of the date and for the period of these unaudited pro forma combined financial statements. All intercompany balances and transactions between Signor Parent and Target Parent have been eliminated within the audited combined financial statements.

 

At December 31, 2018, the Founder Group held 8.1 million founder shares. Prior to the closing of the Business Combination, the Founder Group will transfer 80,000 founder shares to the Company’s independent directors leaving the founders with approximately 8 million founder shares. As a condition to the closing of the business combination, Arrow Seller, Target Hospitality and the Founder Group will enter into an Earnout Agreement, in which the Founder Group will be entitled to up to 8.0 million shares. These shares will be placed in escrow and released as certain conditions are met or achieved. If Platinum Eagle delivers at least the Minimum Proceeds, the Founder Group shall be entitled to retain at Closing a minimum of 3 million Founder Shares (as defined in the Earnout Agreement) (if Gross Proceeds equal $225 million) and a maximum of 6 million Founder Shares (if Gross Proceeds equal $325 million) and if Gross Proceeds are more than $225 million and less than $325 million, such number shall be pro-rated such that the Founder Shares shall be calculated as (i) 3 million plus (ii) the product of (a) 3 million multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount by which Gross Proceeds exceeds $225 million and the denominator of which is $100 million. The balance of the Founder Shares not retained at Closing shall be placed in an escrow account at Closing to be released to the Founder Group in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Earnout Agreement as follows: at any time during the period of three years following the Closing Date, (i) if the closing price of the shares of Target Hospitality exceeds $12.50 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days, 50% will be released to the Founder Group and (ii) if the closing price of the shares of Target Hospitality exceeding $15.00 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days, the remaining 50% will be released to the Founder Group. The shares expected to be retained by the Founder Group based on the redemptions exercised of 3.0 million have been included in the pro forma shares outstanding. The remaining 5.0 million to be placed into escrow will no longer be beneficially owned by the Founder Group are excluded from the Founder Group’s ownership in the pro forma capitalization but are included in the total pro forma shares outstanding since such shares are generally considered legally outstanding and not subject to cancellation unless the earnout terms pursuant to the Earnout Agreement are not met.

 


 

The pro forma combined provision for income taxes does not necessarily reflect the amounts that would have resulted had the Platinum Eagle and the operating companies filed consolidated income tax returns during the periods presented.

 

The pro forma basic and diluted earnings per share amounts presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations are based upon the number of Platinum Eagle’s shares outstanding, assuming the business combination and related transactions occurred on January 1, 2018.

 

Note 2. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet Adjustments

 

The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 are as follows:

 

a)                Reflects the net proceeds of $364.2 million of cash proceeds from borrowing and/or the issuance of the new Debt Financing to fund the consideration as part of the business combination. Gross proceeds of $380.0 million offset by debt borrowing/issuance costs of $12.5 million and a bond issuance discount of $3.3 million.. The deferred financing costs of $1.9 million associated to the ABL Facility have been classified as an asset to be amortized over the life of the ABL Facility while the deferred financing costs of $10.6 million associated with the Bridge Facility will be presented as a reduction to the gross debt outstanding and amortized over the life of the Bridge Facility. The bond discount is reflected as a reduction to the gross debt and will be amortized through interest expense over the life of the Bridge Facility.

 

b)                Reflects the reclassification of $331.5 million of cash and cash equivalents held in the Platinum Eagle’s trust account that becomes available for transaction consideration, transaction expenses, redemption of public shares and the operating activities following the Business Combination. The cash and cash equivalents held within the Platinum Eagle trust account includes an additional $1.1 million of interest earned on the trust cash subsequent to December 31, 2018 through the closing date of the transaction.

 

c)                 Reflects the settlement of $20.5 million of principal for Target Parent’s ABL revolving credit facility and $0.2 million in accrued interest at Closing. This debt is settled through equity and will be paid out of Algeco Seller proceeds at closing which does not impact the cash balance of Target Parent. Also reflects the settlement of $2.9 million of associated deferred financing costs which will be settled through equity as a noncash transaction at closing.

 

d)                Reflects the settlement of affiliated notes payable and receivable. Affiliated amounts to be settled consist of $0.6 million of affiliated notes receivable and $108.0 million of notes due to affiliates as well as the corresponding $3.3 million of interest accrued and not paid. $0.6 million of affiliated notes receivable will be settled through a noncash equity settlement. The balance of interest accrued and a portion of the notes due to affiliates will be settled in cash amounting to $7.1 million with the remaining $104.3 million being settled through an equity transaction.

 

e)                 Represents the reclassification of $313.5 million of common stock subject to possible redemption to permanent equity. Of the total $313.5 million of common stock subject to redemption, $128.1 million was reclassed to permanent equity net of $185.3 million of redemptions.

 

f)                  Reflects the reclassification of $1 thousand for the par value of Platinum Eagle Common B shares to the par account for Common A shares to account for the conversion of all outstanding Common B to Common A (refer to Note 4 herein) and elimination of $5.1 million of Platinum Eagle’s historical retained earnings inclusive of the incremental interest accrued within the trust account through the closing date of the transaction.

 


 

g)                 Transaction costs of $38.3 million expected to be incurred related to the closing of the business combination exclusive of any bond discount. Of that amount, $7.4 million relates to the cash settlement of deferred underwriting compensation incurred as part of Platinum Eagle’s IPO to be paid upon the consummation of a business combination ($2.4 of previously accrued underwriting will be accrued and paid subsequent to the transaction and $1.9 million was forgiven and will settled through additional paid in capital), $1.5 million relates to equity placement agent fees, $17.0 million relates to legal, bankers, accounting, pipe issuance and other fees (of which $7.8 million to be accrued at close as reflected and remaining $8.3 million was either paid or already accrued in the historical financials). The remaining amount consists of deferred financing costs of $12.5 million discussed in note 2(a) herein.

 

h)                Reflects the payment of $563.1 million of cash consideration paid to the Algeco Seller in connection with the business combination. The calculation of cash consideration to the Algeco Seller is the sum of any available cash from the proceeds of the debt financing, trust account, and private placement proceeds less transaction costs and redemptions.

 

i)                     Reflects the recapitalization of Target Parent and Signor Parent as the issuance of 74.8 million shares of common stock at $0.0001 par value after considering redemptions.

 

j)                    Reflects the recapitalization of Target Parent and Signor Parent.

 

k)                 Reflects cash proceeds from private placement sale of 8.0 million Class A common shares for $80 million.

 

l)                     Reflects $28.5 million of bonuses to be paid to certain key executives for management of the business for the period prior to the business combination as well a certain bonus payments to former owners of Target. These amounts will be paid by Algeco seller upon the closing of the transaction and are reflected as an accrued liability and a decrease to transferred retained earnings.

 

m)             Reflects the forgiveness of Target Parent officer loans which will be settled through equity and forgiven as of the Closing.

 

n)                 Reflects $185.3 million withdrawal of funds from the trust account to fund the redemption of 18.2 million shares of common stock at approximately $10.20 per share. Class A Ordinary shares of Platinum Eagle that were not redeemed were rolled over into Class A shares of our common stock.

 


 

Note 3. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

 

The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018:

 

a)        The acquisition of Signor on September 7, 2018 was recorded as a business combination under ASC 805. As Signor was deemed the predecessor in the acquisition, Signor Parent prepared blacklined historical financials as of and for the period from September 7 through September 30, 2018 to separate the predecessor and successor periods. The audited combined financial statements of Target Parent and Signor Parent do not reflect the historical statement of operations of the predecessor. As such, to properly reflect the full year of Signor and Signor Parent activity as if the transaction had taken place at the beginning of the year, we have included the unaudited statement of operations of Signor from January 1, 2018 through September 6, 2018.

 

Incremental depreciation and amortization expense as a result of the transaction were recorded in the income statements. Incremental amortization expense of $7.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 within “Other depreciation and amortization” line. The estimated $96.2 million fair value of customer relationships was determined using an income approach — multi period excess earnings method and are expected to amortize over nine years. Incremental depreciation expenses of $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 was recorded in “Depreciation and amortization”. The assumptions surrounding depreciation were that the stepped up values of fixed assets were depreciated over the lesser of the estimated remaining useful life that was assessed by the valuation firm or the standard useful lives of the asset based on the Company’s fixed asset depreciation policy.

 

In thousands

 

Fair Value

 

Estimated
Life

 

Annual
Amortization

 

Amount
recorded at
12/31/18

 

Incremental
12.31.18
Amount

 

Buildings

 

$

35,171

 

7

 

$

5,024

 

$

2,039

 

$

2,985

 

Land Improvements

 

$

10,280

 

15

 

$

685

 

$

397

 

$

289

 

Furniture, fixtures, and equipment

 

$

9,561

 

7

 

$

1,366

 

$

545

 

$

821

 

Automobiles and trucks

 

$

503

 

7

 

$

72

 

$

59

 

$

13

 

Capital leases

 

$

863

 

7

 

$

123

 

$

146

 

$

(23

)

Land

 

$

11,179

 

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

CIP

 

$

10,773

 

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Total tangible fixed assets

 

$

78,330

 

 

 

$

7,271

 

$

3,185

 

$

4,085

 

 

In thousands

 

Fair Value

 

Estimated
Life

 

Annual
Amortization

 

Amount
recorded at
12.31.2018

 

Incremental
12.31.18
Amount

 

Customer Relationships

 

$

96,225

 

9

 

$

10,692

 

$

3,371

 

$

7,321

 

 

b)                Represents the elimination of $23.1 million of historical net interest expense associated with third party and intercompany debt instruments that are being repaid as part of the Business Combination as described partially in notes 2(c) and for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

c)                 Represents interest expense of $30.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 associated with the new debt issued in connection with the business combination as described in note 2(a) above as if the debt had been issued as of January 1, 2018. The interest was computed on the gross proceeds of the New ABL and Bridge Facility based on the rates found within the final term sheets for each of the respective facilities. The ABL Facility agreement contains two options for computing the interest rate including (a) Libor plus an applicable margin and another for base rate and an applicable margin. The Company used the Libor interest rate for ABL Facility as that rate is currently lower than the base interest rate. The interest rate for the New ABL Facility was calculated using the December 28, 2018 one month Libor of 2.52% and an applicable stated margin of 2.5% for a total calculated interest rate of 5.02%. The Bridge Facility interest rate was a stated 9.5%. No other material terms were associated with the calculation of interest for the New ABL and Bridge Facilities. These assumptions are summarized in the table in note 3(e) below.

 


 

d)                Represents the elimination of $5.6 million of interest income on Platinum Eagle’s trust account for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

e)                 Represents amortization of $2.5 million of deferred financing costs and $0.7 of bond discount for year ended December 31, 2018 associated with the new debt issued in connection with the business combination as described above as if the debt had been issued as of January 1, 2018. The deferred financing costs and bond discount were based on the final term sheet and included rates for upfront, underwriting, and agency fees for the New ABL Facility commitment and takeout fees and final pricing for the Bridge Facility. These costs were amortized over the expected term of 5 years or 60 months. Total deferred financing fees and bond discount of $15.8 million as described in note 2(a) consists of $1.9 million and $13.9 million (including the bond discount of $3.3 million) for the New ABL Facility and Bridge Facility using assumptions shown below:

 

(in thousands, except for interest rate and term)

 

Financing

 

Facility Size

 

Amount
expected to be
drawn at close

 

Term
(years)

 

Effective
Interest
rates

 

Variable
Deferred
financing
fees

 

Fixed
Deferred
financing
fees

 

Total
Deferred
financing
fees

 

Net Proceeds

 

New ABL Facility

 

$

125,000

 

$

40,000

 

5

 

5.02

%

1.50

%

$

50

 

$

1,888

 

$

38,113

 

Bridge Facility

 

$

340,000

 

$

340,000

 

5

 

9.50

%

3.25

%

$

82

 

$

13,867

 

$

326,133

 

 

 

$

465,000

 

$

380,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

132

 

$

15,755

 

$

364,245

 

 

Refer to note 3(c) above for discussion of interest expense associated with the new debt financing.

 

f)                  As part of the business combination transactions, these entities will be part of a new combined company that will be subject to income tax. The Company recorded a tax effect of the 2018 operations herein and have also recorded a tax effected on the pro forma GAAP adjustments recorded used an estimated statutory blended rate of 24.2% for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

g)                 Reflects the elimination of $8.3 million in non-recurring transaction costs incurred for the year ended December 31, 2018 that are directly related to the Business Combination.

 

h)                Certain executives signed new employment agreements directly related to the Business Combination. These employment agreements resulted in $0.9 million of incremental cost over the prior year and consisted of cash, stock, and bonus. These amounts are all factually known and calculable.

 

Note 4. Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Pro Forma Weighted Average Shares (Basic and Diluted)

 

The following pro forma weighted average shares calculations have been performed for the year ended December 31, 2018. The unaudited condensed combined pro forma earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”), basic and diluted, are computed by dividing income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.

 

The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Share Information is derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information and related notes included elsewhere in this filing.

 

The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Share Information does not purport to represent what the actual operations would have been had the Pro Forma transactions been completed or to forecast results of operations that may be achieved after the Pro Forma transactions. The unaudited pro forma earnings (loss) per share information below does not purport to represent what the value of would have been had the Pro Forma transactions been completed nor the earnings (loss) per share for any future date or period.

 


 

Prior to the Business Combination, Platinum Eagle had two classes of shares: Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. The Class B ordinary shares are held by the Founders and Harry Sloan. As part of the transactions leading to the Business Combination, Platinum Eagle will re-domesticate in Delaware. On the effective date of the domestication, the currently issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, will automatically convert by operation of law, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of Platinum Eagle Delaware Class A common stock and Platinum Eagle Delaware Class B common stock, respectively. In connection with the Closing, each currently issued and outstanding share of Platinum Eagle Delaware Class B common stock will automatically convert on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment pursuant to the Interim Domestication Charter), into shares of Platinum Eagle Delaware Class A common stock, in accordance with the terms of the Interim Domestication Charter. Immediately thereafter, each currently issued and outstanding share of Platinum Eagle Delaware Class A common stock will automatically convert by operation of law, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of Target Hospitality.

 

Platinum Eagle has 10,833,333 outstanding Public Warrants sold during the initial public offering and 5,333,334 outstanding warrants sold in private placement to purchase an aggregate of 16,166,667 Class A ordinary shares as of December 31, 2018. The Warrants are exercisable at $11.50 per share amounts which exceeds the current market price of common stock. These warrants are considered anti-dilutive and excluded from the earnings per share calculation when the exercise price exceeds the average market value of the common stock price during the applicable period. As a result, pro forma diluted earnings (loss) per shares is the same as pro forma basic earnings (loss) per share for the periods presented.

 

In thousands, except per share data

 

Year ended
December 31,
2018

 

Pro forma net income attributable to common shareholders

 

$

12,166

 

Basic and Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

 

100,217

 

Pro Forma Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

 

$

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

Pro Forma Basic and Diluted Weighted Average Shares

 

 

 

Platinum Eagle Public Shareholders

 

14,322

 

Platinum Eagle Founders and Harry Sloan

 

3,034

 

Independent Directors

 

75

 

Total Platinum Eagle

 

17,431

 

 

 

 

 

Algeco Seller

 

25,686

 

Arrow Seller

 

49,100

 

Total TDR

 

74,786

 

 

 

 

 

PIPE Investor(s)

 

8,000

 

Total Pro Forma Basic and Diluted Weighted Average Shares [excluding shares held in escrow]

 

100,217

 

 

 

 

 

Other - Escrow Shares

 

5,016

 

Total Pro Forma Basic and Diluted Weighted Average Shares [including shares held in escrow]

 

105,233

 

 


Exhibit 99.6

 

Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. Completes Acquisition of Target Logistics Management, LLC and RL Signor Holdings, LLC

 

Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. changes name to Target Hospitality Corp.

 

Target Hospitality is the largest provider of specialty rental accommodations with premium catering and value-added hospitality services in the U.S.

 

Target Hospitality Corp. will trade on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “TH”

 

Strategic business combination provides capital and strong foundation for Target Hospitality’s long-term profitable growth

 

LOS ANGELES, California & The Woodlands, Texas (March 15, 2019) — Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: EAGL) (“Platinum Eagle”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, Target Logistics Management, LLC (“Target Lodging”), and RL Signor Holdings, LLC (“Signor Lodging”) announced today that they have completed their previously announced business combination under which Platinum Eagle acquired both Target Lodging and Signor Lodging for approximately $1.4 billion in total consideration. This transaction, which was approved on March 6 by Platinum Eagle’s stockholders, creates the largest provider of specialty rental accommodations with premium catering and value-added hospitality services in the U.S.

 

Upon completion of the business combination, Platinum Eagle changed its name to Target Hospitality Corp. (“Target Hospitality”). Beginning March 18, 2019, common stock and public warrants of Target Hospitality will start trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange under new ticker symbols “TH” and “THWWW,” respectively.

 

Target Hospitality will be led by Target Lodging’s highly experienced management team, including President and Chief Executive Officer Brad Archer, Chief Financial Officer Andy Aberdale, Chief Commercial Officer Troy Schrenk, Executive Vice President and General Counsel Heidi Lewis, and Senior Vice President of Operations Travis Kelley, who will continue to serve in their respective roles. Stephen Robertson, Co-Founder of TDR Capital, the private equity firm that owns Algeco, the parent of Target Lodging, and also owned Signor Lodging, will serve as Chairman of the combined company and will be joined on the board by Gary Lindsay, a Partner at TDR Capital, and Jeff Sagansky, CEO of Platinum Eagle.

 

Mr. Sagansky commented, “Brad and management have done a great job delivering a superior customer experience that no other competitor has come close to replicating. This has resulted in long term customer commitments and stellar financial results. This strategic business combination further enhances Target Hospitality’s proven platform and growth profile, positioning it to become a truly dynamic public company story.”

 

Mr. Archer said, “Becoming a publicly traded company represents a significant milestone that has been made possible through the hard work and dedication of all our employees. With greater financial flexibility and a clear plan to create long-term shareholder value, we are well positioned to capitalize on the opportunities ahead of us to fuel Target Hospitality’s sustainable growth. Target has a long history of partnering with its clients to provide the competitive advantage they need to both recruit and retain top talent; we now see even greater opportunities to improve and further exceed client expectations by delivering unparalleled service and amenities they can always count on.”

 

Mr. Robertson stated, “As a public company with experienced leadership, meaningful scale, a high-quality portfolio and an unparalleled suite of vertically integrated solutions, Target Hospitality is poised to expand its

 

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position as the largest provider of specialty rental accommodations and value-add services. With the closing of this transaction, a strong foundation has been laid for long-term profitable growth.”

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and BofA Merrill Lynch served as capital markets advisors and private placement agents to Platinum Eagle. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. acted as exclusive financial advisor on the transaction. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. served as general financial advisor to Platinum Eagle. Winston & Strawn LLP acted as legal advisor to Platinum Eagle and Allen & Overy LLP acted as legal advisor to Target Lodging and Signor Lodging.

 

About Target Hospitality

 

Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, Target Hospitality is the public holding company for Target Lodging, Signor Lodging and their respective subsidiaries. Target Hospitality, through Target Lodging and Signor Lodging, builds, owns and operates customized housing communities for a range of end users, and offers a full suite of cost-effective hospitality solutions including culinary, catering, concierge, laundry and security services as well as recreational facilities. Target Hospitality primarily serves the oil and gas, energy and government sectors and its growing network of communities is designed to maximize workforce productivity and satisfaction. Prior to the acquisition of Target Lodging and Signor Lodging and contemporaneous name change to Target Hospitality, Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. was a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination. The company began trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange in January 2018 and, prior to its combination with Target Lodging and Signor Lodging in March 2019, its Class A ordinary shares, units and warrants traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the ticker symbols EAGL, EAGLU and EAGLW, respectively.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements made in this release are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Target Hospitality’s, Target Lodging’s or Signor Lodging’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include: the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the business combination; the inability to meet Nasdaq listing standards; costs related to the business combination; Target Hospitality’s ability to manage growth; Target Hospitality’s ability to execute its business plan and meet its projections; Target Hospitality’s ability to identify, consummate and integrate acquisitions; rising costs adversely affecting Target Hospitality’s profitability; potential litigation involving Target Hospitality, and general economic and market conditions impacting demand for Target Hospitality’s products and services, and in particular economic and market conditions in the oil industry in the markets in which Target Hospitality operates. None of Target Hospitality, Target Lodging or Signor Lodging undertakes any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

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Investors

 

Narinder Sahai, 832-702-8009
IR@targetlodging.com

 

or

 

Rodny Nacier, 832-702-8009
IR@targetlodging.com

 

Media

 

Jason Chudoba, 646-277-1249
Jason.Chudoba@icrinc.com

 

or

 

Elyse Gentile, 646-677-1823
Elyse.Gentile@icrinc.com

 

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