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): May 2, 2019

 


 

SciPlay Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 


 

Nevada

 

001-38889

 

83-2692460

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

6601 Bermuda Road
Las Vegas, NV

 

89119

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(702) 897-7150

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o       Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).

 

o       Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).

 

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)).

 

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).

 

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

 

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.     x

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading symbol

 

Name on each exchange on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $.001 per share

 

SCPL

 

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 7, 2019, SciPlay Corporation (the “ Company ”) closed its initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of 22,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock, $.001 par value per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”), at an offering price of $16.00 per share, pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-230727) (as amended from time to time, the “ Registration Statement ”).  In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement:

 

·                   an Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and subsidiary of the Company (“ SciPlay Parent LLC ”), dated May 2, 2019, by and among SciPlay Parent LLC, the Company and its Members (as defined therein) (the “ Operating Agreement ”);

·                   a Tax Receivable Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and among the Company, SciPlay Parent LLC, and each of the Members (as defined in therein) from time to time party thereto;

·                   a Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and among the Company and each of the persons from time to time party thereto;

·                   a License Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and between Bally Gaming, Inc. (“ Bally ”), a Nevada corporation, and SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SG Holding I ”), and a related Assignment Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and between SG Holding I and SciPlay Holding Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SciPlay Holding ”);

·                   a Services Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and among Scientific Games Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“ Scientific Games ”), Scientific Games International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Bally and SciPlay Holding; and

·                   a Credit Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and among SciPlay Holding, as the borrower, SciPlay Parent LLC, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent.

 

The terms of each of the agreements are substantially the same as the terms set forth in the forms of such agreements that were filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement and as previously described in the Registration Statement. Copies of each of the agreements are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

On May 2, 2019, in connection with the Operating Agreement and the filing of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “ Articles of Incorporation ”), the Company issued a total of 124,272,340 shares of Class B common stock of the Company, par value $.001 per share (the “ Class B Common Stock ”), to SG Holding I and SG Social Holding Company, LLC, a Nevada Limited liability company (“ SG Holding ”, and, together with SG Holding I, the “ SG Members ”), on a one-for-one basis equal to the number of common member’s interests of SciPlay Parent LLC (“ LLC Interests ”) held by the SG Members, in exchange for $124,272.34.

 

In connection with the consummation of the IPO, SG Holding I sold an aggregate of 20,005,319 LLC Interests to the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the Articles of Incorporation, an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock were automatically cancelled upon the sale of such LLC Interests.

 

No underwriters were involved in the issuance and sale of the shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

The description in Item 5.03 below of the Articles of Incorporation is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On May 7, 2019, the Company or one of its subsidiaries entered into an employment agreement with Joshua J. Wilson, its Chief Executive Officer, an offer letter with Michael Cody, its Chief Financial Officer, and a Social Award Agreement with Barry L. Cottle, its Executive Chairman, each on the terms and conditions described in the Registration Statement.  Also on May 7, 2019, Scientific Games, an affiliate of the Company, entered into an amendment to its employment agreement with Mr. Cottle, on the terms and conditions described in the Registration Statement.  A full copy of each of the foregoing arrangements is attached hereto as Exhibits 10.8-10.11 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation

 

On May 2, 2019, the Company amended and restated its articles of incorporation. Among other things, the Articles of Incorporation:

 

·                   increased the authorized number of shares of common stock to 755,000,000 shares (625,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and 130,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock);

·                   authorized 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock that may be issued from time to time by the Company’s board of directors in one or more series;

·                   added provisions that entitle the holders of Class B Common Stock to 10 votes per share for so long as the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by affiliates of Scientific Games (other than the Company and its affiliates) represents at least 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, and thereafter, one vote per share;

·                   added provisions requiring the Company to maintain at least a one-for-one ratio between the number of shares of authorized but unissued Class A Common Stock and LLC Interests;

·                   limited the ability of stockholders to act by written consent or to call special meetings after Scientific Games ceases to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power in the Company;

·                   added provisions requiring an exclusive forum in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County Nevada for certain actions, including, but not limited to, derivative actions or proceedings brought on behalf of the Company or actions asserting claims of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of the Company’s directors, officers or other employees of the Company or the Company’s stockholders; provided that the exclusive forum provisions will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or to any claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction;

·                   included provisions that delineate the rights and obligations of the Company’s directors and Scientific Games with respect to competition and corporate opportunities; and

·                   added provisions allowing the Company to redeem stockholders in certain circumstances to ensure its affiliates’ compliance with applicable Nevada gaming laws.

 

The Articles of Incorporation are the same as those previously described in the Registration Statement, and in such form as was previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. A copy of the full text of the Articles of Incorporation is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

On May 2, 2019, the Company amended and restated its bylaws (as amended and restated, the “ Bylaws ”). Among other things, the Bylaws:

 

·                   established procedures relating to the presentation of stockholder proposals at stockholder meetings;

·                   established procedures relating to the nomination of directors; and

·                   conformed certain provisions in light of the amended provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

 

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The Bylaws are the same as those previously described in the Registration Statement, and in such form as was previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. A copy of the full text of the Bylaws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits .

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

3.1*

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of SciPlay Corporation

3.2*

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of SciPlay Corporation

10.1*

 

Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, dated May 2, 2019, by and among SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, the Company and its Members

10.2*

 

Tax Receivable Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and among SciPlay Corporation, SciPlay Parent Company, LLC and each of the Members from time to time party thereto

10.3*

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and among SciPlay Corporation, SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, SG Social Holding Company, LLC and such other persons from time to time party thereto

10.4*

 

License Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and between Bally Gaming, Inc. and SG Social Holding Company I, LLC

10.5*

 

Assignment Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and between SG Social Holding Company I, LLC and SciPlay Holding Company, LLC

10.6*

 

Services Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and among Scientific Games Corporation, Scientific Games, International, Inc., Bally Gaming, Inc. and SciPlay Holding Company, LLC

10.7*

 

Credit Agreement, dated May 7, 2019, by and among SciPlay Holding Company, LLC, as the borrower, SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent

10.8*

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2019, by and between SciPlay Parent Company, LLC and Joshua J. Wilson

10.9*

 

Offer Letter, dated as of May 7, 2019, from SciPlay Parent Company, LLC to Michael Cody

10.10*

 

Social Award Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2019, by and between SciPlay Corporation and Barry L. Cottle

10.11*

 

Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2019, by and between Scientific Games Corporation and Barry L. Cottle

 


*   Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

SCIPLAY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joshua J. Wilson

 

 

 

 

Name:

Joshua J. Wilson

 

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: May 7, 2019

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
SCIPLAY CORPORATION

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes 78.390 and 78.403, the undersigned officer of SciPlay Corporation, a Nevada corporation, does hereby certify as follows:

 

A.  The board of directors of the corporation has duly adopted resolutions proposing to amend and restate the articles of incorporation of the corporation as set forth below, declaring such amendment and restatement to be advisable and in the best interests of the corporation.

 

B.  The amendment and restatement of the corporation’s articles of incorporation as set forth below has been duly approved by the sole stockholder of the corporation, which is sufficient for approval thereof.

 

C.  This certificate sets forth the text of the articles of incorporation of the corporation, as amended and restated in their entirety to this date as follows:

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
SCIPLAY CORPORATION

 

ARTICLE I
NAME

 

The name of the corporation is SciPlay Corporation (the “ Corporation ”).

 

ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE

 

The Corporation may, from time to time, in the manner provided by law, change the registered agent and registered office within the State of Nevada.  The Corporation may also maintain an office or offices for the conduct of its business, either within or without the State of Nevada.

 

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

 

The Corporation is formed for the purpose of engaging in any lawful activity for which corporations may be organized under the laws of the State of Nevada.

 


 

ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK

 

(A)  Authorized Stock .

 

(1)  The total number of shares of all stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 765,000,000 shares, consisting of:  (i) 625,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”), (ii) 130,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “ Class B Common Stock ” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “ Common Stock ”), and (iii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”).  All cross references in each subdivision of this ARTICLE IV refer to other paragraphs in such subdivision unless otherwise indicated.

 

(2)  The number of authorized shares of any of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding plus, in the case of Class A Common Stock, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable in connection with the redemption or exchange of all outstanding Common Units (as defined below) of the LLC (as defined below) held by holders of Class B Common Stock pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement (as defined below)) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, without a separate vote of any holders of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock, or of any class or series thereof, unless a separate vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock Designation (as defined below), irrespective of the provisions of Section 78.2055 and 78.207 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (as amended from time to time, the “ NRS ”) or any successor provision thereto.

 

(3)  Subject to the limitation set forth in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time (these “ Articles of Incorporation ”) and the bylaws of the Corporation, as amended from time to time (the “ Bylaws ”), shares of one class or series of stock may be issued as a share dividend in respect of another class or series of stock, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 78.215(4) of the NRS.

 

(B)  Preferred Stock .

 

(1)  Designation .  The shares of Preferred Stock are hereby authorized to be issued from time to time in one or more series, the shares of each series to have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions as are specified in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) providing for the issue thereof.  Such Preferred Stock may be convertible into, or exchangeable for, at the option of either the holder or the Corporation or upon the happening of a specified event, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation (other than Class B Common Stock) at such price or prices or at such rate or rates of exchange and with such

 

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adjustments as shall be stated and expressed in these Articles of Incorporation or in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue thereof.

 

(2)  Authority Vested in the Board .  Authority is hereby expressly vested in the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of this ARTICLE IV and ARTICLE VI and the limitations prescribed by law, to authorize the issue from time to time of one or more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix by resolution or resolutions adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of authorized directors for the Board of Directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships (the “ Whole Board ”) providing for the issue of such series the voting powers, full or limited, if any, of the shares of such series and the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.  The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, the determination of the following:

 

(a)  The designation of such series.

 

(b)  The dividend rate of such series, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes or series of the Corporation’s capital stock, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative.

 

(c)  Whether the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the Corporation at the option of either the Corporation or the holder or both or upon the happening of a specified event and, if made subject to any such redemption, the times or events, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption.

 

(d)  The terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the shares of such series.

 

(e)  Whether the shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, at the option of either the holder or the Corporation or upon the happening of a specified event, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of the Corporation’s capital stock, and, if provision is made for conversion or exchange, the times or events, prices, rates, adjustments and other terms and conditions of such conversions or exchanges.

 

(f)  The restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional Preferred Stock.

 

(g)  The rights of the holders of the shares of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

 

(h)  The provisions as to voting, optional and/or other special rights and preferences, if any.

 

(i)  To increase (but not above the total number of then authorized and undesignated shares of Preferred Stock) or decrease (but not below the number of shares

 

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of Preferred Stock of that series then outstanding) the number of shares of Preferred Stock of such series.

 

(3)  Certificate .  Before the Corporation shall issue any shares of Preferred Stock of any series, a certificate of designation setting forth a copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, and establishing the voting powers, if any, and the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, relating to the shares of Preferred Stock of such series, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock of such series authorized by the Board of Directors to be issued, shall be made and signed by an officer of the Corporation and filed in the manner prescribed by the NRS (such certificate, a “ Preferred Stock Designation ”).

 

(C)  Common Stock .

 

(1)  Voting Rights .  Except as otherwise required by applicable law:

 

(a)  Each share of Class A Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof to notice of and to attend all meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation and to one vote on all matters to be voted on by the Corporation’s stockholders.

 

(b)  Each share of Class B Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof to notice of and to attend all meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation and to ten votes on all matters to be voted on by the Corporation’s stockholders; provided that, from and after the first date on which SG Holding Group ceases to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) at least ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, each share of Class B Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof to one vote on all matters to be voted on by the Corporation’s stockholders.

 

(c)  Except as otherwise required in these Articles of Incorporation, the holders of Common Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters (or, if any holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock, as a single class with such holders of Preferred Stock).

 

(d)  The holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to these Articles of Incorporation or to a Preferred Stock Designation that affects only the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series of Preferred Stock are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other series of Preferred Stock, to vote on such amendment as a separate class pursuant to these Articles of Incorporation or the applicable Preferred Stock Designation or pursuant to the NRS.

 

(e)  No holder of Common Stock has any right or shall be permitted to cumulate votes in any election of directors.

 

(2)  Class B Common Stock .  From and after the effective time of these Articles of Incorporation (the “ Effective Time ”), additional shares of Class B Common Stock may be

 

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issued only to, and registered only in the name of, SG Social Holding Company I, LLC and SG Social Holding Company, LLC (together, the “ SG Holding Companies ”) and their respective successors and assigns, as well as their respective transferees permitted in accordance with paragraph (C)(5) of this ARTICLE IV (including all subsequent successors, assigns and permitted transferees) (collectively, the “ Permitted Class B Owners ”), and the aggregate number of shares of Class B Common Stock following any such issuance registered in the name of each such Permitted Class B Owner must be equal to the aggregate number of Common Units held of record by such Permitted Class B Owner under the LLC Operating Agreement.

 

(3)  Dividends .

 

(a)  Subject to all provisions of this ARTICLE IV, including the rights of holders of any Preferred Stock having preference as to dividends, and except as otherwise provided by these Articles of Incorporation or the NRS, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of any funds legally available for such purpose.  When and as dividends are declared thereon, whether payable in cash, property or securities of the Corporation, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to share, ratably according to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by them, in such dividends.

 

(b)  Except as provided in ARTICLE VI with respect to stock dividends, dividends shall not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock.

 

(4)  Liquidation Rights .

 

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any distribution of any of its assets to any of its stockholders other than by dividends from funds legally available therefor, and other than payments made upon redemptions or purchases of such shares of the Corporation, after payment in full of the amount which the holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive in such event, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to share, ratably according to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by them, in the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders.  Without limiting the rights of the holders of Class B Common Stock to have their Common Units redeemed or exchanged in accordance with Article XI of the LLC Operating Agreement, the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall not be entitled to receive any assets of the Corporation in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, or any distribution of any of its assets to any of its stockholders.  A merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination of the Corporation with any other person or persons, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not be considered to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this ARTICLE IV.

 

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(5)  Transfer of Class B Common Stock .

 

(a)  In connection with the redemption or exchange of Common Units pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement, a holder of Class B Common Stock shall surrender shares of Class B Common Stock to the Corporation in accordance with the LLC Operating Agreement for no consideration.  Following the surrender of any shares of Class B Common Stock to the Corporation, such surrendered shares of Class B Common Stock shall automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or such holder of Class B Common Stock be cancelled and the Corporation shall take all actions necessary to retire such shares and such shares shall not be re-issued by the Corporation.

 

(b)  A holder of Class B Common Stock may transfer shares of Class B Common Stock to any transferee (other than the Corporation) only if, and only to the extent permitted by the LLC Operating Agreement, such holder also simultaneously transfers an equal number of such holder’s Common Units (as such numbers may be adjusted to reflect equitably any stock split, subdivision, combination or similar change with respect to the Class B Common Stock or Common Units) to such transferee in compliance with the LLC Operating Agreement.  The transfer restrictions described in this clause (5)(b) are referred to as the “ Restrictions ”.

 

(c)  Any purported transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions shall be null and void. If, notwithstanding the Restrictions, a person shall, voluntarily or involuntarily, purportedly become or attempt to become the purported owner of shares of Class B Common Stock (“ Purported Owner ”) in violation of the Restrictions, then the Purported Owner shall not obtain any rights in and to such shares of Class B Common Stock (the “ Restricted Shares ”), and the purported transfer of the Restricted Shares to the Purported Owner shall not be recognized by the Corporation or its transfer agent.

 

(d)  Upon a determination by the Board of Directors that a Person has attempted or is attempting to transfer or to acquire Restricted Shares, or has purportedly transferred or acquired Restricted Shares, in violation of the Restrictions, the Board of Directors may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to such attempted or purported transfer or acquisition on the books and records of the Corporation, including to cause the Corporation’s transfer agent to record the Purported Owner’s transferor as the record owner of the Restricted Shares, and to institute proceedings to enjoin any such attempted or purported transfer or acquisition, or reverse any entries or records reflecting such attempted or purported transfer or acquisition.

 

(e)  Notwithstanding the Restrictions, (i) in the event that any outstanding share of Class B Common Stock shall cease to be held by a registered holder of Common Units, such share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or such holder of Class B Common Stock be cancelled for no consideration, and the Corporation shall take all actions necessary to retire such share and such share shall not be re-issued by the Corporation and (ii) in the event that any registered holder of Class B Common Stock no longer holds an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock and Common Units, the shares of Class B Common Stock registered in the name of such holder that exceed the number of Common

 

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Units held by such holder shall automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or any holder of Class B Common Stock be cancelled for no consideration, and the Corporation shall take all actions necessary to retire such shares and such shares shall not be re-issued by the Corporation.

 

(f)  The Board of Directors may, to the extent permitted by law, from time to time establish, modify, amend or rescind, by bylaw or otherwise, regulations and procedures that are consistent with the provisions of this paragraph (5) for determining whether any transfer or acquisition of shares of Class B Common Stock would violate the Restrictions and for the orderly application, administration and implementation of the provisions of this paragraph (5).  Any such procedures and regulations shall be kept on file with the Secretary of the Corporation and with its transfer agent and shall be made available for inspection by any prospective transferee and, upon written request, shall be mailed or otherwise delivered, as determined by the Corporation, to holders of shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

(g)  The Board of Directors shall have all powers necessary to implement the Restrictions, including without limitation the power to prohibit the transfer of any shares of Class B Common Stock in violation thereof.

 

(6)  Cancellation of Shares of Class B Common Stock .  To the extent that any Permitted Class B Owner exercises its right pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement to have its Common Units redeemed by the LLC in accordance with the LLC Operating Agreement (subject to the Corporation’s option pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement to effect a direct exchange with such Permitted Class B Owner in lieu of such a redemption), then simultaneous with the payment of, at the Corporation’s election, cash or Class A Common Stock consideration to such Permitted Class B Owner by the LLC (in the case of a redemption) or the Corporation (in the case of a direct exchange), the Corporation shall cancel for no consideration a number of shares of Class B Common Stock registered in the name of the redeeming or exchanging Permitted Class B Owner equal to the number of Common Units held by such Permitted Class B Owner that are redeemed or exchanged in such redemption or exchange transaction.

 

(7)  Class B Common Stock Legend .  All certificates or book-entries representing shares of Class B Common Stock shall bear a legend substantially in the following form (or in such other form as the Board of Directors may determine):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS [CERTIFICATE] [BOOK-ENTRY] ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS (INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER) SET FORTH IN THE AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF SCIPLAY CORPORATION AND SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO ANY STOCKHOLDER MAKING A REQUEST THEREFOR).

 

(8)  Fractional Shares .  The Class B Common Stock may be issued and transferred in fractions of a share. Subject to the Restrictions, holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to transfer fractions thereof, and the Corporation shall, and shall cause its

 

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transfer agent to, facilitate any such transfers, including by issuing certificates or making book entries representing any such fractional shares.

 

(9)  No Preemptive, Subscription, Redemption or Conversion Rights.   No holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights.

 

(D)  Cancellation of Previously Issued and Outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation .  Immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Corporation had 1,000 authorized shares of voting common stock, $.001 par value per share, of which 100 shares were issued and outstanding (the “ Outstanding Voting Common Stock ”). At and as of the Effective Time, by virtue of filing of these Articles of Incorporation, each share of Outstanding Voting Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically cancelled for no consideration, without any action by the holder thereof.

 

ARTICLE V
SHARES DELIVERABLE IN EXCHANGE

 

The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon redemption or exchange of the outstanding Common Units exchangeable for Class A Common Stock, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that are issuable upon any such redemption or exchange pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its obligations in respect of any such redemption or exchange of Common Units pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement by delivering cash in lieu of shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the LLC Operating Agreement or shares of Class A Common Stock which are held in the treasury of the Corporation.  The Corporation covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement shall, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

ARTICLE VI
SUBDIVISIONS AND COMBINATIONS OF SHARES, MERGERS AND OTHER EVENTS

 

(A)  The Corporation shall undertake all actions, including, without limitation, a reclassification, dividend, division, combination or recapitalization, with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining such one-to-one ratio, (i) shares of restricted stock issued pursuant to a Corporation equity plan that are not vested pursuant to the terms thereof or any award or similar agreement relating thereto, (ii) treasury shares or (iii) Preferred Stock or other debt or equity securities (including, without limitation, warrants, options and rights) issued by the Corporation that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (except to the extent the net proceeds from such other securities, including, without limitation, any exercise or purchase price payable upon conversion,

 

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exercise or exchange thereof, have been contributed by the Corporation to the equity capital of the LLC) (clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), collectively, the “ Disregarded Shares ”).

 

(B)  The Corporation shall undertake all actions, including, without limitation, a reclassification, dividend, division, combination or recapitalization, with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by all Permitted Class B Owners and the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock owned by all Permitted Class B Owners.

 

(C)  The Corporation shall not undertake or authorize (i) any subdivision (by any stock split, stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) or combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) of the Class A Common Stock that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination of the Common Units to maintain at all times, subject to the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation, a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining such one-to-one ratio, the Disregarded Shares; or (ii) any subdivision (by any stock split, stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) or combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) of the Class B Common Stock that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination of the Common Units to maintain at all times, subject to the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation, a one-to-one ratio between and the number of Common Units owned by the Permitted Class B Owners and the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, unless, in the case of clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph, such action is necessary to maintain at all times both a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining such one-to-one ratio, the Disregarded Shares, and a one-to-one ratio between and the number of Common Units owned by the Permitted Class B Owners and the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

(D)  The Corporation shall not issue, transfer or deliver from treasury shares or repurchase or redeem shares of Class A Common Stock in a transaction not contemplated by the LLC Operating Agreement unless in connection with any such issuance, transfer, delivery, repurchase or redemption the Corporation takes or authorizes all requisite action such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, deliveries, repurchases or redemptions, the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation shall equal on a one-for-one basis the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining such one-to-one ratio, the Disregarded Shares.

 

(E)  The Corporation shall not issue, transfer or deliver from treasury shares or repurchase or redeem shares of Preferred Stock in a transaction not contemplated by the LLC Operating Agreement unless in connection with any such issuance, transfer, delivery, repurchase or redemption, the Corporation takes or authorizes all requisite action such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, repurchases or redemptions, the Corporation holds (in the case of any issuance, transfer or delivery) or ceases to hold (in the case of any repurchase or redemption) equity interests in the LLC which (in the good faith determination by the Board of Directors) are in the aggregate substantially equivalent in all respects to the outstanding Preferred Stock so issued, transferred, delivered, repurchased or redeemed.

 

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(F)  The Corporation shall not consolidate, merge, combine or consummate any other transaction (other than an action or transaction for which an adjustment is provided in one of the preceding paragraphs of this ARTICLE VI or ARTICLE IV) in which shares of Class A Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into other stock, securities or the right to receive cash and/or any other property, unless in connection with any such consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction each Common Unit shall be entitled to be exchanged for or converted into (without duplication of any corresponding share of Class A Common Stock which the Corporation may elect to issue upon a redemption or exchange of such Common Unit by the holder thereof) the same kind and amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property, as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Class A Common Stock is exchanged or converted, in each case to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between (x) the stock, securities or rights to receive cash and/or any other property issuable in such transaction in exchange for or conversion of one share of Class A Common Stock and (y) the stock, securities or rights to receive cash and/or any other property issuable in such transaction in exchange for or conversion of one Common Unit.  The foregoing provisions of this paragraph (F) shall not apply to any action or transaction (including any consolidation, merger or combination) approved by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, each voting as a separate class.

 

ARTICLE VII
STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT; SPECIAL MEETINGS

 

(A)  Stockholder Action by Written Consent .  At any time prior to the first date on which the SG Holding Group ceases to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Act) shares representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “ Triggering Event ”), any action that may be taken at a meeting of the 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, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be required to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.  From and after the Triggering Event, no action may be taken by the stockholders except at a meeting of the stockholders upon prior notice in the manner required by the Bylaws.

 

(B)  Special Meetings .  Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at the written request by a majority of the Whole Board, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, by the President of the Corporation or, at any time prior to the Triggering Event, by the stockholders owning a majority of the combined voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.  Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.  Business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.  Except as otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or applicable law, the Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders. From and after the Triggering Event, no special meeting of the stockholders may be called by any stockholder.

 

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ARTICLE VIII
DIRECTORS

 

(A)  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed exclusively by resolutions adopted by a majority of the Whole Board.

 

(B)  Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office and entitled to vote thereon, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director entitled to vote thereon, and not by the stockholders of the Corporation. Any director so chosen shall hold office until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.

 

(C)  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office by a vote of stockholders representing not less than two-thirds of the voting power of the issued and outstanding Common Stock (or, if any holders of Preferred Stock then outstanding are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock, as a single class with such holders of Preferred Stock) entitled to vote at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders duly noticed and called in accordance with the Bylaws.

 

(D)  Advance notice of stockholder nominations for election of directors and other business to be brought by stockholders before a meeting of stockholders shall be given in the manner provided by the Bylaws.

 

(E)  Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.

 

ARTICLE IX
BYLAWS

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws.  Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Nevada, as the Bylaws provide.  The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Nevada at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES

 

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

ARTICLE XI
INDEMNIFICATION; EXCULPATION

 

(A)  Indemnification .  To the fullest extent permitted under the NRS (including, without limitation, NRS 78.7502, NRS 78.751 and 78.752) and other applicable law, the Corporation shall indemnify any current and former directors and officers of the Corporation in their respective capacities as such and in any and all other capacities in which any of them serves at the request of the Corporation.

 

(B)  Limitation on Liability .  The liability of directors and officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS.  If the NRS is amended to further eliminate or limit or authorize corporate action to further eliminate or limit the liability of directors or officers, the liability of directors and officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS, as so amended from time to time.

 

(C)  Repeal and Conflicts .  Any amendment to or repeal of any provision or section of this ARTICLE XI shall be prospective only, and shall not apply to or have any effect on the right or protection of, or the liability or alleged liability of, any current or former director or officer of the Corporation existing prior to or at the time of such amendment or repeal.  In the event of any conflict between any provision or section of this ARTICLE XI and any other article of the Articles of Incorporation, the terms and provisions of this ARTICLE XI shall control.

 

ARTICLE XII
MANDATORY FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, and unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada, shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, administrative or investigative (a) brought in the name or right of the Corporation or on its behalf, (b) asserting a claim for breach of any fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (c) arising or asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of NRS Chapters 78 or 92A or any provision of these Articles of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or the Bylaws, (d) to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of these Articles of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or the Bylaws or (e) asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine; provided that such exclusive forum provisions shall not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, or to any claim for which the federal courts have exclusive

 

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jurisdiction.  In the event that the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada does not have jurisdiction over any such action, suit or proceeding, then any other state district court located in the State of Nevada shall be the sole and exclusive forum therefor and in the event that no state district court in the State of Nevada has jurisdiction over any such action, suit or proceeding, then a federal court located within the State of Nevada shall be the sole and exclusive forum therefor.

 

ARTICLE XIII
COMPETITION AND CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

(A)  Competition and Corporate Opportunities .

 

(1)  Subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, a Dual Role Person (as defined below) may, and shall have no duty not to, on behalf of Scientific Games (as defined below), in each case (i) carry on and conduct, whether directly, or as a partner in any partnership, or as a joint venturer in any joint venture, or as a director, officer or stockholder of any corporation, or as a participant in any syndicate, pool, trust or association, any business of any kind, nature or description, whether or not such business is competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates, (ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates, (iii) employ or otherwise engage any officer or employee of the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates and (iv) make investments in any kind of property in which the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates may make investments.  To the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law, including NRS 78.070(8), the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates to participate in any business of Scientific Games, and waives any claim against a Dual Role Person and shall indemnify a Dual Role Person against any claim that such Dual Role Person is liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or its Controlled Affiliates for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such Person’s participation in any such business.  The Corporation shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in the Bylaws.

 

(2)  In the event that a Dual Role Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) Scientific Games and (y) the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates, the Dual Role Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law, including NRS 78.070(8), the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates in such corporate opportunity, and waives any claim against each Dual Role Person and shall indemnify a Dual Role Person against any claim that such Dual Role Person is liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or its Controlled Affiliates for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Dual Role Person (a) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for the account of Scientific Games, (b) directs, recommends, sells, assigns, or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to Scientific Games or (c) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates; provided , however , in each case, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Dual Role Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as a director or

 

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officer of the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates shall belong to the Corporation or its Controlled Affiliates.  The Corporation shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in the Bylaws.

 

(3)  To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada, no potential transaction or matter may be deemed to be a corporate opportunity of the Corporation or Controlled Affiliates unless (a) the Corporation and its Controlled Affiliates would be permitted to undertake such transaction or matter in accordance with these Articles of Incorporation and applicable law, (b) the Corporation and its Controlled Affiliates at such time have sufficient financial resources to undertake such transaction or matter, (c) such transaction or matter would be in the same or similar line of business in which the Corporation and its Controlled Affiliates are then engaged or a line of business that is reasonably related to, or a reasonable extension of, such line of business and (d) the Corporation and its Controlled Affiliates at such time have an interest or reasonable expectancy therein.

 

(B)  Conflict .  In the event of a conflict between this ARTICLE XIII and any other provision of these Articles of Incorporation, this ARTICLE XIII shall prevail in all circumstances.

 

(C)  Amendments .  Neither the alteration, amendment or repeal of this ARTICLE XIII, nor the adoption of any provision of these Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this ARTICLE XIII, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law, any modification of law, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this ARTICLE XIII in respect of any business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this ARTICLE XIII, would accrue or arise, prior to the effective date of such alteration, amendment, repeal, adoption or modification.

 

ARTICLE XIV
SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws, the Corporation is hereby specifically allowed to make any distribution that otherwise would be prohibited by NRS 78.288(2)(b).

 

ARTICLE XV
INAPPLICABILITY OF COMBINATIONS WITH INTERESTED STOCKHOLDERS STATUTES

 

At such time, if any, as the Corporation becomes a “resident domestic corporation” (as defined in NRS 78.427), the Corporation shall not be subject to, or governed by, any of the provisions in NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, as amended from time to time, or any successor statutes.

 

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ARTICLE XVI
SEVERABILITY

 

If any provision or provisions of these Articles of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision or provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of these Articles of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of these Articles of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision or provisions to other persons, entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

ARTICLE XVII
DEEMED NOTICE AND CONSENT

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, each and every natural person, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest (of any nature whatsoever) in any shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed, by reason of and from and after the time of such purchase or other acquisition, to have notice of and to have consented to all of the provisions of (a) these Articles of Incorporation (including Article XII), (b) the Bylaws and (c) any amendment to these Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws enacted or adopted in accordance with these Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws and applicable law.

 

ARTICLE XVIII

COMPLIANCE WITH GAMING LAWS

 

In order for Scientific Games or any other Gaming Affiliate (as defined below) to secure and maintain in good standing its Gaming Licenses (as defined below) and comply with applicable Gaming Laws (as defined below) and the requirements of the Gaming Authorities (as defined below) that regulate the operation and conduct of its business, the following provisions shall apply to the Corporation and its stockholders:

 

(A)                                If any person that holds Securities (as defined below) of the Corporation is determined to be a Disqualified Holder (as defined below), then, if the Corporation so elects in its sole discretion (unless otherwise required by any Gaming Law or Gaming Authority):

 

(1)                                  such person shall sell or otherwise dispose of such Securities or other interest in the Corporation within the 60-day period commencing on the date the Corporation gives the person notice of such person’s unsuitability or disqualification and requiring such disposition (or an earlier time if so required by any Gaming Authority or any Gaming Law) in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Directors in its sole discretion; or

 

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(2)                                  the Corporation may redeem any or all such Securities of the Corporation on the date specified in the notice given by the Corporation to such person, which date may not be less than 30 days after notice is given, at a price equal to the Redemption Price (as defined below).

 

(B)                                Notice to a Disqualified Holder under paragraph (A)(1) or (2) of this ARTICLE XVIII shall be delivered in writing by personal delivery, mailing it to the address shown on the Corporation’s books and records or any other reasonable means and shall be deemed effective on the date given (the “Notice Date”). Failure of the Corporation to provide such notice to a Disqualified Holder after making reasonable efforts to do so shall not preclude the Corporation from exercising its rights under this ARTICLE.

 

(C)                                If the Corporation intends to redeem Securities in accordance with paragraph (A)(2) of this ARTICLE XVIII, the notice shall specify the Securities to be redeemed, the date, time and place when such redemption will be consummated, which date in no event will be earlier than 30 days after the date of such notice, and the Redemption Price (it being sufficient for the purposes of this ARTICLE XVIII for the Corporation to indicate generally that the Redemption Price will be determined in accordance with paragraphs (C) and (K) hereof). If the Corporation gives the notice provided for by the preceding sentence, such notice shall be deemed to constitute a binding agreement on the part of the Corporation to redeem, and on the part of the person notified to sell, the Securities referred to in such notice in accordance with this ARTICLE XVIII.

 

(D)                                The operation of this ARTICLE XVIII shall not be stayed by an appeal from a determination of any Gaming Authority.

 

(E)                                 The Board of Directors shall have the power to determine, on the basis of information known to the Board after reasonable inquiry, all questions arising under this ARTICLE XVIII, including, without limitation, (1) whether a person is a Disqualified Holder, (2) whether a Disqualified Holder has disposed of Securities pursuant to paragraph (A) of this ARTICLE XVIII and (3) the amount of Securities held directly or indirectly by any person. Any such determination shall be binding and conclusive on all such persons.

 

(F)                                  The Corporation shall be entitled to injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this ARTICLE XVIII, and each holder of Securities of the Corporation shall be deemed to have acknowledged by acquiring or retaining Securities of the Corporation that failure to comply with this ARTICLE XVIII will expose the Corporation to irreparable injury for which there is no adequate remedy at law and that the Corporation is entitled to injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of this ARTICLE XVIII.

 

(G)                                A Disqualified Holder shall indemnify the Corporation and its Affiliates for any and all direct or indirect costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates as a result of such person’s continuing ownership of, or failure to divest, the Securities.

 

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(H)                               Any person to whom a redemption notice is given pursuant to the provisions of this ARTICLE XVIII shall have the burden of establishing to the satisfaction of the Corporation the dates on which, and the Purchase Price at which, such person acquired the Securities subject to such notice.

 

(I)                                    The right of the Corporation to redeem Securities pursuant to this ARTICLE XVIII shall not be exclusive of any other rights the Corporation or any of its Affiliates may have or hereafter acquire under any agreement, provision of the bylaws of the Corporation or such Affiliate or otherwise. Nothing in this ARTICLE XVIII shall be construed to:  (i) relieve any Disqualified Holder (or any Affiliate thereof) from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law, (ii) prohibit or affect any contractual arrangement which the Corporation may make from time to time with any holder of Securities to purchase all or any part of any other securities held by such holder or (iii) be in derogation of any action, past or future, which has been or may be taken by the Board of Directors or any holder of Securities with respect to the subject matter of this ARTICLE XVIII.

 

(J)                                    If any provision of this ARTICLE XVIII or the application of any such provision to any person or under any circumstance shall be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this ARTICLE XVIII.  The Board of Directors may waive any of the rights of the Corporation or any restrictions contained in this ARTICLE XVIII in any instance in which and to the extent the Board of Directors determines that a waiver would be in the best interests of the Corporation. Nothing in this ARTICLE XVIII shall be deemed or construed to require the Corporation to redeem or repurchase any Securities owned or controlled by a Disqualified Holder or any Affiliate thereof.

 

(K)                                For the purposes of this ARTICLE XVIII:

 

(1)                                  “Disqualified Holder” means any record or beneficial holder of the Corporation’s Securities: (i) who is determined or has been determined by any Gaming Authority not to be suitable or qualified to be associated or have a relationship with Scientific Games or any other Gaming Affiliate, or (ii) whose ownership or control of Securities may result, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, in the failure of Scientific Games or any other Gaming Affiliate to obtain, maintain, retain, renew or qualify for a Gaming License, or cause or otherwise result in the imposition of any materially burdensome or unacceptable terms or conditions on any Gaming License held by Scientific Games or any other Gaming Affiliate.

 

(2)                                  “Gaming Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate (as defined below) of the Corporation and shall also include Scientific Games and any joint venture, minority-owned entity or other enterprise in which Scientific Games has any direct or indirect interest.

 

(3)                                  “Gaming Authority” means any government, court, or federal, state, provincial, local, international, tribal or foreign governmental, administrative or regulatory or licensing body, agency, authority or official, which regulates or has authority over, including, without limitation, the right to issue or grant a Gaming License or any form of gaming or related activities conducted or proposed to be conducted by Scientific Games or any other Gaming

 

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Affiliate in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, lottery, pari mutuel wagering, sports wagering and video gaming activities.

 

(4)                                  “Gaming Law” means any federal, state, provincial, local,  international, tribal or foreign law, statute, order, rule, regulation, decree, ordinance or interpretation pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses or asserts regulatory or licensing authority over the ownership, operation, management or conduct of gaming and related activities.

 

(5)                                  “Gaming Licenses” means any licenses, contracts, franchises, permits,  registrations, findings of suitability, exemptions, waivers and other regulatory approvals related to the ownership, control, conduct or operation of gaming and related activities within or without the United States of America.

 

(6)                                  “person” means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, trust or other entity.

 

(7)                                  “Purchase Price” means the price paid to acquire a Security, exclusive of commissions, taxes and other fees and expenses, adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares or similar event.

 

(8)                                  “Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Securities, the price equal to the average closing sale price of such Securities as reported for composite transactions in securities listed on the principal trading market on which such Securities are then listed or admitted for trading during the 30 trading days preceding the Notice Date, or, if such Securities are not so listed or traded, the fair value of the Securities as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith and in consideration of such records of the Corporation and information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Board of Directors by any of the Corporation’s officers, employees or financial advisors, or committees of the Board of Directors (including, without limitation, information, opinions, reports or statements regarding any discount for lack of marketability or otherwise), as the Board of Directors deems, in its sole discretion, to be relevant and pertinent to such determination.

 

(9)                                  “Securities” means any shares of capital stock, bonds, notes, convertible debentures, warrants or other instruments that represent a share in the equity of the Corporation, a debt owed by the Corporation or the right to acquire any of the foregoing.

 

ARTICLE XIX

CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS

 

For purposes of these Articles of Incorporation:

 

(1)  “ Affiliate ” means with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person.  For purposes of the foregoing definition, the term “ controlling, ” “ controlled by ,” or “ under common control

 

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with ” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

(2)  “ Common Unit ” means a unit of membership interest in the LLC, authorized and issued under the LLC Operating Agreement, and constituting a “Common Unit” as defined in the LLC Operating Agreement.

 

(3)  “ Controlled Affiliate ” means, with respect to the Corporation, any Person controlled by the Corporation.  For purposes of the foregoing definition, “ controlled ” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

(4)  “ Dual Role Person ” means (i) any director or officer of the Corporation who is also a director, officer, employee or Affiliate of Scientific Games and (ii) Scientific Games.

 

(5)  “ LLC ” means SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, together with its successors and assigns.

 

(6)  “ LLC Operating Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the LLC, dated as of May 2, 2019 (as such agreement may be further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time).

 

(7)  “ Person ” means (a) an individual or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust, association, private foundation joint stock company or any other entity, or (b) “person” as such term is used in Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto.

 

(8)  “ Scientific Games ” means Scientific Games Corporation and its Affiliates (other than the Corporation and its Controlled Affiliates), together with their respective successors and assigns.

 

(9)  “ SG Holding Group ” means the SG Holding Companies and their respective Affiliates (other than the Corporation and its Controlled Affiliates), together with their respective successors and assigns.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer has executed this Certificate of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of SciPlay Corporation as of May 2, 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael F. Winterscheidt

 

 

Name:

Michael F. Winterscheidt

 

 

Title:

Secretary

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
SCIPLAY CORPORATION

 

ARTICLE I
Offices, Corporate Seal

 

Section 1.01  Offices .  SciPlay Corporation (the “ Corporation ”) shall have a registered office, a principal office and such other offices as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) may determine.

 

Section 1.02  Corporate Seal .  There shall be no corporate seal.

 

ARTICLE II
Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01  Place and Time of Meetings .  Meetings of the stockholders may be held at such place, on such date and at such time as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.02  Annual Meetings .  The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place, on such date and at such time as designated by the Board of Directors.  The purpose of this meeting shall be for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.  Except as otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation of the Corporation (as amended or amended and restated from time to time, the “ Articles of Incorporation ”) or applicable law, the Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.03  Special Meetings .  Special meetings of stockholders may be called only in the manner provided in Article VII(B) of the Articles of Incorporation. Special meetings validly called in accordance with Article VII(B) of the Articles of Incorporation shall be held at the date and time specified in the notice of the meeting.  No business shall be acted upon at a special meeting of stockholders except as set forth in the notice of the meeting.  Except as otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or applicable law, the Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.04  Quorum; Adjourned Meetings .  Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, the holders of shares representing at least a majority of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding shares of capital stock, present in person or by proxy (regardless of whether the proxy has authority to vote on all matters), shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any annual or special meeting.  If, on any issue, voting by classes or series is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the holders of at least a majority of the voting power, present in person or by proxy (regardless of whether the proxy has authority to vote on all matters), within each such class or series is necessary to constitute a quorum of each such class or series.  If a quorum of a class or series is not present at a meeting, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of shares representing at least a majority of the voting power of such class or series, present in person or by proxy (regardless of whether the proxy has authority to vote on all matters), may adjourn

 


 

the meeting with respect to any vote to be taken by such class or series until a quorum shall be represented.  Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  However, if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given to each stockholder of record as of the new record date.  At adjourned meetings at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.  If a quorum is present, the stockholders may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 2.05  Organization .  At each meeting of the stockholders, (a) the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his or her absence the President, or in his or her absence the chairman chosen by a majority of the voting power of the stockholders present in person or proxy, shall act as chairman; and (b) the Secretary of the Corporation, or in his or her absence an Assistant Secretary, or in his or her absence any person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 2.06  Voting .  Except as otherwise provided by law, each holder of capital stock of any class of the Corporation shall be entitled to the number of votes for each share of capital stock of the applicable class, in each case, held by such stockholder and registered in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation, as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.  Upon the request of any stockholder present in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders and entitled to vote at such meeting, or if directed by the chairman of the meeting in his or her discretion, the vote on any question before a meeting or the election of directors shall be by written ballot.  All questions at a meeting, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast at the meeting, unless otherwise required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended or amended and restated from time to time, the “ Bylaws ”).  If, on any issue, voting by classes or series is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the votes of such class or series cast at a meeting shall be the act of such class or series, unless otherwise required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.  If a quorum is present, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting.

 

Section 2.07  Inspectors of Election .  At each meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of such meeting may appoint two inspectors of election.  Each inspector of election so appointed shall first subscribe an oath or affirmation to execute the duties of an inspector of election at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability.  Such inspectors of election, if any, may (a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each; (b) determine the number of shares and the number of votes entitled to be cast, in each case at a meeting, and the validity of the proxies or ballots; (c) count all votes and ballots; (d) determine any challenges made to any determination made by the inspectors and (e) certify in a report in writing to the secretary of such meeting the determination of the number of shares represented and votes entitled to be cast at the meeting and the results of all votes and ballots.  An inspector of election need not be a stockholder of the Corporation, and any officer or employee of the Corporation may be an inspector of election on any question other than a vote for or against his or her election to any position with the Corporation or on any other question in which he or she may be directly interested.

 

Section 2.08  Notices of Meetings and Consents .  Except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation or by the Nevada Revised Statutes (as amended from time to time, the

 

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NRS ”), a written notice of each annual and special meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of such meeting to each stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting by delivering such notice of meeting to such stockholder personally or depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to him or her at the post office address shown upon the records of the Corporation.  Service of notice is complete upon mailing.  Every notice of a meeting of stockholders shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, the means of electronic communication, if any, by which the stockholder or the proxies thereof shall be deemed to be present and vote and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.  The notice shall be delivered in accordance with, and shall contain or be accompanied by such additional information as may be required by, the NRS, including, without limitation, NRS 78.379, 92A.120 or 92A.410.

 

Section 2.09  Proxies .  Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize a proxy to represent him or her at the meeting by an instrument executed in writing.  Each such proxy shall be valid until its expiration or revocation in a manner permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada.  A proxy may be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and, if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient to support an irrevocable power.  Subject to the above, any proxy may be revoked if an instrument or transmission revoking it or a properly created proxy bearing a later date is filed with or transmitted to the Secretary or another person appointed by the Corporation to count the votes of stockholders and determine the validity of proxies and ballots, or, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, the stockholder revokes the proxy by attending the meeting and voting the stockholder’s shares in person, in which case, any vote cast by the person or persons designated by the stockholder to act as a proxy or proxies must be disregarded by the Corporation when the votes are counted.

 

Section 2.10  Waiver of Notice .  Notice of any annual or special meeting may be waived either before, at or after such meeting in writing signed or by transmission of an electronic record by the person or persons entitled to the notice.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transacting of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 2.11  Written Action .  Except in as provided by and in accordance with Article VII(A) of the Articles of Incorporation, no action shall be taken by the stockholders except at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders called and noticed in the manner required by these Bylaws.

 

Section 2.12  Order of Business .

 

(a)  Annual Meetings of Stockholders .  At any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted or considered (including, in the case of an annual meeting, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors), as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.  For such business to be properly brought before an annual meeting, nominations and proposals of other business must be:  (a) specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before such meeting, by or at the direction of

 

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the Board of Directors or (c) otherwise properly requested to be brought before such meeting by a stockholder of the Corporation in accordance with these Bylaws.

 

(b)  General .  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of any annual or special meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or other business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that no action shall be taken on such nomination or other proposal and such nomination or other proposal shall be disregarded.

 

Section 2.13  Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .

 

(a)  Timing Requirements .  With respect to any nominations or any other business to be brought before an annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice shall be considered timely if it is delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day and not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) 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 thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation; provided , further , that for purposes of calculating the timeliness of any stockholder notice for the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting shall be deemed to be June 1, 2019.

 

With respect to any business to be properly requested to be brought before a special meeting, a stockholder’s notice shall be considered timely if it is delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the date of such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the date of such special meeting, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is first made by the Corporation.

 

Except as required by the NRS or Section 8.01 of these Bylaws, in no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual or special meeting of stockholders, as applicable, or the public announcement thereof, commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(b)  Disclosure Requirements .  To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must include the following, as applicable:  as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:  (i) the name

 

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and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books and of such beneficial owner or Control Person, if any, (ii) the number of shares of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner or Control Person, if any (iii) a representation that the stockholder intends to appear at the meeting in person or by proxy to submit the business specified in such notice, (iv) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of director(s), a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, including the complete text of any resolutions proposed for consideration, and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (v) any direct or indirect personal or other material interest of the stockholder in the business to be submitted, (vi) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, such stockholder or beneficial owner and by any Control Person or any other person acting in concert with any of the foregoing, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss, manage risk or benefit from changes in the share price of any class of the Corporation’s stock, or maintain, increase or decrease the voting power of the stockholder or beneficial owner with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation, and a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five business days after the record date for such meeting of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting, (vii) a representation whether the stockholder, the beneficial owner and Control Person, if any, will engage in a solicitation with respect to the nomination or business and, if so, the name of each participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)) in such solicitation and whether such person intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding stock required to approve or adopt the business to be proposed (in person or by proxy) by the stockholder and (viii) any other information relating to such stockholder, beneficial owner or Control Person, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement and form or proxy or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  For purposes of this Section 2.13, a “ Control Person ” shall be a director, executive, managing member or control person of such stockholder giving the notice or, if the notice is given on behalf of a beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made or the business is proposed, as to such beneficial owner.

 

Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

 

Section 2.14  Section 2.14 Remote Communications . A meeting of stockholders may be held solely by remote communication pursuant to this Section 2.14. Stockholders may participate in a meeting of stockholders by means of any electronic communications, videoconferencing, teleconferencing or other available technology. If any such means are utilized, the Corporation shall, to the extent required under the NRS, implement reasonable measures to (a) verify the identity of each person participating through such means as a stockholder, and (b) provide the stockholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to communicate, and to read or hear the proceedings of

 

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the meeting in a substantially concurrent manner with such proceedings. For the purposes of establishing a quorum and taking any action at the meeting, participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 2.14 constitutes presence in person at the meeting.

 

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ARTICLE III
Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01  General Powers .  The business of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.02  Number, Qualification and Term of Office .  The number of directors, except to the extent, if any, otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, shall be established from time to time by a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors for the Board of Directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships.  No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.  Directors need not be stockholders.  Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders next held after his or her election or until the stockholders have elected directors by consent in writing without a meeting and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.  Nothing in this Section 3.02 shall restrict the right of the Board of Directors to fill vacancies or the right of the stockholders to remove directors each as provided in these Bylaws.

 

Section 3.03  Annual Meeting .  As soon as practicable after each election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet at the registered office of the Corporation, or at such other place previously designated by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing the officers of the Corporation and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.

 

Section 3.04  Regular Meetings .  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held from time to time at such time and place as may be fixed by resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors.

 

Section 3.05  Special Meetings .  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, or by any two of the directors and shall be held from time to time at such time and place as may be designated in the notice of such meeting.

 

Section 3.06  Notice of Meetings .  No notice need be given of any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors.  Notice of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by the Secretary who shall give at least twenty-four hours’ notice thereof to each director by mail, telephone, telegram, electronic transmission including email, or in person.  Notice shall be effective upon receipt.

 

Section 3.07  Waiver of Notice .  Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors may be waived either before, at, or after such meeting in writing signed by each director.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person

 

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attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 3.08  Quorum and Voting .  A majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  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 unless these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation or the NRS require a greater number.

 

Section 3.09  Vacancies .  Vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be filled in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 3.10  Removal .  A director may be removed from the Board of Directors by the stockholders only as provided in the Articles of Incorporation and the NRS.  Any director may resign effective upon giving written notice, unless the notice specifies a later time for effectiveness of such resignation to the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or the Secretary, or in the absence of all of them, any other officer.

 

Section 3.11  Committees of Directors .  The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors, designate one or more committees, each to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in the resolution, may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation.  The Board of Directors may designate one 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 any member of such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.  Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined by the resolution adopted by the directors.  The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.  Unless otherwise provided for in a resolution of the Board of Directors designating a committee pursuant to this Section 3.11:  (i) fifty percent (50%) or more of the authorized number of members of such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of such committee and (ii) the vote of a majority of the members of such committee present at a meeting of such committee at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee except where otherwise required by these Bylaws or the charter of such committee.

 

Section 3.12  Written Action .  Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if, before or after the action, all directors or committee members consent thereto in writing.  The written consent may be signed manually or electronically (or by any other means then permitted under the NRS), and may be so signed in counterparts, including, without limitation, facsimile or email counterparts, and the written consent shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

 

Section 3.13  Compensation .  Directors who are not salaried officers of the Corporation may receive a fixed sum per meeting attended or a fixed annual sum, or both, and such other forms of reasonable compensation as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.  All directors shall receive their expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or any

 

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committee thereof.  Any director may serve the Corporation in any other capacity and receive proper compensation therefor.  If the Board of Directors establishes the compensation of directors pursuant to this Section 3.13, such compensation is presumed to be fair to the Corporation unless proven unfair by a preponderance of the evidence.

 

Section 3.14  Conference Communications .  Directors may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any duly constituted committee thereof, by means of any conference telephone, electronic communications, videoconferencing, teleconferencing or other comparable communication technique or technology permitted under the NRS, including, without limitation, a telephone conference or similar method of communication whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear and communicate to each other.  If any such means are utilized, the Corporation shall, to the extent required under the NRS, implement reasonable measures to (a) verify the identity of each person participating through such means as a director or member of the committee, as the case may be, and (b) provide the directors or members of the committee a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the directors or members of the committee, including an opportunity to communicate, and to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting in a substantially concurrent manner with such proceedings.  For the purposes of establishing a quorum and taking any action at the meeting, such directors or members of the committee, as the case may be, participating pursuant to this Section 3.14 shall be deemed present in person at the meeting.

 

ARTICLE IV
Officers

 

Section 4.01  Number .  The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, or the equivalents of such officers.  The officers of the Corporation may consist of one or more Vice Presidents and any other officers and agents as the Board of Directors, by a majority vote of the total number of directors, may designate.  Any person may hold two or more offices.

 

Section 4.02  Election, Term of Office, and Qualifications .  At each annual meeting of the Board of Directors all officers shall be elected.  Such officers shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the directors or until their successors are elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal, or until such office is eliminated by a vote of the majority of all directors.  Unless they have resigned or been removed, officers who may be directors shall hold office until the election and qualification of their successors, notwithstanding an earlier termination of their directorship.

 

Section 4.03  Removal and Vacancies .  Any officer may be removed from his or her office by a majority vote of the total number of directors with or without cause.  A vacancy among the officers by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.04  Chairman of the Board of Directors .  The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors and shall have such other duties as may be prescribed, from time to time, by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4.05  President .  The President shall have general active management of the business of the Corporation.  In event of the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors.  The President shall see that all orders and resolutions of the directors are carried into effect.  The President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation and in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of the president.  The President shall have such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.06  Vice President .  Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President.  In the event of absence or disability of the President, Vice Presidents shall succeed to his or her power and duties in the order designated by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.07  Secretary .  The Secretary shall be secretary of and shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and Board of Directors and shall record all proceedings of such meetings in the minute book of the Corporation.  The Secretary shall give proper notice of meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors.  The Secretary shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President.

 

Section 4.08  Treasurer .  The Treasurer shall keep accurate accounts of all moneys of the Corporation received or disbursed.  The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys, drafts and checks in the name of and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks and depositories as a majority of the whole Board of Directors shall from time to time designate.  The Treasurer shall have power to endorse for deposit all notes, checks and drafts received by the Corporation.  The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as ordered by the directors, making proper vouchers therefor.  The Treasurer shall render to the President and the Board of Directors whenever required an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President.

 

Section 4.09  Execution of Contracts and Documents .  Except as otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, all contracts, deeds, promissory notes, checks, drafts, or other instruments calling for the payment of money shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and, if a second signature is required, the Secretary or Treasurer.  The Board of Directors may authorize the use of the facsimile signatures of any such persons.

 

Section 4.10  Duties of Other Officers .  The duties of such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors may designate shall be set forth in the resolution creating such office or by subsequent resolution.

 

Section 4.11  Compensation .  The officers of the Corporation shall receive such compensation for their services as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or by one or more committees to the extent so authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

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ARTICLE V
Shares and Their Transfer

 

Section 5.01  Shares of Stock .  The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by a certificate, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares.  Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.  Notwithstanding the adoption of any such resolution providing for uncertificated shares, every holder of stock of the Corporation theretofore represented by certificates and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to a certificate, to be in such form as shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors, certifying the number of shares in the Corporation owned by such holder.  The certificates for such shares shall be numbered in the order in which they shall be issued and shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.  Every certificate surrendered to the Corporation for exchange or transfer shall be cancelled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such certificate shall have been so cancelled, except in cases provided for in Section 5.04.

 

Section 5.02  Issuance of Stock .  The Board of Directors is authorized to cause to be issued stock of the Corporation up to the full amount authorized by the Articles of Incorporation in such amounts and for such consideration as may be determined by the Board of Directors.  Treasury shares may be disposed of by the Corporation for such consideration as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.03  Transfer of Stock .  Transfer of stock on the books of the Corporation may be authorized only by the record holder of such stock, the holder’s legal representative or the holder’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing and, in the case of stock represented by a certificate or certificates, upon surrender of the certificate or the certificates for such stock, and, in the case of uncertificated stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring stock in uncertificated form (in each case, with such proof of the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require).  The Corporation may treat as the absolute owner of stock of the Corporation the person or persons in whose name stock is registered on the books of the Corporation.  Subject to the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may from time to time establish rules and regulations governing the issuance, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.04  Loss of Certificates .  Any stockholder claiming a certificate for stock to be lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed shall make an affidavit of that fact in such form as the Board of Directors may require and shall, if the Board of Directors so requires, give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in form, in an amount, and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, to indemnify the Corporation against any claims which may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of the certificate or issuance of such new certificate.  The Corporation may then issue (a) a new certificate or certificates of stock or (b) uncertificated shares, for the same number of shares represented by the certificate claimed to have been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed.

 

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Section 5.05  Facsimile Signatures .  Whenever any certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or by a registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, then the signatures of the officers or agents of the Corporation may be a facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on any such certificate shall cease to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation as though the person who signed such certificate or whose facsimile signature or signatures had been placed thereon were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

ARTICLE VI
Books and Records, Audit, Fiscal Year

 

Section 6.01  Books and Records .  The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall cause to be kept:  (a) a share ledger which shall be a charge of an officer designated by the Board of Directors; (b) records of all proceedings of stockholders and directors; and (c) such other records and books of account as shall be necessary and appropriate to the conduct of the corporate business.

 

Section 6.02  Audit .  The Board of Directors shall cause the records and books of account of the Corporation to be audited at least once in each fiscal year and at such other times as it may deem necessary or appropriate.

 

Section 6.03  Annual List .  The Board of Directors shall cause to be filed with the Nevada Secretary of State in each year the annual list required by law.

 

Section 6.04  Fiscal Year .  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 of each year.

 

ARTICLE VII
Indemnification; Expenses

 

Section 7.01  Indemnification .  The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, and the Board of Directors may authorize the purchase and maintenance of insurance or make other financial arrangements for the purpose of such indemnification, any person entitled to indemnification under Article XI(A) of the Articles of Incorporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in such manner, under such circumstances and to the fullest extent permitted by the Articles of Incorporation and the NRS.

 

Section 7.02  Payment of Expenses .  In addition to any other rights of indemnification permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada or as may be provided for by the Corporation in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by agreement, the expenses of any current and former directors and officers incurred in defending any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, involving alleged acts or omissions of such person in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, or while serving in any capacity at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent, member, manager, managing member, partner or fiduciary of, or in any other capacity for, another

 

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corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be paid by the Corporation or through insurance purchased and maintained by the Corporation or through other financial arrangements made by the Corporation, as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.  To the extent that any current or former director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any such action, suit or proceeding, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Corporation shall indemnify him or her against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense.

 

Section 7.03  Limitation on Liability .  The liability of directors and officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS.  If the NRS is amended to further eliminate or limit or authorize corporate action to further eliminate or limit the liability of directors or officers, the liability of directors and officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS, as so amended from time to time.

 

Section 7.04  Amendment Any amendment to or repeal of any provision or section of this ARTICLE VII shall be prospective only, and shall not apply to or have any effect on the right or protection of, or the liability or alleged liability of, any current or former director or officer of the Corporation existing prior to or at the time of such amendment or repeal. In the event of any conflict between any provision or section of this ARTICLE VII and any other article of the Bylaws, the terms and provisions of this ARTICLE VII shall control.

 

ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous

 

Section 8.01  Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record .

 

(a)  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 to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, 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, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action.

 

(b)  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.

 

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(2)  The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed.

 

(3)  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.

 

(c)  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 or to any postponement of any meeting of stockholders to a date not more than 60 days after the record date; provided that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting and must fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 60 days later than the date set forth for the original meeting.

 

Section 8.02  Periods of Time .  During any period of time prescribed by these Bylaws, the date from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included, and the last day of the period so computed shall be included.

 

Section 8.03  Voting Securities Held by the Corporation .  Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the President shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation (a) to attend, to act and to vote at any meeting of security holders or owners of other entities in which the Corporation may hold securities or ownership interests; (b) to execute any proxy for such meeting on behalf of the Corporation; or (c) to execute a written action in lieu of a meeting of such other entity on behalf of the Corporation.  At such meeting, by such proxy or by such writing in lieu of meeting, the President shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities or ownership interests that the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if it had been present.  The Board of Directors may, from time to time, confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

 

Section 8.04  Purchase and Sale of Securities .  Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the President shall have power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to purchase, sell, transfer or encumber any and all securities or ownership interests of any other entity owned by the Corporation and may execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary to effectuate such purchase, sale, transfer or encumbrance.  The Board of Directors may, from time to time, confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

 

ARTICLE IX
Amendments

 

These Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed by a vote of the majority of the total number of directors or of the stockholders at any meeting upon proper notice.

 

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ARTICLE X
Inapplicability of Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statutes

 

In accordance with the provisions of NRS 78.378, the provisions of NRS 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive, as amended from time to time, or any successor statutes, relating to acquisitions of controlling interests in the Corporation, shall not apply to the Corporation or to any acquisition of any shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.

 

ARTICLE XI
General

 

Section 11.01  Forum for Adjudication of Disputes .  To the fullest extent permitted by law, and unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada, shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, administrative or investigative (a) brought in the name or right of the Corporation or on its behalf, (b) asserting a claim for breach of any fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (c) arising or asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of NRS Chapters 78 or 92A or any provision of the Articles of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation, as such term is defined in the Articles of Incorporation) or these Bylaws, (d) to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the Articles of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation, as such term is defined in the Articles of Incorporation) or these Bylaws or (e) asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine; provided that such exclusive forum provisions will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, or to any claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction.  In the event that the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada does not have jurisdiction over any such action, suit or proceeding, then any other state district court located in the State of Nevada shall be the sole and exclusive forum therefor and in the event that no state district court in the State of Nevada has jurisdiction over any such action, suit or proceeding, then a federal court located within the State of Nevada shall be the sole and exclusive forum therefor.

 

Section 11.02  Deemed Notice and Consent .  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each and every natural person, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest (of any nature whatsoever) in any shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed, by reason of and from and after the time of such purchase or other acquisition, to have notice of and to have consented to all of the provisions of (a) these Bylaws (including ARTICLE XI), (b) the Articles of Incorporation and (c) any amendment to these Bylaws or the Articles of Incorporation enacted or adopted in accordance with these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation and applicable law.

 

Section 11.03  Severability .  If any provision or provisions of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision or provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of these Bylaws containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or

 

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unenforceable) and the application of such provision or provisions to other persons, entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
OPERATING AGREEMENT

 

OF

 

SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC
a Nevada limited liability company

 

Dated as of May 2, 2019

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.  SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

ARTICLE II

 

Organizational Matters

 

SECTION 2.01.

Formation of Company

12

SECTION 2.02.

Amended and Restated Operating Agreement

12

SECTION 2.03.

Name

12

SECTION 2.04.

Purpose

12

SECTION 2.05.

Principal Office; Registered Agent

12

SECTION 2.06.

Term

13

SECTION 2.07.

No State-Law Partnership

13

 

ARTICLE III

 

Members; Units; Capitalization

 

SECTION 3.01.

Members

13

SECTION 3.02.

Units

14

SECTION 3.03.

Recapitalization; The Corporation’s Common Unit Purchase

14

SECTION 3.04.

Authorization and Issuance of Additional Units

15

SECTION 3.05.

Repurchase or Redemption of Shares of Class A Common Stock

16

SECTION 3.06.

Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units

16

SECTION 3.07.

Negative Capital Accounts

17

SECTION 3.08.

No Withdrawal

17

SECTION 3.09.

Loans From Members

17

SECTION 3.10.

Corporation Stock Incentive Plans

17

SECTION 3.11.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Equity Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan

18

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Distributions

 

SECTION 4.01.

Distributions

19

SECTION 4.02.

Restricted Distributions

19

 

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ARTICLE V

 

Capital Accounts; Allocations; Tax Matters

 

SECTION 5.01.

Capital Accounts

20

SECTION 5.02.

Allocations

21

SECTION 5.03.

Regulatory Allocations

21

SECTION 5.04.

Final Allocations

22

SECTION 5.05.

Tax Allocations

22

SECTION 5.06.

Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member

23

SECTION 5.07.

Withholding

23

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Management

 

SECTION 6.01.

Authority of Manager

24

SECTION 6.02.

Actions of the Manager

24

SECTION 6.03.

Resignation; No Removal

24

SECTION 6.04.

Vacancies

25

SECTION 6.05.

Transactions Between Company and Manager

25

SECTION 6.06.

Reimbursement for Expenses

25

SECTION 6.07.

Delegation of Authority

26

SECTION 6.08.

Limitation of Liability of Manager and Officers

26

SECTION 6.09.

Indemnification

27

SECTION 6.10.

Investment Company Act

29

SECTION 6.11.

Outside Activities of the Manager

29

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Rights and Obligations of Members

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01.

Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members

29

SECTION 7.02.

Lack of Authority

30

SECTION 7.03.

No Right of Partition

30

SECTION 7.04.

Members Right to Act

30

SECTION 7.05.

Inspection Rights

31

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Books, Records, Accounting and Reports, Affirmative Covenants

 

 

 

SECTION 8.01.

Records and Accounting

31

SECTION 8.02.

Fiscal Year

32

SECTION 8.03.

Reports

32

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

Tax Matters

 

SECTION 9.01.

Preparation of Tax Returns

32

SECTION 9.02.

Tax Elections

32

SECTION 9.03.

Tax Controversies

33

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

 

Restrictions on Transfer of Units

 

 

 

SECTION 10.01.

Transfers by Members

33

SECTION 10.02.

Permitted Transfers

33

SECTION 10.03.

Restricted Units Legend

34

SECTION 10.04.

Transfer

34

SECTION 10.05.

Assignee’s Rights

35

SECTION 10.06.

Assignor’s Rights and Obligations

35

SECTION 10.07.

Overriding Provisions

36

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

 

Redemption and Exchange

 

 

 

SECTION 11.01.

Redemption Right of a Member

37

SECTION 11.02.

Election and Contribution of the Corporation

39

SECTION 11.03.

Exchange Right of the Corporation

40

SECTION 11.04.

Reservation of Shares of Class A Common Stock; Listing; Certificate of the Corporation

40

SECTION 11.05.

Effect of Exercise of Redemption or Exchange Right

41

SECTION 11.06.

Tax Treatment

41

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII

 

Admission of Members

 

 

 

SECTION 12.01.

Substituted Members

41

SECTION 12.02.

Additional Members

41

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

Withdrawal and Resignation

 

 

 

SECTION 13.01.

Withdrawal and Resignation of Members

42

 

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ARTICLE XIV

 

Dissolution and Liquidation

 

 

 

SECTION 14.01.

Dissolution

42

SECTION 14.02.

Liquidation and Termination

42

SECTION 14.03.

Deferment; Distribution in Kind

43

SECTION 14.04.

Articles of Dissolution

44

SECTION 14.05.

Reasonable Time for Winding Up

44

SECTION 14.06.

Return of Capital

44

 

 

 

ARTICLE XV

 

Valuation

 

 

 

SECTION 15.01.

Determination

44

SECTION 15.02.

Dispute Resolution

44

 

 

 

ARTICLE XVI

 

General Provisions

 

 

 

SECTION 16.01.

Power of Attorney

45

SECTION 16.02.

Confidentiality

45

SECTION 16.03.

Amendments

47

SECTION 16.04.

Title to Company Assets

47

SECTION 16.05.

Addresses and Notices

47

SECTION 16.06.

Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries

48

SECTION 16.07.

Creditors

48

SECTION 16.08.

Waiver

48

SECTION 16.09.

Counterparts

48

SECTION 16.10.

Applicable Law

48

SECTION 16.11.

Severability

48

SECTION 16.12.

Further Action

49

SECTION 16.13.

Delivery by Electronic Transmission

49

SECTION 16.14.

Right of Offset

49

SECTION 16.15.

Effectiveness

49

SECTION 16.16.

Entire Agreement

49

SECTION 16.17.

Remedies

49

SECTION 16.18.

Descriptive Headings; Interpretation

50

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit A

 

 

Form of Joinder Agreement

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED
OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC

 

This AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of May 2, 2019, is entered into by and among SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “ Company ”), and its Members (as defined herein).

 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed under the name “SG Nevada Holding Company, LLC” by the filing of the Articles (as defined herein) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada pursuant to the Act (as defined herein) on September 1, 2016;

 

WHEREAS, the Company changed its name to “SG Social Parent Company, LLC” on November 30, 2018 and subsequently changed its name to “SciPlay Parent Company, LLC” on March 4, 2019, in each case by the filing of a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada pursuant to the Act;

 

WHEREAS, on November 30, 2018, SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, which was previously named “SG Nevada Holding Company II, LLC” until November 30, 2018, and the sole member of the Company, contributed its member’s interest in the Company to SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SG Holding I ”), whereupon SG Holding I became the sole member of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, on March 7, 2019, SG Holding I contributed a 1% member’s interest in the Company to SG Social Holding Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SG Holding ” and, together with SG Holding I, the “ Original Members ”), whereupon SG Holding became a member of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, SciPlay Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “ Corporation ”), desires to effect an initial public offering of its Class A common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ” and, the initial public offering thereof, the “ IPO ”), and desires to use the net proceeds received from the IPO (the “ IPO Net Proceeds ”) to purchase Common Units (as defined herein) of the Company from the Company and from SG Holding I;

 

WHEREAS, following the IPO, the Original Members will be the holders of all shares of Class B common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Corporation (the “ Class B Common Stock ”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO, the Original Members, as all of the members of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined herein), desire to amend and restate the operating agreement of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time to be in the form of this Agreement as of the Effective Time to reflect (a) a recapitalization of the Company’s member’s interests (as set forth in Section 3.03 hereof) (the “ Recapitalization ”), (b) immediately following the purchase by the Corporation of Common Units using the IPO Net Proceeds, the addition of the Corporation as a Member (as defined herein) of the Company and its designation as sole Manager (as defined herein) and (c) the rights

 


 

and obligations of the Members of the Company that are enumerated and agreed upon in the terms of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Recapitalization and as of the Effective Time, the member’s interests held by the Original Members in the Company will be canceled and Common Units will be issued to the Original Members in exchange therefor as contemplated by this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, immediately following the consummation of the IPO, the Corporation will purchase (a) newly issued Common Units from the Company and (b) existing Common Units held by SG Holding I following the Recapitalization, in each case using the IPO Net Proceeds; and

 

WHEREAS, in the event the underwriters for the IPO exercise their 30-day over-allotment option to purchase additional shares of Class A Common Stock from the Corporation (the “ Over-Allotment Option ”), the Corporation will issue such additional shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with the IPO and use the resulting additional net proceeds received by the Corporation (the “ Over-Allotment Option Net Proceeds ”) to purchase existing Common Units held by SG Holding I.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Members, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this Agreement for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary.

 

Act ” means Chapter 86 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding provision or provisions of any succeeding or successor law of the State of Nevada.

 

Additional Member ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.02 .

 

Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means, with respect to the Capital Account of any Member as of the end of any Taxable Year, the amount by which the balance in such Capital Account is less than zero.  For this purpose, such Member’s Capital Account balance shall be:

 

(a)           reduced for any items described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704- 1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), and (6); and

 

(b)           increased for any amount such Member is obligated to contribute or is treated as being obligated to contribute to the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulation

 


 

Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (relating to partner liabilities to a partnership) or 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i) (relating to minimum gain).

 

Admission Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06 .

 

Affiliate ” (and, with a correlative meaning, “ Affiliated ”) means, with respect to a specified Person, each 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.  As used in this definition and the definition of Majority Member, “ control ” (including with correlative meanings, “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities or by contract or other agreement).

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Appraisers ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.02 .

 

Articles ” means the Articles of Organization of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada in accordance with the Act, as such Articles have been or may be amended from time to time in accordance with the Act.

 

Assignee ” means a Person to whom a Company Interest has been Transferred in accordance with this Agreement but who has not become a Member pursuant to Article XII .

 

Base Rate ” means, on any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks.

 

Black-Out Period ” means any “black-out” or similar period under the Corporation’s policies covering trading in the Corporation’s securities to which the applicable Redeeming Member is subject, which period restricts the ability of such Redeeming Member to immediately resell shares of Class A Common Stock to be delivered to such Redeeming Member in connection with a Share Settlement. For purposes of this definition, a Redeeming Member shall include any Member whose Redeemed Units are acquired by the Corporation in a Direct Exchange.

 

Book Value ” means, with respect to any Company property, the Company’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, adjusted from time to time to reflect the adjustments required or permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)-(g).

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banks located in New York City, New York or Las Vegas, Nevada generally are authorized or required by Law to close.

 

Capital Account ” means the capital account maintained for a Member in accordance with Section 5.01 .

 


 

Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of any cash, cash equivalents, promissory obligations or the Fair Market Value of other property that such Member contributes (or is deemed to contribute) to the Company pursuant to Article III hereof.

 

Cash Settlement ” means immediately available funds in U.S. dollars in an amount equal to the Redeemed Units Equivalent.

 

Change of Control Transaction ” means (a) a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets determined on a consolidated basis, (b) a sale of a majority of the Company’s outstanding Units (other than (i) to the Corporation or (ii) in connection with a Redemption or Exchange in accordance with Article XI ) or (c) a sale of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of any Material Subsidiary of the Company; in any such case, whether by merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, combination or otherwise; provided, however , that neither (w) a transaction solely between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, nor (x) a transaction solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of domicile of the Company, nor (y) a transaction solely for the purpose of changing the form of entity of the Company, nor (z) a sale of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, whether by merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, combination or otherwise, shall in each case of clauses (w), (x), (y) and (z) constitute a Change of Control Transaction.

 

Class A Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Class B Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Class B Subscription and IPO Common Unit Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Class B Subscription and Common Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Corporation, the Company, SG Holding and SG Holding I.

 

Code ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference herein to a specific section of the Code shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

 

Common Unit ” means a Unit representing a fractional part of the Company Interests of the Members and Assignees and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the Common Units in this Agreement.

 

Common Unit Redemption Price ” means the arithmetic average of the volume weighted average prices for a share of Class A Common Stock on the principal U.S. securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted, as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. or its successor, for each of the five (5) consecutive full Trading Days ending on and including the last full Trading Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date, subject to appropriate and equitable adjustment for any stock splits, reverse splits, stock dividends or similar events affecting the Class A Common Stock.  If the Class A Common Stock no longer trades on a securities exchange or automated or electronic

 


 

quotation system, then a majority of the Independent Directors shall determine the Common Unit Redemption Price in good faith.

 

Common Unitholder ” means a Member who is the registered holder of Common Units.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Company Interest ” means the interest of a Member or an Assignee in Profits, Losses and Distributions.

 

Contribution Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(b) .

 

Corporate Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

Corporate Incentive Award Plan ” means the SciPlay Corporation 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Corporation ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.

 

Corporation’s Assumed Tax Liability ” means, with respect to an applicable Taxable Year, (i) any U.S. federal, state and local and foreign tax obligations owed by the Corporation (other than any obligations to remit any amounts withheld from payments to third parties) and (ii) any obligations payable by the Corporation under the Tax Receivable Agreement (other than an Early Termination Payment and any Default Rate Interest (each, as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) attributable thereto).

 

Credit Agreement ” means that certain Credit Agreement, to be dated on or around the IPO Closing Date (as defined below), by and among SciPlay Holding Company, LLC, as borrower, the Company, as a guarantor, the other guarantors from time to time party thereto, the several lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders, including all exhibits, schedules and attachments thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and including any one or more refinancings or replacements thereof, in whole or in part, with any other debt facility or debt obligation.

 

Direct Exchange ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(a) .

 

Distributable Cash ” means, as of any relevant date on which a determination is being made by the Manager regarding a potential Distribution of cash pursuant to Section 4.01(a) , the amount of cash that could be distributed by the Company for such purposes in accordance with the Credit Agreement (and without otherwise violating any applicable provisions of the Credit Agreement).

 

Disregarded Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a) .

 


 

Distribution ” means each distribution made by the Company to a Member with respect to such Member’s Units, whether in cash, property or securities of the Company and whether by liquidating distribution or otherwise; provided, however , that none of the following shall be a Distribution: (a) any recapitalization that does not result in the distribution of cash or property to Members or any exchange of securities of the Company, and any dividend or subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit split or otherwise) of any outstanding Units or (b) any other payment made by the Company to a Member that is not properly treated as a “distribution” for purposes of Section 731, 732, or 733 or other applicable provisions of the Code.

 

Distribution Tax Rate ” shall mean the tax rate determined in the sole discretion of the Manager.

 

Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.15 .

 

Equity Plan ” means any option, stock, unit, stock unit, appreciation right, phantom equity or other equity or equity-based compensation plan, program, agreement or arrangement, in each case now or hereafter adopted by the Corporation, including the Corporate Incentive Award Plan.

 

Equity Securities ” means (a) Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (including other classes or series thereof having such relative rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be established by the Manager pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including rights, powers and/or duties senior to existing classes and series of Units and other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company), (b) other securities or interests (including evidences of indebtedness) convertible or exchangeable into Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (c) warrants, options or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Event of Withdrawal ” means the expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company.  “Event of Withdrawal” shall not include an event that (a) terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including (i) a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3, (ii) a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Section 336 or 338 of the Code or (iii) merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member) but that (b) does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Company Interests of such trust that is a Member).

 

Exchange Act ” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.  Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or regulation of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law.

 

Exchange Election Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(b) .

 


 

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset, its fair market value determined according to Article XV .

 

Fiscal Period ” means any interim accounting period within a Taxable Year established by the Company and which is permitted or required by Section 706 of the Code.

 

Fiscal Year ” means the Company’s annual accounting period established pursuant to Section 8.02 .

 

Governmental Entity ” means (a) the United States of America, (b) any other sovereign nation, (c) any state, province, district, territory or other political subdivision of (a) or (b) of this definition, including any county, municipal or other local subdivision of the foregoing, or (d) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government on behalf of (a), (b) or (c) of this definition.

 

Green Shoe Common Unit Purchase has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b) .

 

Indemnified Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.09(a) .

 

Independent Directors ” means the members of the Corporate Board who are “independent” under the standards of the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted.

 

Investment Company Act ” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

 

IPO ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

IPO Closing Date ” means the closing date of the IPO (which, for the avoidance of doubt, means the date on which all IPO Net Proceeds required to be delivered pursuant to an underwriting agreement in connection with the IPO have been delivered to the Corporation in respect of its sale of Class A Common Stock, excluding any Over-Allotment Option Net Proceeds which may be delivered at a subsequent date following exercise of the Over-Allotment Option).

 

IPO Common Unit Purchase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b) .

 

IPO Common Unit Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Common Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Corporation and the Company.

 

IPO Net Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Joinder ” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.

 


 

Law ” means all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the United States, any foreign country and each state, commonwealth, city, county, municipality, regulatory or self-regulatory body, agency or other political subdivision thereof.

 

Losses ” means items of Company loss or deduction determined according to Section 5.01(b) .

 

Majority Members ” means the Members (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include the entity that is also the Manager in its capacity as a Member) holding a majority of the Voting Units then outstanding; provided that, if as of any date of determination, a majority of the Voting Units are then held by the Member that is also the Manager or any of its controlled Affiliates, then “Majority Members” shall mean the Member that is also the Manager together with the other Members (other than the Member that is also the Manager and its controlled Affiliates) holding a majority of the Voting Units (excluding Voting Units held by the Member that is also the Manager and its controlled Affiliates) then outstanding.

 

Manager ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(a) .  Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference herein to the Manager shall be deemed a reference to the Manager in its capacity as such.

 

Material Subsidiary ” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that, as of any date of determination, represents more than (a) 50% of the consolidated net tangible assets of the Company or (b) 50% of the consolidated net income of the Company before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (calculated in a manner substantially consistent with the Corporation’s accounting practices utilized for financial reporting purposes with the SEC).

 

Member ” means, as of any date of determination, (a) each Person named on the Schedule of Members and (b) any Person admitted to the Company as a Substituted Member or Additional Member in accordance with Article XII , but in each case only so long as such Person is shown on the Company’s books and records, including the Schedule of Members, as the owner of one or more Units.

 

Minimum Gain ” means “partnership minimum gain” determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(d).

 

Net Loss ” means, with respect to a Fiscal Year or Fiscal Period, as the case may be, the excess, if any, of Losses for such Fiscal Year or Fiscal Period, as applicable, over Profits for such Fiscal Year or Fiscal Period, as applicable (excluding Profits and Losses specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.03 and Section 5.04 ).

 

Net Profit ” means, with respect to a Fiscal Year or Fiscal Period, as the case may be, the excess, if any, of Profits for such Fiscal Year of Fiscal Period, as applicable, over Losses for such Fiscal Year or Fiscal Period, as applicable (excluding Profits and Losses specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.03 and Section 5.04 ).

 

Officer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(b) .

 


 

Original Members ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Other Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04 .

 

Over-Allotment Option ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Over-Allotment Option Net Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Partnership Representative ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03 .

 

Percentage Interest ” means, as among an individual class or series of Units and with respect to a Member at a particular time, such Member’s percentage interest in the Company determined by dividing such Member’s Units of such class or series by the total Units of all Members of such class or series at such time.  The Percentage Interest of each Member shall be calculated to the fourth (4th) decimal place.

 

“Permitted Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02 .

 

Person ” means an individual or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, joint venture or any other organization or entity, whether or not a legal entity.

 

Pro rata ,” “ pro rata portion ,” “ according to their interests ,” “ ratably ,” “ proportionately ,” “ proportional ,” “ in proportion to ,” “ based on the number of Units held ,” “ based upon the percentage of Units held ,” “ based upon the number of Units outstanding ,” and other terms with similar meanings, when used in the context of a number of Units of the Company relative to other Units, means as amongst an individual class or series of Units, pro rata based upon the number of such Units within such class or series of Units.

 

Profits ” means items of Company income and gain determined according to Section 5.01(b) .

 

Recapitalization ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Redeemed Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .

 

Redeemed Units Equivalent ” means the product of (a) the Share Settlement and (b) the Common Unit Redemption Price.

 

Redeeming Member ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .

 

Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .

 

Redemption Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .

 

Redemption Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .

 


 

Redemption Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .

 

Registration Rights Agreement ” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Corporation, SG Holding I and SG Holding (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such Agreement).

 

Retraction Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(b) .

 

Schedule of Members ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c) .

 

Scientific Games ” means Scientific Games Corporation, a Nevada corporation, and its Affiliates, excluding, for purposes of this definition, the Corporation, the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries.

 

Scientific Games Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.09(d) .

 

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.

 

Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.  Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or regulation of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law.

 

SG Holding ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

SG Holding I ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Share Settlement ” means a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Redeemed Units.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors (or equivalent governing body) thereof 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, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the voting interests thereof are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.  For purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be given effect only at such times that the Company has one or more Subsidiaries, and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Substituted Member ” means a Person that is admitted as a Member to the Company pursuant to Section 12.01 .

 


 

Tax Distribution ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b) .

 

Tax Receivable Agreement ” means that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as the date hereof, by and among the Corporation, the Company, SG Holding I and SG Holding (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such agreement).

 

Taxable Year ” means the Company’s accounting period for U.S. federal income tax purposes determined pursuant to Section 9.02 .

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).

 

Transfer ” (and, with correlative meanings, “ Transferring ” and “ Transferred ”) means any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of (whether directly or indirectly, whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of Law) (a) any interest (legal or beneficial) in any Equity Securities or (b) any equity or other interest (legal or beneficial) in any Member if substantially all of the assets of such Member consist solely of Units.

 

Treasury Regulations ” means the final, temporary and (to the extent they can be relied upon) proposed regulations under the Code, as promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) and as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

 

UCC ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06(a) .

 

Unit ” means a Company Interest of a Member or an Assignee in the Company representing a fractional part of the Company Interests of all Members and Assignees as may be established by the Manager from time to time in accordance with Section 3.02 ; provided, however , that any class or series of Units issued shall have the relative rights, powers and duties set forth in this Agreement, and the Company Interest represented by such class or series of Units shall be determined in accordance with such relative rights, powers and duties.

 

Unitholder ” means a Common Unitholder and any Member who is the registered holder of any other class of Units, if any.

 

Unvested Corporate Shares ” means shares of restricted stock issued pursuant to an Equity Plan that are not vested pursuant to the terms thereof or any award or similar agreement relating thereto.

 

Vested Corporate Shares ” means the shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to an Equity Plan that are vested pursuant to the terms thereof or any award or similar agreement relating thereto.

 

Voting Units ” means (a) the Common Units and (b) any other Units other than Units that by their express terms do not entitle the record holder thereof to vote on any matter

 


 

presented to the Members generally under this Agreement for approval; provided that (i) no vote by Voting Units shall have the power to override any action taken by the Manager or to remove or replace the Manager, (ii) the Voting Units have no ability to take part in the conduct or control of the Company’s business and (iii) notwithstanding any vote by Voting Units hereunder, the Manager shall retain exclusive management power over the business and affairs of the Company in accordance with Section 6.01(a) .

 

ARTICLE II

 

Organizational Matters

 

SECTION 2.01.            Formation of Company.   The Company was formed on September 1, 2016 pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

 

SECTION 2.02.            Amended and Restated Operating Agreement.   The Members hereby execute this Agreement for the purpose of establishing the affairs of the Company and the conduct of its business in accordance with the provisions of the Act.  The Members hereby agree that during the term of the Company set forth in Section 2.06 the rights and obligations of the Members with respect to the Company will be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Articles and the Act.  On any matter upon which this Agreement is silent, the Act shall control.  No provision of this Agreement shall be in violation of the Act and to the extent any provision of this Agreement is in violation of the Act, such provision shall be void and of no effect to the extent of such violation without affecting the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement; provided, however , that where the Act provides that a provision of the Act shall apply “unless otherwise provided in the operating agreement” or words of similar effect, the provisions of this Agreement shall in each instance control.

 

SECTION 2.03.            Name.   The name of the Company shall be “SciPlay Parent Company, LLC”. The Manager in its sole discretion may change the name of the Company at any time and from time to time.  Notification of any such change shall be given to all of the Members and, to the extent practicable, to all of the holders of any Equity Securities then outstanding.  The Company’s business may be conducted under its name and/or any other name or names deemed advisable by the Manager.

 

SECTION 2.04.            Purpose.   The primary business and purpose of the Company shall be to engage in such activities as are permitted under the Act and determined from time to time by the Manager in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.05.            Principal Office; Registered Agent.   The principal office of the Company shall be at 6601 Bermuda Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, or such other place as the Manager may from time to time designate.  The registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Nevada, and the address of such agent, shall be c/o CSC Services of Nevada, Inc., 2215-B Renaissance Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89119.  The Manager may from time to time change the Company’s registered agent in the State of Nevada.

 


 

SECTION 2.06.            Term.   The term of the Company commenced upon the filing of the Articles in accordance with the Act and shall continue in existence until termination and dissolution of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV .

 

SECTION 2.07.            No State-Law Partnership.   The Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as set forth in the last sentence of this Section 2.07 , and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the Company or any Member relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest otherwise.  The Members intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and, if applicable, state or local income tax purposes.  Each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such tax treatment.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Members; Units; Capitalization

 

SECTION 3.01.            Members.   (a)  Immediately following the consummation of the IPO and concurrently with the IPO Common Unit Purchase, the Corporation shall be automatically admitted to the Company as a Member.

 

(b)           Each Original Member previously was admitted as a Member and shall remain a Member of the Company upon the Effective Time.

 

(c)           The Company shall maintain a schedule setting forth: (i) the name and address of each Member; (ii) the aggregate number of outstanding Units and the number and class or series of Units held by each Member; (iii) the aggregate amount of cash Capital Contributions that has been made by the Members with respect to their Units; and (iv) the Fair Market Value of any property other than cash contributed by the Members with respect to their Units (including, if applicable, a description and the amount of any liability assumed by the Company or to which contributed property is subject) (such schedule, the “ Schedule of Members ”).  Upon any change in the number or ownership of outstanding Units (whether upon an issuance of Units, a Transfer of Units, a redemption or an exchange of Units or otherwise), the Company shall amend and update the Schedule of Members.  The Schedule of Members shall be the definitive record of ownership of each Unit of the Company and all relevant information with respect to each Member.  Any reference in this Agreement to the Schedule of Members shall be deemed a reference to the Schedule of Members as amended and as in effect from time to time.  The Company shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person registered on the Schedule of Members as the owner of Units for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in Units on the part of any other Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the Act.

 

(d)           No Member shall be required or, except as approved by the Manager pursuant to Section 6.01 and in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement,

 


 

permitted to loan any money or property to the Company or borrow any money or property from the Company.

 

SECTION 3.02.            Units.   Interests in the Company shall be represented by Units, or such other securities of the Company, in each case as the Manager may establish in its discretion in accordance with the terms and subject to the restrictions hereof.  As of the Effective Time, the Units will be comprised of a single class of Common Units (with an aggregate of 124,272,340 Common Units being authorized for issuance by the Company).  To the extent required pursuant to Section 3.04(a) , the Manager may create one or more classes or series of Common Units or preferred Units solely to the extent they are in the aggregate substantially equivalent to a class of common stock of the Corporation or class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation; provided that as long as there are any Members of the Company (other than the Corporation), then no such new class or series of Units may deprive such Members of, or dilute or reduce, the pro rata share of all Company Interests they would have received or to which they would have been entitled if such new class or series of Units had not been created except to the extent (and solely to the extent) the Company actually receives cash in an aggregate amount, or other property with a Fair Market Value in an aggregate amount, equal to the pro rata share of Company Interests allocated to such new class or series of Units and the number thereof issued by the Company.

 

SECTION 3.03.            Recapitalization; The Corporation’s Common Unit Purchase.   (a)  Recapitalization .  In connection with the Recapitalization, at the Effective Time, all member’s interests issued and outstanding and held by the Original Members prior to the execution and effectiveness of this Agreement are hereby canceled and (i) 123,008,340 Common Units are hereby issued to SG Holding I and outstanding as of the Effective Time and (ii) 1,264,000 Common Units are hereby issued to SG Holding and outstanding as of the Effective Time.

 

(b)           The Corporation’s Common Unit Purchase .  Following the Recapitalization, immediately following the consummation of the IPO, the Corporation will (i) purchase 20,005,319 Common Units from SG Holding I at a purchase price per Common Unit equal to the offering price per share of Class A Common Stock in the IPO, less any applicable Discount (as defined in Section 6.06), pursuant to the Class B Subscription and IPO Common Unit Purchase Agreement and (ii) contribute the IPO Net Proceeds (less any portion of the IPO Net Proceeds used to purchase Common Units from SG Holding I pursuant to clause (i) above) to the Company in exchange for 1,994,681 newly issued Common Units pursuant to the IPO Common Unit Purchase Agreement (such purchases from SG Holding I and the Company, together, the “ IPO Common Unit Purchase ”).  The IPO Common Unit Purchase shall be reflected on the Schedule of Members.  In addition, to the extent the underwriters in the IPO exercise the Over-Allotment Option in whole or in part, upon the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, the Corporation will purchase a number of Common Units from the SG Holding I equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, at a purchase price per Common Unit equal to the offering price per share of Class A Common Stock in the IPO, less any applicable Discount, pursuant to the Class B Subscription and IPO Common Unit Purchase Agreement (such purchase from SG Holding I, the “ Green Shoe Common Unit Purchase ”).  The Green Shoe Common Unit Purchase shall be reflected on the Schedule of Members.  For the avoidance of doubt, the

 


 

Corporation shall be admitted as a Member with respect to all Common Units it holds from time to time.  The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the IPO Common Unit Purchase will result in a “reevaluation of partnership property” and corresponding adjustments to Capital Account balances as described in Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) of the Treasury Regulations.  Immediately following the consummation of the IPO Common Unit Purchase and, if the Over-Allotment Option is exercised, the Green Shoe Common Unit Purchase, pursuant to the Class B Subscription and IPO Common Unit Purchase Agreement, the Corporation will issue to each of SG Holding I and SG Holding (for nominal consideration) a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to the number of Common Units held by such Person.

 

SECTION 3.04.            Authorization and Issuance of Additional Units.   (a)  The Company shall undertake all actions requested or directed by the Manager, including, without limitation, a reclassification, distribution, division, combination or recapitalization, with respect to the Common Units, to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining such one-to-one ratio, (i) Unvested Corporate Shares, (ii) treasury shares or (iii) preferred stock or other debt or equity securities (including warrants, options or rights) issued by the Corporation that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (except to the extent the net proceeds from such other securities, including any exercise or purchase price payable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof, have been contributed by the Corporation to the equity capital of the Company) (clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), collectively, the “ Disregarded Shares ”).  In the event the Corporation issues shares of Class A Common Stock, transfers or delivers from treasury shares of Class A Common Stock or repurchases or redeems shares of Class A Common Stock in a transaction not contemplated by this Agreement, the Manager shall take all actions such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, deliveries, repurchases or redemptions, the number of outstanding Common Units owned by the Corporation will equal on a one-for-one basis the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining such one-to-one ratio, the Disregarded Shares.  In the event the Corporation issues preferred stock, transfers or delivers from treasury preferred stock or repurchases or redeems the Corporation’s preferred stock in a transaction not contemplated by this Agreement, the Manager shall have the authority to take all actions such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, deliveries, repurchases or redemptions, the Corporation holds (in the case of any issuance, transfer or delivery) or ceases to hold (in the case of any repurchase or redemption) Units in the Company which (in the good faith determination by the Manager) are in the aggregate substantially equivalent in all respects to the outstanding preferred stock of the Corporation so issued, transferred, delivered, repurchased or redeemed.  The Company shall not undertake any subdivision (by any Common Unit split, Common Unit distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) or combination (by reverse Common Unit split, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) of the Common Units that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination of Class A Common Stock to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining such one-to-one ratio, the Disregarded Shares, unless such action is necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining such one-to-one ratio, the Disregarded Shares.

 


 

(b)           The Company shall only be permitted to issue additional Units or other Equity Securities in the Company to the Persons and on the terms and conditions provided for in Section 3.02 , this Section 3.04 , Section 3.10 and Section 3.11 .  Subject to the foregoing, the Manager may cause the Company to issue additional Common Units authorized under this Agreement at such times and upon such terms as the Manager shall determine and the Manager shall amend this Agreement as necessary in connection with the issuance of additional Common Units and admission of additional Members under this Section 3.04 without the requirement of any consent or acknowledgement of any other Member.

 

SECTION 3.05.            Repurchase or Redemption of Shares of Class A Common Stock.   If, at any time, any shares of Class A Common Stock are repurchased or redeemed (whether by exercise of a put or call, automatically or by means of another arrangement) by the Corporation for cash, then the Manager shall cause the Company, immediately prior to such repurchase or redemption of Class A Common Stock, to redeem a corresponding number of Common Units held by the Corporation, at an aggregate redemption price equal to the aggregate purchase or redemption price of the shares of Class A Common Stock being repurchased or redeemed by the Corporation (plus any expenses related thereto) and upon such other terms as are the same for the shares of Class A Common Stock being repurchased or redeemed by the Corporation.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any repurchase or redemption if such repurchase or redemption would violate any applicable Law.

 

SECTION 3.06.            Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units.   (a)  Units shall not be certificated unless otherwise determined by the Manager.  If the Manager determines that one or more Units shall be certificated, each such certificate shall be signed by or in the name of the Company, by the Chief Executive Officer or any other officer designated by the Manager, representing the number of Units held by such holder.  Such certificate shall be in such form (and shall contain such legends) as the Manager may determine.  Any or all of such signatures on any certificate representing one or more Units may be a facsimile, engraved or printed, to the extent permitted by applicable Law.  The Manager agrees that it shall not elect to treat any Unit as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (the “ UCC ”) of any applicable jurisdiction unless thereafter all Units then outstanding are represented by one or more certificates.

 

(b)           If Units are certificated, the Manager may elect to treat each Unit as a “security” within the meaning of, and governed by, Article 8 of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction, including the UCC of the State of Nevada, by affixing the following legend to each such certificate:

 

“This certificate evidences Units in SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, and shall constitute a “security” within the meaning of, and governed by, Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of Nevada (including Nevada Revised Statutes 104.8102(1)(n)), or Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction.”

 


 

(c)           In such event, such legend and this Section 3.06(b) shall constitute an express provision that the Units are a security governed by Article 8 of the UCC of the State of Nevada within the meaning of Section 104.8103(3) of the UCC of the State of Nevada (or other corresponding provision of the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction), solely for the purposes of establishing the applicability thereto of the provisions of Article 8 of the UCC governing securities.  The Units shall not be considered a “security” for any other purpose unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

(d)           If Units are certificated, the Manager may direct that a new certificate representing one or more Units be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon delivery to the Manager of an affidavit of the owner or owners of such certificate, setting forth such allegation.  The Manager may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Company 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 any such new certificate.

 

(e)           Upon surrender to the Company or the transfer agent of the Company, if any, of a certificate for one or more Units, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, in compliance with the provisions hereof, the Company shall issue a new certificate representing one or more Units to the Person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.  Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Manager may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate relating to the issue, Transfer and registration of Units.

 

SECTION 3.07.            Negative Capital Accounts.   No Member shall be required to pay to any other Member or the Company any deficit or negative balance which may exist from time to time in such Member’s Capital Account (including upon and after dissolution of the Company).

 

SECTION 3.08.            No Withdrawal.   No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any part of such Person’s Capital Contribution or Capital Account or to receive any Distribution from the Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

SECTION 3.09.            Loans From Members.   Loans by Members to the Company shall not be considered Capital Contributions.  Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01(d) , the amount of any such advances shall be a debt of the Company to such Member and shall be payable or collectible in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such advances are made.

 

SECTION 3.10.            Corporation Stock Incentive Plans.   (a) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the Corporation from adopting, implementing, modifying or terminating any Equity Plan or from issuing Vested Corporate Shares or Unvested Corporate Shares.  The Corporation may implement any Equity Plans and any actions taken under such Equity Plans (such as the grant or exercise of options to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock or the issuance of Unvested Corporate Shares), in a manner determined by the Corporation, in accordance with this Section 3.10 , which shall be amended at

 


 

the Corporation’s request from time to time.  The Members acknowledge and agree that, in the event that an Equity Plan is adopted, implemented, modified or terminated by the Corporation in a manner that is not in accordance with this Section 3.10 , amendments to this Section 3.10 may become necessary or advisable, and that any approval or consent to any such amendments requested by the Corporation shall be deemed granted by the Manager without the requirement of any further consent or acknowledgment of any Member, and any such amendments to this Section 3.10 shall be deemed in effect from such date.  In the event of any adoption, implementation, modification or termination of an Equity Plan in a manner that is not in accordance with this Section 3.10 , the Company shall provide written notice thereof to the Members.  The Company is expressly authorized to issue Units in an amount equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to any such Equity Plan, without further act, approval or vote of any Member or any other Persons.

 

(b)           For accounting and tax purposes, the Company shall take the following actions in connection with equity-based awards granted pursuant to an Equity Plan:

 

(i)            in the event that the Corporation incurs any compensation expense in connection with any such award granted to an individual employed by, or engaged to provide services to, the Corporation as consideration for such employment or services, then the Company shall, without duplication of any reimbursement made pursuant to Section 6.06, reimburse or be deemed to reimburse the Corporation for a portion of the compensation expense equal to the amount includible in the taxable income of such individual; and

 

(ii)           at the time any Common Units are issued in accordance with Section 3.04 in connection with any such award granted to an individual who is employed by, or engaged to provide services to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as consideration for such employment or services, then the Company or its applicable Subsidiary shall be deemed to (A) purchase a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Common Units issued from the Corporation for their Fair Market Value and (B) transfer the shares of Class A Common Stock includible in such individual’s taxable income to such individual as compensation.

 

(c)           At the time any Common Units are issued in accordance with Section 3.04 in connection with equity-based awards granted pursuant to an Equity Plan, the Corporation shall be deemed to make a Capital Contribution in exchange for such Common Units in an amount equal to (i) the number of Common Units issued multiplied by (ii) the Fair Market Value of a share of Class A Common Stock on the date upon which the event triggering the issuance of such Common Units occurred; provided that, where applicable, the Company shall be deemed to have contributed such amount to the capital of the Subsidiary that is the recipient of the award holder’s employment or services.

 

SECTION 3.11.            Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Equity Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan.   Except as may otherwise be provided in this Article III , all amounts received or deemed received by the Corporation in respect of any dividend reinvestment plan, cash option purchase plan, Equity Plan, stock incentive or other stock or subscription plan or agreement (other than any amounts received in order to satisfy any

 


 

tax obligations), either (a) shall be utilized by the Corporation to effect open market purchases of shares of Class A Common Stock, or (b) if the Corporation elects instead to issue new shares of Class A Common Stock with respect to such amounts, shall be contributed by the Corporation to the Company in exchange for additional Common Units.  Upon such contribution, the Company will issue to the Corporation a number of Common Units equal to the number of new shares of Class A Common Stock so issued.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Distributions

 

SECTION 4.01.            Distributions.   (a)  Distributable Cash; Other Distributions .  To the extent permitted by applicable Law and this Agreement, Distributions to Members may be declared by the Manager out of Distributable Cash or other funds or property legally available therefor in such amounts and on such terms (including the payment dates of such Distributions) as the Manager shall determine using such record date as the Manager may designate.  Such Distributions shall be made to the Members as of the close of business on such record date on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Member’s Percentage Interest as of the close of business on such record date; provided, however , that the Manager shall have the obligation to make Distributions as set forth in Sections 4.01(b)  and 14.02 ; and, provided further, that, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no Distribution shall be made to any Member to the extent such Distribution would render the Company insolvent.  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, “insolvent” means the inability of the Company to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business.  Promptly following the designation of a record date and the declaration of a Distribution pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) , the Manager shall give notice to each Member of the record date, the amount and the terms of the Distribution and the payment date thereof.  In furtherance of the foregoing, it is intended that the Manager shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and this Agreement, have the right in its sole discretion to make Distributions to the Members pursuant to this Section 4.01(a)  in such amounts as shall enable the Corporation to pay dividends or to meet its obligations, including its obligations pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement (to the extent such obligations are not otherwise able to be satisfied as a result of Tax Distributions made pursuant to Section 4.01(b) ).

 

(b)           Tax Distributions .  On or about each date that is five (5) Business Days prior to each due date for the U.S. federal income tax return of the Corporation for a Taxable Year, as determined without regard to extensions, the Company shall be required to make a Distribution out of Distributable Cash or other funds or property legally available therefor (a “ Tax Distribution ”) to the Members on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Member’s Percentage Interest equal to an amount sufficient to cause the Corporation to receive a Distribution equal to (i) the amount of the Corporation’s Assumed Tax Liability for such Taxable Year, minus (ii) the amount of all Distributions previously made to the Corporation pursuant to Section 4.01(a)  during such Taxable Year or pursuant to this Section 4.01(b)  with respect to such Taxable Year.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager may, in its discretion, make payments in respect of Tax Distributions on a quarterly basis.

 

SECTION 4.02.            Restricted Distributions.   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any Distribution to any

 


 

Member on account of any Company Interest if such Distribution would violate any applicable Law or the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Capital Accounts; Allocations; Tax Matters

 

SECTION 5.01.            Capital Accounts.   (a)  The Company shall maintain a separate Capital Account for each Member according to the rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv).  For this purpose, the Company may (in the discretion of the Manager), upon the occurrence of the events specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), increase or decrease the Capital Accounts in accordance with the rules of such Treasury Regulation and Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) to reflect a revaluation of Company property.

 

(b)           For purposes of computing the amount of any item of Company income, gain, loss or deduction to be allocated pursuant to this Article V and to be reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Members, the determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes (including any method of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for this purpose); provided, however , that:

 

(i)            The computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall include those items described in Section 705(a)(l)(B) or 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), without regard to the fact that such items are not includible in gross income or are not deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(ii)           If the Book Value of any Company property is adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) or (f), the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such property.

 

(iii)          Items of income, gain, loss or deduction attributable to the disposition of Company property having a Book Value that differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Book Value of such property.

 

(iv)          Items of depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions with respect to Company property having a Book Value that differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the property’s Book Value in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g).

 

(v)           To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Section 732(d), 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis).

 


 

SECTION 5.02.            Allocations.   Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.03 and Section 5.04 , Net Profits and Net Losses for any Fiscal Year or Fiscal Period shall be allocated to the Members pro rata in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.

 

SECTION 5.03.            Regulatory Allocations.   (a)  Losses attributable to partner nonrecourse debt (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4)) shall be allocated in the manner required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i).  If there is a net decrease during a Taxable Year in partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(3)), Profits for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) shall be allocated to the Members in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4).

 

(b)           Nonrecourse deductions (as determined according to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(1)) for any Taxable Year shall be allocated pro rata among the Members in accordance with their Percentage Interests.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.03(a) , if there is a net decrease in the Minimum Gain during any Taxable Year, each Member shall be allocated Profits for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f).  This Section 5.03(b)  is intended to be a minimum gain chargeback provision that complies with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.

 

(c)           If any Member that unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or Distribution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as of the end of any Taxable Year, computed after the application of Sections 5.03(a)  and 5.03(b)  but before the application of any other provision of this Article V , then Profits for such Taxable Year shall be allocated to such Member in proportion to, and to the extent of, such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit.  This Section 5.03(c)  is intended to be a qualified income offset provision as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.

 

(d)           If the allocation of Net Losses to a Member as provided in Section 5.02 would create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, there shall be allocated to such Member only that amount of Losses as will not create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit.  The Net Losses that would, absent the application of the preceding sentence, otherwise be allocated to such Member shall be allocated to the other Members in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests, subject to this Section 5.03(d) .

 

(e)           Profits and Losses described in Section 5.01(b)(v)  shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the manner that the adjustments to the Capital Accounts are required to be made pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(j), (k) and (m).

 

(f)            The allocations set forth in Section 5.03(a)  through and including Section 5.03(e)  (the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 of the Treasury Regulations.  The Regulatory Allocations may not be consistent with the manner in which the Members intend to allocate Profit and Loss of the Company or for the Company to make Distributions.  Accordingly, notwithstanding the other

 


 

provisions of this Article V , but subject to the Regulatory Allocations, income, gain, deduction and loss shall be reallocated among the Members so as to eliminate the effect of the Regulatory Allocations and thereby cause the respective Capital Accounts of the Members to equal the amounts (or as close thereto as possible) they would have equaled if Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) had been allocated without reference to the Regulatory Allocations.  In general, the Members anticipate that this will be accomplished by specially allocating other Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) among the Members so that the net amount of the Regulatory Allocations and such special allocations to each such Member is zero.  In addition, if in any Fiscal Year or Fiscal Period there is a decrease in Minimum Gain, or in partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain, and application of the minimum gain chargeback requirements set forth in Section 5.03(a)  or Section 5.03(b)  would cause a distortion in the economic arrangement among the Members, the Members may, if they do not expect that the Company will have sufficient other income to correct such distortion, request the Internal Revenue Service to waive either or both of such minimum gain chargeback requirements.  If such request is granted, this Agreement shall be applied in such instance as if it did not contain such minimum gain chargeback requirement.

 

SECTION 5.04.            Final Allocations.   Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement except Section 5.03 , the Manager shall make appropriate adjustments to allocations of Profits and Losses to (or, if necessary, allocate items of gross income, gain, loss or deduction of the Company among) the Members upon the liquidation of the Company (within the meaning of Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) of the Treasury Regulations), the transfer of substantially all the Units (whether by sale or exchange or merger) or sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, such that, to the maximum extent possible, the Capital Accounts of the Members are proportionate to their Percentage Interests.  In each case, such adjustments or allocations shall occur, to the maximum extent possible, in the Fiscal Year of the event requiring such adjustments or allocations.

 

SECTION 5.05.            Tax Allocations.   (a)  The income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the Company will be allocated, for U.S. federal and state and local income tax purposes, among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses, deductions and credits among the Members for computing their Capital Accounts; provided that if any such allocation is not permitted by the Code or other applicable Law, the Company’s subsequent income, gains, losses, deductions and credits will be allocated among the Members so as to reflect as nearly as possible the allocation set forth herein in computing their Capital Accounts.

 

(b)           Items of Company taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes and its Book Value using the traditional method, as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(b).

 

(c)           If the Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.01(b) , subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for U.S.

 


 

federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in the same manner as under Section 704(c) of the Code using the traditional method, as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(b).

 

(d)           Allocations of tax credits, tax credit recapture and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the Members pro rata or as determined by the Manager taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).

 

(e)           For purposes of determining a Member’s pro rata share of the Company’s “excess nonrecourse liabilities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each Member’s interest in income and gain shall be in proportion to the Units held by such Member.

 

(f)            Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.05 are solely for purposes of U.S. federal and state and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, Distributions or other Company items pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.06.            Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member.   Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company is obligated to pay any amount to a Governmental Entity (or otherwise makes a payment to a Governmental Entity) that is specifically attributable to a Member or a Member’s status as such (including U.S. federal withholding or other taxes, state personal property taxes and state unincorporated business taxes), then such Member shall indemnify the Company in full for the entire amount paid (including interest, penalties and related expenses).  The Manager may offset Distributions to which a Member is otherwise entitled under this Agreement against such Member’s obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 5.06 .  A Member’s obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 5.06 shall survive the Transfer of any Company Interests and the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company, and for purposes of this Section 5.06 , the Company shall be treated as continuing in existence.  The Company may pursue and enforce all rights and remedies it may have against each Member under this Section 5.06 , including instituting a lawsuit to collect such indemnification with interest calculated at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus 300 basis points (but not in excess of the highest rate per annum permitted by Law).

 

SECTION 5.07.            Withholding.   Each Member hereby agrees to furnish to the Company such information and forms as required or reasonably requested in order to comply with any Laws governing taxes, including withholding of tax or in order to claim any reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding to which the Member is legally entitled.  The Company may withhold any amount that it determines is required to be withheld from any amount otherwise payable to any Member hereunder, and any such withheld amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Member for purposes of this Agreement.

 


 

ARTICLE VI

 

Management

 

SECTION 6.01.            Authority of Manager.   (a)  Except for situations in which the approval of any Member(s) is specifically required by the Act or this Agreement, (i) all management powers over the business and affairs of the Company shall be exclusively vested in the Corporation, as the sole manager of the Company (the Corporation, in such capacity, the “ Manager ”), and (ii) the Manager shall conduct, direct and exercise full control over all activities of the Company.  The Manager shall be the “manager” of the Company for the purposes of the Act.  Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of all such powers and rights conferred by the Act with respect to the management and control of the Company.  Any vacancies in the position of Manager shall be filled in accordance with Section 6.04 .

 

(b)           The day-to-day business and operations of the Company shall be overseen and implemented by officers of the Company (each, an “ Officer ” and collectively, the “ Officers ”), subject to any limitations imposed by the Manager.  An Officer may, but need not, be a Member.  Each Officer shall be appointed by the Manager and shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly designated and qualified or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.  Any one Person may hold more than one office.  Subject to the other provisions in this Agreement (including in Section 6.07 below), the salaries or other compensation, if any, of the Officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager.  The authority and responsibility of the Officers shall include, but not be limited to, such duties as the Manager may, from time to time, delegate to them and the carrying out of the Company’s business and affairs on a day-to-day basis.  Immediately following the consummation of the IPO, the Manager hereby removes the existing Officer as of such time from his offices and hereby appoints Joshua J. Wilson Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Michael D. Cody Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  All Officers shall be, and shall be deemed to be, officers and employees of the Company.  An Officer may also fill and perform one or more roles as an officer of the Manager.

 

(c)           The Manager shall have the power and authority to effectuate the sale, lease, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Company) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Company with or into another entity.

 

SECTION 6.02.            Actions of the Manager.   The Manager may authorize any Officer or other Person or Persons to act on behalf of the Company pursuant to Section 6.07 .

 

SECTION 6.03.            Resignation; No Removal.   The Manager may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Members.  Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Members, and the acceptance of the

 


 

resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.  The Members have no right under this Agreement to remove or replace the Manager.

 

SECTION 6.04.            Vacancies.   Vacancies in the position of Manager occurring for any reason shall be filled by the Corporation (or, if the Corporation has ceased to exist without any successor or assign, then by the holders of a majority in interest of the voting capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such cessation).  The Members have no right under this Agreement to fill any vacancy in the position of Manager.

 

SECTION 6.05.            Transactions Between Company and Manager.   The Manager may cause the Company to contract and deal with the Manager, or any Affiliate of the Manager, provided such contracts and dealings are on terms comparable to those available to the Company from others dealing with the Company at arm’s length or are approved by the Members and otherwise are permitted by the Credit Agreement.  The Members hereby approve the Class B Subscription and IPO Common Unit Purchase Agreement and the IPO Common Unit Purchase Agreement in the forms heretofore provided to each such Member, together with such modifications, revisions or amendments as the Manager may approve in its discretion.

 

SECTION 6.06.            Reimbursement for Expenses.   The Manager shall not be compensated for its services as Manager of the Company except as expressly provided in this Agreement.  The Members acknowledge and agree that, upon the consummation of the IPO, the Class A Common Stock will be publicly traded and therefore the Manager, in its capacity as the Corporation, will have access to the public capital markets and that such status and the services performed by the Manager will inure to the benefit of the Company and all Members; therefore, the Manager shall be reimbursed by the Company for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, including all fees, expenses and costs associated with the IPO and all fees, expenses and costs of being a public company (including expenses incurred in connection with public reporting obligations, proxy statements, stockholder meetings, stock exchange fees, transfer agent fees, SEC and FINRA filing fees and offering expenses) and maintaining its corporate existence.  In the event that shares of Class A Common Stock are sold to underwriters in the IPO (or in any subsequent public offering) at a price per share that is lower than the price per share for which such shares of Class A Common Stock are sold to the public in the IPO (or in such subsequent public offering, as applicable) after taking into account underwriters’ discounts or commissions and brokers’ fees or commissions (such difference, the “ Discount ”), (i) the Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed to the Company in exchange for Common Units the full amount for which such shares of Class A Common Stock were sold to the public in the IPO (or in such subsequent public offering, as applicable) and (ii) the Company shall be deemed to have paid the Discount as an expense.  To the extent practicable, expenses incurred by the Manager on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company shall be billed directly to and paid by the Company and, if and to the extent any reimbursements to the Manager or any of its Affiliates by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.06 constitute gross income to such Person (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by such Person on behalf of the Company), such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code and shall not be treated as Distributions for purposes of computing the Members’ Capital Accounts.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not bear any income tax obligations of the Manager or any payments made pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 


 

SECTION 6.07.            Delegation of Authority.   The Manager (a) may, from time to time, delegate to one or more Officers or other Persons such authority and duties as the Manager may deem advisable and (b) may assign titles (including “chief executive officer”, “president”, “chief financial officer”, “chief operating officer”, “vice president”, “secretary”, “assistant secretary”, “treasurer” or “assistant treasurer”) to such Officers or Persons as the Manager may deem advisable.  Any number of titles may be held by the same individual.  The salaries or other compensation, if any, of such Officers or agents of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager, subject to the other provisions in this Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.08.            Limitation of Liability of Manager and Officers.
  (a)  Except as otherwise provided herein or in an agreement entered into by such Person and the Company, neither the Manager nor any Officer shall be liable to the Company, to any Member or to their respective Affiliates for any act or omission performed or omitted by the Manager or such Officer, in such Person’s capacity as the Manager or an Officer, as applicable, in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed by such Person to be within the scope of authority conferred to such Person by this Agreement or by the Manager or other authorized Person; provided, however , that, except as otherwise provided herein, such limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent the act or omission constituted a breach of such Person’s duties, if any, as the Manager or an Officer, as applicable, and such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of Law, and was material to the cause of action, in each case as determined by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, in each case, that is not appealable or with respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has been perfected.  The Manager and each Officer may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties, if any, imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its respective agents, and shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent (so long as such agent was selected in good faith and with reasonable care).  The Manager and each Officer shall be entitled to rely in good faith on the provisions of this Agreement and on information, opinions, reports or statements (including financial statements and information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value or amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of the Company or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to Members might properly be paid) of the following other Persons or groups: one or more Officers or employees of the Company or the Manager; any attorney, independent accountant, appraiser or other expert or professional employed or engaged by or on behalf of the Company; or any other Person who has been selected in good faith and with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Company, in each case as to matters which the Manager or Officer reasonably believes to be within such other Person’s competence, and any act of or failure to act by the Manager or such Officer in good faith reliance on such advice shall in no event subject the Manager or such Officer to liability to the Company or any Member.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that, at law or in equity, the Manager (or any Affiliate of the Manager or any manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of the Manager or of any Affiliate of the Manager) or any Officer has duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, to the Manager (in the case of any Officer), to a Member, to any Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest or to any other Person bound by this Agreement, all such duties (including fiduciary duties) are hereby eliminated, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and replaced with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any.  Such elimination of

 


 

duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, the Manager (in the case of any Officer), each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest and each other Person bound by this Agreement and replacement thereof with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any, are approved by the Company, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest after the date hereof and each other Person bound by this Agreement.

 

(c)           Whenever this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein provides that the Manager shall act in a manner which is, or provide terms which are, “fair and reasonable” to the Company or any Member that is not the Manager, the Manager shall determine such appropriate action or provide such terms considering, in each case, the relative interests of each party to such agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable United States generally accepted accounting practices or principles.

 

(d)           Whenever in this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein, the Manager is permitted or required to take any action or to make a decision in its “sole discretion” or “discretion,” with “complete discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Manager shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it desires, including the interests of the Corporation, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company or other Members.

 

(e)           Whenever in this Agreement the Manager is permitted or required to take any action or to make a decision in its “good faith” or under another express standard, the Manager shall act under such express standard and, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or by applicable law, and, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, so long as the Manager acts in good faith or under such other express standard, as applicable, the resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided by the Manager shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or impose liability upon the Manager or any of the Manager’s Affiliates or any other Person.

 

SECTION 6.09.            Indemnification.   (a) Subject to Section 5.06 , the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Member, the Manager, the Officers and such other Persons as the Manager determines to indemnify (each, an “ Indemnified Person ”) to the fullest extent permitted under the Act, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, substituted or replaced (but, in the case of any such amendment, substitution or replacement only to the extent that such amendment, substitution or replacement permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Company is providing immediately prior to such amendment, substitution or replacement), against all expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which such Person is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member, the Manager, an Officer, an employee or an agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a

 


 

manager, member, employee or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise; provided , however , that no Indemnified Person shall be indemnified for actions not made in good faith or not in a manner which such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding other than by or in the right of the Company, had reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful.  Expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by any such Indemnified Person in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

 

(b)           The right to indemnification and the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 6.09 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, bylaw, action by the Manager or otherwise.

 

(c)           The Company shall maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, or make other financial arrangements, at its expense, to protect any Indemnified Person against any expense, liability or loss described in Section 6.09(a)  whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Indemnified Person against such expense, liability or loss under the provisions of this Section 6.09 .  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance with a carrier and in an amount determined necessary or desirable as determined in good faith by the Manager.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (including in this Section 6.09 ), the Company agrees that any indemnification and advancement of expenses available from Scientific Games to any current or former Indemnified Person by virtue of such Person’s service as a manager, member, director, officer, partner, employee or agent of Scientific Games prior to or following the Effective Time (any such Person, a “ Scientific Games Person ”) shall be secondary to the indemnification and advancement of expenses to be provided by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.09 , which shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Member (unless such Member otherwise agrees in writing or is found in a final decision by a court of competent jurisdiction to have personal liability on account thereof) shall have personal liability on account thereof or shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions to help satisfy such indemnity of the Company and the Company (i) shall be the primary indemnitor of first resort for such Scientific Games Person pursuant to this Section 6.09 and (ii) shall be fully responsible for the advancement of all expenses and the payment of all amounts or liabilities with respect to such Scientific Games Person which are addressed by this Section 6.09 .

 

(e)           If this Section 6.09 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person pursuant to this Section 6.09 to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section 6.09 that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

 


 

SECTION 6.10.            Investment Company Act.   The Manager shall use its best efforts to ensure that the Company shall not be subject to registration as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act.

 

SECTION 6.11.            Outside Activities of the Manager.   The Manager shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any business or operations, other than in connection with (a) in its capacity as a Member, the ownership, acquisition and disposition of Common Units, (b) the management of the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) the operation of the Manager as a reporting company with a class (or classes) of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and listed on a securities exchange, (d) the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests, (e) financing or refinancing of any type related to the Company, its Subsidiaries or their assets or activities, and (f) such activities as are incidental to the foregoing; provided, however , that, except as otherwise provided herein, the net proceeds of any financing or refinancing raised by the Manager pursuant to the preceding clauses (d) and (e) shall be made available to the Company, whether as Capital Contributions, loans or otherwise, as appropriate, and, provided further , that the Manager may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time hold or acquire assets in its own name or otherwise other than through the Company and its Subsidiaries so long as the Manager takes commercially reasonable measures to ensure that the economic benefits and burdens of such assets are otherwise vested in the Company or its Subsidiaries, through assignment, mortgage, loan or otherwise or, if it is not commercially reasonable to vest such economic interests in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Members shall negotiate in good faith to amend this Agreement to reflect such activities and the direct ownership of assets by the Manager.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit the Manager from executing any guarantee of indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Rights and Obligations of Members

 

SECTION 7.01.            Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members.  (a)  Except as provided in this Agreement or in the Act, no Member (including the Member that is also the Manager) shall be personally liable, whether to the Company, to any of the other Members, to the creditors of the Company or to any third party, for any debt, obligation or liability of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, solely by reason of being a Member.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business and affairs under this Agreement or the Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Members for any debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company.

 

(b)           In accordance with the Act and the laws of the State of Nevada, a Member may, under certain circumstances, be required to return amounts previously distributed to such Member.  It is the intent of the Members that no Distribution to any Member pursuant to Article IV shall be deemed a return of money or other property paid or distributed in violation of the Act.  To the fullest extent permitted by Law, any Member receiving any such money or property shall not be required to return any such money or property to the Company or any other

 


 

Person, unless such distribution was made by the Company to its Members in clerical error.  However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Member is obligated to make any such payment, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Member and not of any other Member.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (subject to Section SECTION 6.08), to the extent that, at law or in equity, any Member (or any Member’s Affiliate or any manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of any Member or of any Affiliate of a Member) has duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, to the Manager, to another Member, to any Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest or to any other Person bound by this Agreement, all such duties (including fiduciary duties) are hereby eliminated, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and replaced with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any.  Such elimination of duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, the Manager, each of the other Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest and each other Person bound by this Agreement and replacement thereof with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any, are approved by the Company, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest after the date hereof and each other Person bound by this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.02.            Lack of Authority.   No Member in its capacity as such has the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the Company, to do any act that would be binding on the Company or to make any expenditure on behalf of the Company.  The Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager, the Officers and any Persons to whom the Manager delegates authority and duties pursuant to Section 6.07 of the powers conferred on them by Law and this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.03.            No Right of Partition.   No Member in its capacity as such shall have the right to seek or obtain partition by court decree or operation of Law of any Company property, or the right to own or use particular or individual assets of the Company.

 

SECTION 7.04.            Members Right to Act.   For matters that require the approval of the Members, the Members shall act through meetings and written consents as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) below:

 

(a)           Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, acts by the Members holding a majority of the Units, voting together as a single class, shall be the acts of the Members.  Any Member entitled to vote at a meeting of Members or to express consent or dissent to Company action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for it by proxy.  An electronic mail or similar transmission by the Member, or a photographic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by the Member shall be treated as a proxy executed in writing for purposes of this Section 7.04(a) .  No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven months from the date thereof, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.  A proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and that the proxy is coupled with an interest.  Should a proxy designate two or more Persons to act as proxies, unless that instrument shall provide to the contrary, a majority of such Persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to

 


 

be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or, if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, the Company shall not be required to recognize such proxy with respect to such issue if such proxy does not specify how the votes that are the subject of such proxy are to be voted with respect to such issue.

 

(b)           The actions by the Members permitted hereunder may be taken at a meeting called by the Manager or by the Members holding a majority of the Units entitled to vote on such matter on at least 48 hours’ prior written notice to the other Members entitled to vote, which notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is being called.  The actions taken by the Members entitled to vote or consent at any meeting (as opposed to by written consent), if improperly called and noticed, shall be as valid as though taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if (but not until), either before, at or after the meeting, the Members entitled to vote or consent as to whom it was improperly held signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof.  The actions by the Members entitled to vote or consent may be taken by vote of the Members entitled to vote or consent at a meeting or by written consent, so long as such consent is signed by Members having not less than the minimum number of Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Members entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.  Prompt notice of the action so taken without a meeting, which shall state the purpose or purposes for which such written consent was required shall be given to those Members entitled to vote or consent who did not consent in writing (for which such notice and written consent may be delivered via email); provided, however , that the failure to give any such notice shall not affect the validity of the action taken by such written consent.  Any action taken pursuant to such written consent of the Members shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the Members at a meeting thereof.

 

SECTION 7.05.            Inspection Rights.   The Company shall permit each Member and each of its designated representatives to (i) visit and inspect any of the premises of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, (ii) examine the corporate and financial records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom, during reasonable business hours and upon reasonable notice, (iii) consult with the managers, officers, employees and independent accountants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries concerning the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, during reasonable business hours and upon reasonable notice.  The presentation of an executed copy of this Agreement by any Member to the Company’s independent accountants shall constitute the Company’s permission to its independent accountants to participate in discussions with such Persons and their respective designated representatives.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Books, Records, Accounting and Reports, Affirmative Covenants

 

SECTION 8.01.            Records and Accounting.   The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, appropriate books and records with respect to the Company’s business, including all

 


 

books and records necessary to provide any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 8.03 or pursuant to applicable Law.  All matters concerning (a) the determination of the relative amount of allocations and Distributions among the Members pursuant to Articles III and IV and (b) accounting procedures and determinations, and other determinations not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined by the Manager, whose determination shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Members absent manifest clerical error.

 

SECTION 8.02.            Fiscal Year.   The Fiscal Year of the Company shall begin on the first day of January and end on the last day of December each year or such other date as may be established by the Manager.

 

SECTION 8.03.            Reports.   The Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered, within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, to each Person who was a Member at any time during such Fiscal Year, all information reasonably necessary for the preparation of such Person’s U.S. federal and applicable state and local income tax returns.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Tax Matters

 

SECTION 9.01.            Preparation of Tax Returns.   The Manager shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all tax returns required to be filed by the Company.  On or before April 10, June 10, September 10 and December 10 of each Fiscal Year, the Company shall send to each Person who was a Member at any time during the prior quarter, an estimate of such Member’s state tax apportionment information and allocations to the Members of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for such quarter, which estimate shall (at the election of SG Holding I) have been reviewed and approved by the Company’s outside tax accountants.  In addition, no later than the later of (i) April 10 following the end of the prior Fiscal Year and (ii) 30 Business Days after the issuance of the final financial statement report for a Fiscal Year by the Company’s auditors, the Company shall send to each Person who was a Member at any time during such Fiscal Year, a statement showing such Member’s final state tax apportionment information and allocations to the Members of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for such Fiscal Year and a completed IRS Schedule K-1.  Each Member shall notify the other Members upon receipt of any notice of a tax examination of the Company by U.S. federal or state or local tax authorities.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in its capacity as the Partnership Representative, the Corporation shall have the authority to prepare the tax returns of the Company using such permissible methods and elections as it determines in its reasonable discretion, including the use of any permissible method under Section 706 of the Code for purposes of determining the varying Company Interests of the Members.

 

SECTION 9.02.            Tax Elections.   The Taxable Year shall be the Fiscal Year set forth in Section 8.02 .  The Manager shall cause the Company and each of its Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes to have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state, local or foreign tax Law) for each Taxable Year.  The Manager shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause each

 


 

Person in which the Company owns a direct or indirect equity interest (other than a Subsidiary) that is so treated as a partnership to have in effect any such election for each Taxable Year.  Each Member will upon request supply any information reasonably necessary to give proper effect to any such election.

 

SECTION 9.03.            Tax Controversies.   The Corporation shall be designated and may, on behalf of the Company, at any time, and without further notice to or consent from any Member, act as the “partnership representative” of the Company (within the meaning given to such term in Section 6223 of the Code) (the “ Partnership Representative ”) for purposes of the Code.  The Partnership Representative shall have the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the Partnership Representative and is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services reasonably incurred in connection therewith.  Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Company and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company with respect to the conduct of such proceedings.  The Partnership Representative shall keep all Members fully advised on a current basis of any contacts by or discussions with tax authorities, and the Members shall have the right to observe and participate through representatives of their own choosing (at their sole expense) in any tax proceedings.  Nothing herein shall diminish, limit or restrict the rights of any Member under Subchapter C of Chapter 63 of the Code (Sections 6221 et seq.), as enacted by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, any Treasury Regulations or other guidance promulgated thereunder or any similar state or local legislation, regulations or guidance.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Restrictions on Transfer of Units

 

SECTION 10.01.         Transfers by Members.   No Unitholder may Transfer any interest in any Units, except Transfers (a) pursuant to and in accordance with Section 10.02 or (b) approved in writing by the Manager.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Transfer” shall not include an event that terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including (i) a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3, (ii) a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Section 336 or 338 of the Code or (iii) a merger, severance or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member), but that does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Company Interests of such trust that is a Member).

 

SECTION 10.02.         Permitted Transfers.   The restrictions contained in Section 10.01(a)  shall not apply to any Transfer (each such Transfer, and together with any Transfer approved pursuant to Section 10.01(b) , a “ Permitted Transfer ”) pursuant to (i)(A) a Change of Control Transaction, (B) a Redemption or Exchange in accordance with Article XI hereof or (C) a Transfer by a Member to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) a Transfer by any Member to such Member’s spouse, any lineal ascendants or descendants or trusts or other

 


 

entities in which such Member or Member’s spouse, lineal ascendants or descendants hold (and continue to hold while such trusts or other entities hold Units) 50% or more of such entity’s beneficial interests; (iii) the laws of descent and distribution and (iv) a Transfer to an Affiliate of such Member; provided, however , that (A) the restrictions contained in this Agreement will continue to apply to Units after any Permitted Transfer of such Units, and (B) in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), the transferees of the Units so Transferred shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, the transferor will deliver a written notice to the Company and the Members, which notice will disclose in reasonable detail the identity of the proposed transferee.  In the case of a Permitted Transfer by SG Holding I or SG Holding of Common Units to a transferee in accordance with this Section 10.02 , SG Holding I or SG Holding (or any subsequent transferee thereof) shall be required to also Transfer an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock corresponding to the proportion of such Person’s Common Units that were Transferred in the Permitted Transfer to such transferee. All Permitted Transfers are subject to the additional limitations set forth in Section 10.07(b) .

 

SECTION 10.03.         Restricted Units Legend.   The Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, in addition to the other restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is then available.  To the extent such Units have been certificated, each certificate evidencing Units and each certificate issued in exchange for or upon the Transfer of any Units (if such securities remain Units as defined herein after such Transfer) shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER.  THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SPECIFIED IN THE AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC, AS MAY BE AMENDED AND MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSFER.  A COPY OF SUCH CONDITIONS SHALL BE FURNISHED BY SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE.”

 

The Company shall imprint such legend on certificates (if any) evidencing Units.  The legend set forth above shall be removed from the certificates (if any) evidencing any units which cease to be Units in accordance with the definition thereof.

 

SECTION 10.04.         Transfer .  Prior to Transferring any Units (other than pursuant to a Change of Control Transaction), the Transferring Unitholder shall cause the prospective transferee to agree in writing to be bound by this Agreement as provided in Section 10.02 and

 


 

any other agreements executed by the holders of Units and relating to such Units in the aggregate (collectively, the “ Other Agreements ”), and shall cause the prospective transferee to execute and deliver to the Company and the other holders of Units counterparts of this Agreement and any applicable Other Agreements.  Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Units in violation of any provision of this Agreement (including any prohibited indirect Transfers) shall be void, and in the event of any such Transfer or attempted Transfer, the Company shall not record such Transfer on its books and records, including the Schedule of Members, or treat any purported transferee of such Units as the owner of such securities for any purpose.

 

SECTION 10.05.         Assignee’s Rights.   (a)  The Transfer of a Company Interest in accordance with this Agreement shall be effective as of the date of its assignment (assuming compliance with all of the conditions to such Transfer set forth herein), and such Transfer shall be shown on the books and records of the Company.  Profits, Losses and other Company items shall be allocated between the transferor and the Assignee according to Section 706 of the Code, using any permissible method as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Manager.  Distributions made before the effective date of such Transfer shall be paid to the transferor, and Distributions made after such date shall be paid to the Assignee.

 

(b)           Unless and until an Assignee becomes a Member pursuant to Article XII , the Assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member hereunder or under applicable Law, other than the rights granted specifically to Assignees pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however , that, without relieving the transferring Member from any such limitations or obligations as more fully described in Section 10.06 , such Assignee shall be bound by any limitations and obligations of a Member contained herein that a Member would be bound on account of the Assignee’s Company Interest (including the obligation to make Capital Contributions on account of such Company Interest, to the extent applicable).

 

SECTION 10.06.         Assignor’s Rights and Obligations.   Any Member who shall Transfer any Company Interest in a manner in accordance with this Agreement shall cease to be a Member with respect to such Units or other interest and shall no longer have any rights or privileges, or, except as set forth in Section 5.06 or this Section 10.06 , duties, liabilities or obligations, of a Member with respect to such Units or other interest (it being understood, however, that the applicable provisions of Sections 6.08 and 6.09 shall continue to inure to such Person’s benefit), except that unless and until the Assignee (if not already a Member) is admitted as a Substituted Member in accordance with the provisions of Article XII (the “ Admission Date ”), (i) such assigning Member shall retain all of the duties, liabilities and obligations of a Member with respect to such Units or other interest, and (ii) the Manager may, in its sole discretion, reinstate all or any portion of the rights and privileges of such Member with respect to such Units or other interest for any period of time prior to the Admission Date.  Nothing contained herein shall relieve any Member who Transfers any Units or other interest in the Company from any liability of such Member to the Company with respect to such Company Interest that may exist on the Admission Date or that is otherwise specified in the Act and incorporated into this Agreement or for any liability of such Member to the Company or any other Person for any materially false statement made by such Member (in its capacity as such) or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Member (in its capacity as such) contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company.

 


 

SECTION 10.07.         Overriding Provisions.   (a)  Any Transfer in violation of this Article X shall be null and void ab initio , and the provisions of Sections 10.05 and 10.06 shall not apply to any such Transfers.  For the avoidance of doubt, any Person to whom a Transfer is made or attempted in violation of this Article X shall not become a Member, shall not be entitled to vote on any matters coming before the Members and shall not have any other rights in or with respect to any rights of a Member of the Company.  The approval of any Transfer in any one or more instances shall not limit or waive the requirement for such approval in any other or future instance.  The Manager shall promptly amend the Schedule of Members to reflect any Permitted Transfer pursuant to this Article X .

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Article XI and Article XII and the other provisions of this Article X ), in no event shall any Member Transfer any Units to the extent such Transfer could, in the reasonable determination of the Manager:

 

(i)            result in a violation of the Securities Act, or any other applicable federal, state or foreign Laws;

 

(ii)           cause an assignment under the Investment Company Act;

 

(iii)          be a violation of or a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in an acceleration of any (A) indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or (B) any indebtedness incurred, issued or guaranteed by the Company that, individually or in the aggregate, has an aggregate principal amount then outstanding that is greater than $25,000,000;

 

(iv)          cause the Company to lose its status as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes or, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, be a Transfer effected on or through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof”, as such terms are used in Section 1.7704-1 of the Treasury Regulations;

 

(v)           be a Transfer to a Person who is not legally competent or who has not achieved his or her majority under applicable Law (excluding trusts for the benefit of minors);

 

(vi)          cause the Company or any Member or the Manager to be treated as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;

 

(vii)         cause the Company (as determined by the Manager in its sole discretion) to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” or to be taxed as a corporation pursuant to Section 7704 of the Code; or

 

(viii)        result in the Company having more than one hundred (100) partners, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1(h)(1) (determined pursuant to the rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)).

 


 

ARTICLE XI

 

Redemption and Exchange

 

SECTION 11.01.         Redemption Right of a Member.   (a)  Redemption Notice.  Subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 11.01 , each Member (other than the Corporation) shall be entitled to cause the Company to redeem (a “ Redemption ”) its Common Units (the “ Redemption Right ”) at any time beginning on the earlier of (i) 180 days after the Effective Time or (ii) if such Member has entered into a contractual lock-up agreement with the underwriters in connection with the IPO relating to the shares of the Corporation owned by such Member, the date such lock-up agreement has been waived or terminated as it applies to such Member.  A Member desiring to exercise its Redemption Right (the “ Redeeming Member ”) shall exercise such right by giving written notice (the “ Redemption Notice ”) to the Company with a copy to the Corporation.  The Redemption Notice shall specify the number of Common Units (the “ Redeemed Units ”) that the Redeeming Member intends to have the Company redeem and a date, not less than seven (7) Business Days nor more than ten (10) Business Days after delivery of such Redemption Notice (unless and to the extent that the Manager in its sole discretion agrees in writing to waive such time periods), on which exercise of the Redemption Right shall be completed (the “ Redemption Date ”); provided that the Company, the Corporation and the Redeeming Member may change the number of Redeemed Units and/or the Redemption Date specified in such Redemption Notice to another number and/or date by mutual agreement signed in writing by each of them; provided further that a Redemption Notice may be conditioned on (x) the Redeeming Member having entered into a valid and binding agreement with a third party for the sale of shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with such proposed Redemption (whether in a tender or exchange offer, private sale or otherwise) and such agreement is subject to customary closing conditions for agreements of this kind and the delivery of the Class A Common Stock by the Redeeming Member to such third party, (y) the closing of an announced merger, consolidation or other transaction in which the shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with such proposed Redemption would be exchanged or converted or become exchangeable for or convertible into cash or other securities or property and/or (z) the closing of an underwritten distribution of the shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with such proposed Redemption.  Unless the Redeeming Member timely has delivered a Retraction Notice as provided in Section 11.01(b)  or has revoked or delayed a Redemption as provided in Section 11.01(c) , on the Redemption Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Redemption Date): (A) the Redeeming Member shall transfer and surrender the Redeemed Units to the Company, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, and (B) the Company shall (x) cancel the Redeemed Units, (y) transfer to the Redeeming Member the consideration to which the Redeeming Member is entitled under Section 11.01(b) , and (z) if the Units are certificated, issue to the Redeeming Member a certificate for a number of Common Units equal to the difference (if any) between the number of Common Units evidenced by the certificate surrendered by the Redeeming Member pursuant to clause (A) of this Section 11.01(a)  and the Redeemed Units.

 

(b)           In exercising its Redemption Right, a Redeeming Member shall be entitled to receive the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement; provided that the Corporation shall have the option (as determined solely by its Independent Directors who are disinterested) as provided

 


 

in Section 11.02 and subject to Section 11.01(d)  to select whether the redemption payment is made by means of a Share Settlement or a Cash Settlement.  Within three (3) Business Days of delivery of the Redemption Notice, the Corporation shall give written notice (the “ Contribution Notice ”) to the Company (with a copy to the Redeeming Member) of its intended settlement method; provided that if the Corporation does not timely deliver a Contribution Notice, the Corporation shall be deemed to have elected the Share Settlement method.  If the Corporation elects the Cash Settlement method, the Redeeming Member may retract its Redemption Notice by giving written notice (the “ Retraction Notice ”) to the Company (with a copy to the Corporation) within two (2) Business Days of delivery of the Contribution Notice.  The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice shall terminate all of the Redeeming Member’s, Company’s and the Corporation’ rights and obligations under this Section 11.01 arising from the Redemption Notice.

 

(c)           In the event the Corporation elects a Share Settlement in connection with a Redemption, a Redeeming Member shall be entitled to revoke its Redemption Notice or delay the consummation of a Redemption if any of the following conditions exists: (i) any registration statement pursuant to which the resale of the Class A Common Stock to be registered for such Redeeming Member at or immediately following the consummation of the Redemption shall have ceased to be effective pursuant to any action or inaction by the SEC or no such resale registration statement has yet become effective; (ii) the Corporation shall have failed to cause any related prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement necessary to effect such Redemption; (iii) the Corporation shall have exercised its right to defer, delay or suspend the filing or effectiveness of a registration statement and such deferral, delay or suspension shall affect the ability of such Redeeming Member to have its Class A Common Stock registered at or immediately following the consummation of the Redemption; (iv) the Corporation shall have disclosed to such Redeeming Member any material non-public information concerning the Corporation, the receipt of which could reasonably be determined to result in such Redeeming Member being prohibited or restricted from selling Class A Common Stock at or immediately following the Redemption without disclosure of such information, and the Corporation does not permit such Redeeming Member to disclose such information; (v) any stop order relating to the registration statement pursuant to which the Class A Common Stock was to be registered by such Redeeming Member at or immediately following the Redemption shall have been issued by the SEC; (vi) there shall have occurred a material disruption in the securities markets generally or in the market or markets in which the Class A Common Stock is then traded; (vii) there shall be in effect an injunction, a restraining order or a decree of any nature of any Governmental Entity that restrains or prohibits the Redemption; (viii) the Corporation shall have failed to comply in all material respects with its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, and such failure shall have affected the ability of such Redeeming Member to consummate the resale of Class A Common Stock to be received upon such redemption pursuant to an effective registration statement or (ix) the Redemption Date would occur three (3) Business Days or less prior to, or during, a Black-Out Period; provided further that in no event shall the Redeeming Member seeking to revoke its Redemption Notice or delay the consummation of such Redemption in reliance on any of the matters contemplated in clauses (i) through (ix) above have controlled or intentionally materially influenced any facts, circumstances or Persons in connection therewith (except in the good faith performance of his or her duties as an officer or director of the Corporation) in order to provide such Redeeming Member with a basis for such delay or revocation.  If a Redeeming Member delays the

 


 

consummation of a Redemption pursuant to this Section 11.01(c) , the Redemption Date shall occur on the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date on which the conditions giving rise to such delay cease to exist (or such earlier day as the Corporation, the Company and such Redeeming Member may agree in writing).

 

(d)           The number of shares of Class A Common Stock or the Redeemed Units Equivalent that a Redeeming Member is entitled to receive under Section 11.01(b)  shall not be adjusted on account of any Distributions previously made with respect to the Redeemed Units or dividends previously paid with respect to Class A Common Stock; provided, however , that if a Redeeming Member causes the Company to redeem Redeemed Units and the Redemption Date occurs subsequent to the record date for any Distribution with respect to the Redeemed Units but prior to payment of such Distribution, the Redeeming Member shall be entitled to receive such Distribution with respect to the Redeemed Units on the date that it is made notwithstanding that the Redeeming Member transferred and surrendered the Redeemed Units to the Company prior to such date.

 

(e)           In the event of a reclassification or other similar transaction as a result of which the shares of Class A Common Stock are converted into another security, then in exercising its Redemption Right a Redeeming Member shall be entitled, in the case of a Redemption effected using the Share Settlement method, to receive the amount of such security that the Redeeming Member would have received if such Redemption Right had been exercised and the Redemption Date had occurred immediately prior to the record date of such reclassification or other similar transaction.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Company nor the Corporation shall be obligated to effectuate a Redemption if such Redemption could (as determined in the sole discretion of the Manager) cause the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” or to be taxed as a corporation pursuant Section 7704 of the Code or successor provisions of the Code.

 

SECTION 11.02.         Election and Contribution of the Corporation.   In connection with the exercise of a Redeeming Member’s Redemption Rights under Section 11.01(a) , the Corporation shall contribute to the Company the consideration the Redeeming Member is entitled to receive under Section 11.01(b) .  The Corporation, at its option (as determined solely by its Independent Directors who are disinterested), shall determine whether to contribute, pursuant to Section 11.01(b) , the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement.  Unless the Redeeming Member has timely delivered a Retraction Notice as provided in Section 11.01(b) , or has revoked or delayed a Redemption as provided in Section 11.01(c) , on the Redemption Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Redemption Date) (i) the Corporation shall make its Capital Contribution to the Company (in the form of the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement) required under this Section 11.02 , and (ii) the Company shall issue to the Corporation a number of Common Units equal to the number of Redeemed Units surrendered by the Redeeming Member.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Corporation elects a Cash Settlement, the Corporation shall only be obligated to contribute to the Company an amount in respect of such Cash Settlement equal to the net proceeds (after deduction of any Discount) from the sale by the Corporation of a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Redeemed

 


 

Units to be redeemed with such Cash Settlement, provided that the Corporation’s Capital Account shall be increased by an amount equal to any Discount relating to such sale of shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with Section 6.06 .  The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice shall terminate all of the Company’s and the Corporation’ rights and obligations under this Section 11.02 arising from the Redemption Notice.

 

SECTION 11.03.         Exchange Right of the Corporation.   (a)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article XI , the Corporation may, in its sole and absolute discretion (as determined solely by its Independent Directors who are disinterested), elect to effect on the Redemption Date the exchange of Redeemed Units for the Share Settlement or Cash Settlement, as the case may be, through a direct exchange of such Redeemed Units and such consideration between the Redeeming Member and the Corporation (a “ Direct Exchange ”).  Upon such Direct Exchange pursuant to this Section 11.03 , the Corporation shall acquire the Redeemed Units and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Units.

 

(b)           The Corporation may, at any time prior to a Redemption Date, deliver written notice (an “ Exchange Election Notice ”) to the Company and the Redeeming Member setting forth its election to exercise its right to consummate a Direct Exchange in lieu of a Redemption; provided that such election does not prejudice the ability of the parties to consummate a Redemption or Direct Exchange on the Redemption Date.  An Exchange Election Notice may be revoked by the Corporation at any time; provided that any such revocation does not prejudice the ability of the parties to consummate a Redemption or Direct Exchange on the Redemption Date.  The right to consummate a Direct Exchange in all events shall be exercisable for all the Redeemed Units that would have otherwise been subject to a Redemption.  Except as otherwise provided by this Section 11.03 , a Direct Exchange shall be consummated pursuant to the same timeframe and in the same manner as the relevant Redemption would have been consummated if the Corporation had not delivered an Exchange Election Notice.

 

SECTION 11.04.         Reservation of Shares of Class A Common Stock; Listing; Certificate of the Corporation.

 

(a)           At all times the Corporation shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon a Redemption or Direct Exchange, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as shall be issuable upon any such Redemption or Direct Exchange pursuant to Share Settlements; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its obligations in respect of any such Redemption or Direct Exchange by delivery of purchased shares of Class A Common Stock (which may or may not be held in the treasury of the Corporation) or the delivery of cash pursuant to a Cash Settlement.  The Corporation shall deliver shares of Class A Common Stock that have been registered under the Securities Act with respect to any Redemption or Direct Exchange to the extent a registration statement is effective and available for such shares.  The Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to list the shares of Class A Common Stock required to be delivered upon any such Redemption or Direct Exchange prior to such delivery upon each national securities exchange upon which the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock are listed at the time of such Redemption or Direct Exchange (it being understood that any such shares may be subject to transfer restrictions under

 


 

applicable securities Laws).  The Corporation covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon a Redemption or Direct Exchange will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.  The provisions of this Article XI shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with the corresponding provisions of the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation.

 

(b)           To the extent any Redeeming Member (other than the Corporation) that owns shares of Class B Common Stock exercises its right to consummate a Redemption (or Direct Exchange, if so elected by the Corporation), then simultaneous with the consummation of such Redemption (or Direct Exchange, if so elected by the Corporation), the Redeeming Member shall surrender to the Corporation, and the Corporation shall cancel for no consideration, a number of shares of Class B Common Stock registered in the name of such Redeeming Member equal to the number of the Redeemed Units redeemed in such Redemption or exchanged in such Direct Exchange, if so elected by the Corporation).

 

SECTION 11.05.         Effect of Exercise of Redemption or Exchange Right.   This Agreement shall continue notwithstanding the consummation of a Redemption or Direct Exchange and all governance or other rights set forth herein shall be exercised by the remaining Members and the Redeeming Member (to the extent of such Redeeming Member’s remaining interest in the Company).  No Redemption or Direct Exchange shall relieve such Redeeming Member of any prior breach of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 11.06.         Tax Treatment.   The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that each Redemption shall be treated as a direct purchase of Units by the Corporation from the Redeeming Member pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state, local or foreign tax Law) (i.e., equivalent to a Direct Exchange).

 

ARTICLE XII

 

Admission of Members

 

SECTION 12.01.         Substituted Members.   Subject to the provisions of Article X hereof, in connection with the Permitted Transfer of a Company Interest hereunder, the transferee shall become a substituted Member (“ Substituted Member ”) on the effective date of such Permitted Transfer, which effective date shall not be earlier than the date of compliance with the conditions to such Transfer, and such admission shall be shown on the books and records of the Company, including the Schedule of Members.

 

SECTION 12.02.         Additional Members.   Subject to the provisions of Article X hereof, any Person (other than the Original Members and the Corporation) may be admitted to the Company as an additional Member (any such Person, an “ Additional Member ”) only upon furnishing to the Manager (a) counterparts of this Agreement and any applicable Other Agreements and (b) such other documents or instruments as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect such Person’s admission as a Member (including entering into such documents as the Manager may deem appropriate in its reasonable discretion).  Such admission shall become effective on the date on which the Manager determines in its reasonable discretion

 


 

that such conditions have been satisfied and when any such admission is shown on the books and records of the Company, including the Schedule of Members.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

Withdrawal and Resignation

 

SECTION 13.01.         Withdrawal and Resignation of Members.   No Member shall have the power or right to withdraw or otherwise resign as a Member from the Company prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article XIV .  Any Member, however, that attempts to withdraw or otherwise resign as a Member from the Company without the prior written consent of the Manager upon or following the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article XIV , but prior to such Member receiving the full amount of Distributions from the Company to which such Member is entitled pursuant to Article XIV , shall be liable to the Company for all damages (including all lost profits and special, indirect and consequential damages) directly or indirectly caused by the withdrawal or resignation of such Member.  Upon a Transfer of all of a Member’s Units in a Transfer permitted by this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 10.06 , such Member shall cease to be a Member.

 

ARTICLE XIV

 

Dissolution and Liquidation

 

SECTION 14.01.         Dissolution.   The Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of Additional Members or Substituted Members or the attempted withdrawal or resignation of a Member.  The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon:

 

(a)           the decision of the Manager together with the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Units entitled to vote to dissolve the Company;

 

(b)           a Change of Control Transaction that is not approved by the Majority Members;

 

(c)           a dissolution of the Company under Section 86.491(1)(e) of the Act; or

 

(d)           the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 86.495 of the Act.

 

Except as otherwise set forth in this Article XIV , the Company is intended to have perpetual existence.  An Event of Withdrawal shall not cause a dissolution of the Company and the Company shall continue in existence subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 14.02.         Liquidation and Termination.   On dissolution of the Company, the Manager shall act as liquidator or may appoint one or more Persons as liquidators.  The liquidators shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distributions as provided herein and in the Act.  The costs of liquidation shall be borne as a Company expense.  Until final distribution, the liquidators shall continue to operate the

 


 

Company properties with all of the power and authority of the Manager.  Subject to the Act, the steps to be accomplished by the liquidators are as follows:

 

(a)           as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the liquidators shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as applicable;

 

(b)           the liquidators shall pay, satisfy or discharge from Company funds, or otherwise make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof (including the establishment of a cash fund for contingent liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidators may reasonably determine): first, all expenses incurred in liquidation of the Company; second, all of the debts, liabilities and obligations owed to creditors of the Company, other than Members; third, all of the debts and liabilities owed to Members; and

 

(c)           all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with Article IV by the end of the Taxable Year during which the liquidation of the Company occurs (or, if later, by ninety (90) days after the date of the liquidation).  The distribution of cash and/or property to the Members in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.02 and Section 14.03 below constitutes a complete return to the Members of their Capital Contributions, a complete distribution to the Members of their interest in the Company and all the Company’s property and constitutes a compromise to which all Members have consented within the meaning of the Act.  To the extent that a Member returns funds to the Company, it has no claim against any other Member for those funds.

 

SECTION 14.03.         Deferment; Distribution in Kind.   Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.02 , but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if upon dissolution of the Company the liquidators determine that an immediate sale of part or all of the Company’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss (or would otherwise not be beneficial) to the Members, the liquidators may, in their sole discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy Company liabilities (other than loans to the Company by Members) and reserves.  Subject to the order of priorities set forth in Section 14.02 , the liquidators may, in their sole discretion, distribute to the Members, in lieu of cash, either (a) all or any portion of such remaining Company assets in-kind in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c) , (b) as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c) , undivided interests in all or any portion of such Company assets or (c) a combination of the foregoing.  Any such Distributions in kind shall be subject to (y) such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such assets as the liquidators deem reasonable and equitable and (z) the terms and conditions of any agreements governing such assets (or the operation thereof or the holders thereof) at such time.  Any Company assets distributed in kind will first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value, thus creating Profit or Loss (if any), which shall be allocated in accordance with Article V .  The liquidators shall determine the Fair Market Value of any property distributed in accordance with the valuation procedures set forth in Article XV .

 


 

SECTION 14.04.         Articles of Dissolution.   On completion of the distribution of Company assets as provided herein, the Company is terminated (and the Company shall not be terminated prior to such time), and the Manager (or such other Person or Persons as the Act may require or permit) shall file articles of dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, cancel any other filings made pursuant to this Agreement that are or should be canceled and take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Company.  The Company shall be deemed to continue in existence for all purposes of this Agreement until it is terminated pursuant to this Section 14.04 .

 

SECTION 14.05.         Reasonable Time for Winding Up.   A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Sections 14.02 and 14.03 in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up.

 

SECTION 14.06.         Return of Capital.   The liquidators shall not be personally liable for the return of Capital Contributions or any portion thereof to the Members (it being understood that any such return shall be made solely from Company assets).

 

ARTICLE XV

 

Valuation

 

SECTION 15.01.         Determination.   “ Fair Market Value ” of a specific Company asset will mean the amount which the Company would receive in an all-cash sale of such asset in an arms-length transaction with a willing, unaffiliated third party, with neither party having any compulsion to buy or sell, consummated on the day immediately preceding the date on which the event occurred which necessitated the determination of the Fair Market Value (and after giving effect to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale), as such amount is determined by the Manager (or, if pursuant to Section 14.02 , the liquidators) in its good faith judgment using all factors, information and data it deems to be pertinent.

 

SECTION 15.02.         Dispute Resolution.   If any Member or Members dispute the accuracy of any determination of Fair Market Value in accordance with Section 15.01 , and the Manager and such Member(s) are unable to agree on the determination of the Fair Market Value of any asset of the Company, the Manager and such Member(s) shall each select a nationally recognized investment banking firm experienced in valuing securities of closely-held companies such as the Company in the Company’s industry (the “ Appraisers ”), who shall each determine the Fair Market Value of the asset or the Company (as applicable) in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01 .  The Appraisers shall be instructed to give written notice of their determination of the Fair Market Value of the asset or the Company (as applicable) within thirty (30) days of their appointment as Appraisers.  If Fair Market Value as determined by an Appraiser is higher than Fair Market Value as determined by the other Appraiser by 10% or more, and the Manager and such Member(s) do not otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value, the original Appraisers shall designate a third Appraiser meeting the same criteria used to select the original two Appraisers, and such third Appraiser shall determine the Fair Market Value of such asset or the Company (as applicable) within thirty (30) days of its appointment as an Appraiser, provided that such Appraiser shall not determine the Fair Market Value of such asset or the

 


 

Company (as applicable) to be lower or higher than the determinations made by the original two Appraisers.  If Fair Market Value as determined by an Appraiser is within 10% of the Fair Market Value as determined by the other Appraiser (but not identical), and the Manager and such Member(s) do not otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value, the Manager shall select the Fair Market Value of one of the Appraisers.  The fees and expenses of the Appraisers shall be borne by the Company.

 

ARTICLE XVI

 

General Provisions

 

SECTION 16.01.         Power of Attorney.   (a)  Each Member who is an individual hereby constitutes and appoints the Manager (or the liquidator, if applicable) with full power of substitution, as his or her true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his, her or its name, place and stead, to:

 

(i)            execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (A) this Agreement, all certificates and other instruments and all amendments thereof which the Manager deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify, or continue the qualification of, the Company as a limited liability company in the State of Nevada and in all other jurisdictions in which the Company may conduct business or own property; (B) all instruments which the Manager deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (C) all conveyances and other instruments or documents which the Manager deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including articles of dissolution; and (D) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal or substitution of any Member pursuant to Article XII or XIII ; and

 

(ii)           sign, execute, swear to and acknowledge all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, to evidence, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given by the Members hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, necessary or appropriate to effectuate the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)           The foregoing power of attorney is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and shall survive the death, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or termination of any Member who is an individual and the transfer of all or any portion of his, her or its Company Interest and shall extend to such Member’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives.

 

SECTION 16.02.         Confidentiality.   (a)  The Manager and each of the Members agree to hold the Company’s Confidential Information in confidence and may not use such information except (i) in furtherance of the business of the Company, (ii) as reasonably necessary for compliance with applicable Law, including compliance with disclosure requirements under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and compliance with the listing

 


 

requirements of any securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded, and securities laws of other jurisdictions or (iii) as otherwise authorized separately in writing by the Manager.  “ Confidential Information ” as used herein includes, but is not limited to, ideas, financial product structuring, business strategies, innovations and materials, all aspects of the Company’s business plan, proposed operation and products, corporate structure, financial and organizational information, analyses, proposed partners, software code and system and product designs, employees and their identities, equity ownership, the methods and means by which the Company plans to conduct its business, all trade secrets, trademarks, tradenames and all intellectual property associated with the Company’s business.  With respect to the Manager and each Member, Confidential Information does not include information or material that: (a) is rightfully in the possession of the Manager or each Member at the time of disclosure by the Company; (b) before or after it has been disclosed to the Manager or each Member by the Company, becomes part of public knowledge, not as a result of any action or inaction of the Manager or such Member, respectively, in violation of this Agreement; (c) is approved for release by written authorization of the Manager or the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Company; (d) is disclosed to the Manager or such Member or their representatives by a third party not, to the knowledge of the Manager or such Member, respectively, in violation of any obligation of confidentiality owed to the Company with respect to such information; or (e) is or becomes independently developed by the Manager or such Member or their respective representatives without use or reference to the Confidential Information.

 

(b)           Each of the Members may disclose Confidential Information to its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, partners, members, directors, managers, officers, employees, counsel, advisers, consultants, outside contractors and other agents, on the condition that such Persons keep the Confidential Information confidential to the same extent as such disclosing party is required to keep the Confidential Information confidential, solely to the extent it is reasonably necessary or appropriate to fulfill its obligations or to exercise its rights under this Agreement; provided that the disclosing party shall remain liable with respect to any breach of this Section 16.02 by any such Person.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything in Section 16.02(a)  or Section 16.02(b)  to the contrary, each of the Members may disclose Confidential Information (i) to the extent that such party is legally compelled (by oral questions, interrogatories, request for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information, for purposes of reporting to its stockholders and direct and indirect equity holders the performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries and for purposes of including applicable information in its financial statements to the extent required by applicable Law or applicable accounting standards; or (ii) to any bona fide prospective purchaser of the equity or assets of a Member, or the Common Units held by such Member, or a prospective merger partner of such Member ( provided , that (x) such Persons will be informed by such Member of the confidential nature of such information and shall agree in writing to keep such information confidential in accordance with the contents of this Agreement and (y) each Member will be liable for any breaches of this Section 16.02 by any such Persons).  Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Member from (A) filing and, as provided for under Section 21F of the Exchange Act, maintaining the confidentiality of, a claim with the SEC; (B) providing Confidential Information to the SEC, or providing the SEC with information that would otherwise violate any part of this Agreement, to the extent permitted by Section 21F of the

 


 

Exchange Act; (C) cooperating, participating or assisting in an SEC investigation or proceeding without notifying the Company or any of its Affiliates; or (D) receiving a monetary award as set forth in Section 21F of the Exchange Act.  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in this Section 16.02 will restrict in any manner the ability of the Corporation to comply with its disclosure obligations under Law or the listing requirements of any securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded, and the extent to which any Confidential Information is necessary or desirable to disclose.

 

SECTION 16.03.         Amendments.   This Agreement may be amended or modified (a) as provided in Section 3.10 of this Agreement or (b) upon the consent of the Majority Members; provided that, solely for purposes of clause (b) of this Section 16.03 , the second reference to “a majority” in the definition of Majority Members shall be deemed to be “thirty-three percent (33%) or more”.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification (x) to this Section 16.03 may be made without the prior written consent of the Manager and each of the Members, (y) to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement which terms and conditions expressly require the approval or action of certain Persons may be made without obtaining the consent of the requisite number or specified percentage of such Persons who are entitled to approve or take action on such matter, and (z) to any of the terms and conditions of Article VI or Section 14.01 (and related definitions as used directly or indirectly therein) may be made without the prior written consent of the Manager, which consent may be given or withheld in the Manager’s sole discretion.

 

SECTION 16.04.         Title to Company Assets.   Company assets shall be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Company assets or any portion thereof.  The Company shall hold title to all of its property in the name of the Company and not in the name of any Member.  All Company assets shall be recorded as the property of the Company on its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Company assets is held.  The Company’s credit and assets shall be used solely for the benefit of the Company, and no asset of the Company shall be transferred or encumbered for, or in payment of, any individual obligation of any Member.

 

SECTION 16.05.         Addresses and Notices.   Any notice provided for in this Agreement will be in writing and will be either personally delivered, or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or sent by e-mail to the Company at the address set forth below and to any other recipient and to any Member at such address as indicated by the Company’s records, or at such address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party.  Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when delivered personally, three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one (1) day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier service or transmission via e-mail.  The Company’s address is:

 

to the Company:

 

SciPlay Parent Company, LLC

6601 Bermuda Road,

Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

 


 

Attn: General Counsel

 

with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Marc Jaffe

Facsimile: (212) 751-4864

E-mail: Marc.Jaffe@lw.com

 

SECTION 16.06.         Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries.   This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

SECTION 16.07.         Creditors.   None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and no creditor who makes a loan to the Company or any of its Affiliates may have or acquire (except pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement executed by the Company in favor of such creditor) at any time as a result of making the loan any direct or indirect interest in Company Profits, Losses, Distributions, capital or property other than as a secured creditor.

 

SECTION 16.08.         Waiver.   No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

SECTION 16.09.         Counterparts.   This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement binding on all the parties hereto.

 

SECTION 16.10.         Applicable Law.   This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Nevada or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Nevada.  Any dispute relating hereto shall be heard in the state or federal courts of the State of Nevada, and the parties agree to jurisdiction and venue therein.

 

SECTION 16.11.         Severability.   Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 


 

SECTION 16.12.         Further Action.   The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking such actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 16.13.         Delivery by Electronic Transmission.   This Agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement or contemplated hereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of an electronic transmission, including by a facsimile machine or via email, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person.  At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties.  No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of electronic transmission by a facsimile machine or via email to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through such electronic transmission as a defense to the formation of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

 

SECTION 16.14.         Right of Offset.   Whenever the Company is to pay any sum (other than pursuant to Article IV ) to any Member, any amounts that such Member owes to the Company which are not the subject of a good faith dispute may be deducted from that sum before payment.  For the avoidance of doubt, the distribution of Units to the Corporation shall not be subject to this Section 16.14 .

 

SECTION 16.15.         Effectiveness.   This Agreement shall be effective immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, file no. 333-230727, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Effective Time ”); provided , however , that in the event the Corporation fails to purchase Common Units as provided herein using the IPO Net Proceeds within four (4) Business Days of the date hereof (or such later date as may be agreed to by the Members), then this Agreement shall immediately be deemed null and void ab initio , this Agreement shall be of no further force and effect and the operating agreement of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue to govern the rights and obligations of the Company and the Original Members.

 

SECTION 16.16.         Entire Agreement.   This Agreement, those documents expressly referred to herein (including the Registration Rights Agreement and the Tax Receivable Agreement) embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.  For the avoidance of doubt, the operating agreement of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time is superseded by this Agreement as of Effective Time and shall be of no further force and effect thereafter.

 

SECTION 16.17.         Remedies.   Each Member shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such Person has under any Law.  Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without

 


 

posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by Law.

 

SECTION 16.18.         Descriptive Headings; Interpretation.   The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement.  Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa.  The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation and shall mean, “including, without limitation”.  Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and if applicable hereof.  Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, no amendment or other modification to any agreement, document or instrument that requires the consent of any Person pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement will be given effect hereunder unless such Person has consented in writing to such amendment or modification.  Wherever required by the context, references to a Fiscal Year shall refer to a portion thereof.  The use of the words “or,” “either” and “any” shall not be exclusive.  The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.  Wherever a conflict exists between this Agreement and any other agreement, this Agreement shall control but solely to the extent of such conflict.

 

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The undersigned hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of SciPlay Parent Company, LLC as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC, AS THE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, as its sole Manager

 

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, as its sole Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Title:

President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

SCIPLAY CORPORATION, AS A MEMBER AND THE CORPORATION

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Michael D. Cody

 

Name:

Michael D. Cody

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

SG SOCIAL HOLDING COMPANY I, LLC, AS A MEMBER

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, as its sole member

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

Title:

President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC]

 


 

 

SG SOCIAL HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, AS A MEMBER

 

 

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, as its sole member

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, as its sole member

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

Title:

President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 


 

Exhibit A

 

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of [ · ], 20[ · ] (this “ Joinder ”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Operating Agreement ”) by and among SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “ Company ”), SciPlay Corporation, a Nevada corporation and the sole manager of the Company (the “ Corporation ”), and each of the Members from time to time party thereto.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Operating Agreement.

 

1.                                       Joinder to the Operating Agreement .  Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to the Corporation, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a Member under the Operating Agreement and a party thereto, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Member thereunder.  The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the Operating Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof.

 

2.                                       Incorporation by Reference .  All terms and conditions of the Operating Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full.

 

3.                                       Address .  All notices under the Operating Agreement to the undersigned shall be directed to:

 

[Name]

[Address]

[City, State, Zip Code]

Attn:

Facsimile:

E-mail:

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

[NAME OF NEW MEMBER],

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

A- 1


 

Accepted and agreed as of the date first set forth above:

 

 

 

SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC,

 

By: [SciPlay Corporation, as its sole Manager]

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

[ · ]

 

 

Title:

[ · ]

 

 

A- 2


Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

SCIPLAY CORPORATION

 

SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC

 

and

 

THE MEMBERS OF SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 

Dated as of May 7, 2019

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

P age

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.1.

Definitions

2

SECTION 1.2.

Rules of Construction

10

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

 

Determination of Realized Tax Benefit

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.1.

Basis Adjustments; SciPlay Parent 754 Election

11

SECTION 2.2.

Basis Schedules

11

SECTION 2.3.

Tax Benefit Schedules

11

SECTION 2.4.

Procedures; Amendments

12

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

 

Tax Benefit Payments

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.1.

Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments

13

SECTION 3.2.

No Duplicative Payments

15

SECTION 3.3.

Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the Members

15

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

 

Termination

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.1.

Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events

15

SECTION 4.2.

Early Termination Notice

17

SECTION 4.3.

Payment upon Early Termination

17

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

 

 

Subordination and Late Payments

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.1.

Subordination

17

SECTION 5.2.

Late Payments by the Corporation

18

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

 

 

Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.1.

Participation in the Corporation’s and SciPlay Parent’s Tax Matters

18

SECTION 6.2.

Consistency

18

 

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SECTION 6.3.

Cooperation

19

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7.1.

Notices

19

SECTION 7.2.

Counterparts

20

SECTION 7.3.

Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries

20

SECTION 7.4.

Severability

20

SECTION 7.5.

Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver

21

SECTION 7.6.

Titles and Subtitles

22

SECTION 7.7.

Resolution of Disputes; Governing Law

22

SECTION 7.8.

Reconciliation Procedures

23

SECTION 7.9.

Withholding

24

SECTION 7.10.

Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets

24

SECTION 7.11.

Confidentiality

25

SECTION 7.12.

Change in Law

25

SECTION 7.13.

Interest Rate Limitation

26

SECTION 7.14.

Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations

26

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

Exhibit A    -   Form of Joinder Agreement

 

 

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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

 

This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of May 7, 2019, is hereby entered into by and among SciPlay Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “ Corporation ”), SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SciPlay Parent ”), and each of the Members (as defined herein) from time to time party hereto.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, SciPlay Parent is treated as a partnership for U.S. Federal income tax purposes;

 

WHEREAS, SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SG Holding I ”), and SG Social Holding Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SG Holding ”) (such members, together with each other Person who becomes party hereto pursuant to Section 7.5(a) , the “ Members ”), own member’s interests in SciPlay Parent in the form of Units (as defined herein);

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation is the manager of SciPlay Parent;

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Corporation issued shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”), in an initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock (the “ IPO ”);

 

WHEREAS, immediately following the consummation of the IPO, the Corporation acquired (i) existing Units from SG Holding I and (ii) newly issued Units from SciPlay Parent, in each case using the net proceeds from the IPO (collectively, the “ Unit Purchase ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Operating Agreement (as defined herein) provides each Member a redemption right pursuant to which each Member may cause SciPlay Parent to redeem all or a portion of its Units from time to time for shares of Class A Common Stock or, at the Corporation’s option, cash (a “ Redemption ”), subject to the Corporation’s right, in its sole discretion, to elect to effect a direct exchange of cash or shares of Class A Common Stock for such Units between the Corporation and the applicable Member in lieu of such a Redemption (a “ Direct Exchange ”);

 

WHEREAS, SciPlay Parent and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined herein) that is treated as a partnership for U.S. Federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (as defined herein) for the Taxable Year (as defined herein) in which any Exchange (as defined herein) occurs, which election will cause any such Exchange to result in an adjustment to the Corporation’s proportionate share of the tax basis of the assets owned by SciPlay Parent or certain of its Subsidiaries; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to provide for certain payments and make certain arrangements with respect to any tax benefits to be derived by the Corporation as the result of Exchanges and the making of payments under this Agreement.

 


 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.1.            Definitions.   As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to (i) the singular and plural, (ii) the active and passive and (iii) for defined terms that are nouns, the verbified forms of the terms defined).

 

Actual Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Covered Taxes of the Corporation (a) appearing on Tax Returns of the Corporation for such Taxable Year or (b) if applicable, determined in accordance with a Determination.

 

Advisory Firm ” means an accounting firm that is nationally recognized as being expert in Covered Tax matters, selected by the Corporation.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.

 

Agreed Rate ” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points.

 

Agreement ” is defined in the preamble.

 

Amended Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.4(b) .

 

Amount Realized ” means, with respect to any Exchange at any time, the sum of (i) the Market Value of the shares of Class A Common Stock or the amount of cash (as applicable) transferred to a Member pursuant to such Exchange, (ii) the amount of payments made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Exchange (but excluding any portions thereof attributable to Imputed Interest) and (iii) the amount of liabilities allocated to the Units acquired pursuant to the Exchange under Section 752 of the Code.

 

Attributable ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(i) .

 

Audit Committee ” means the audit committee of the Board.

 

Basis Adjustment ” means the increase or decrease to, or the Corporation’s proportionate share of, the tax basis of the Reference Assets under Section 732, 734(b), 743(b) or 1012 of the Code (or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law) as a result of any Exchange or any payment made under this Agreement. Basis Adjustments are to be calculated in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.743-1. For purposes of determining the Corporation’s proportionate share of the tax basis of the Reference Assets with respect to the Units transferred in an Exchange under Treasury Regulations Section 1.743-1(b) (or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law), the consideration paid

 

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by the Corporation for such Units shall be the Amount Realized. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Units is to be determined as if any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Units had not occurred.

 

Basis Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.2 .

 

Beneficial Owner ” means, with respect to any security, a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, with respect to such security or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banks located in New York City, New York or Las Vegas, Nevada generally are authorized or required by Law to close.

 

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i)            any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any “person” or “group” who, on the date of the consummation of the IPO, is the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities)) becomes the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities;

 

(ii)           (A) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or (B) there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, other than such sale or other disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to an entity at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Corporation immediately prior to such sale or other disposition;

 

(iii)          there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (A) the board of directors of the Corporation immediately prior to the merger or consolidation does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (B) all of the Persons who were the respective Beneficial Owners of the voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power

 

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of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation;

 

(iv)          the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors of the Corporation then serving: individuals who were directors of the Corporation on the date of the consummation of the IPO or any new director whose appointment or election to the Board or nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors of the Corporation on the date of the consummation of the IPO or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended by the directors referred to in this clause (iv) ; or

 

(v)           a “change of control” or similar defined term in any agreement governing indebtedness of SciPlay Parent or any of its Subsidiaries with aggregate principal amount or aggregate commitments outstanding in excess of $25,000,000.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

Class A Common Stock ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Class B Common Stock ” means the Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation.

 

Code ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference herein to a specific section of the Code shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

 

Control ” means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Corporation ” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Covered Taxes ” means any U.S. Federal, state and local and foreign taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits and any interest imposed in respect thereof under applicable Law.

 

Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iii) .

 

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Default Rate ” means LIBOR plus 500 basis points.

 

Default Rate Interest ” is defined in Section 5.2 .

 

Determination ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for tax.

 

Direct Exchange ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Dispute ” is defined in Section 7.7(a) .

 

Early Termination Effective Date ” means (i) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(a) , the date an Early Termination Notice is delivered, (ii) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(b) , the date of the applicable Change of Control and (iii) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(c) , the date of the applicable Material Breach.

 

Early Termination Notice ” is defined in Section 4.2(a) .

 

Early Termination Payment ” is defined in Section 4.3(b) .

 

Early Termination Reference Date ” is defined in Section 4.2(b) .

 

Early Termination Schedule ” is defined in Section 4.2(b) .

 

Exchange ” means any (i) Direct Exchange, (ii) Redemption, (iii) transaction using proceeds of the IPO or the Over-Allotment Option (as defined in the Operating Agreement) that results in a Basis Adjustment or (iv) distribution (including a deemed distribution) by SciPlay Parent to a Member that results in a Basis Adjustment.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.

 

Exchange Date ” means the date of any Exchange.

 

Expert ” is defined in Section 7.8(a) .

 

Final Payment Date ” means any date on which a Payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement. The Final Payment Date in respect of (i) a Tax Benefit Payment is determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a)  and (ii) an Early Termination Payment is determined pursuant to Section 4.3(a) .

 

Hypothetical Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the hypothetical liability of the Corporation that would arise in respect of Covered Taxes, using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the actual relevant Tax

 

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Returns of the Corporation but (i) calculating depreciation, amortization or other similar deductions, or otherwise calculating any items of income, gain or loss, using the Corporation’s proportionate share of the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule, including amendments thereto, for such Taxable Year and (ii) excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest for such Taxable Year. For the avoidance of doubt, the Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to any of the items described in clauses (i) or (ii)  of the previous sentence.

 

Imputed Interest ” means any interest imputed under Section 483, 1272 or 1274 or any other provision of the Code or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law with respect to the Corporation’s payment obligations under this Agreement.

 

Independent Directors ” means the members of the Board who are “independent” under the standards of the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted.

 

Interest Amount ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(vi) .

 

IPO ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

IRS ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

 

Joinder ” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.

 

Joinder Requirement ” is defined in Section 7.5(a) .

 

Law ” means all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the U.S., any foreign country and each state, commonwealth, city, county, municipality, regulatory or self-regulatory body, agency or other political subdivision thereof.

 

LIBOR ” means, during any period, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in dollars for a period of one month (for delivery on the first day of such period), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as may be designated by the Corporation from time to time in its reasonable discretion) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of such period.

 

Market Value ” means the Common Unit Redemption Price, as defined in the Operating Agreement.

 

Material Breach ” means the (i) material breach by the Corporation of a material obligation under this Agreement or (ii) the rejection of this Agreement by operation of law in a case commenced in bankruptcy or otherwise.

 

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Member Approval ” means written approval by Members whose rights under this Agreement are attributable to at least 50% of the Units outstanding (excluding any Units held by the Corporation) immediately after the Unit Purchase (as appropriately adjusted for any subsequent changes to the number of outstanding Units). For purposes of this definition, a Member’s rights under this Agreement shall be attributed to Units as of the time of a determination of Member Approval. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) an Exchanged Unit shall be attributed only to the Member entitled to receive Tax Benefit Payments with respect to such Exchanged Unit ( i.e. , the Member who Exchanged the Unit or the assignee of such Member’s rights hereunder) and (ii) an outstanding Unit that has not been Exchanged shall be attributed only to the Member (or, if applicable, the assignee of its rights hereunder) entitled to receive Tax Benefit Payments upon the Exchange of such Unit.

 

Members ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Net Tax Benefit ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(ii) .

 

Non-Adjusted Tax Basis ” means, with respect to any Reference Asset at any time, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made.

 

Objection Notice ” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(ii) .

 

Operating Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of SciPlay Parent, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Parties ” means the parties named on the signature pages to this agreement and each additional party that satisfies the Joinder Requirement, in each case with their respective successors and assigns.

 

Payment ” means any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment and in each case, unless otherwise specified, refers to the entire amount of such Payment or any portion thereof.

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

 

Pre-Exchange Transfer ” means any transfer of one or more Units (i) that occurs after the consummation of the IPO but prior to an Exchange of such Units and (ii) to which Section 743(b) of the Code applies.

 

Realized Tax Benefit ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iv) .

 

Realized Tax Detriment ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(v) .

 

Reconciliation Dispute ” is defined in Section 7.8(a) .

 

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Reconciliation Procedures ” is defined in Section 7.8(a) .

 

Redemption ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Reference Asset ” means any asset of any member of the SciPlay Parent Group at the time of an Exchange. A Reference Asset also includes any asset the tax basis of which is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the tax basis of an asset that is described in the preceding sentence, including “substituted basis property” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code.

 

Schedule ” means any of the following: (i) a Basis Schedule, (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule, (iii) an Early Termination Schedule and (iv) any Amended Schedule.

 

SciPlay Parent ” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

SciPlay Parent Group ” means SciPlay Parent and each of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for applicable tax purposes (but excluding any such Subsidiary that is directly or indirectly held by any entity treated as a corporation for applicable tax purposes (other than the Corporation)).

 

Senior Obligations ” is defined in Section 5.1 .

 

SG Holding ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

SG Holding I ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person and as of any determination date, any other Person as to which such first Person (i) owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls, more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests of such other Person or (ii) is the sole general partner interest, or managing member or similar interest, of such other Person.

 

Tax Benefit Payment ” is defined in Section 3.1(b) .

 

Tax Benefit Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.3(a) .

 

Tax Return ” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to taxes (including any attached schedules), including any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated tax.

 

Taxable Year ” means a taxable year of the Corporation as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or any similar provisions of U.S. state or local tax Law, as applicable (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is filed), ending on or after the closing date of the IPO.

 

Taxing Authority ” means any national, federal, state, county, municipal or local government, or any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any

 

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quasi-governmental body, or any other authority of any kind, exercising regulatory or other authority in relation to tax matters.

 

Treasury Regulations ” means the final, temporary and (to the extent they can be relied upon) proposed regulations under the Code, as promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) and as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

 

U.S. ” means the United States of America.

 

Unit Purchase ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Units ” means Common Units, as defined in the Operating Agreement.

 

Valuation Assumptions ” means, as of an Early Termination Effective Date, the assumptions that:

 

(i)                                      in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully use the deductions arising from the Basis Adjustments and the Imputed Interest during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future Tax Benefit Payments that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions) in which such deductions would become available;

 

(ii)                                   the income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other applicable Law as in effect on the Early Termination Effective Date, except to the extent any change to such tax rates for such Taxable Year have already been enacted into Law;

 

(iii)                                all taxable income of the Corporation will be subject to the maximum applicable tax rates for each Covered Tax throughout the relevant period;

 

(iv)                               any loss carryovers or carrybacks generated by any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest (including any such Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest generated as a result of payments made or deemed to be made under this Agreement) and available (taking into account any known and applicable limitations) as of the date of the Early Termination Schedule will be used by the Corporation ratably in each of the 5 consecutive Taxable Years beginning with the Taxable Year that includes the date of the Early Termination Schedule (but, in the case of any such carryover or carryback that has less than 5 remaining Taxable Years, ratably through the scheduled expiration date of such carryover or carryback) (by way of example, if on the date of the Early Termination Schedule the Corporation had $100 of net operating losses, $20 of such net operating losses would be used in each of the 5 consecutive Taxable Years beginning in the Taxable Year of such Early Termination Schedule);

 

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(v)                                  any non-amortizable assets will be disposed of on the fifteenth anniversary of the earlier of (i) the applicable Basis Adjustment and (ii) the Early Termination Effective Date;

 

(vi)                               if, on the Early Termination Effective Date, any Member has Units that have not been Exchanged, then such Units shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market Value of the shares of Class A Common Stock or the amount of cash that would be received by such Member had such Units actually been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date;

 

(vii)                            any future payment obligations pursuant to this Agreement that are used to calculate the Early Termination Payment will be satisfied on the date that any Tax Return to which any such payment obligation relates is required to be filed excluding any extensions; and

 

(viii)                         with respect to Taxable Years ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date, any unpaid Tax Benefit Payments and any applicable Default Rate Interest will be paid.

 

Voluntary Early Termination ” is defined in Section 4.2(a)(i) .

 

SECTION 1.2.                                     Rules of Construction.   Unless otherwise specified herein:

 

(a)                                  For purposes of interpretation of this Agreement:

 

(i)                                      The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

 

(ii)                                   Unless specified otherwise, references to an Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Article, Section or clause in this Agreement.

 

(iii)                                References to dollars or “$” refer to the lawful currency of the U.S.

 

(iv)                               The terms “include” or “including” are by way of example and not limitation and shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation”.

 

(v)                                  The term “or”, when used in a list of two or more items, means “and/or” and may indicate any combination of the items.

 

(vi)                               The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

 

(b)                                  In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

 

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(c)                                   Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to organizational documents (including the Operating Agreement), agreements (including this Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted hereby, and (ii) references to any Law (including the Code and the Treasury Regulations) include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Determination of Realized Tax Benefit

 

SECTION 2.1.                                     Basis Adjustments; SciPlay Parent 754 Election.

 

(a)                                  Basis Adjustments.   The Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) each Redemption shall be treated as a direct purchase of Units by the Corporation from the applicable Member pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state, local or foreign tax Law) ( i.e. , equivalent to a Direct Exchange) and (ii) each Exchange will give rise to Basis Adjustments.

 

(b)                                  SciPlay Parent Section 754 Election.   The Corporation shall cause SciPlay Parent and each of its Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state, local or foreign tax Law) for each Taxable Year. The Corporation shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Person in which SciPlay Parent owns a direct or indirect equity interest (other than a Subsidiary) that is so treated as a partnership to have in effect any such election for each Taxable Year.

 

SECTION 2.2.                                     Basis Schedules.   Within 150 calendar days after the filing of the U.S. Federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for each relevant Taxable Year, the Corporation shall deliver to the Members a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, (a) the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis of the Reference Assets as of each applicable Exchange Date, (b) the Basis Adjustments to the Reference Assets for such Taxable Year, calculated (i) in the aggregate and (ii) solely with respect to each applicable Member, (c) the periods over which the Reference Assets are amortizable or depreciable and (d) the period over which each Basis Adjustment is amortizable or depreciable (such schedule, a “ Basis Schedule ”). A Basis Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a)  and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b) .

 

SECTION 2.3.                                     Tax Benefit Schedules.

 

(a)                                  Tax Benefit Schedule.   Within 150 calendar days after the filing of the U.S. Federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for any Taxable Year in which there is a

 

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Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporation shall provide to the Members a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year (a “ Tax Benefit Schedule ”). A Tax Benefit Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a)  and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b) .

 

(b)                                  Applicable Principles. Subject to the provisions hereunder, the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase in the Actual Tax Liability of the Corporation for such Taxable Year attributable to the Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest, as determined using a “with and without” methodology described in Section 2.4(a) . Carryovers or carrybacks of any tax item attributable to any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations, and the appropriate provisions of state, local and foreign tax Law, governing the use, limitation or expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryover or carryback of any tax item includes a portion that is attributable to a Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest (a “ TRA Portion ”) and another portion that is not attributable to a Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest (a “ Non-TRA Portion ”), such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology so that (i) the amount of any Non-TRA Portion is deemed utilized first, followed by the amount of any TRA Portion (with the TRA Portion being applied on a proportionate basis consistent with the provisions of Section 3.3(a) ) and (ii) in the case of a carryback of a Non-TRA Portion, such carryback shall not affect the original “with and without” calculation made in the prior Taxable Year. Except with respect to the portion of any payment attributable to Imputed Interest, all Tax Benefit Payments and payments of Default Rate Interest will be treated as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that give rise to further Basis Adjustments for the Corporation beginning in the Taxable Year of payment, and as a result, such additional Basis Adjustments will be incorporated into such Taxable Year and into future Taxable Years, as appropriate.

 

SECTION 2.4.                                     Procedures; Amendments.

 

(a)                                  Procedures.   At any time at least 90 calendar days before a Schedule is due, the Members may, by written notice, require the Corporation to retain and cause the Advisory Firm to prepare all subsequently due Schedules necessitated by this Agreement. Each time the Corporation delivers a Schedule to the Members under this Agreement, the Corporation shall, with respect to such Schedule, also (i) deliver to the Members supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by any Member, that provide a reasonable level of detail regarding relevant data and calculations and (ii) allow the Members and their advisors to have reasonable access to the appropriate representatives, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by the Members, at the Corporation or the Advisory Firm in connection with a review of relevant information. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall ensure that any Tax Benefit Schedule that is delivered to the Members, along with any supporting schedules and work papers, provides a reasonably detailed presentation of the calculations of the Actual Tax Liability for the relevant Taxable Year and the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year, and identifies any material assumptions or operating procedures or

 

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principles that were used for purposes of such calculations. A Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties 30 calendar days from the date on which the Members first received the applicable Schedule unless a Member, within such period, provides the Corporation with written notice of a material objection (made in good faith) to such Schedule and sets forth in reasonable detail such Member’s material objection (an “ Objection Notice ”). If the Parties, for any reason, are unable to resolve the issues raised in such Objection Notice within 30 calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Objection Notice, the Corporation and the Member shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures described in Section 7.8 and the finalization of the Schedule will be conducted in accordance therewith.

 

(b)                                  Amended Schedule.   A Schedule (other than an Early Termination Schedule) for any Taxable Year may only and shall be amended from time to time by the Corporation (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct inaccuracies in such Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date such Schedule was originally provided to the Members, (iii) to comply with an Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryover or carryback of a loss or other tax item to such Taxable Year or (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year (any such Schedule in its amended form, an “ Amended Schedule ”). The Corporation shall provide any Amended Schedule to the applicable Members within 30 calendar days of the occurrence of an event referred to in any of clauses (i) through (v)  of the preceding sentence, and the delivery and finalization of any such Amended Schedule shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to the procedures described in Section 2.4(a) .

 

ARTICLE III

 

Tax Benefit Payments

 

SECTION 3.1.                                     Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments.

 

(a)                                  Timing of Payments.   Subject to Sections 3.2 and 3.3 , by the date that is 3 Business Days following the date on which each Tax Benefit Schedule becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a)  (such date, the “ Final Payment Date ” in respect of any Tax Benefit Payment), the Corporation shall pay in full to each relevant Member the Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b) . Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by such Member. For the avoidance of doubt, no Member shall be required under any circumstances to return any Payment or any Default Rate Interest paid by the Corporation to such Member.

 

(b)                                  Amount of Payments.   For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Tax Benefit Payment ” with respect to any Member means an amount equal to the sum of the Net Tax Benefit that is Attributable to such Member and the Interest Amount. No Tax Benefit Payment shall be calculated or made in respect of any estimated tax payments, including any estimated U.S. Federal income tax payments.

 

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(i)                                      Attributable.   A Net Tax Benefit is “ Attributable ” to a Member to the extent that it is derived from any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest that is attributable to an Exchange undertaken by or with respect to such Member.

 

(ii)                                   Net Tax Benefit.   The “ Net Tax Benefit ” with respect to a Member for a Taxable Year equals the amount of the excess, if any, of (A) 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit Attributable to such Member as of the end of such Taxable Year over (B) the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to such Member under this Section 3.1 (excluding payments attributable to Interest Amounts).

 

(iii)                                Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit.   The “ Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit ” for a Taxable Year equals the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporation, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the time of such determination.

 

(iv)                               Realized Tax Benefit.   The “ Realized Tax Benefit ” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.

 

(v)                                  Realized Tax Detriment.   The “ Realized Tax Detriment ” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.

 

(vi)                               Interest Amount.   The “ Interest Amount ” in respect of a Member equals interest on the unpaid amount of the Net Tax Benefit with respect to such Member for a Taxable Year, calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. Federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for such Taxable Year until the earlier of (A) the date on which no remaining Tax Benefit Payment to the Member is due in respect of such Net Tax Benefit and (B) the applicable Final Payment Date.

 

(vii)                            The Parties acknowledge and agree that, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of any future Exchange that may be subject to this Agreement, the aggregate value of the Tax Benefit Payments cannot be reasonably ascertained for U.S. Federal income or other applicable tax purposes.

 

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SECTION 3.2.                                     No Duplicative Payments.   It is intended that the provisions hereunder will not result in the duplicative payment of any amount that may be required under this Agreement, and the provisions hereunder shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent.

 

SECTION 3.3.                                     Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the Members.

 

(a)                                  Insufficient Taxable Income.   Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1(b)  to the contrary, if the aggregate potential Covered Tax benefit of the Corporation as calculated with respect to the Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest (in each case, without regard to the Taxable Year of origination) is limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporation does not have sufficient actual taxable income, then the available Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to the respective Tax Benefit Payment that would have been payable if the Corporation had sufficient taxable income. For example, if the Corporation had $200 of aggregate potential Covered Tax benefits with respect to the Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest in a particular Taxable Year (with $50 of such Covered Tax benefits attributable to Member A and $150 attributable to Member B), such that Member A would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $42.50 and Member B would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $127.50 if the Corporation had sufficient actual taxable income, and if the Corporation instead had insufficient actual taxable income in such Taxable Year, such that the Covered Tax benefit was limited to $100, then $25 of the aggregate $100 actual Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation for such Taxable Year would be allocated to Member A and $75 would be allocated to Member B, such that Member A would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $21.25 and Member B would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $63.75.

 

(b)                                  Late Payments.   If for any reason the Corporation is not able to fully satisfy its payment obligations to make all Tax Benefit Payments due in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then (i) Default Rate Interest will accrue pursuant to Section 5.2 , (ii) the Corporation shall pay the available amount of such Tax Benefit Payments (and any applicable Default Rate Interest) in respect of such Taxable Year to each Member pro rata in line with Section 3.3(a)  and (iii) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments (and any applicable Default Rate Interest) to all Members in respect of all prior Taxable Years have been made in full.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Termination

 

SECTION 4.1.                                     Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events.

 

(a)                                  Corporation’s Early Termination Right.   With the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors, the Corporation may terminate this Agreement, as and to the extent provided herein, by paying in full each and every Member the Early Termination Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) due to such Member.

 

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(b)                                  Acceleration upon Change of Control.   In the event of a Change of Control, the Early Termination Payment (calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of the Change of Control) shall become due and payable in accordance with Section 4.3 and the Agreement shall terminate, as and to the extent provided herein.

 

(c)                                   Acceleration upon Breach of Agreement.   In the event of a Material Breach, the Early Termination Payment (calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of the Material Breach) shall become due and payable in accordance with Section 4.3 and the Agreement shall terminate, as and to the extent provided herein.  Subject to the next sentence, the Corporation’s failure to make a Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) within 30 calendar days of the applicable Final Payment Date shall be deemed to constitute a Material Breach. To the extent that any Tax Benefit Payment is not made by the date that is 30 calendar days after the relevant Final Payment Date because the Corporation (i) is prohibited from making such payment under Section 5.1 or the terms of any agreement governing any Senior Obligations or (ii) does not have, and cannot take commercially reasonable actions to obtain, sufficient funds to make such payment, such failure will not constitute a Material Breach; provided that (A) such payment obligation nevertheless will accrue for the benefit of the Members, (B) the Corporation shall promptly (and in any event, within 3 Business Days) pay the entirety of the unpaid amount (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) once the Corporation is not prohibited from making such payment under Section 5.1 or the terms of the agreements governing the Senior Obligations and the Corporation has sufficient funds to make such payment and (C) the failure of the Corporation to do so will constitute a Material Breach. It shall be a Material Breach if the Corporation makes any distribution of cash or other property (other than shares of Class A Common Stock) to its stockholders or uses cash or other property to repurchase any capital stock of the Corporation (including Class A Common Stock), in each case before all Tax Benefit Payments (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) have been paid for any Taxable Year that has ended.  The Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (1) obtain sufficient available funds for the purpose of making Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement and (2) avoid entering into any agreements that could be reasonably anticipated to materially delay the timing of the making of any Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  In the case of a termination pursuant to any of the foregoing paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) , upon the Corporation’s payment in full of the Early Termination Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) to each Member, the Corporation shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement other than with respect to any Tax Benefit Payments (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) in respect of any Taxable Year ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date, and such payment obligations shall survive the termination of, and be calculated and paid in accordance with, this Agreement.  If an Exchange subsequently occurs with respect to Units for which the Corporation has paid the Early Termination Payment in full, the Corporation shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange.

 

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SECTION 4.2.                                     Early Termination Notice.

 

(a)                                  If (i) the Corporation chooses to exercise its termination right under Section 4.1(a)  (“ Voluntary Early Termination ”), (ii) a Change of Control occurs or (iii) a Material Breach occurs, the Corporation shall, in each case, deliver to the Members a reasonably detailed notice of the Corporation’s decision to exercise such right or the occurrence of such event, as applicable (an “ Early Termination Notice ”).  In the case of an Early Termination Notice delivered with respect to a Voluntary Early Termination, the Corporation may withdraw such Early Termination Notice and rescind its Voluntary Early Termination at any time prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment is paid.

 

(b)                                  The Corporation shall deliver a schedule showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment (an “ Early Termination Schedule ”) (i) simultaneously with the delivery of an Early Termination Notice or (ii) in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 4.1(b)  or Section 4.1(c) , as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of the Change of Control or Material Breach giving rise to such termination.  The date on which such Early Termination Schedule becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a)  shall be the “ Early Termination Reference Date ”.

 

SECTION 4.3.                                     Payment upon Early Termination.

 

(a)                                  Timing of Payment.   By the date that is 3 Business Days after the Early Termination Reference Date (such date, the “ Final Payment Date ” in respect of the Early Termination Payment), the Corporation shall pay in full to each Member an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment applicable to such Member. Such Early Termination Payment shall be made by the Corporation by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by the applicable Member.

 

(b)                                  Amount of Payment. The “ Early Termination Payment ” payable to a Member pursuant to Section 4.3(a)  shall equal the present value, discounted at the Agreed Rate and determined as of the Early Termination Reference Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments (other than any Tax Benefit Payments in respect of Taxable Years ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date) that would be required to be paid by the Corporation to such Member, beginning from the Early Termination Effective Date and using the Valuation Assumptions. For the avoidance of doubt, an Early Termination Payment shall be made to each Member in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether such Member has Exchanged all of its Units as of the Early Termination Effective Date.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Subordination and Late Payments

 

SECTION 5.1.                                     Subordination.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any payment required to be made by the Corporation to the Members under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations owed in respect of secured indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation (“ Senior

 

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Obligations ”) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future obligations of the Corporation that are not Senior Obligations.

 

SECTION 5.2.                                     Late Payments by the Corporation.   The amount of any Payment not made to any Member by the applicable Final Payment Date shall be payable together with “ Default Rate Interest ”, calculated at the Default Rate and accruing on the amount of the unpaid Payment from the applicable Final Payment Date until the date on which the Corporation makes such Payment to such Member.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation

 

SECTION 6.1.                                     Participation in the Corporation’s and SciPlay Parent’s Tax Matters.   Except as otherwise provided herein or in Article IX of the Operating Agreement, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all tax matters concerning the Corporation or SciPlay Parent, including preparing, filing or amending any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall notify the relevant Members of, and keep them reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit by any Taxing Authority of the Corporation, SciPlay Parent or any of SciPlay Parent’s Subsidiaries, the outcome of which is reasonably expected to materially affect such Members’ rights and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Member shall have the right to participate in and to monitor at its own expense (but not to control) any such portion of any such audit; provided that the Corporation shall not settle or fail to contest any issue pertaining to Covered Taxes that is reasonably expected to materially affect any Member’s rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of such Member, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

SECTION 6.2.                                     Consistency.   Except upon the written advice of the Advisory Firm and except for items that are explicitly described as “deemed” or treated in a similar manner by the terms of this Agreement, all calculations and determinations made hereunder, including any Basis Adjustments, the Schedules and the determination of any Realized Tax Benefits or Realized Tax Detriments, shall be made in accordance with the elections, methodologies and positions taken by the Corporation and SciPlay Parent on their respective Tax Returns. Each Member shall prepare its Tax Returns in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any related calculations or determinations made hereunder, including the terms of Section 2.1 and the Schedules provided to each such Member, except as otherwise required by Law. In the event that an Advisory Firm is replaced with another Advisory Firm acceptable to the Audit Committee, the Parties shall cause such replacement Advisory Firm to perform its services necessitated by this Agreement using procedures and methodologies consistent with those of the previous Advisory Firm, unless otherwise required

 

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by Law or unless the Corporation and all of the Members agree to the use of other procedures and methodologies.

 

SECTION 6.3.                                     Cooperation.

 

(a)                                  Each Member shall (i) furnish to the Corporation in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the Corporation may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return of SciPlay Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or contesting or defending any related audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (ii) make itself available to the Corporation and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporation or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (i)  above and (iii) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter.

 

(b)                                  The Corporation shall reimburse the Members for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred pursuant to Section 6.3(a) .

 

ARTICLE VII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 7.1.                                     Notices.   All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by e-mail or (iii) sent by overnight courier, in each case, addressed as follows:

 

If to the Corporation, to:

 

SciPlay Corporation

6601 Bermuda Road
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

Attn:                                             General Counsel

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Corporation) to:

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attn:
                                            Marc Jaffe

Facsimile:                  (212) 751-4864

E-mail:                                 Marc.Jaffe@lw.com

 

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If to SG Holding I or to SG Holding, to:

 

SG Social Holding Company I, LLC
6601 Bermuda Road
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
Attn:
                                            Legal Department

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to SG Holding I or to SG Holding) to:

 

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

825 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attn:
                                            Robert I. Townsend, III, Esq.;

J. Leonard Teti, II, Esq.;

Christopher K. Fargo, Esq.

E-mail:                                 rtownsend@cravath.com;

lteti@cravath.com;

cfargo@cravath.com

 

If to any other Member, to the address and e-mail address specified on such Member’s signature page to the applicable Joinder.

 

Unless otherwise specified herein, such notices, requests, consents or other communications shall be deemed effective (i) on the date received, if personally delivered, (ii) on the date received if delivered by e-mail on a Business Day, or if not delivered on a Business Day, on the first Business Day thereafter and (iii) 2 Business Days after being sent by overnight courier. Each of the Parties shall be entitled to specify a different address by giving notice as aforesaid to each of the other Parties.

 

SECTION 7.2.                                     Counterparts.   This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties, it being understood that all Parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by e-mail transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.3.                                     Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries.   This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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other terms and provisions hereunder shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect 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 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 in an acceptable manner.

 

SECTION 7.5.                                     Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver.

 

(a)                                  Assignment.   No Member may assign, sell, pledge or otherwise alienate or transfer any interest in this Agreement, including the right to receive any payments under this Agreement, to any Person without the prior written consent of the Corporation, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and without such Person executing and delivering a Joinder agreeing to succeed to the applicable portion of such Member’s interest in this Agreement and to become a Party for all purposes of this Agreement (the “ Joinder Requirement ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Member sells, exchanges, distributes or otherwise transfers Units to any Person (other than the Corporation or SciPlay Parent) in accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement, such Member shall have the option to assign to the transferee of such Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units; provided that such transferee has satisfied the Joinder Requirement. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Member transfers Units in accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement but does not assign to the transferee of such Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units, such Member shall continue to be entitled to receive the Tax Benefit Payments arising in respect of a subsequent Exchange of such Units. The Corporation may not assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any Person without Member Approval (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void).

 

(b)                                  Amendments.   No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by the Corporation with Member Approval; provided that amendment of the definition of Change of Control will also require the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors. In the event that LIBOR ceases to be available, the Parties will negotiate in good faith to amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with a mutually acceptable successor rate.

 

(c)                                   Successors.   All of the terms and provisions hereunder shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by equity purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

(d)                                  Waiver.   No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure by any Party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or

 

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condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

SECTION 7.6.                                     Titles and Subtitles.   The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.7.                                     Resolution of Disputes; Governing Law.

 

(a)                                  Except for Reconciliation Disputes subject to Section 7.8 , any and all disputes which cannot be settled after good faith negotiation within 30 calendar days, including any ancillary claims of any Party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this Section 7.7 or Section 7.8 ) (each, a “ Dispute ”) shall be finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration by the majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators, of which the Corporation shall designate one arbitrator and the Members party to such Dispute shall designate one arbitrator, in each case in accordance with the “screened” appointment procedure provided in Resolution Rule 5.4. In addition to monetary damages, the arbitrators shall be empowered and permitted to award equitable relief, including an injunction and specific performance of any obligation under this Agreement. The arbitrators are not empowered to award damages in excess of compensatory damages, and each Party hereby irrevocably waives any right to recover punitive, exemplary or similar damages with respect to any Dispute. Any award shall be the sole and exclusive remedy between the Parties regarding any claims, counterclaims, issues or accounting presented to the arbitrators. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court located in Clark County, Nevada having jurisdiction over the parties or the matter. The place of the arbitration shall be Clark County, Nevada.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a)  above, any Party may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction located in Clark County, Nevada, which shall be the exclusive forum for any such action or proceeding, for the purpose of compelling another Party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b) , each Party (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraphs (c)  and (d) of this Section 7.7 to any such action or proceeding and (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions hereunder would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate.

 

(c)                                   This Agreement shall be governed in all respects, including as to validity, interpretation and effect, by the internal Laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof. Subject to this Section 7.7 and Section 7.8 , the Parties agree that any suit or proceeding in connection with, arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be instituted only in a Nevada state court (or U.S. Federal court) located in Clark County, Nevada, and the Parties, for the purpose of any such suit or proceeding,

 

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irrevocably consent and submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of any such court in any such suit or proceeding. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law.

 

(d)                                  Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, (i) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in Section 7.7(b ) or 7.7(c)  and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(e)                                   Each Party irrevocably consents to service of process by means of notice in the manner provided for in Section 7.1 . Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.

 

(f)                                    WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND WITH THE ADVICE OF ITS COUNSEL, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHETHER A CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM, OR THIRD PARTY CLAIM, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).

 

SECTION 7.8.                                     Reconciliation Procedures.

 

(a)                                  In the event that the Corporation and any Member are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to a Schedule prepared in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.4 or Section 4.2 , as applicable, within the relevant time period designated in this Agreement (a “ Reconciliation Dispute ”), the procedures described in this paragraph (the “ Reconciliation Procedures ”) will apply. The applicable Parties shall, within 15 calendar days of the commencement of a Reconciliation Dispute, mutually select a nationally recognized expert in the particular area of disagreement (the “ Expert ”) and submit the Reconciliation Dispute to such Expert for determination. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting firm, and unless the Corporation and such Member agree otherwise, the Expert (and its employing firm) shall not have any material relationship with the Corporation or such Member or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the applicable Parties are unable to agree on an Expert within such 15 calendar-day time period, the selection of an Expert shall be treated as a Dispute subject to Section 7.7 and an arbitration panel shall pick an Expert from a nationally recognized accounting firm that does not have any material relationship with the applicable Parties or other actual or potential conflict of interest. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to (i) a Basis Schedule, Early Termination Schedule or an amendment to either within 30 calendar days and (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within 15 calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any

 

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payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid by the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute, and its determinations pursuant to this Section 7.8(a)  shall be binding on the applicable Parties and may be entered and enforced in any court having competent jurisdiction. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.8 or a Dispute within the meaning of Section 7.7 shall be decided and resolved as a Dispute subject to the procedures set forth in Section 7.7 .

 

(b)                                  Subject to the next sentence, the applicable Parties shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert adopts the Member’s position, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse the Member for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding or (ii) the Expert adopts the Corporation’s position, in which case the Member shall reimburse the Corporation for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation.

 

SECTION 7.9.                                     Withholding.   The Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment that is payable to any Member pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment by applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporation, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid by the Corporation to the relevant Member in respect of whom the deduction and withholding was made. Each Member shall promptly provide the Corporation with any applicable tax forms and certifications reasonably requested by the Corporation in connection with determining whether any such deductions and withholdings are required by applicable Law.

 

SECTION 7.10.                              Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.

 

(a)                                  If the Corporation is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 or other applicable sections of the Code governing affiliated or consolidated groups, or any corresponding provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law, then (i) the provisions hereunder shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole, and (ii) Payments and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.

 

(b)                                  If the Corporation or SciPlay Parent transfers one or more assets to a Person treated as a corporation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (with which, in the case of the Corporation, the Corporation does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), such transferor, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Payment due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable

 

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transaction on the date of such transfer. The consideration deemed to be received by the Corporation or SciPlay Parent, as the applicable transferor, shall be equal to the fair market value of the transferred asset plus the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset. For purposes of this Section 7.10 , a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the transferring partner’s applicable share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership.

 

SECTION 7.11.                              Confidentiality.   Each Member and each of its respective assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporation is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by Law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such Person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any other Person any confidential information, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporation or its controlled Affiliates or their successors. This Section 7.11 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporation or any of its controlled Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of any Member in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community, (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a Member to prosecute or defend claims arising under or relating to this Agreement and (iii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a Member to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such Tax Returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Members and each of their assignees (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Members or their assignees, as applicable) may disclose at their discretion to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Corporation, the Members and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Members relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. If a Member or an assignee commits, or threatens to commit, a breach of any of the provisions of this Section 7.11 , the Corporation shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.11 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the Corporation or any of its controlled Affiliates and that money damages alone will not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at Law or in equity.

 

SECTION 7.12.                              Change in Law.   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in Law, a Member reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such Member (or direct or indirect equity holders in such Member) in connection with any Exchange to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes or would have other material adverse tax consequences to such Member or any direct or indirect owner of such Member, then, at the written election of such Member in its sole discretion (in an instrument signed by such Member and delivered to the Corporation) and to the extent specified therein by such Member, this Agreement shall

 

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cease to have further effect and shall not apply to an Exchange occurring after a date specified by such Member, or may be amended in a manner reasonably determined by such Member; provided that such amendment shall not result in an increase in any payments owed by the Corporation under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment.

 

SECTION 7.13.                              Interest Rate Limitation.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the interest paid or agreed to be paid hereunder with respect to amounts due to any Member hereunder shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “ Maximum Rate ”). If any Member shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the applicable payment (but in each case exclusive of any component thereof comprising interest) or, if it exceeds such unpaid non-interest amount, refunded to the Corporation. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by any Member exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Member may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest, (ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof or (iii) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the payment obligations owed by the Corporation to such Member hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Parties to conform strictly to any applicable usury Laws.

 

SECTION 7.14.                              Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations.   The rights and obligations of each Member hereunder are several and not joint with the rights and obligations of any other Person. A Member shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Person hereunder, nor shall a Member have the right to enforce the rights or obligations of any other Person hereunder (other than obligations of the Corporation). The obligations of a Member hereunder are solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable solely by, the Corporation. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered in connection herewith, and no action taken by any Member pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Members acting as a partnership, association, joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Members are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

[Signature Page Follows this Page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

SCIPLAY CORPORATION, AS THE CORPORATION

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

        /s/ Michael D. Cody

 

 

Name:

Michael D. Cody

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC

 

 

 

By: SciPlay Corporation, as Manager

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

        /s/ Michael D. Cody

 

 

Name:

Michael D. Cody

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

[ Signature Page to Tax Receivable Agreement ]

 


 

 

SG SOCIAL HOLDING COMPANY I, LLC, AS A MEMBER

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, as its sole member

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

         /s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Title:

President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SG SOCIAL HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, AS A MEMBER

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, as its sole member

 

 

 

        By: SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, as its sole member

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

         /s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Title:

President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

[ Signature Page to Tax Receivable Agreement ]

 

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Exhibit A

 

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of [ · ], 20[ · ] (this “ Joinder ”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of [ · ] 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Tax Receivable Agreement ”), by and among SciPlay Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “ Corporation ”), SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SciPlay Parent ”), and each of the Members from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

1.                                       Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement.   The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation that, as of the date hereof, the undersigned has been assigned an interest in the Tax Receivable Agreement from a Member.(1)

 

2.                                       Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement.   Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to the Corporation, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a Member under the Tax Receivable Agreement and a Party thereto, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Member thereunder. The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof.

 

3.                                       Incorporation by Reference. All terms and conditions of the Tax Receivable Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full.

 

4.                                       Address. All notices under the Tax Receivable Agreement to the undersigned shall be direct to:

 

[Name]

[Address]

[City, State, Zip Code]

Attn:

E-mail:

 

[Signature Page Follows this Page]

 


(1)  Note to Draft :  Language to be added as applicable.

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

[NAME OF NEW PARTY]

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acknowledged and agreed as of the date first set forth above:

 

 

 

 

 

SCIPLAY CORPORATION

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

[ Signature Page to Joinder Agreement ]

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

Execution Version

 

 

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

 

BY AND AMONG

 

 

SCIPLAY CORPORATION

 

 

AND

 

 

CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS

 

 

DATED AS OF May 7, 2019

 

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

Effectiveness

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1.

Effectiveness

2

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1.

Definitions

2

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

 

Registration Rights

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1.

Demand Registration

7

 

 

 

Section 3.2.

Shelf Registration

9

 

 

 

Section 3.3.

Piggyback Registration

13

 

 

 

Section 3.4.

Lock-Up Agreements

15

 

 

 

Section 3.5.

Registration Procedures

15

 

 

 

Section 3.6.

Underwritten Offerings

21

 

 

 

Section 3.7.

No Inconsistent Agreements; Additional Rights

23

 

 

 

Section 3.8.

Registration Expenses

23

 

 

 

Section 3.9.

Indemnification

23

 

 

 

Section 3.10.

Rules 144 and 144A and Regulation S

27

 

 

 

Section 3.11.

Existing Registration Statements

27

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1.

Authority: Effect

28

 

 

 

Section 4.2.

Notices

28

 

 

 

Section 4.3.

Termination and Effect of Termination

29

 

 

 

Section 4.4.

Permitted Transferees

29

 

 

 

Section 4.5.

Remedies

30

 

 

 

Section 4.6.

Amendments

30

 

 

 

Section 4.7.

Governing Law

30

 

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Section 4.8.

Consent to Jurisdiction

30

 

 

 

Section 4.9.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

31

 

 

 

Section 4.10.

Merger; Binding Effect, Etc.

31

 

 

 

Section 4.11.

Counterparts

32

 

 

 

Section 4.12.

Severability

32

 

 

 

Section 4.13.

No Recourse

32

 

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This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the “ Agreement ”), dated as of May 7, 2019, is made by and among:

 

i. SciPlay Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”);

 

ii. SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SG Holding I ”);

 

iii. SG Social Holding Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SG Holding ”); and

 

iv. such other Persons, if any, that from time to time become party hereto as holders of Registrable Securities (as defined herein) pursuant to Section 4.4.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company priced an initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ” and such shares, the “ Shares ”);

 

WHEREAS, concurrent with the execution hereof, the Company, SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SciPlay LLC ”), and the Members (as defined herein) are entering into that certain Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of SciPlay LLC (such agreement, as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Operating Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the effectiveness of the Operating Agreement, among other things, SciPlay LLC has provided the Members with a redemption right pursuant to which the Members may cause SciPlay LLC to redeem their Common Units (subject to the Company’s right, at the Company’s option, to effect a direct exchange in lieu of such redemption) for Class A Common Stock or cash on the terms set forth in the Operating Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, upon the closing of the IPO (the “ Closing ”), the Company intends to purchase (a) newly issued Common Units (as defined herein) from SciPlay LLC and (b) existing Common Units held by SG Holding I, in each case using the net proceeds from the IPO; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions described above, the Company has agreed to grant to the Holders (as defined herein) certain rights with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises, covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, and for other good and

 


 

valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Effectiveness

 

Section 1.1.           Effectiveness .  This Agreement shall become effective upon the Closing.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Definitions

 

Section 2.1.           Definitions .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Adverse Disclosure ” means public disclosure of non-public information that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, after consultation with outside counsel to the Company: (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Company so that such Registration Statement, from and after its effective date, does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement; and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not disclosing publicly.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided that the Company, SciPlay LLC and each of SciPlay LLC’s subsidiaries shall not be Affiliates of SG Holding I or SG Holding for all purposes of this Agreement. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Block Trade Offering ” means any bought deal or block sale to a financial institution conducted as an underwritten Public Offering.

 

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in the City of New York.

 

Class A Common Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Closing ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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Common Unit ” means “Common Unit” as defined in the Operating Agreement.

 

Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Demand Holder ” means (i) SG Holding I and each of its Affiliates holding Registrable Securities, taken together, and (ii) each Holder to which a Demand Holder transfers Registrable Securities and that, immediately following such transfer, holds, together with its Affiliates holding any such Registrable Securities received from such Demand Holder, Registrable Securities representing 10% of the combined voting power of the Company’s common stock, and each such Affiliate, in each case, for so long as such Person holds Registrable Securities.

 

Demand Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3.

 

Demand Registration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1(a).

 

Demand Registration Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1(a).

 

Demand Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1(c).

 

Demand Suspension ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.6.

 

Direct Exchange ” means “Direct Exchange” as defined in the Operating Agreement.

 

Demanding Holder ” means any Demand Holder that exercises a right to request a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

Effective Date ” means the date of the Closing.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

 

Excluded Registration ” means (i) a registration relating to the sale of securities to employees of the Company or a controlled Affiliate of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan on Form S-8 (or its successor form) approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or (ii) a registration on Form S-4 (or its successor form).

 

FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Holders ” means the holders of Registrable Securities party to this Agreement from time to time.

 

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IPO ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of the Registrable Securities.

 

Issuer Shares ” means the shares of Class A Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company, and any securities into which such shares of Class A Common Stock or other equity securities shall have been changed or any securities resulting from any reclassification or recapitalization of such shares of Class A Common Stock or other equity securities.

 

Loss ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.1.

 

Member ” means “Members” as defined in the Operating Agreement.

 

Operating Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Participation Conditions ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.5(b).

 

Person ” means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, joint venture, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, entity or division.

 

Piggyback Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.1.

 

Piggyback Registration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.1.

 

Potential Takedown Participant ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.5(b).

 

Prospectus ” means (i) the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all other material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, and (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

Public Offering ” means the offer and sale of Registrable Securities for cash pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act (other than a Registration Statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form).

 

Redemption ” means “Redemption” as defined in the Operating Agreement.

 

Registrable Securities ” means (i) all shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Persons who are party to this Agreement that have been issued by the Company pursuant to a Redemption or Direct Exchange and (ii) all shares of Class A

 

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Common Stock directly or indirectly issued to such Persons with respect to the securities referred to in clause (i) above by way of unit or stock dividend or distribution or unit or stock split, or in connection with a combination of units or shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (w) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such Registration Statement, (x) such securities shall have been Transferred to the public pursuant to Rule 144 and the restrictive legend and any stop transfer restrictions have been removed, (y) such holder is able to immediately distribute such securities publicly without any restrictions on transfer (including without application of paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144) or (z) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities, and such Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be in existence, whenever such Person has the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, such Registrable Securities (upon conversion or exercise in connection with a transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the exercise of such right), whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected, and such Person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of a Holder hereunder; provided that a Holder may only request that Registrable Securities in the form of Class A Common Stock be registered pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Registration ” means registration under the Securities Act of the offer and sale to the public of any Issuer Shares under a Registration Statement. The terms “ register ”, “ registered ” and “ registering ” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Registration Expenses ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8.

 

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement of the Company filed with, or to be filed with, the SEC under the Securities Act, including the related Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement, other than a registration statement (and related Prospectus) filed on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form thereto.

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule).

 

SciPlay LLC ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency having jurisdiction under the Securities Act.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

 

SG Holding ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

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SG Holding I ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Shelf Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.3.

 

Shelf Registration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1(a).

 

Shelf Registration Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2.

 

Shelf Registration Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1(a).

 

Shelf Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1(a).

 

Shelf Suspension ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.4.

 

Shelf Takedown Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.5(b).

 

Shelf Takedown Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.5(a).

 

Transfer ” means, with respect to any Registrable Security, any interest therein, or any other securities or equity interests, a direct or indirect transfer, sale, exchange, assignment or other disposition thereof, including the grant of an option or other right, whether directly or indirectly, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law, pursuant to judicial process or otherwise. “ Transferred ” shall have a correlative meaning.

 

Underwritten Public Offering ” means an underwritten Public Offering, including any Block Trade Offering.

 

Underwritten Shelf Takedown ” means an Underwritten Public Offering pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration Statement.

 

Underwritten Shelf Takedown Request ” means a Shelf Takedown Request with respect to an Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

 

WKSI ” means any Securities Act registrant that is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule) at the most recent eligibility determination date specified in paragraph (2) of that definition.

 

Section 2.2. Other Interpretive Provisions . (a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

 

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(b) The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar words refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and any subsection and Section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

(c) The term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation.”

 

(d) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(e) Whenever the context requires, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Registration Rights

 

The Company will perform and comply, and cause each of its controlled Affiliates to perform and comply, with such of the following provisions as are applicable to it. Each Holder will perform and comply with such of the following provisions as are applicable to such Holder.

 

Section 3.1.           Demand Registration .

 

Section 3.1.1.        Request for Demand Registration .

 

(a)           Following the Effective Date, each Demand Holder shall have the right to make written requests from time to time (a “ Demand Registration Request ”) to the Company for Registration of all or part of the Registrable Securities held by such Demand Holder. Any such Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration Request shall hereinafter be referred to as a “ Demand Registration .”  Each such Demand Registration Request shall be in respect of at least $50 million in anticipated aggregate net proceeds from all shares sold pursuant to such registration (including after giving effect to net proceeds expected to be received by any Holder that participates in such offering after delivering written notice pursuant to Section 3.1.3 or otherwise) .

 

(b)           Each Demand Registration Request shall specify (x) the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities to be registered, and (y) the intended method or methods of disposition thereof.

 

(c)           Upon receipt of the Demand Registration Request, the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable file a Registration Statement (a “ Demand Registration Statement ”), as specified in the Demand Registration Request for such Demand Registration, relating to such Demand Registration. The Company shall use its reasonable best

 

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efforts to cause such Demand Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as reasonably practicable.

 

Section 3.1.2.  Limitation on Demand Registrations .  The Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any Demand Registration if a Demand Registration was declared effective or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown (other than a Block Trade Offering) was consummated within the preceding 60 days (unless otherwise consented to by the Board of Directors of the Company).

 

Section 3.1.3.  Demand Notice .  Promptly upon receipt of a Demand Registration Request pursuant to Section 3.1.1 (but in no event more than three Business Days thereafter), the Company shall deliver a written notice (a “ Demand Notice ”) of any such Demand Registration Request to all other Holders and the Demand Notice shall offer each such Holder the opportunity to include in the Demand Registration that number of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request in writing.  Subject to Section 3.1.7, the Company shall include in the Demand Registration all such Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within three Business Days after the date that the Demand Notice was delivered.

 

Section 3.1.4.  Demand Withdrawal .  Any Holder that has requested its Registrable Securities be included in a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 3.1.3 (including any Demanding Holder) may withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration from such Demand Registration at any time prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement related to such Demand Registration.  Upon receipt of a notice to such effect from a Demanding Holder (or if there is more than one Demanding Holder, from all such Demanding Holders) with respect to all of the Registrable Securities included by such Demanding Holder(s) in such Demand Registration, the Company shall cease all efforts to secure effectiveness of the applicable Demand Registration Statement.

 

Section 3.1.5.  Effective Registration .  The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Demand Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for not less than 180 days plus the duration of any suspension period (or such shorter period as will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by such Demand Registration Statement have been sold or withdrawn), or, if such Demand Registration Statement relates to an Underwritten Public Offering, such longer period as in the opinion of counsel for the underwriter or underwriters a Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer.

 

Section 3.1.6.  Delay in Filing; Suspension of Registration .  If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Demand Registration Statement at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, the Demand Registration

 

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Statement (a “ Demand Suspension ”); provided , however , that the Company shall not be permitted to exercise a Demand Suspension (i) more than once during any 12-month period or (ii) for a period exceeding 60 days on any one occasion.  In the case of a Demand Suspension, the Holders agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus in connection with any sale or purchase, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the notice referred to above.  The Company shall immediately notify the Holders in writing upon the termination of any Demand Suspension.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.1.6, the Company may not postpone the filing or effectiveness of, or suspend use of, a Demand Registration Statement past the date upon which the applicable Adverse Disclosure is disclosed to the public or otherwise ceases to constitute Adverse Disclosure.  During a Demand Suspension, the Company shall be prohibited from filing a registration statement for its own account or for the account of any other Holder or holder of its securities and, upon termination of any Demand Suspension, the Company shall promptly amend or supplement the applicable Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Holders may reasonably request.

 

Section 3.1.7.  Priority of Securities Registered Pursuant to Demand Registrations .  If the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Public Offering of the Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration advise the Company in writing that, in its or their opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the securities to be included in such Registration shall be (x) first, 100% of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the initiating Demand Holder, (y) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (x) have been included, for each Holder (other than the initiating Demand Holder) that has requested to participate in such Demand Registration, an amount equal to such Holder’s pro rata share of the total number of such Registrable Securities requested to be registered or sold by Holders other than the initiating Demand Holder that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect, and (z) third, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (y) have been included, the number of other securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect.

 

Section 3.2.           Shelf Registration .

 

Section 3.2.1.        Request for Shelf Registration .

 

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Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration statement (a “ Shelf Registration Request ”), the Company shall promptly file with the SEC a shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (“ Shelf Registration Statement ”) relating to the offer and sale of Registrable Securities by any Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable.  Any such Registration pursuant to a Shelf Registration Request shall hereinafter be referred to as a “ Shelf Registration .”

 

(b)           If on the date of the Shelf Registration Request: (i) the Company is a WKSI, then the Shelf Registration Request may request Registration of an unspecified amount of Registrable Securities; and (ii) the Company is not a WKSI, then the Shelf Registration Request shall specify the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities to be registered.

 

Section 3.2.2.  Shelf Registration Notice .  Promptly upon receipt of a Shelf Registration Request (but in no event more than three Business Days thereafter), the Company shall deliver a written notice (a “ Shelf Registration Notice ”) of any such request to all other Holders, which notice shall specify, if applicable, the amount of Registrable Securities to be registered, and the Shelf Registration Notice shall offer each such Holder the opportunity to include in the Shelf Registration that number of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request in writing.  Subject to Section 3.2.6, the Company shall include in such Shelf Registration all such Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within three Business Days after the date that the Shelf Registration Notice has been delivered.

 

Section 3.2.3.  Continued Effectiveness .  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming part of the Shelf Registration Statement to be usable by Holders until the earlier of: (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or another Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act; and (ii) the date as of which no Holder holds Registrable Securities (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder) (such period of effectiveness, the “ Shelf Period ”). Subject to Section 3.2.4, the Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Period if the Company voluntarily takes any action or omits to take any action that would result in Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement during the Shelf Period, unless such action or omission is required by applicable law.

 

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Section 3.2.4.  Suspension of Registration .  If the continued use of such Shelf Registration Statement at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, suspend use of the Shelf Registration Statement (a “ Shelf Suspension ”); provided , however , that the Company shall not be permitted to exercise a Shelf Suspension (i) more than one time during any 12-month period, or (ii) for a period exceeding 60 days on any one occasion.  In the case of a Shelf Suspension, the Holders agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus and in connection with any sale or purchase of, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the notice referred to above. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders in writing upon the termination of any Shelf Suspension and, upon such termination, promptly amend or supplement the Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Holders may reasonably request.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.2.4, the Company may not postpone the filing or effectiveness of, or suspend use of, a Shelf Registration Statement past the date upon which the applicable Adverse Disclosure is disclosed to the public or otherwise ceases to be Adverse Disclosure.  During a Shelf Suspension, the Company shall be prohibited from filing a registration statement for its own account or for the account of any other Holder or holder of its securities.

 

Section 3.2.5.  Shelf Takedown .

 

(a)           At any time during which the Company has an effective Shelf Registration Statement with respect to a Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities, by notice to the Company specifying the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, such Demand Holder may make a written request (a “ Shelf Takedown Request ”) to the Company to effect a Public Offering, including an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, of all or a portion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities that are covered by such Shelf Registration Statement, and as soon as practicable the Company shall amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement for such purpose; provided that any Underwritten Shelf Takedown Request that does not include all of the Registrable Securities then held by the initiating Demand Holder that are covered by the applicable Shelf Registration Statement shall be in respect of at least $25 million in anticipated net proceeds in the aggregate (including after giving effect to net proceeds expected to be received by any Holder that participates in such offering after delivering a written notice pursuant to Section 3.2.5(b)).

 

(b)           Promptly upon receipt of any Underwritten Shelf Takedown Request (but in no event more than three Business Days thereafter), the Company shall deliver a notice (a “ Shelf Takedown

 

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Notice ”) to each other Holder with Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement (each a “ Potential Takedown Participant ”). The Shelf Takedown Notice shall offer each such Potential Takedown Participant the opportunity to include in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown that number of Registrable Securities as each such Potential Takedown Participant may request in writing.  Subject to Section 3.2.6, the Company shall include in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown all such Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within three Business Days after the date that the Shelf Takedown Notice has been delivered. Any Potential Takedown Participant’s request to participate in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown in connection with a proposed Block Trade Offering shall be binding on the Potential Takedown Participant; provided that each such Potential Takedown Participant that elects to participate may condition its participation on such Underwritten Shelf Takedown being completed within 10 Business Days of its acceptance at a price per share (after giving effect to any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) to such Potential Takedown Participant of not less than 90% (or such lesser percentage specified by such Potential Takedown Participant in writing) of the closing price for the shares on their principal trading market on the Business Day immediately prior to such Potential Takedown Participant’s election to participate (the “ Participation Conditions ”). Notwithstanding the delivery of any Shelf Takedown Notice, but subject to the Participation Conditions in any Block Trade Offering, all determinations as to whether to complete any Underwritten Shelf Takedown and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms of any Underwritten Shelf Takedown contemplated by this Section 3.2.5 shall be determined by the initiating Demand Holder; provided that if such Underwritten Shelf Takedown is to be completed and subject to the Participation Conditions in any Block Trade Offering, each Potential Takedown Participant’s pro rata share of the Registrable Securities being sold shall (subject to Section 3.2.6) be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such Potential Takedown Participant has complied with the requirements set forth in this Section 3.2.5.  For any Underwritten Shelf Takedown that is not a Block Trade Offering, any Holder that has requested its Registrable Securities be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to this Section 3.2.5 may withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown at any time prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement related to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

 

(c)           The Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any Underwritten Shelf Takedown if a Demand Registration or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown (other than a Block Trade Offering) was consummated within the preceding 60 days (unless otherwise consented to by the Board of Directors of the Company).

 

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Section 3.2.6.  Priority of Securities Sold Pursuant to Shelf Takedowns .  If the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 3.2.5 advise the Company in writing that, in its or their opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in the proposed Underwritten Shelf Takedown exceeds the number that can be sold in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such offering shall be (x) first, 100% of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the initiating Demand Holder, (y) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (x) have been included, for each Holder (other than the initiating Demand Holder) that has requested to participate in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, an amount equal to such Holder’s pro rata share of the total number of such Registrable Securities requested to be registered or sold by Holders other than the initiating Demand Holder that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect, and (z) third, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (y) have been included, the number of other securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters can be sold without having such adverse effect.

 

Section 3.3.           Piggyback Registration .

 

Section 3.3.1.  Participation .  If the Company at any time proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act or to conduct a Public Offering with respect to any offering of its equity securities for its own account or for the account of any other Persons (other than (i) a Registration under Sections 3.1 or 3.2 or (ii) an Excluded Registration), then, as soon as practicable (but in no event less than five Business Days prior to the proposed date of filing of such Registration Statement or, in the case of any such Public Offering, the anticipated pricing or trade date), the Company shall give written notice (a “ Piggyback Notice ”) of such proposed filing or Public Offering to all Holders, and such Piggyback Notice shall offer the Holders the opportunity to register under such Registration Statement, or to sell in such Public Offering, such number of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request in writing (a “ Piggyback Registration ”). Subject to Section 3.3.2, the Company shall include in such Registration Statement or in such Public Offering as applicable, all such Registrable Securities that are requested to be included therein within three Business Days after the receipt by such Holder of any such notice; provided , however , that if at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register or sell any securities and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such Registration, or the pricing or trade date of such Public Offering, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or sell or to delay Registration or the sale of such securities, the Company shall promptly give written notice of such determination to each Holder and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to register or sell, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register or sell any Registrable Securities in connection with such

 

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Registration or Public Offering (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith), without prejudice, however, to the rights of any Holders entitled to request that such Registration or sale be effected as a Demand Registration under Section 3.1 or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under Section 3.2, as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay Registration or sale, in the absence of a request for a Demand Registration or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, as the case may be, the Company shall be permitted to delay registering or selling any Registrable Securities, for the same period as the delay in registering or selling such other securities. If the offering pursuant to such Registration Statement or Public Offering is to be an Underwritten Public Offering, then each Holder making a request for a Piggyback Registration pursuant to this Section 3.3.1 shall, and the Company shall, make such arrangements with the managing underwriter or underwriters so that each such Holder may, participate in such underwritten offering. If the offering pursuant to such Registration Statement or Public Offering is to be on any other basis, then each Holder making a request for a Piggyback Registration pursuant to this Section 3.3.1 shall, and the Company shall, make such arrangements so that each such Holder may participate in such offering on such basis. Any Holder shall have the right to withdraw all or part of its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw; provided that such request must be made in writing prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement.

 

Section 3.3.2.  Priority of Piggyback Registration .  If the managing underwriter or underwriters of any proposed offering of Registrable Securities included in a Piggyback Registration informs the Company and the participating Holders in writing that, in its or their opinion, the number of securities that such Holders and any other Persons intend to include in such offering exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the securities to be included in such Registration shall be (x) first, 100% of the securities that the Company or (subject to Section 3.7) any Person (other than a Holder) exercising a contractual right to demand Registration, as the case may be, proposes to sell, and (y) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (x) have been included, for each Holder that has requested to participate in such offering an amount equal to such Holder’s pro rata share of the total number of such Registrable Securities requested to be registered or sold by Holders that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect and (z) third, and only if all of the Registrable Securities referred to in clause (y) have been included in such Registration, any other securities eligible for inclusion in such Registration.

 

Section 3.3.3.  No Effect on Other Registrations .  No Registration of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to a request under this Section 3.3 shall be deemed to have been effected pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 or shall relieve the Company of its obligations under Sections 3.1 and 3.2.

 

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Section 3.4.           Lock-Up Agreements .  In connection with each Registration or sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 conducted as an Underwritten Public Offering, each Holder agrees, if requested, to become bound by and to execute and deliver such lock-up agreement with the underwriter(s) of such Public Offering restricting such Holder’s right to (a) Transfer, directly or indirectly, any Registrable Securities or (b) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another any of the economic consequences of ownership of Registrable Securities, as is entered into by any Demand Holder (in the case of a Registration or sale pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2) or the Company (in the case of a Registration or sale pursuant to Section 3.3) with the underwriter(s) of such Public Offering; provided , however , that no Holder shall be required to enter into a lock-up agreement covering a period of greater than 90 days after the date of the final Prospectus relating to such offering or such longer period as is agreed to by each of the Demand Holders (in the case of a Registration or sale pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2) or the Company (in the case of a Registration or sale pursuant to Section 3.3); provided , further , that in no event shall such lock-up period be greater than the period agreed to by the Company or its directors or officers or any other Demand Holder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, such lock-up agreement shall not apply to (i) distributions-in-kind to a Demand Holder’s direct or indirect equityholders; (ii) Transfers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or (iii) other customary exceptions that the underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Public Offering may agree to.

 

Section 3.5.           Registration Procedures .

 

Section 3.5.1.        Requirements .  In connection with the Company’s obligations under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect any applicable Registration and to facilitate the sale of any applicable Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, and in connection therewith the Company shall:

 

(a)           as promptly as is reasonably practicable prepare and file the required Registration Statement, including all exhibits and financial statements required under the Securities Act to be filed therewith, and, before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, (x) furnish to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, copies of all documents prepared to be filed, which documents shall be subject to the review of such underwriters and such Holders and their respective counsel, (y) subject to applicable law, make such changes in such documents concerning the Holders prior to the filing thereof as such Holders, or their counsel, may reasonably request and (z) subject to applicable law, except in the case of a Registration under Section 3.3, not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto to which any participating Demand Holder or the underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object;

 

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(b)           as promptly as is reasonably practicable prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement and supplements to the Prospectus as may be (x) reasonably requested by any Demand Holder with Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, (y) reasonably requested by any participating Holder (to the extent such request relates to information relating to such Holder) or (z) necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the period of time required by this Agreement, and comply with provisions of the applicable securities laws with respect to the sale or other disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

 

(c)           notify the participating Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and (if requested) confirm such notice in writing and provide copies of the relevant documents, as soon as reasonably practicable after notice thereof is received by the Company (a) when the applicable Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed or becomes effective, and when the applicable Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been filed, (b) of any written comments by the SEC, or any request by the SEC or other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or such Prospectus, or for additional information (whether before or after the effective date of the Registration Statement) or any other correspondence with the SEC relating to, or which may affect, the Registration, (c) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any order by the SEC or any other regulatory authority preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purposes, (d) if, at any time, the representations and warranties of the Company in any applicable underwriting agreement cease to be true and correct in all material respects and (e) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;

 

(d)           promptly notify each selling Holder and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, when the Company becomes aware of the happening of any event as a result of which the applicable Registration Statement or the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (as then in effect) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of such Prospectus or any preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes information that may conflict with

 

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the information contained in the Registration Statement, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such time period to amend or supplement such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act and, as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the SEC, and furnish without charge to the selling Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus, which shall correct such misstatement or omission or effect such compliance;

 

(e)           to the extent the Company is eligible under the relevant provisions of Rule 430B under the Securities Act, if the Company files any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall include in such Shelf Registration Statement such disclosures as may be required by Rule 430B under the Securities Act (referring to the unnamed selling security holders in a generic manner by identifying the initial offering of the securities to the Holders) in order to ensure that the Holders may be added as selling security holders to such Shelf Registration Statement at a later time through the filing of a Prospectus supplement rather than a post-effective amendment;

 

(f)            use its reasonable best efforts to prevent, or obtain the withdrawal of, any stop order or other order or notice preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final Prospectus;

 

(g)           promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold agree should be included therein relating to the plan of distribution with respect to such Registrable Securities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment;

 

(h)           furnish to each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, without charge, as many conformed copies as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request of the applicable Registration Statement and any amendment or post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits (including those incorporated by reference);

 

(i)            deliver to each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, without charge, as many copies of the applicable Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably

 

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request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such Holder or underwriter (it being understood that the Company shall consent to the use of such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto);

 

(j)            on or prior to the date on which the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and cooperate with the selling Holders, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel, in connection with the Registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of each state and other jurisdiction as any such selling Holder or managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or their respective counsel reasonably request in writing and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to keep such Registration or qualification in effect for such period as required by Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, as applicable; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to taxation or general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

 

(k)           cooperate with the selling Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters may request at least three Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities to the underwriters;

 

(l)            use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

(m)          not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities if other than the CUSIP for the publicly traded Class A Common Stock;

 

(n)           make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Registrable Securities being registered, and the underwriters or agents, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in public offerings similar to the offering then being undertaken;

 

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(o)           enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting and indemnification agreements) and take all such other actions as any participating Demand Holder or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the Registration and disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

(p)           obtain for delivery to the Holders of Registrable Securities being registered and to the underwriter or underwriters, if any, an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Company dated the most recent effective date of the Registration Statement or, in the event of an Underwritten Public Offering, the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, in customary form, scope and substance, which opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Holders or underwriters, as the case may be, and their respective counsel;

 

(q)           in the case of an Underwritten Public Offering, obtain for delivery to the Company and the managing underwriter or underwriters, with copies to the Holders included in such Registration or sale, a comfort letter from the Company’s independent certified public accountants or independent auditors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants or independent auditors of any controlled Affiliate of the Company or any business acquired by the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement) in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters as the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request, dated the date of execution of the underwriting agreement and brought down to the closing under the underwriting agreement;

 

(r)            cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA;

 

(s)            use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable securities laws and, if a Registration Statement was filed, make available, including through the SEC’s EDGAR filing system or any successor system, to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

(t)            provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

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(u)           use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be listed on the securities exchange on which the Company’s Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted and on each inter-dealer quotation system on which the Company’s Class A Common Stock is then quoted;

 

(v)           make available upon reasonable notice at reasonable times and for reasonable periods for inspection by any Demand Holder with Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement, by a representative appointed by the Holders of a majority of Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement, by any underwriter participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such Registration Statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holders or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements to make themselves available to discuss the business of the Company and to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Person in connection with such Registration Statement;

 

(w)          in the case of a marketed Public Offering, cause the senior executive officers of the Company to participate in the customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in any such offering and otherwise to facilitate, cooperate with, and participate in each proposed offering contemplated herein and customary selling efforts related thereto;

 

(x)           take no direct or indirect action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act;

 

(y)           take all reasonable action to ensure that any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus utilized in connection with any Registration complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby and, when taken together with the related Prospectus, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(z)           to the extent that a Holder might reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of any Registrable Securities or a “controlling person” (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) of the Company, allow such Holder to propose language for insertion in such Registration Statement or comparable document, which in the reasonable

 

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judgment of such Holder and its counsel should be included, and the Company will consider in good faith inclusion thereof; and

 

(aa)         take all such other reasonable actions as are necessary or advisable in order to expedite or facilitate the Registration and disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.5.2.  Company Information Requests .  The Company may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any Registration or sale is being effected to furnish to the Company such information regarding the distribution of such securities and such other information relating to such Holder and its ownership of Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing and the Company may exclude from such Registration or sale the Registrable Securities of any such Holder who unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each Holder agrees to furnish such information to the Company and to cooperate with the Company as reasonably necessary to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.5.3.  Discontinuing Registration .  Each Holder agrees that, as promptly as possible after receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.5.1(d), such Holder will promptly discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3.5.1(d), or until such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, and if so directed by the Company, such Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the period during which the applicable Registration Statement is required to be maintained effective shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement either receives the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3.5.1(d) or is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed.

 

Section 3.6.           Underwritten Offerings .

 

Section 3.6.1.  Shelf and Demand Registrations .  If requested by the underwriters for any Underwritten Public Offering, pursuant to a Registration or sale under Section 3.1 or 3.2, the Company shall enter into an underwriting

 

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agreement with such underwriters, such agreement to be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to each of the Company, each Demand Holder seeking to participate in such offering and the underwriters, and to contain such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are customary in agreements of that type. The Holders of the Registrable Securities proposed to be distributed by such underwriters shall cooperate with the Company in the negotiation of the underwriting agreement and shall give consideration to the reasonable suggestions of the Company regarding the form thereof. Such Holders shall be parties to such underwriting agreement, which underwriting agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such Holders as are customarily made by issuers to selling stockholders in public offerings similar to the applicable offering.

 

Section 3.6.2.  Piggyback Registrations .  If the Company proposes to register or sell any of its securities under the Securities Act as contemplated by Section 3.3 and such securities are to be distributed through one or more underwriters, the Company shall, if requested by any Holder pursuant to Section 3.3 and, subject to the provisions of Section 3.3.2, use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for such underwriters to include on the same terms and conditions that apply to the other sellers in such Registration or sale all the Registrable Securities to be offered and sold by such Holder among the securities of the Company to be distributed by such underwriters in such Registration or sale. The Holders of Registrable Securities to be distributed by such underwriters shall be parties to the underwriting agreement between the Company and such underwriters, which underwriting agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such Holders as are customarily made by issuers to selling stockholders in secondary public offerings.

 

Section 3.6.3.  Participation in Underwritten Registrations .  Subject to the provisions of Section 3.6.1 and Section 3.6.2 above, no Person may participate in any Underwritten Public Offering hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

Section 3.6.4.  Selection of Underwriters .  In the case of an Underwritten Public Offering under Section 3.1 or 3.2, the managing underwriter or underwriters to administer the offering shall be determined by the Holders of a majority of Registrable Securities to be included in such Underwritten Public Offering; provided that such managing underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

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Section 3.7.           No Inconsistent Agreements; Additional Rights .  Neither the Company nor any of its controlled Affiliates shall hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders by this Agreement.  Without the prior written consent of each Demand Holder, neither the Company nor any of its controlled Affiliates shall enter into any agreement granting registration or similar rights to any Person that are prior in right, pari passu or inconsistent with the rights under this Agreement, and the Company hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, no registration or similar rights have been granted to any other Person other than pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 3.8.           Registration Expenses .  All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement shall be paid by the Company, including (i) all registration and filing fees, and any other fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with the SEC or FINRA, (ii) all fees and expenses in connection with compliance with any securities or “Blue Sky” laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) all printing, duplicating, word processing, messenger, telephone, facsimile and delivery expenses of the Company (including expenses of printing certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing Prospectuses), (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of all independent certified public accountants or independent auditors of the Company and any controlled Affiliates of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance), (v) Securities Act liability insurance or similar insurance if the Company so desires, (vi) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or quotation of the Registrable Securities on any inter-dealer quotation system, (vii) all applicable rating agency fees with respect to the Registrable Securities, (viii) all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for each Demand Holder to the extent that it participates in such Registration or sale, (ix) all fees and expenses of any special experts or other Persons retained by the Company in connection with any Registration or sale, (x) all of the Company’s internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties) and (xi) all expenses of the Company related to the “road-show” for any Underwritten Public Offering (including the reasonable out-of-pocket “road-show” expenses of each Demand Holder), including all travel, meals and lodging.  All such expenses are referred to herein as “ Registration Expenses ”. The Company shall not be required to pay any fees and disbursements to underwriters not customarily paid by the issuers of securities in an offering similar to the applicable offering, including underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities , which shall be paid by the participating Holders in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities offered and sold by or on behalf of each such Holder.

 

Section 3.9.           Indemnification .

 

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law, each Holder, its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ respective officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders and employees and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) such Persons from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several (including reasonable costs of investigation and reasonable legal expenses or other reasonable expenses actually incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding resulting therefrom) (each, a “ Loss ” and collectively “ Losses ”) arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities are registered or sold under the Securities Act (including any final, preliminary or summary Prospectus contained therein or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any documents incorporated by reference therein) or any other disclosure document produced by or on behalf of the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates including any report and other document filed under the Exchange Act, (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; provided that no selling Holder shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 3.9.1 in respect of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Registration Statement or other disclosure document in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished in writing by such selling Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion therein that has not been corrected in a subsequent writing prior to the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting the claim or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company (or any of its agents or controlled Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law.  This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability the Company may otherwise have. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder or any indemnified party and shall survive the Transfer of such securities by such Holder. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the indemnified parties.

 

Section 3.9.2.  Indemnification by the Selling Holders .  Each selling Holder agrees (severally and not jointly) to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors and officers and each Person (other than such Holder) who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) from and against any Losses resulting from (i) any untrue statement of a material fact in any Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities were registered or sold under the Securities Act (including any final, preliminary or summary Prospectus contained

 

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therein or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any documents incorporated by reference therein) or (ii) any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information about such Holder furnished in writing by such selling Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement and has not been corrected in a subsequent writing prior to or concurrently with the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting the claim. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder under the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation less any amounts paid by such Holder pursuant to Section 3.9.4 and any amounts paid by such Holder as a result of liabilities incurred under the underwriting agreement, if any, related to such sale. The Company shall be entitled to receive indemnities from underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, to the same extent as provided above (with appropriate modification) with respect to information furnished in writing by such Persons specifically for inclusion in any Prospectus or Registration Statement.

 

Section 3.9.3.  Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings .  Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification ( provided that any delay or failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder only to the extent, if at all, that it is actually and materially prejudiced by reason of such delay or failure) and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided , however , that any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to select and employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Person unless (i) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees or expenses, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim within a reasonable time after receipt of notice of such claim from the Person entitled to indemnification hereunder and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Person, (iii) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of its counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iv) in the reasonable judgment of any such Person (based upon advice of its counsel) a conflict of interest may exist between such Person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the Person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such Person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such Person). If the indemnifying party assumes the defense, the indemnifying party

 

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shall not have the right to settle such action without the prior written consent of the indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of an unconditional release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation without the prior written consent of such indemnified party. If such defense is not assumed by the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its prior written consent, but such consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying party reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into in good faith more than 60 days after receipt by the indemnifying party of such request and more than 30 days after receipt of the proposed terms of such settlement and (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, except as specifically set forth in this Section 3.9.3, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements or other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction.

 

Section 3.9.4.  Contribution .  If for any reason the indemnification provided for in Section 3.9.1 and Section 3.9.2 is unavailable to an indemnified party (other than as a result of exceptions contained in Section 3.9.1 and Section 3.9.2) or insufficient in respect of any Losses referred to therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the acts, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. In connection with any Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Company, the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 3.9.4 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 this Section 3.9.4. 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. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred

 

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to in Sections 3.9.1 and 3.9.2 shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  If indemnification is available under this Section 3.9, the indemnifying parties shall indemnify each indemnified party to the fullest extent provided in Sections 3.9.1 and 3.9.2 hereof without regard to the provisions of this Section 3.9.4. The remedies provided for in this Section 3.9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.9.4, in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Company, a selling Holder shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such holder under the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation less any amounts paid by such Holder pursuant to Section 3.9.2 and any amounts paid by such Holder as a result of liabilities incurred under the underwriting agreement, if any, related to such sale.

 

Section 3.10.         Rules 144 and 144A and Regulation S .  The Company shall 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 (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder, make publicly available such necessary information for so long as necessary to permit sales that would otherwise be permitted by this Agreement pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC), and it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, including the delivery of customary opinions requested to effectuate such sales pursuant to Rule 144, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without Registration under the Securities Act in transactions that would otherwise be permitted by this Agreement and within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rules 144, 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof.

 

Section 3.11.         Existing Registration Statements .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and subject to applicable law and regulation, the Company may satisfy any obligation hereunder to file a Registration Statement or to have a Registration Statement become effective by a specified date by designating, by notice to the Holders, a Registration Statement that previously has been filed with the SEC or become effective, as the case may be, as the relevant Registration Statement for purposes of satisfying such obligation, and all references to any such obligation shall be construed accordingly; provided that such previously filed Registration Statement may be amended or, subject to applicable securities laws, supplemented to add the number of Registrable Securities, and, to the extent necessary, to identify as selling stockholders those Holders demanding the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. To the extent this Agreement refers to the filing or effectiveness of other Registration

 

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Statements, by or at a specified time and the Company has, in lieu of then filing such Registration Statements or having such Registration Statements become effective, designated a previously filed or effective Registration Statement as the relevant Registration Statement for such purposes, in accordance with the preceding sentence, such references shall be construed to refer to such designated Registration Statement, as amended.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 4.1.           Authority: Effect .  Each party hereto represents and warrants to and agrees with each other party that the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized on behalf of such party and do not violate any agreement or other instrument applicable to such party or by which its assets are bound. This Agreement does not, and shall not be construed to, give rise to the creation of a partnership among any of the parties hereto, or to constitute any of such parties members of a joint venture or other association.

 

Section 4.2.           Notices .  Any notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted in this Agreement shall be effective if in writing and (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by e-mail, or (iii) sent by overnight courier, in each case, addressed as follows:

 

if to the Company, to:

 

SciPlay Corporation

6601 Bermuda Road

Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

Attention:                     General Counsel

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention:                     Marc Jaffe

Facisimile:                  (212) 751-4864

E-mail:                                       Marc.Jaffe@lw.com

 

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if to SG Holding I or to SG Holding, to:

 

SG Social Holding Company I, LLC

6601 Bermuda Road

Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

Attention:      Legal Department

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Attention:      Robert I. Townsend, III, Esq.

E-mail:          RTownsend@cravath.com

 

Notice to the holder of record of any Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be notice to the holder of such securities for all purposes hereof.

 

Unless otherwise specified herein, such notices or other communications shall be deemed effective (i) on the date received, if personally delivered, (ii) on the date received if delivered by e-mail on a Business Day, or if not delivered on a Business Day, on the first Business Day thereafter and (iii) two Business Days after being sent by overnight courier. Each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to specify a different address by giving notice as aforesaid to each of the other parties hereto.

 

Section 4.3.           Termination and Effect of Termination .  This Agreement shall terminate upon the date on which no Holder holds any Registrable Securities, except for the provisions of Sections 3.9, 4.2, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 and 4.13 and this Section 4.3, which shall survive any such termination. No termination under this Agreement shall relieve any Person of liability for breach prior to termination. In the event this Agreement is terminated, each Person entitled to indemnification rights pursuant to Section 3.9 hereof shall retain such indemnification rights with respect to any matter that (i) may be an indemnified liability thereunder and (ii) occurred prior to such termination.

 

Section 4.4.           Permitted Transferees .  The rights of a Holder hereunder may be assigned (but only with all related obligations as set forth below) in connection with a Transfer of Common Units or Registrable Securities effected in accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement. Without prejudice to any other or similar conditions imposed hereunder with respect to any such Transfer, no assignment permitted under the terms of this Section 4.4 will be effective unless the transferee to which the assignment is being made, if not a Holder, has delivered to the Company a written acknowledgment and agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company that the transferee will be bound by, and will be a party to, this Agreement. A transferee to whom rights are transferred pursuant to this Section 4.4 may not again transfer those rights to any other transferee, other than as provided in this Section 4.4.

 

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Section 4.5.           Remedies .  The parties to this Agreement shall have all remedies available at law, in equity or otherwise in the event of any breach or violation of this Agreement or any default hereunder. The parties acknowledge and agree that in the event of any breach of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to specific performance of the obligations of the other parties hereto and, in addition, to such other equitable remedies (including preliminary or temporary relief) as may be appropriate in the circumstances. No delay of or omission in the exercise of any right, power or remedy accruing to any party as a result of any breach or default by any other party under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed as a waiver of or acquiescence in any such breach or default, or of any similar breach or default occurring later; nor shall any such delay, omission nor waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default occurring before or after that waiver. The Company and its controlled Affiliates shall be jointly and severally liable for all obligations of each such party pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 4.6.           Amendments .  This Agreement may not be orally amended, modified, extended or terminated, nor shall any oral waiver of any of its terms be effective. This Agreement may be amended, modified, extended or terminated, and the provisions hereof may be waived, only by an agreement in writing signed by the Company and each of the Demand Holders.  Each such amendment, modification, extension or termination shall be binding upon each party hereto and each other Holder; provided that no such amendment, modification, extension or termination that disproportionately and adversely affects any party hereto shall be binding upon such party unless agreed to in writing by such party.  In addition, each party hereto may waive any right hereunder by an instrument in writing signed by such party.

 

Section 4.7.           Governing Law .  This Agreement and all claims arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic substantive laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule that would cause the application of the domestic substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 4.8.           Consent to Jurisdiction .  Each party to this Agreement, by its execution hereof, (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of New York for the purpose of any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof, (ii) hereby waives to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert, and agrees not to allow any of its controlled Affiliates to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that any such proceeding brought in one of the above-named courts is improper, or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof or thereof may not be enforced in or by such court and (iii) hereby agrees not to commence or maintain any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject

 

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matter hereof or thereof other than before one of the above-named courts nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of any such action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation to any court other than one of the above-named courts whether on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any party hereto is or becomes a party in any litigation in connection with which it may assert indemnification rights set forth in this Agreement, the court in which such litigation is being heard shall be deemed to be included in clause (i) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any party to this Agreement may commence and maintain an action to enforce a judgment of any of the above-named courts in any court of competent jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner permitted by New York law, and agrees that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof is reasonably calculated to give actual notice.

 

Section 4.9.           WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .  TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE OR ACTION, CLAIM, CAUSE OF ACTION OR SUIT (IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), INQUIRY, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO THAT THIS SECTION 4.9 CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT UPON WHICH THEY ARE RELYING AND WILL RELY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT. ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 4.9 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

Section 4.10.         Merger; Binding Effect, Etc.   This Agreement (along with the Operating Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter, supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements or discussions with respect to such subject matter, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and permitted assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no Holder or other party hereto may assign any of its respective rights or delegate any of its respective obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, and any attempted assignment or delegation in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void.

 

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Section 4.11.         Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

 

Section 4.12.         Severability .  In the event that any provision hereof would, under applicable law, be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be construed by modifying or limiting it so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent compatible with, and possible under, applicable law. The provisions hereof are severable, and in the event any provision hereof should be held invalid or unenforceable in any respect, it shall not invalidate, render unenforceable or otherwise affect any other provision hereof.

 

Section 4.13.         No Recourse .  Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, the Company and each Holder covenant, agree and acknowledge that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be had against any current or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner or member of any Holder or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any current or future officer, agent or employee of any Holder or any current or future member of any Holder or any current or future director, officer, employee, partner or member of any Holder or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such, for any obligation of any Holder under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.

 

[ Signature pages follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement (or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its officer or representative thereunto duly authorized) as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

SCIPLAY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael D. Cody

 

 

 

Name:

Michael D. Cody

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 


 

 

 

SG SOCIAL HOLDING COMPANY I, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, its sole member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Title:

President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SG SOCIAL HOLDING COMPANY, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, its sole member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, its sole member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Title:

President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 


Exhibit 10.4

 

LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement” ) is made as of May 7, 2019 (the “Effective Date” ) by and between Bally Gaming, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Licensor ”), and SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ Licensee ”) (each of Licensor and Licensee, a “ Party ” and together, the “ Parties ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Licensee desires to obtain from Licensor a license to use certain intellectual property rights in its business;

 

WHEREAS, Licensor desires to grant Licensee a license to use such intellectual property in its business;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions contained herein, the Parties hereby agree as follows.

 

AGREEMENT

 

1.              DEFINITIONS.   For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

 

1.1           Affiliate means, with respect to a Person, any current or future corporation or other entity directly or indirectly controlled by, controlling or under common control with such Person; provided, however, that if Licensee assigns this License Agreement to SciPlay Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, (a) Licensor’s Affiliates shall not include Licensee (following such assignment) and its Affiliates as described in clause (b) of this definition, and (b) Licensee’s Affiliates shall be limited to SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, SG Social Holding Company, LLC, SciPlay Corporation, SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, SciPlay Holding Company, LLC, Phantom EFX, LLC, C.O.A.S. Company Ltd, SpiceRack Media, LLC and Dragonplay Ltd.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that an Affiliate of Licensee is no longer directly or indirectly controlled by, controlling or under common control with Licensee, then it shall no longer be considered an Affiliate.

 

1.2           Approval Team means, the Trademark Approval Team or the Product Approval Team, as applicable.

 

1.3           Change of Control means (a) any consolidation or merger, which is not initiated by Licensor or any of its Affiliates, of any of Licensee, SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, or SciPlay Holding Company, LLC (each, a “ Designated Entity ”) with or into any other Person, or any other corporate reorganization not initiated by Licensor or any of its Affiliates, in either case which the equity holders of such Designated Entity immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or reorganization own, control or otherwise have less than fifty percent (50%) of such Designated Entity’s voting power immediately after such

 

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consolidation, merger or reorganization, or (b) any transaction or series of related transactions that is not initiated by Licensor or any of its Affiliates in which the equity holders of any Designated Entity immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions own, control or otherwise have less than fifty percent (50%) of such Designated Entity’s voting power immediately after such transaction or series of related transactions.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the sale by Licensor or its Affiliates of any ownership interests in Licensee or its Affiliates, either privately or through additional public offerings, or (ii) any decrease in the percentage ownership of Licensor or any of its Affiliates in any Designated Entity through additional issuances of stock of such Designated Entity, in each case, as a result of a single transaction or series of related transactions, will not in and of itself trigger a Change of Control or provide any right to terminate the Agreement under any circumstances.

 

1.4           “Clearance” means: (i) with respect to Trademarks, Licensee’s timely submission of a separate written trademark search request, which uses the format requested by Licensor and provides the requested information, to Licensor’s designated trademark attorneys and paralegals (the “ Trademark Approval Team ”) for game names, meta game names, feature names or other Trademarks (including any other words or phrases that will be used prominently) which Licensee desires to use in Licensed Products and the Approval Team’s approval to use the same in a written response to such request, and (ii) with respect to Licensed Products (other than with respect to Trademarks), Licensee’s timely submission to Licensor’s designated intellectual property attorneys and paralegals (the “ Product Approval Team ”) of a written and complete list and set of all content and assets (including, without limitation, all talent, voiceover artists, session musicians, stock and other licensed music, sound effects, stock images/video, Third Party artwork by game content studios, etc.) which Licensee desires to use in a Licensed Product, including specifically identifying which of the assets are owned by or include Third Party rights, and the Product Approval Team’s written response identifying which of the assets and content are clear for use and identifying which of the listed assets require Licensee to obtain and/or pay for any Third Party rights and approvals.

 

1.5           Copyrights means any and all works of authorship (whether or not published) and copyrights (including any registrations therefor and any applications for registration thereof).

 

1.6           Enforcement Efforts means any reasonable efforts designed to stop or seek redress for infringement of the Licensed Property, including, without limitation, filing a lawsuit, seeking injunctive relief, sending a cease and desist letter, entering into negotiations with regards to resolving a claim of infringement, or communicating with a Third Party regarding any of the foregoing.

 

1.7           “ Europe ” means the following countries Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Benelux, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece,

 

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Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turk. Rep. of Northern Cyprus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan.

 

1.8           “Intellectual Property” means intellectual property, including, but not limited to: (a) Patents, (b) Trademarks, (c) Copyrights, (d)  trade secrets and confidential business information (including research and development, ideas, know-how, inventions, formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, technical data, designs, drawings, specifications, research records, records of inventions, test information, customer and supplier lists, customer data, pricing and cost information, and business and marketing plans and proposals), (e) rights of publicity and privacy, (f) moral rights and droit moral, and (g)  software, and all electronic data, databases and data collections.

 

1.9           “Licensed Property” means all Intellectual Property that is: (a) owned by Licensor or an Affiliate of Licensor, (b) is Third Party Licensed Property, or (c) for the preceding categories (a)-(b) that Licensor creates or acquires in the future, and for the avoidance of doubt, Licensed Property includes all Intellectual Property in any Improvements (as defined below in Section 2.2 ), (but for all of the above, only to the extent Licensor has the right to sublicense such Third Party or Affiliate Intellectual Property to Licensee in accordance with the terms hereof) provided, however, “Licensed Property” excludes all Intellectual Property created, licensed or acquired by Licensor or an Affiliate of Licensor after the date hereof solely for use in the development of a land-based slot machine unless and until such land-based slot machine has been submitted by Licensor or its applicable Affiliate to a regulator or independent third party for regulatory testing (it being understood and agreed that such intellectual property shall not be excluded from “Licensed Property” if Licensor or its applicable Affiliate delay any such submission in bad faith past the third anniversary of the Effective Date for the purpose of excluding the relevant Intellectual Property from being licensed to Licensee pursuant to Section 2.1(a)).

 

1.10         “Licensed Products” means Licensee’s Social Games using Licensed Property.

 

1.11         “Licensed Trademarks” means the Trademarks included within the Licensed Property.

 

1.12         “Licensor Competitor” means any entity, taking into account annual revenue, geographic scope and the portfolio of products, that can reasonably be considered to directly compete with the products, services or operations of Licensor or its Affiliates.

 

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1.13         “Patents” means all national and multinational statutory invention registrations, patents, patent applications and provisional patent applications, and all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part thereof and any applications or patents that claim priority from such patents and applications, including, without limitation, any foreign counterparts thereof.

 

1.14       “Person” means an individual or an entity, including a corporation, share company, limited liability company, partnership, trust, association, governmental body or any other body with legal personality separate from its equity holders or members.

 

1.15         “Social Games” means software-generated games that: (a) simulate the style of games featured in casinos, such as slot machines, video poker, or casino style table games (e.g., Three Card Poker or blackjack) and are solely for entertainment (i.e., purely for-fun) and not intended for actual (i.e., real money) gambling, wagering or betting (but for clarity which shall include functionality that makes virtual currency available free of charge and makes virtual currency available for purchase); (b) are developed for mobile platforms (e.g., cellular telephones, wireless tablets, etc.), social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc.), internet platforms, or other interactive platforms; and (c) are distributed solely via digital delivery.

 

1.16         “Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 .

 

1.17         “Territory” means the world, except: (a) to the extent with respect to any Licensed Product or Licensed Property, a different Territory is specified in writing by Licensor for such Licensed Product or Licensed Property; (b) to the extent of any limitations set forth in license agreements between Licensor and its Third Party licensors on the use of Third Party Licensed Property and (c) any jurisdiction where and to the extent the exploitation or marketing of the Licensed Products is prohibited by law.

 

1.18         “ Third Party” means a Person that is not Licensor, Licensee or any of their Affiliates.

 

1.19         “Third Party Licensed Property” means all Intellectual Property owned by a third party and licensed or sublicensed by Licensor or its Affiliates (but only to the extent Licensor has the right to sublicense such Third Party or Affiliate Intellectual Property to Licensee in accordance with the terms hereof).

 

1.20         “Trademarks” means all trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, and business names, whether or not registered, including all common law rights, and registrations, applications for registration and renewals thereof.

 

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2.                                       LICENSES.

 

2.1         Licenses.

 

(a)          Exclusive License .

 

(i)             For Licensed Property that: (a) is Third Party Licensed Property that Licensor or its Affiliates licenses from a Third Party on or before the third anniversary of the Effective Date, or (b) is created or acquired by Licensor or its Affiliates on or before the third anniversary of the Effective Date (collectively, the “ Exclusively Licensed IP ”), Licensor hereby grants, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, to Licensee and Licensee hereby accepts, for the Territory, a fully paid up (solely with respect to Licensor’s owned Intellectual Property), non royalty-bearing (solely with respect to Licensor’s owned Intellectual Property), sublicensable (to the extent provided in Section 2.7 ), non-transferable and non-assignable (except as provided in Section 9.5 ), perpetual (solely with respect to Licensor’s owned Intellectual Property), exclusive license (except for the exceptions to exclusivity) to utilize such Licensed Property on and in connection with the design, development, manufacture, marketing, advertisement, promotion, distribution, sale, or other exploitation of the Licensed Products.  For clarity, Licensee shall be responsible for all costs, fees and other payments related to exploitation of Third Party Licensed Property in the Licensed Products and all advertising thereof and the license terms of Licensor’s license with such Third Party will control the scope and time frame of Licensee’s exploitation of Third Party Licensed Property.

 

(ii)            Licensor shall not itself use, nor grant any other Third Party the right to use, the Exclusively Licensed IP on Social Games other than as permitted pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(iii) below.  The exclusivity hereunder applies only to Social Games and to no other goods or services, and Licensor is free to use the Exclusively Licensed IP and to authorize others to use the Exclusively Licensed IP other than with respect to Social Games (subject to the exceptions to exclusivity) solely as set forth herein.

 

(iii)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1(a), Licensor has and shall continue to have: (i) the right to create and permit interactive real money gaming customers to create and utilize demo versions of games, or free to play versions of existing real money gambling games that are available on real money gaming websites, which do not permit any type of compensation such as payment to play or the use of purchased virtual currency; (ii) the right to create itself and to permit lotteries to create, and the right to have created and use free to play promotional games and second chance games; (iii) the right to continue to offer the licenses contained in existing (i.e., executed prior to the Effective Date) remote game server style agreements for social content, provided that those agreements are not expanded in scope or content; (iv) the right to continue to offer the licenses contained in existing (i.e., executed prior to the Effective Date) agreements that provide for the creation of certain games based on legacy NYX content from Nextgen Gaming Pty Ltd.; (v) the right to license, the Exclusive Licensed IP for use other than on Social Games; and (vi) the right to license Exclusive Licensed IP on Licensed Products and other Social Games solely to land based casino customers (the “ Operators ”), in connection with the SG Universe product line (or its successor products),

 

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provided that all such licenses for SG Universe incorporate the following restrictions within twelve (12) months of the execution hereof:

 

(1)            The Social Games may only be marketed to Operators’ existing player databases and not for user acquisition, except that Operators may conduct geographically targeted advertisements intended to bring customers into their land based casinos and place advertisements on Operator owned and controlled general use websites (such as websites promoting the Operator’s land based casino and not principally designed to drive traffic to the SGU product) and Operator owned and controlled social media pages (such as Facebook pages) and channels.

 

(2)            With respect to the play for fun portion of the SG Universe product, outside of the SG Universe product itself, Operators may only market Licensor product line Trademarks, such as Bally, WMS, Barcrest and Shuffle Master, and not game specific Trademarks such as Zeus, Jackpot Party or Blazing 7s, other than as incidental appearance in screen shots.

 

(3)            The play for fun portion of the SG Universe product on mobile applications must be incorporated into and launched from within the Mobile Concierge (or successor products) product, and may not be the initial landing page upon application opening.

 

(4)            Operators may not list the Mobile Concierge app, in the “Games” category of any app store, but shall instead list it in the “Entertainment” or similar category.

 

(5)            All licenses to Operators for Licensed Products shall include provisions that provide for the termination of the agreement in the event that Licensor transfers exclusive rights to Licensee.

 

(b)            Non-Exclusive License .  For Licensed Property that: (i) is Third Party Licensed Property that Licensor or its Affiliates licenses from a Third Party starting after the third anniversary of the Effective Date, or (ii) is created or acquired by Licensor or its Affiliates after the third anniversary of the Effective Date and is utilized by Licensee within Licensee’s available games as of the Effective Date (solely consisting of Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino, Hot Shot Casino, 88 Fortunes Slots, Quick Hit Slots, Monopoly Slots, Bingo Showdown and Blazing 7s), Licensor hereby grants, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, to Licensee and Licensee hereby accepts, for the Territory, a fully paid up (solely with respect to Licensor’s owned Intellectual Property), non royalty-bearing (solely with respect to Licensor’s owned Intellectual Property), sublicensable (to the extent provided in Section 2.7 ), non-transferable and non-assignable (except as provided in Section 9.5 ), perpetual (solely with respect to Licensor’s owned Intellectual Property), non-exclusive license to utilize such the Licensed Property on and in connection with the design, development, manufacture, marketing, advertisement, promotion, distribution, sale, or

 

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other exploitation of the Licensed Products.  For clarity, Licensee shall be responsible for all costs, fees and other payments related to exploitation of Third Party Licensed Property in the Licensed Products and all advertising thereof and the license terms of Third Party Licenses will control the scope and time frame of Licensee’s exploitation of Third Party Licensed Property.

 

2.2           Localizations and Improvements .  Licensee, at its own expense, will make or have made such changes to the Licensed Products as are required under any laws or regulations applicable to any portion of the Territory or as Licensee determines are appropriate to adapt the Licensed Products for use in any portion of the Territory (the “Localizations” ).  Subject to any limitations imposed by Third-Party licensors of Licensor, Licensee also has the right to make, develop, prepare or create any other improvements to, modifications of, enhancements to, or derivative works of the Licensed Property (together with any Localizations, the “ Improvements ”).  Subject to the rights granted herein, as between Licensor and Licensee, Licensor (or its licensor) shall be deemed to own and hold all right, title and interest in and to the Improvements and all Intellectual Property rights therein (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Improvements created by sublicensees, vendors and/or contractors of Licensee).  Licensee shall use reasonable commercial efforts to not include in the audio-visual aspects of any Improvements any content or materials for which Licensee cannot convey all ownership rights free and clear of any Third Party rights or restrictions on Licensor’s ownership and use of the same.  Unless Licensee can convey the ownership rights free and clear, Licensee shall not permit any Third Party to recreate or directly modify elements of the Licensed Property beyond a mere combination of those elements with Third Party materials. For clarity, any Third Party materials must be separated and/or separable from the Licensed Property (e.g., it would be permissible to add a stock image to Licensor’s artwork, but impermissible to create, for example, a new version of the Heidi character from Licensor’s Bierhouse games unless all of the ownership rights to the new depiction of the character could be conveyed to Licensor free and clear of all Third Party rights).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Licensee desires to incorporate materials that recreate or directly modify elements of the Licensed Property beyond a mere combination of those elements with Third Party materials, and cannot convey all rights to the same to Licensor free and clear of all Third Party rights, Licensee shall discuss the same with Licensor, who will consider allowing such Improvement in good faith. In the event Licensee incorporates content or materials in the audio-visual aspects of the Improvements for which Licensee cannot convey ownership rights free and clear, Licensee will identify in writing in accordance with the Clearance process such content or materials to Licensor.  Improvements shall be deemed to be included in the Licensed Property.  The Parties agree that, in accordance with the foregoing exceptions, such Improvements are a “work made for hire” for Licensor under the U.S. Copyright Act and any and all similar provisions of law under other jurisdictions, and that Licensor is the author of such works for all purposes. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Licensee hereby waives and releases in favor of Licensor and its licensors all rights (if any) of “droit moral,” moral rights, rental rights and similar rights in and to the Improvements and agrees that Licensor and its licensors shall have the right

 

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to revise, condense, abridge, expand, adapt, change, add to, subtract from, re-title, redraw, re-color, or otherwise modify the Improvements without the consent or approval of Licensee, provided that the use by Licensor and its licensors of such Improvements does not violate the exclusive license.  To the extent that any portion of the Improvements do not qualify as a “work made for hire” under applicable law, or the extent that notwithstanding any of the foregoing, ownership of any portion of the Improvements does not vest in Licensor, Licensee hereby irrevocably assigns to Licensor and its successors and assigns, without further consideration, all of Licensee’s right, title, and interest in any such Improvements and all Intellectual Property therein.  For clarity, it is understood by the Parties that while Licensee shall transfer all of its ownership interests in the Improvements to Licensor, there may be content or materials for which it does not possess ownership interests and cannot transfer them to Licensor (e.g., material identified in writing in accordance with the Clearance process).  Upon Licensor’s request, Licensee agrees to confirm such assignment, without further consideration, and execute all documents and materials, and make all recordings and affirmations, in each case out of pocket costs shall be at Licensor’s expense, reasonably required by Licensor in furtherance thereof. Licensee acknowledges that it neither owns nor acquires any rights in and to the Improvements other than the license with respect to the same expressly granted by this Agreement.  Licensee further acknowledges that Licensor and its licensors retain the right to use the Improvements for any purpose in their sole discretion. Licensee shall secure similar waivers, releases and assignments from any sublicensees, vendors, contractors or other Third Parties it utilizes to create Improvements to ensure that ownership of all such Improvements fully vests in Licensor.

 

2.3           Right of First Negotiation .   Licensor shall provide Licensee with a right of first negotiation to convert the non-exclusive licenses granted in Section 2.1(b ) to exclusive licenses as well as a right of first negotiation to license the Licensed Property identified in Section 2.1(b)  solely for use in Social Games, either on an exclusive basis or non-exclusive basis, outside of Licensee’s currently available games (consisting of Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino, Hot Shot Casino, 88 Fortunes Slots, Quick Hit Slots, Monopoly Slots, Bingo Showdown and Blazing 7s).  In the event that Licensor intends to offer such licenses to third parties, it shall so inform Licensee in writing.  Provided that if the Parties negotiate for no less than 60 days (and Licensor will not negotiate with any other party during that time) and fail to reach mutual agreement on all material terms for such license, and to subsequently enter into a definitive binding written agreement within thirty (30) days of having reached such mutual agreement on all material terms for such license, then Licensor may approach other parties to enter such licenses and shall have no obligation to continue to negotiate with Licensee.

 

2.4           Usage of Licensed Trademarks; Quality Control Restrictions.

 

(a)            Licensee acknowledges that the Licensed Trademarks have established value and reputation, are well recognized among Licensor’s customers and the general public, and it is of great importance to the Parties that these high standards be

 

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maintained.  Accordingly, the quality of the Licensed Products and associated marketing and advertising materials created by, provided or used by Licensee that bear (or are provided under or in connection with) the Licensed Trademarks shall be substantially equivalent to or stricter than those high standards maintained by Licensor and subject to Licensor’s reasonable approval.  In the event Licensee’s use of the Licensed Trademarks does not meet Licensor’s reasonable approval, Licensor shall inform Licensee of the deficiencies and changes that will allow Licensor to grant such approval, and Licensee shall implement such changes as soon as reasonably practical to bring the quality of the Licensed Products and associated marketing and advertising materials to the level required by Licensor set forth herein.

 

(b)            The Licensed Products and advertising and promotional materials distributed under this Agreement shall be of high quality.  Before public distribution, at no charge to Licensor, Licensee agrees to furnish to Licensor for approval as to quality and style (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), versions of the Licensed Products inclusive of all artwork and all components of the Licensed Product, as well as all advertising and promotional materials for Licensed Products that incorporate Third Party material.  Licensor shall endeavor to approve or disapprove of any materials submitted by Licensee for approval within fifteen (15) business days.   Licensor shall furnish, at the time notice of disapproval is given to Licensee, an explanation of the reason(s) for such disapproval or a request for further changes, and recommendations for suggested changes, which if made will be sufficient for Licensor to grant approval.  Licensee shall resubmit such item after changes have been made for Licensor’s approval and Licensor shall again endeavor to approve or disapprove any materials submitted by Licensee for approval within fifteen (15) business days.  Failure to affirmatively grant approval shall be deemed disapproval.  Further, Licensee expressly acknowledges that Licensor may need to obtain Third Party approvals and the timing for the same may be uncertain and may be granted or withheld in the Third Party’s sole and absolute discretion.  Once a Licensed Product has been approved, Licensee may not make any changes to the Licensed Product without obtaining Licensor’s approval.  Under no circumstances may any Licensed Product be used unless it has been fully approved in writing by Licensor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensed Products released to the public by Licensee prior to the Effective Date shall be deemed approved, but such deemed approval shall not be deemed to mean that the same have been Cleared for purposes of any representations, warranties or indemnification.  If a Licensed Product has been approved and is not released to the public for a period greater than twelve (12) months, Licensee must resubmit the Licensed Product for Clearance before any further use.  In the event that Licensor identifies advertising material that has not been submitted for approval or clearance as being of insufficient quality or standard or not complying with Third Party Licenses, Licensee will use reasonable commercial efforts to remove such material from publications as soon as reasonably practical and to either discontinue use of such material or incorporate revisions suggested by Licensor to bring the advertising material up to acceptable quality.

 

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2.5           Right to Remove.   In the event that Licensor receives a complaint, cease and desist letter, demand letter or similar communication from a Third Party alleging that the Licensed Property or Licensed Product infringes the rights of a Third Party, or if Licensor in good faith believes that the use or continued use of the Licensed Property or Licensed Product would be detrimental to Licensor or Licensee, including based on unasserted Third Party rights, Licensor shall promptly notify Licensee of the same and the Parties will discuss in good faith the appropriate response to the circumstances and take appropriate steps to address the issue.  The Parties may determine that Licensee must immediately cease all such use of such Licensed Property or Licensed Product, the risk of use may shift to Licensee or Licensee’s use may continue after modifications are made.  For clarity, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Licensor shall have the right to require Licensee to cease use of or modify the Licensed Property or Licensed Product where Licensor believes in good faith that continued use will damage Licensor’s Intellectual Property rights or, where one or both Parties will increase potential liability, where the Licensed Property or Licensed Product includes content provided by Third Party licensors, that continued use may harm Licensor’s relationship with such Third Party licensors or increase a Party’s liability.

 

2.6           Goodwill .  The Parties recognize the great value of the publicity and goodwill associated with the Licensed Trademarks and acknowledge that, as between the Parties, such goodwill is exclusively owned by Licensor.  Any goodwill created in connection with Licensee’s use of the Licensed Trademarks shall inure to the benefit of Licensor.

 

2.7           Sublicenses .  Licensee may sublicense the licenses granted to Licensee hereunder (i) to its Affiliates, with the right to further sublicense in accordance with clause (ii), and (ii) to third parties, solely on and in connection with the design, development, manufacture, marketing, advertisement, promotion, distribution, sale, or other exploitation of the Licensed Products, provided that such sublicense supports Licensee’s and its Affiliates’ distribution, sale or other exploitation of the Licensed Products (and is not a sublicense for sublicensee to independently sell, distribute or otherwise exploit Licensed Products), and, in each case of the foregoing (i) and (ii), (a) Licensee shall require its sublicensees to agree to terms and conditions consistent with this Agreement (including, without limitation, by obtaining from all sublicensees a full assignment, waiver, and grant of all rights in the Improvements as required by Section 2.2 of this Agreement), (b) Licensee shall be primarily responsible and liable for all sublicensees’ acts and omissions, and (c) aside from sublicenses granted by Licensee’s Affiliates in compliance with subsection (ii) herein, such sublicensees shall not have the right to grant further sublicenses without the prior written consent of Licensor.  Licensee acknowledges that Third Party licenses may require additional measures for Third Party Licensed Property beyond those set forth in this Paragraph.

 

2.8           Contractors .  Licensee may delegate aspects of its performance under this Agreement to third parties hired as contractors, solely to assist in developing the Licensed

 

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Products and advertising material, provided that (a) Licensee shall require its contractors to agree to terms and conditions consistent with this Agreement (including, without limitation, by obtaining from all contractors a full assignment, waiver, and grant of all rights in the Improvements as required by Section 2.2 of this Agreement), (b) Licensee shall be primarily responsible and liable for all contractors’ acts and omissions, and (c) such contractors shall not have the right to further delegate their performance without the prior written consent of Licensor.  Licensee acknowledges that Third Party licenses may require additional measures for Third Party Licensed Property beyond those set forth in this Paragraph.

 

2.9           Ownership and Proprietary Rights.

 

(a)            Subject to the rights granted herein, as between Licensor and Licensee, Licensor owns and retains all right, title and interest in and to the Licensed Property, and Licensee acknowledges that it neither owns nor acquires any rights in and to the Licensed Property, except as expressly granted by this Agreement.  Licensee further acknowledges that Licensor and its licensors retain the absolute right to use the Licensed Property in their sole discretion for any purpose other than with respect to the rights granted exclusively to Licensee herein.  Licensee shall not at any time do or cause to be done, and shall exercise its reasonable commercial efforts to ensure that none of its sublicensees, contractors, agents or representatives does or causes to be done, any act or thing impairing or tending to impair any part of any right, title or interest of Licensor or its licensors in or to any Licensed Property.  All rights not expressly granted to Licensee hereunder are reserved to Licensor; no licenses, implied or otherwise, are granted to the Licensee other than those expressly granted pursuant to this Article 2 .  Except for the Licensed Property and all elements thereof, including without limitation (a) Intellectual Property contained therein, as well as (b) all functional elements of Licensed Products such as code, routines, tools, algorithms, activities, and any other functional features, ideas and inventions either created by, or for Licensor or its licensors, the Parties agree that Licensee shall retain all right, title, and interest to the Licensed Products, including without limitation (y) all functional elements of Licensed Products such as code, routines, tools, algorithms, activities, and any other functional features, and (z) any Trademarks created by Licensee for use in connection with the Licensed Products, all to the extent not based upon or derivative of the Licensed Property.  Licensee shall not challenge or enable third parties to challenge the ownership or validity of the Licensed Property.  Licensee shall not adopt, register, apply to register or otherwise use substantially similar or confusingly similar Trademarks or content to the Licensed Property.

 

(b)            Licensee acknowledges that a certain portion of the Licensed Property is (or may be) licensed to Licensor from Third Parties and is being sublicensed to Licensee under this Agreement.  Licensee further acknowledges that the license agreements between Licensor and the applicable Third Party licensors may impose certain requirements or limitations on the use and sublicensing of such Licensed Property that are different from or are in addition to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and

 

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may be more restrictive or inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth herein.  Licensee agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Licensee’s use of such Third Party Licensed Property shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and, to the extent any Third Party license imposes different or more restrictive terms and conditions with respect to such Third Party Licensed Property, specifically including but not limited to any approval processes, temporal or geographical limitations, termination or expirations, notice requirements, royalty and use reporting requirements, audit terms, or the like contained in such licenses, such Third Party agreements. Furthermore, Licensee shall be responsible for fulfilling all performance obligations applicable to the social channel set forth in the license agreements for Third Party Licensed Property, provided that after the Effective Date Licensor shall not agree to any future Third Party performance obligations applicable to the Social Gaming channel without Licensee’s express written consent.  Licensee shall be responsible for payment of all costs and fees for the utilization of Third Party Licensed Property in Licensed Products and the allocable share of minimum guarantee payments due under such Third Party agreements. Licensor shall endeavor to apprise the Licensee of any additional terms and conditions that apply to Licensee’s use of Third Party Licensed Property, and Licensee agrees to either abide by such additional terms and conditions or refrain from using such Third Party Licensed Property.

 

2.10         Intellectual Property Notices .  Licensee shall cause to be incorporated into the Licensed Products, and the advertising and marketing material therefor, legal notices with respect to any applicable Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights as are provided by or requested by Licensor.  The size and location of such notices shall be subject to Licensee’s reasonable discretion, provided that if Licensor believes the size and location selected by Licensee to be inappropriate, Licensee will cooperate in good faith with Licensor to resolve the difference of opinion, and further provided that the size and location of such notices may be subject to the requirements of Third Party licensors in their sole discretion.

 

2.11         Maintenance of Trade Secrets.   The Parties shall maintain the confidentiality of all trade secrets and other confidential Intellectual Property disclosed to the other Party in relation to this Agreement, and shall only disclose such trade secrets or Intellectual Property as is and only to the extent necessary to its contractors, advisors and sublicensees.  The Parties shall contractually require any such contractors, advisors or sublicensees to similarly maintain the confidentiality of such trade secrets or other Intellectual Property.

 

2.12         Protection of Licensor’s Intellectual Property .  Licensee will not take or fail to take any action that materially damages or is likely to materially damage Licensor’s Intellectual Property or the Intellectual Property of a Third Party licensed to Licensor or damage or harm Licensor’s reputation in any material respect.

 

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3.                                       LICENSE FEES AND PAYMENTS.

 

3.1           License Fees. In consideration of the licenses granted to Licensee hereunder, Licensee shall pay Licensor a one-time payment of $255 million dollars to Licensor for the license grant with respect to the Licensor owned Intellectual Property.  In addition, Licensee shall pay to Licensor all costs, fees and expenses related to Third Party licenses for Licensee’s use of Third Party Licensed Property.

 

3.2           Reporting.  Within twenty-five (25) days following the end of each calendar month, Licensee shall provide to Licensor a report detailing the use of Licensed Products for the prior calendar month, as well as the computation of any and all payments due and owing to Licensor’s licensors, if any, including any reconciliation from the prior months, and inclusive of all information that Licensor is required to report to its licensors.  Licensee shall provide said reports whether or not any royalties are owed.    All payments shall be made in U.S. dollars to an account or accounts designated by Licensor from time to time.

 

3.3           Taxes.   All amounts payable hereunder by the Licensee shall be made in full and without deduction or withholding, unless deduction or withholding is required by a governmental or other regulatory agency, for or on account of any present or future income, all applicable sales, use, value-added and other taxes and all applicable export and import fees, levies, customs duties and similar charges imposed by the jurisdiction of tax residence of Licensee.  Licensee shall be responsible for payment of all such taxes (other than taxes based on Licensor’s income), fees, duties and charges, and any related penalties and interest, arising from the payment of any royalties hereunder and the grant of license rights hereunder.

 

3.4           Payments and Taxes. Licensee shall make all payments required hereunder to Licensor free and clear of, and without reduction for, any taxes unless required to deduct or withhold tax by a governmental or regulatory authority.  If Licensee is required to deduct or withhold tax from a payment made to Licensor under this Agreement, Licensee will cooperate with Licensor to minimize the amount of any such required withholding.  Licensee will use reasonable efforts to remit any tax deducted by Licensee from a payment made to Licensor to the proper tax authority in a timely manner. Licensee shall, upon Licensor’s request, provide Licensor with official receipts issued by the appropriate taxing authority, or such other evidence as Licensor may reasonably request, to establish that such taxes have been paid.

 

3.5           Record Keeping and Audit. Licensee shall make and maintain such sufficient books, records, and accounts relating to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation the payments to be made to Third Party licensors, in order for Licensor to be able to confirm Licensee’s performance of its obligations and the accuracy of payments. Such records shall be available, subject to Licensee’s standard security practices and protocols, at reasonable times during normal business hours, on a minimum of thirty (30) days advance written notice, for inspection

 

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by Licensor.  Licensor shall not undertake such inspections more than once per calendar year and shall undertake inspections that cover a specific time period only one time, unless a discrepancy is found in which case such period is subject to a subsequent audit. Licensee shall maintain such records for at least three (3) years following the end of the calendar quarter to which they pertain, unless a longer period is required with respect to Third Party content.  If an audit reveals that Licensee has underpaid Licensor, then Licensee shall pay Licensor the uncontested amount owed within ten (10) business days of receipt of notice of such audit results.  Similarly, if an audit reveals that Licensee has overpaid Licensor, Licensor agrees to repay Licensee any uncontested overpayment of royalties paid hereunder within ten (10) business days of notice of the audit results.  Any underpayment payable pursuant to this audit provision shall accrue interest at a rate of eight tenths of one percent (0.8%) per month commencing the date such underpayments were due.  Such audits shall be at Licensor’s expense unless such audit shows underpayments of ten percent (10%) or greater with respect to the period of such audit, in which case Licensee shall reimburse Licensor for the cost of the audit.

 

4.                                       DISCLAIMER; EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.

 

4.1           Disclaimer.   THE LICENSED PROPERTY IS PROVIDED TO LICENSEE WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN SECTION 6.1 .  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LICENSOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, FITNESS OR SUITABILITY FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE (EVEN IF ON NOTICE OF SUCH PURPOSE), OR CUSTOM OR USAGE IN THE TRADE.  LICENSOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY USE OF SUCH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED.

 

4.2           Exclusions of Remedies; Limitation of Liability.  EXCEPT FOR LIABILITY RELATED TO INDEMNIFICATION AND DEFENSE OBLIGATIONS, CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OF THE CLAIM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS (WHETHER DEEMED DIRECT OR INDIRECT), COSTS OF DELAY, ANY FAILURE OF DELIVERY, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, COSTS OF LOST OR DAMAGED DATA OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  THIS LIMITATION UPON DAMAGES AND CLAIMS IS INTENDED TO APPLY WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN BREACHED OR HAVE PROVEN INEFFECTIVE.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, HASBRO, INC. AND HASBRO INTERNATIONAL, INC. SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO LICENSEE OR ITS AFFILIATES.  FURTHER, AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, LICENSOR’S TOTAL LIABILITY WITH

 

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RESPECT TO EACH CLAIM UNDER SECTION 7.1(b) SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

 

4.3           Essential Basis of Agreement.  THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE 4 FORM AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT, ABSENT ANY OF SUCH DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ECONOMIC TERMS, WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT.

 

5.                                       TERM AND TERMINATION.

 

5.1           Term.   This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and, shall continue in perpetuity for licenses related to the Licensed Property, unless expiring sooner with respect to Third Party Licensed Property, and unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 5.2 .

 

5.2           Termination for Cause.   Either Party may, at its option, terminate this Agreement at any time by giving written notice to the other Party upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)            A Party fails or neglects to perform its material obligations or covenants or otherwise breaches any material term or condition or this Agreement if such default is not corrected within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice from the other Party with respect to such default;

 

(b)           Termination occurs pursuant to Section 9.3 .

 

5.3           Licensor may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving written notice to the Licensee upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)            Licensee fails to pay any amounts owed Licensor and fails to fully cure such default within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of such delinquency;

 

(b)            There is a cessation of operations by Licensee or the institution by or against Licensee of any proceeding (whether voluntary or judicially-ordered) in bankruptcy or for dissolution, liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or judicial administrator (or the equivalent thereof in the Territory), or any other proceeding under any law for the relief of debtors which is not cleared within thirty (30) days of inception;

 

(c)            Licensee makes an assignment for the benefit of, or composition or arrangement with, creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due;

 

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(d)           Licensee violates Section 9.5 , including by assigning (other than as permitted herein), mortgaging, sublicensing (other than as permitted herein), or taking other action to otherwise encumber this Agreement without the prior written consent of Licensor, provided, however, that in the event that one or more of Licensee’s Affiliates undergoes a Change of Control, this Agreement will terminate only with respect to any such Affiliate that undergoes a Change of Control.

 

5.4           Effect of Termination.

 

(a)           Upon any termination of this Agreement, the licenses granted under this Agreement shall cease immediately, and Licensee shall (i) promptly discontinue all use of the Licensed Property and Licensee shall return to Licensor or destroy all Licensed Property in all tangible forms, including written and pictorial form, then held by Licensee, its Affiliates or by any employee or agent of Licensee or its Affiliates who shall have received any such Intellectual Property, directly or indirectly, from Licensee, and (ii) promptly pay to Licensor, all amounts due and payable hereunder.

 

(b)           In the event this Agreement is terminated on or before the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date, Licensor shall pay, within thirty (30) days of such termination, a break fee as set forth in the following table:

 

Time Frame

 

Break fee

On or before the first anniversary of the Effective Date

 

$223 million dollars

On or before the second anniversary of the Effective Date

 

$188 million dollars

On or before the third anniversary of the Effective Date

 

$150 million dollars

On or before the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date

 

$110 million dollars

On or before the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date

 

$68 million dollars

 

5.5           Survival.   The provisions of Article 1 , Section 2.9(a) , Section 2.11 , Section 2.12 , Article 3 (with respect to payments due as of the end of the Term, record keeping and audit, and with respect to any surviving sublicenses), Article 4 , Section 5.4 , Article 7

 

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and Article 9 shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.  The remaining provisions shall survive to the extent intended by their nature to survive.

 

6.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

6.1           Representations, Warranties, and Covenants.

 

(a)            Licensor represents, warrants, and covenants that: (i) it has the full and exclusive right and power to enter into this Agreement and grant the rights and licenses described herein; (ii) it is free to enter into this Agreement; (iii) Licensor shall, in connection with this Agreement, comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, those relating to anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and competition; and (iv) Licensor has not offered or paid, and will not offer or pay, directly or indirectly, (a) anything of value to any public official or candidate for political office, or any relative or agent thereof, for purposes of obtaining any official action or benefit relating in any way to this Agreement, or (b) any illegal commission or finder’s or referral fee.  Licensor further represents and warrants that: (i) with respect to Licensed Products submitted by Licensee to Licensor for Clearance after the Effective Date, as well as for Licensed Products in use prior to the Effective Date to the extent the content in such games is used in accordance with all Third Party agreements and with respect to Trademarks, subject to such Trademarks having been approved through the Trademark process set forth in Section 1.3(i) ,  Licensor has or will conduct reasonable due diligence in clearing the content for its intended use and state that within the scope of the approval issued that, other than as expressly stated in response to the submission, to the best of Licensor’s knowledge Licensor is not aware that the content infringes any Third Party rights; and (ii) that the Trademarks specifically approved through the Trademark Clearance process as set forth in Section 1.3(i) , solely as approved by Licensor for use by Licensee under this license, whether or not registered, will not infringe Third Party rights in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia or Europe.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Licensee shall be responsible for securing all needed rights and approvals to Third Party content for which Licensor does not have the necessary rights to pass through to Licensee for use in Licensed Products, and Licensee shall be solely responsible for paying all associated costs and expenses, including but not limited to any guild or union fees, performing rights fees, music licenses, stock photography, video or clip rights, voice overs and fonts.  For clarity, Licensed Products, or portions thereof, which have not been submitted for Clearance in accordance with Section 1.3 or which have been submitted for Clearance but which are used by Licensee other than as expressly approved in response to the submission, are not included within the scope of Licensor’s representations and warranties of non-infringement. Additionally, any Licensed Products, or portions thereof, which were designed or developed by Third Party developers (e.g., High 5 Games) or contain Third Party content (e.g., Third Party music) which are used by Licensee outside the scope of the written agreement pursuant to which the content was created or authorized (or in the absence of being able to locate any such agreement), shall be at Licensee’s sole risk and the use of such content shall not be within

 

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the scope of Licensor’s representations and warranties of non-infringement.  Furthermore, Licensee’s use of all Improvements shall be at Licensee’s sole risk.

 

(b)            Licensee represents, warrants and covenants that: (i) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by Licensee; (ii) it has the full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder; (iii) this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Licensee, enforceable in accordance with its terms; (iv) the making of this Agreement does not violate any agreement, right, or obligation existing between Licensee and any other person or entity; (v) all information furnished by Licensor to Licensee in connection with Licensee’s due diligence and compliance review process is complete and accurate; (vii) Licensee shall, in connection with this Agreement, comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, those relating to anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and competition; (viii) Licensee has not offered or paid, and will not offer or pay, directly or indirectly, (a) anything of value to any public official or candidate for political office, or any relative or agent thereof, for purposes of obtaining any official action or benefit relating in any way to this Agreement, or (b) any illegal commission or finder’s or referral fee; (ix) all Improvements and other materials used in connection with the Licensed Property created by or for Licensee shall be created in accordance with Section 2.2 and not infringe or otherwise violate any Third Party’s rights; and (x) Licensee shall not incur any obligations or payments for which Licensor is responsible for Licensee’s use of the Licensed Products.

 

7.              THIRD PARTY CLAIMS.

 

7.1           Third Party Claims.

 

(a)            Indemnification for Third Party Claims against Licensee.   Licensor will defend or settle at its expense any claim asserted by a Third Party against Licensee alleging that Licensor’s breach of any of its warranties, representations, or undertakings under Section 6.1(a)  has injured or will injure such Third Party.  Licensor has the sole right to control and direct the defense and settlement of any such claim, including without limitation the sole right to select and appoint legal counsel to defend against such claim.  Licensor shall not enter any settlement, consent judgment, or other voluntary final disposition of a claim eligible for indemnification on terms which would materially impair the scope or value of the license rights granted herein, without Licensee’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, Licensor has no obligation relating to any claim arising from, (i) material modifications made to the Licensed Property by any party other than Licensor unless made at Licensor’s direction; (ii) Licensee’s non-compliance with the Clearance procedures, including but not limited to identifying elements of Licensed Products requiring Third Party payments or rights; (iii) use of the Licensed Property other than as provided for under this Agreement;  (iv) use or combination by Licensee of the Licensed Property with software, hardware, products, content, materials, deliverables or services that are not provided by Licensor pursuant to this Agreement,

 

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solely to the extent that the claim would not exist but for such combination; (v) use of any Licensed Property, Licensed Products, or any materials other than as expressly and specifically stated in Licensor’s responses to Licensee with respect to content submitted for Clearance, (vi) arising out of Improvements, (vii) Licensee’s failure to secure any required permission, license or rights from a Third Party or make any required payments or reports; or (vii) any failure to abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(b)            Indemnification for Third-Party Claims against Licensor.   Licensee will defend or settle at its expense any claim asserted by a Third Party against Licensor alleging that: (i)  Licensee’s breach of any of its warranties, representations, or undertakings under Section 6.1(b) , or Licensee’s breach of any additional terms and conditions that apply to Licensee’s use of Third Party Licensed Property as referred to in Section 2.8 , has injured or will injure such Third Party, (ii) that Licensee’s use or combination of the Licensed Property with software, hardware, products, content, materials, deliverables or services that are not provided by Licensor pursuant to this Agreement infringes or otherwise violates the rights of such Third Party, solely to the extent that the claim would not exist but for such combination, and (iii) for any claims for product liability or injury to person, including death.  Licensor’s Clearance or approval of any Licensed Product shall not remove or diminish Licensee’s responsibility with respect to all aspects and attributes of the Licensed Product or otherwise diminish Licensee’s representations, warranties or indemnification obligations hereunder.  Licensee has the sole right to control and direct the defense or settlement of any such claim, including without limitation the sole right to select and appoint legal counsel to defend against such claim.  Licensee shall not enter into any settlement, consent judgment, or other voluntary final disposition of a claim eligible for indemnification without Licensor’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, and no disposition of any claim may impair or otherwise harm the value or rights in and to any of Licensor’s or its licensors’ Intellectual Property or bind or obligate Licensor to any remedy other than the payment of damages which are to be paid solely by Licensee.

 

(c)            A Party seeking indemnification under this Section (“ Indemnitee ”) shall (i) promptly notify in writing the indemnifying Party (“ Indemnitor ”) of any claim eligible for indemnification (provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying Party from its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that the indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such delay); (ii) permit Indemnitor to both answer and defend such claim; and (iii) provide Indemnitor, at Indemnitor’s expense, with such information and assistance as Indemnitor may reasonably request to help Indemnitor to defend such claim.

 

8.              INFRINGEMENT.

 

8.1           Infringement.

 

(a)            Licensee shall promptly notify Licensor of any suspected infringement(s) of the Licensed Property and shall inform Licensor of any evidence of such infringement(s).

 

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(b)            Licensor shall have the sole first right but not the obligation, under its own control and at its own expense, to undertake Enforcement Efforts.  Any and all damages, profits, and other monetary awards resulting from such Enforcement Efforts shall be the sole property of Licensor.  If required by law, Licensee shall permit any Enforcement Efforts under this Section to be brought in its name, including being joined as a party-plaintiff, provided that Licensor shall both hold harmless Licensee from and indemnify Licensee against, and shall pay any and all costs, expenses, and liabilities that Licensee incurs in connection with such Enforcement Efforts.  In the event that Licensor elects not to pursue an Enforcement Effort and Licensee desires to undertake such Enforcement Efforts itself, the Parties will discuss options in good faith and determine whether Licensee will take such Enforcement Effort on its own, at its own expense.  In any Enforcement Efforts undertaken by Licensee, Licensee shall obtain prior written approval from Licensor as to counsel, general litigation strategy, and any settlement or other voluntary disposition of the Enforcement Efforts and provided further that Licensee shall both hold harmless Licensor from and indemnify Licensor against, and shall pay any and all costs, expenses, and liabilities that Licensor incurs in connection with such Enforcement Efforts.  In the event that Licensee does undertake Enforcement Efforts on its own, any and all damages, profits, and other monetary awards resulting from such Enforcement Efforts shall be the sole property of Licensee.

 

9.              GENERAL PROVISIONS.

 

9.1           Entire Agreement and Modification.   This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements between the Parties with respect to its subject matter and constitutes a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the Parties with respect to its subject matter.  This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in a written document executed by the Party against whose interest the modification will operate.

 

9.2           Notices.   All notices, requests and other communications to any Party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (i) by personal delivery to the appropriate address as set forth below (or at such other address for the Party as shall have been previously specified in writing to the other Party), or (ii) by reliable overnight courier service (with confirmation) to the appropriate address as set forth below (or at such other address for the Party as shall have been previously specified in writing to the other Party):

 

(a)                                  if to Licensor, to:

Bally Gaming, Inc.

c/o Scientific Games Corporation

6601 Bermuda Road

Las Vegas, NV 89119

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

 

(b)                                  if to Licensee, to:

SG Social Holding Company I, LLC

 

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6601 Bermuda Road

Las Vegas, NV 89119

Attention: Legal Department

 

with a copy to:

SciPlay Corporation

6601 Bermuda Road

Las Vegas, NV 89119

Attn: General Counsel

 

All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) and such day is a business day at 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.

 

9.3           Compliance with Laws; Regulatory Compliance.  In the exercise of their respective rights and in the performance of their respective obligations under this Agreement, Licensee and Licensor shall, at all times, comply with all applicable laws, regulations and orders.  Licensee specifically acknowledges that Licensor is subject to the gaming and licensing requirements of various jurisdictions and is obliged to take reasonable efforts to determine the suitability of its business associates.  Licensee agrees to cooperate fully with Licensor in providing it with any reasonable information, of whatever nature, that  Licensor  deems necessary or appropriate in assuring itself that Licensee possesses the good character, honesty, integrity, and reputation applicable to those engaged in the gaming industry and Licensee specifically represents that there is nothing in Licensee’s background, history, or reputation that would be deemed unsuitable under the standards applicable to the gaming industry. If, during the term of the Agreement, Licensor is notified in writing by any regulatory agency that the conduct of business with Licensee will jeopardize Licensor’s, or its Affiliates’, license or ability to be licensed or if Licensor concludes that Licensee fails to meet the above criteria, the Agreement shall terminate upon written notice by Licensor and Licensor shall owe no further affirmative duty to Licensee.

 

9.4           Confidential Information.   Each Party shall keep in confidence and not disclose to any Third Party, without the prior written permission of the other, any or all of: any proprietary information of the other made known to it with respect to the Licensed Property or the Licensed Products, provided that each Party may disclose this Agreement and such information to its Affiliates, sublicensees, independent contractors, and/or gaming authorities on a need-to-know basis only.  Proprietary information shall include, but not be limited to any or all of: (i) information of a technical nature, such as “know-how,” secret processes, inventions, or research projects; (ii) information of a business nature, such as information about costs, profits, markets, marketing plans, sales, suppliers, manufacturers, or lists of customers; (iii) plans for future developments or

 

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future products; and (iv) other information of a similar nature to the extent not available to the public.  This requirement of confidentiality shall not apply to information that is (a) in the public domain through no wrongful act of the receiving Party; (b) rightfully received by the receiving Party from a Third Party who is not bound by a restriction of nondisclosure; (c) already in the receiving Party’s possession without restriction as to disclosure; or (d) required to be disclosed by applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, other government agencies, judicial bodies, or as otherwise legally required.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Licensor understands that Licensee may have to file this agreement as a “material agreement” pursuant to SEC regulations.

 

9.5           Assignment; Delegation.   Licensor may, upon written notice to Licensee, assign any of its rights or delegate any of its duties hereunder without the prior written consent of Licensee.  Licensee may assign this Agreement or assign any of its rights or delegate any of its duties hereunder to any of its Affiliates, including SciPlay Holding Company, LLC, without the consent of Licensor.  Licensee shall provide written notice to Licensor of such assignment.  This Agreement and all rights and duties hereunder are otherwise personal to Licensee and its permitted assignees and shall not be assigned, or sublicensed by Licensee or its permitted assignees other than as permitted herein or by operation of law, without the prior written consent of Licensor, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. An assignment of this agreement to a Licensor Competitor or a potential Licensor Competitor shall be a reasonable basis to withhold approval.  For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “assigned” or “assignment” shall, in addition to the transfer of this Agreement or the rights or obligations hereunder (other than permitted sublicenses), whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, including by merger, be deemed to include a Change of Control.  Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

9.6           No Third Party Beneficiary.  This Agreement will not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than Licensor and Licensee, and their Affiliates and their respective heirs, executors, successors and permitted assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Hasbro, Inc. and Hasbro International Inc. are Third Party beneficiaries with respect to all Intellectual Property and Licensed Products which utilize Hasbro, Inc. or Hasbro International Inc.’s Intellectual Property.

 

9.7           Independent Contractors.  The relationship between Licensor and Licensee established by this Agreement is that of independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute the Parties as principal and agent, employer and employee, partners, joint venturers, co-owners or otherwise as participants in a joint undertaking. The Parties understand and agree that, neither Party grants to the other Party the power or authority to make or give any agreement, statement, representation, warranty or other commitment on its behalf, or to enter into any contract or otherwise incur any

 

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liability or obligation, express or implied, on its behalf, or to transfer, release or waive any of its right, title or interest.

 

9.8           Severability.   If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable for any reason in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be construed to have been adjusted to the minimum extent necessary to cure such invalidity or unenforceability.  The invalidity or unenforceability of one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall not have the effect of rendering any such provision invalid or unenforceable in any other case, circumstance or jurisdiction, or of rendering any other provisions of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable whatsoever.

 

9.9           Waiver.   Any delay or forbearance by either Party in exercising any right hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver of that right. Neither the failure of either Party to insist upon the strict performance of any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure of either Party to exercise any right, option or remedy hereby reserved, shall not be construed as a waiver of the future enforcement of any such provision, right, option or remedy, or as a waiver of any subsequent breach thereof.

 

9.10         Remedies.   The remedies of the Parties under this Agreement are cumulative and shall not exclude any other remedies to which a Party may be lawfully entitled.

 

9.11         Governing Law; Venue.   This Agreement shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, excluding conflicts of law rules. Any dispute between the Parties arising from or relating to the validity, performance, interpretation or construction of this Agreement that cannot be resolved amicably shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts located in Clark County, Nevada.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party shall have the right to seek equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

9.12         Further Assurances.   Each Party hereby covenants and agrees that it shall execute and deliver such deeds and other documents as may be required to implement any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

9.13         Force Majeure. Neither Party shall lose any rights hereunder, be held responsible for any delays, or be liable to the other Party for damages or losses on account of failure of performance by the defaulting Party if the failure is occasioned by any one or more of acts of war, terrorism, civil unrest, strike, fire, Act of God, earthquake, flood, lockout, embargo, governmental acts or orders or restrictions, failure of suppliers, or any other reason where failure to perform is both beyond the reasonable control and not caused by the negligence, intentional conduct or misconduct of the nonperforming Party, and the nonperforming Party has also exerted all reasonable efforts to avoid or remedy any force majeure; provided, however, that in no event shall a Party be required to settle any labor dispute or disturbance.

 

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9.14         Fees; Expenses.   Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in performing its obligations under this Agreement.

 

9.15         Counterparts.   This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart in electronic fashion, such as a PDF file transferred by email or facsimile transmission, shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement for all purposes.

 

9.16         Headings.   The headings in this Agreement are inserted merely for the purpose of convenience and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

*SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOLLOW*

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have caused their duly authorized representatives to execute this document as of the Effective Date.

 

LICENSOR

 

 

 

Bally Gaming, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

Title:

President, Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

LICENSEE

 

 

 

SG Social Holding Company I, LLC,

 

 

 

By: SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, its sole member

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

Title:

President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Assignment Agreement is made as of May 7, 2019 (the “Effective Date” ) by and between SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ Assignor ”), and SciPlay Holding Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ Assignee ”).

 

WHEREAS, Assignor entered into a License Agreement dated May 7, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”) with Bally Gaming, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Bally ”);

 

WHEREAS, Assignor desires to assign and delegate all of its rights, duties, responsibilities, obligations, and interest under the Agreement to Assignee as of the Effective Date;

 

WHEREAS, Assignee desires to accept such assignment and delegation of Assignor’s rights, duties, responsibilities, obligations, and interest under the Agreement and assume towards Bally all duties, liabilities, responsibilities, and obligations of Assignor under the Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth below;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the parties’ mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Assignor hereby irrevocably and perpetually assigns and transfers all of its rights, duties, obligations and interest under the Agreement to Assignee as of the Effective Date.

 

2. Assignee hereby accepts assignment and transfer of all of Assignor’s rights, duties, obligations, and interest under the Agreement and hereby assumes toward Bally from and after the Effective Date all duties, liabilities, responsibilities, and obligations heretofore owing Bally by Assignor under the Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused their duly authorized representatives to execute this document as of the Effective Date.

 


 

SG Social Holding Company I, LLC

 

SciPlay Holding Company, LLC

 

 

 

By: SG Holding Company II, LLC,

 

 

its sole member

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Title:

President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

Title:

Treasurer and Secretary

 


Exhibit 10.6

 

SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This Services Agreement (together with all Schedules hereto, this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of May 7, 2019 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between Scientific Games Corporation , a Nevada corporation (“ SGC ”), Scientific Games International, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (“ SGI ”), and Bally Gaming, Inc. , a Nevada corporation (“ Bally ”) (each of SGC, SGI, and Bally individually a “ Provider ” and, together with any other entities that join this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.1(d) , the “ Providers ”), and SciPlay Holding Company, LLC , a Nevada limited liability company (“ SciPlay ” or “ Recipient ” and, together with Providers, the “ Parties ,” and each, a “ Party ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Recipient desires to engage Providers to provide certain services to Recipient and its Affiliates, and Providers are willing to provide such services to Recipient and its designated Affiliates in consideration of certain fees;

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS; USAGE

 

1.1           DEFINED TERMS

 

For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms and variations on them have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 :

 

Affiliates means, with respect to a Person, a corporation or other entity directly or indirectly controlled by, controlling or under common control with such Person; provided, however, (a) Providers’ Affiliates shall not include Recipient and its Affiliates as described in clause (b) of this definition, and (b) Recipient’s Affiliates shall be limited to SciPlay Corporation, SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, Phantom EFX, LLC, C.O.A.S. Company Ltd, SpiceRack Media, LLC, Dragonplay Ltd, and any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

Agreement ” is defined in the preamble.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a day, which is Saturday or Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, New York are authorized or required to be closed.

 

Confidential Information ” is defined in Section 4.2(b) .

 

Disclosing Party ” is defined in Section 4.2(a) .

 

Due Date ” is defined in Section 3.2(b) .

 

Effective Date ” is defined in the preamble.

 


 

Expenses ” is defined in Section 3.1(b) .

 

Force Majeure Event ” means any event that hinders, limits or prevents the performance by a Party of its obligations hereunder or makes such performance commercially impracticable or impossible and that is beyond the reasonable control of such Party, including death, disability, fire, explosion, action of the natural elements, riot, war, acts of terrorism, equipment failure, shortages or unavailability of transportation or raw materials, changes in laws or regulations, orders or decrees and similar events.

 

Initial Term ” is defined in Section 5.1 .

 

Joinder ” is defined in Section 2.1(d) .

 

Nominated Representative ” is defined in Section 7.1 .

 

Parties ” or “ Party ” is defined in the preamble.

 

Person ” means an individual or an entity, including a corporation, share company, limited liability company, partnership, trust, association, governmental body or any other body with legal personality separate from its equity holders or members.

 

Personnel ” means the Provider Personnel or Recipient Personnel, as the context requires.

 

Provider ” is defined in the preamble.

 

Provider Personnel ” means, with respect to any Provider, the employees, agents or other personnel of such Provider that perform work in connection with any Services.

 

Receiving Party ” is defined in Section 4.2(a) .

 

Recipient ” is defined in the preamble.

 

Recipient Personnel ” means any employees, agents or other personnel of Recipient or its Affiliates that support or receive any work in connection with any Services.

 

Schedules ” means the schedules hereto.

 

Service Fees ” is defined in Section 3.1(a) .

 

Service Modification ” means a modification to the terms and conditions relating to the performance of or payment for a previously agreed-upon Service to reflect, among other things, new procedures, processes or other methods of providing such Service; provided that the mere transfer of provision of a Service to a new Provider who executes a Joinder, without any other changes to the terms and conditions relating to such Service, is not considered a Service Modification.

 

Services ” is defined in Section 2.1(a)(i) .

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person on any date, any other Person (i) the accounts of which would be consolidated with and into those of the applicable Person in such Person’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date or (ii) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the

 

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equity or more than fifty percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the general partnership interests or more than fifty percent (50%) of the profits or losses of which are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the applicable Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person .

 

Term ” is defined in Section 5.1 .

 

Term Extension ” is defined in Section 5.1 .

 

Third Party Service Provider ” means, with respect to any Provider, any third-party subcontractor of such Provider who provides Services hereunder.

 

Transition Plan ” is defined in Section 2.1(a)(ii) .

 

1.2           USAGE; GENERAL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

Any reference in this Agreement to an “Article,” “Section” or “Schedule” refers to the corresponding Article, Section or Schedule of or to this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise.  The headings of Articles and Sections are provided for convenience only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.  All words used in this Agreement should be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require.  The terms “include” and “including” indicate examples of a foregoing general statement and not a limitation on that general statement.  “Herein,” “hereof” and “hereto” are references to this Agreement.  Any definition of or reference to any law, agreement, instrument or other document herein will be construed as referring to such law, agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.  Any definition of or reference to any statute will be construed as referring also to any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  Any reference to a Party refers to such Party and its successors and permitted assigns.

 

ARTICLE 2
SERVICES

 

2.1           SERVICES

 

(a)           Provision of Services.

 

(i)            Subject to Section 2.1(a)(ii) , beginning on the Effective Date, Providers will provide Recipient (or, if requested by Recipient, Recipient’s Affiliates) each of the services set forth on Schedule A (each a “ Service ” and collectively, the “ Services ”).    For the avoidance of doubt, any tasks necessary to accomplish the Services, even if such tasks are not expressly set forth on Schedule A , shall be deemed to be part of the “Services” to be performed hereunder.  If there is any inconsistency between the terms of the body of this Agreement and any applicable Schedule, the terms of this Agreement will govern, unless the applicable Schedule explicitly states that it is intended to supersede the body of this Agreement.

 

(ii)           If requested by Recipient, the Parties will develop a plan for the transition of specified Services to Recipient (the “ Transition Plan ”).  The Transition Plan will provide for the transition of Services to Recipient within 90 days from written notice by Recipient to the applicable Providers, and will include appropriate support mechanisms, training, and other services, as agreed to by the Parties.

 

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The planning and implementation of the Transition Plan will be considered a “Service” for the purposes of this Agreement, and will be provided by the applicable Providers at commercially reasonable rates, agreed by the Parties individually for each specific Transition Plan, and invoiced and paid in accordance with Article 3 .  Upon successful implementation of a Transition Plan for any Service, Providers shall no longer provide this Service.  For clarity, a Transition Plan may address an entire Service as set forth in Schedule A or a portion of a Service that will result in a reduction of the Service Fee paid by Recipient to Providers.

 

(b)           Standard of Care.  Providers will deliver or cause to be delivered the Services that they are obligated to provide hereunder to Recipient (or, if requested by Recipient, Recipient’s Affiliates):

 

(i)            in accordance with this Agreement and applicable law; and

 

(ii)           in a timely and workmanlike manner.

 

(c)           Service Modifications.  During the Term, any Provider shall have the right to make a Service Modification upon notice to Recipient if the Service Modification results from any changes that such Provider is implementing in connection with the operation of its business generally, provided that such Service Modification shall not occur prior to ninety (90) days after Recipient receives written notice of such Service Modification from the Providers and that such Service Modification will not require any increase the Service Fees unless Recipient will benefit from such Service Modification and confirms in writing to Providers that it will accept such Service Fee increase.  Any other Service Modifications desired by either Party shall require the written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.  The Nominated Representatives may provide such a consent.  If a Service Modification is approved in accordance with this Section 2.1(c) , then Schedule A and the definition of the Services, as applicable, will be amended in accordance with Section 7.5 below as agreed by the Parties to reflect the implementation of the Service Modification and any other agreed-upon terms or conditions relating thereto.  For clarity, if Recipient decides it no longer desires to receive a Service from Providers, it may so inform Providers on ninety (90) days’ notice and the Service Fees will be adjusted accordingly.

 

(d)           Additional Providers .  In the event that one or more Providers determine that an Affiliate of a Provider, who is not then a Party hereto, will be providing Services hereunder, Recipient hereby consents to the provision of such Services by such Affiliate, provided that such Affiliate executes a joinder in the form of Schedule B to become a Party hereto and obligated hereby (the “ Joinder ”).  Upon execution of such Joinder, such Affiliate shall be deemed to be a Provider hereunder.  In the event that there is also a Service Modification (if, for example, there are certain other changes relating to the applicable Services, or if the new Provider will be providing a new Service), then the provisions of Section 2.1(c)  shall apply, and the Service Modification will need to be approved and Schedule A amended in accordance therewith.

 

(e)           Personnel.  As between Providers and Recipient, Providers will have the sole and exclusive responsibility for all of their respective Provider Personnel, including but not limited to responsibility for the payment of any and all compensation, unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation, disability insurance, employee benefits and other employment-related charges and deductions with respect to the Provider Personnel.

 

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providing such Services, including books and records and reasonable supporting documentation for the calculation of the applicable Service Fees.  Providers shall make such books and records available to Recipient, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours.

 

(g)           Subcontractors .  Providers shall not be permitted to engage any Third Party Service Providers to perform any or all of its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Recipient, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without Recipient’s consent, (i) any Provider shall be permitted to engage a Third Party Service Provider to perform any functions that constitute a Service or that otherwise are in support of a Service if such Provider has also engaged such Third Party Service Provider to perform such functions on behalf of Provider in support of Provider’s operation of its own business, (ii) any Provider may subcontract to any Third Party Service Providers who are currently providing services to such Provider or any of its Affiliates, and (iii) any Provider may subcontract to any Third Party Service Providers to perform any functions that constitute a Service or that otherwise are in support of a Service in the ordinary course of business.  To the extent any Provider uses any Third Party Service Providers for any purpose, such Provider shall remain primarily responsible for all of its obligations hereunder with respect to the scope of the Services, the manner in which such Services are performed as set forth in Section 2.1(b)  hereof and the content of the Services provided to Recipient.  Furthermore, to the extent Third Party Service Providers require representations on behalf of personnel who work for Recipient or its Affiliates, Provider Personnel shall not be liable for errors, omissions or delays related to such information provided.

 

2.2           OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

 

(a)           General Obligations .  Where input or other information from Recipient or any of its Affiliates is reasonably necessary in connection with the provision of the Services, Recipient will, and will cause its Affiliates to, deliver such input or other information to the applicable Provider in a general format and level of detail and at the general times as agreed by such Provider and Recipient.  If Recipient or any of its Affiliates fail to comply with the foregoing, the applicable Provider will be relieved of its obligations under Sections 2.1(a)  and 2.1(b) , as appropriate, until such time as Recipient or any of its Affiliates complies, to the extent such failure to comply renders performance of the Services or the achievement of such standards described in such Sections impractical or impossible.

 

(b)           Provision of Access .

 

(i)            Subject to Providers’ compliance with Recipient’s and its Affiliates’ policies and procedures governing access to and use of its premises, facilities and equipment, the Provider Personnel will have such access to Recipient’s and its Affiliates’ premises, facilities, equipment (including access to telephones, photocopying equipment and the like), software and personnel, during normal business hours and in a manner that does not interfere with Recipient’s and its Affiliates’ ability to operate their business, as is reasonably necessary to provide the Services in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(ii)           Subject to Recipient’s and its Affiliates’ compliance with Providers’ policies and procedures governing access to and use of their premises, facilities and equipment, Recipient Personnel will have such access to Providers’ premises, facilities, equipment (including access to telephones, photocopying equipment and the like), software and personnel, during normal business hours and in a

 

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manner that does not interfere with Providers’ ability to operate their business, as is reasonably necessary to support or receive the Services in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 3
PAYMENT

 

3.1           FEES / EXPENSES

 

(a)           The fees for the provision of each Service are set forth for such Service on Schedule A (the “ Service Fees ”).  Recipient shall pay the Service Fees to the Providers in accordance with Section 3.2 for the provision of the Services.  The Fees charged pursuant to Schedule A are intended to reflect the actual costs of Providers to provide the Services to recipients.  Either Party may request that the rates charged pursuant to Schedule A be reviewed no more than once each calendar year by either Party with the cost of such review being borne by the Party requesting such review.  In the event that a review determines that the costs of Schedule A are not reflective of the actual costs related to the Services, Schedule A shall be revised prospectively to reflect such costs.

 

(b)           Recipient will reimburse each Provider for any reasonable, documented expenses, incurred by such Provider solely in connection with the performance of the Services (“ Expenses ”) .

 

(c)           In the event the year over year Service Fee expenses charged to Recipient increases by ten percent (10%) or more, Either Party may request a review the Service Fees and confirm that the Service Fee remains accurate or adjust as necessary, with the cost of such review being borne by the party requesting such review.  For example, if Provider begins costly initiatives that do not benefit Recipient, Recipient will not pay a percentage of those initiatives.

 

3.2           PAYMENTS / BILLING DISPUTES

 

(a)           Invoices . Promptly following the end of each calendar month during the Term, Providers will provide Recipient with an invoice specifying the Service Fees and Expenses for the Services provided by Providers during such month, and setting forth in reasonable detail a description of the Services performed and expenses incurred, and the Service Fees due for the performance of such Services.

 

(b)           Payment Terms .  All invoiced amounts will be payable by Recipient within sixty (60) days after receipt of the invoice (the “ Due Date ”).  All payments shall be made in U.S. dollars to an account or accounts designated by Providers’ Nominated Representative from time to time.  Any such invoiced amounts that are undisputed and unpaid after such sixty (60) day period will accrue interest at a rate of 1% per month from the Due Date until they are paid.

 

(c)           Billing Disputes .  Recipient must timely make all undisputed payments under Section 3.2(b).   If Recipient in good faith disputes any invoiced amounts, Recipient shall notify the Providers with reasonable specificity of the basis of the dispute, and the Parties will promptly address and attempt to resolve the dispute in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.10 .

 

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ARTICLE 4
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

 

4.1           INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

All intellectual property rights, trade secrets or other proprietary rights of a Provider that are used in providing the Services and in any ideas, concepts, inventions or techniques of a Provider that such Provider may use, conceive or first reduce to practice in connection with the Services, including any report, computer program (source code and object code) or programming documentation, manual, chart, specification, formula, database architecture, template, system model, copyright, diagram, description, screen display, schematic, blueprint drawing, listing, record or other materials, are and will remain the exclusive property of such Provider.  Each Provider in turn will grant Recipient a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable license, with the right to sublicense, to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, copy, maintain, modify, enhance, and create derivative works of such intellectual property rights solely to the extent necessary for Recipient or its designated Affiliates to receive the Services as contemplated hereunder; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Recipient and its Affiliates shall treat any trade secrets licensed to it hereunder as the Confidential Information of the applicable Provider, and shall abide by all obligations in Section 4.2 with respect thereto, which obligations shall continue for so long as such intellectual property remains a trade secret (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.2(e) ).  The Parties will execute any assignments or other instruments that may be appropriate or necessary to give full legal effect to this Section 4.1 .

 

4.2           CONFIDENTIALITY

 

(a)           General .  Each Provider and Recipient (in each case, as applicable, the “ Receiving Party ”) will maintain all Confidential Information of the other (the “ Disclosing Party ”) in strict confidence, and the Receiving Party will use and disclose such Confidential Information only as authorized under this Agreement or as otherwise authorized in writing by the Disclosing Party.  The Receiving Party further agrees to take the same care with the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information as it does with its own, but in no event less than a reasonable degree of care.

 

(b)           Definition of Confidential Information .  For purposes of this Agreement, “ Confidential Information ” means the following types of information and other information of a similar nature of the Disclosing Party, whether set forth in a writing, disclosed by the Disclosing Party’s representatives orally or in any other manner: (a) all non-public information and material of the Disclosing Party (and of companies with which the Disclosing Party has entered into confidentiality agreements) which the Receiving Party obtains knowledge of or access to; (b) non-public intellectual property of the Disclosing Party; and (c) business and financial information of the Disclosing Party including but not limited to pricing, business plans, forecasts, revenues, expenses, earnings projections, sales data and any and all other non-public financial information.

 

(c)           Exceptions .  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Confidential Information does not include information which:  (a) has been made generally available to the public (other than by acts of the Receiving Party or its Affiliates or their respective employees, attorneys, agents, consultants, advisors or representatives in violation of this Agreement), (b) becomes available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Disclosing Party, provided that the source of such information was not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Disclosing Party, (c) was within the possession of the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis prior to its being furnished to the

 

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Receiving Party by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party, or (d) is independently developed by the Receiving Party or one of its employees, attorneys, agents, consultants, advisors or representatives without reference to or use of the Confidential Information.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Receiving Party nor any of its employees, attorneys, agents, consultants, advisors or representatives shall be precluded from disclosing Confidential Information (a) to its Affiliates on a need-to-know basis, (b) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal or administrative proceeding as required by applicable law, (c) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Person or any of its Affiliates, (d) to any prospective purchaser of, or investor in, any or all of the assets, stock or the business of the Receiving Party or any of its subsidiaries, or to any current or prospective lender to the Receiving Party or any of its subsidiaries, provided that such Person executes and delivers a confidentiality agreement containing obligations of confidentiality that are at least as protective, in all material respects, of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information as those set forth in this Section 4.2 , or (e) as otherwise set forth herein.  If the Receiving Party is requested to disclose any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information pursuant to any judicial or governmental order, the Receiving Party will promptly notify the Disclosing Party of such order so that the Disclosing Party, in its sole discretion, may seek an appropriate protective order and/or take any other action to prevent or minimize the breadth of such disclosure.

 

(d)           No Implied License .  No license or conveyance of any rights to any intellectual property is granted to the Receiving Party by the disclosure of Confidential Information pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(e)           Survival .  The obligations contained in this Section 4.2 will survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement for a period of three (3) years; provided , however , that notwithstanding the expiration of such three (3) year period, (i) for Confidential Information that comprises trade secrets, these obligations shall continue for so long as such Confidential Information remains a trade secret, and (ii) all Confidential Information also received or disclosed pursuant to any other agreement between the Parties to this Agreement or their Affiliates will continue to be governed by the confidentiality provision of any such agreement, to the extent applicable.

 

(f)            Termination .  Upon termination of a Service, the Parties shall, upon prior written request, return to the other Party or destroy (at the Disclosing Party’s option) all Confidential Information of the applicable Services, unless such Confidential Information is required for performance of the remaining Services except to extent and for the period in which a Party is required to hold the Confidential Information in order to comply with surviving obligations in this Agreement or applicable law.  Upon termination of the Agreement, the Parties shall, upon prior written request, return to the other Party or destroy (at the Disclosing Party’s option) all Confidential Information, except to extent and for the period in which a Party is required to hold the Confidential Information in order to comply with surviving obligations in this Agreement or applicable law.

 

4.3           AUDIT ASSISTANCE

 

If either Party is subject to (i) a request from or audit by a governmental authority, standards organization or customer or (ii) legal or arbitration proceedings in which such Party requests access to or an audit of books, records, documents or accounting practices and procedures pursuant to applicable laws, rules, regulations, standards or contract provisions and such examination or audit relates to the Services, the other Party will provide, at the sole cost and expense of the requesting Party, all reasonable assistance requested by the Party that is subject to the audit or proceedings in responding to

 

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such audits, requests for information, or legal or arbitration proceedings, to the extent that such assistance or information is (a) within the reasonable control of the cooperating Party and (b) related to the Services.

 

ARTICLE 5
TERM AND TERMINATION

 

5.1           TERM

 

This Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and, unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 5.2 , shall remain in effect for a period of two (2) years (the “ Initial Term ”).  The Initial Term will automatically extend for additional one (1) year periods (each, a “ Term Extension ”) unless either Party gives at least thirty (30) days’ notice to the other Party of its intent not to renew the Agreement.  The Initial Term, together with all Term Extensions, if any, are referred to hereunder as the “Term.”

 

5.2           TERMINATION

 

(a)           Termination of Specific Services .

 

(i)            By Recipient .  Recipient may require that a Provider cease providing all or any part of the Services that such Provider is required to provide hereunder by providing notice to such Provider’s Nominated Representative which identifies the specific Services to be terminated and the date on which they must be terminated.  Unless a shorter period is specified for a particular Service in Schedule A , notice of early termination by Recipient must be provided at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such termination.  Except as otherwise provided in Schedule A , with respect to the termination of a particular Service, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of such notice of termination, the applicable Provider shall provide written notice to Recipient if termination of the specified Services would require the termination of any other Services.  Within fifteen (15) days of receipt of such notice from such Provider, Recipient shall have the option, upon written notice to Provider, to rescind its original cancellation notice.

 

(ii)           By Providers .  Any Provider may terminate the provision of a Service hereunder, without any liability to Recipient resulting from such termination, if such Provider provides Recipient at least ninety (90) days’ advance notice of such termination, in order to provide Recipient with a reasonable period of time to in-source such Service or engage a new service provider.

 

(b)           Termination of the Agreement .  This Agreement may be terminated:

 

(i)            by mutual agreement of the Parties in writing;

 

(ii)           automatically, upon termination of all of the Services in accordance with Section 5.2(a) ;

 

(iii)          by Providers, upon ten (10) days advance written notice to Recipient, if any of the Providers determine that (a) the provision of Services under this Agreement would cause any of the Providers to violate, trigger a default or event of default under, or require any determination or opinion that has not previously been obtained in order to comply with, any of the debt agreements of Providers or their respective Affiliates, or (b) Recipient is unable to meet their payment obligations under Section 3.2.

 

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(iv)          by Providers upon the dissolution of Recipient or any of its Affiliates.

 

5.3           EFFECT OF TERMINATION

 

If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 5.2(b) , all of the Parties’ obligations hereunder will terminate, except with respect to any surviving Services, if any, and except that, in any event, Sections 4.1 , 4.2 (for three (3) years only), 4.3 , 7.2 , 7.5 through 7.14 as well as Articles 1 ,  3 and 6, and this Section 5.3 , will survive and the Parties’ rights to pursue all legal remedies for breaches of the Agreement will survive unimpaired.  Following expiration or termination of this Agreement, each Party remains responsible for paying to the other Party all accrued but unpaid Service Fees or Expenses, as applicable, through the date of termination, in accordance with Section 3.2 .  The termination of this Agreement will not be deemed to be an election of remedies by a terminating Party.

 

ARTICLE 6
WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

6.1           WARRANTIES; DISCLAIMER

 

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.1(B) , NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH PARTY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING SUCH SUBJECT MATTER.  To the extent that a Party may not as a matter of applicable law disclaim any implied warranty, the scope and duration of such warranty will be the minimum permitted under such law.

 

6.2           LIMITATION ON LIABILITY

 

(a)           Consequential and Other Damages .  NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY), OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR DIMINUTION OF VALUE WHATSOEVER WHICH IN ANY WAY ARISE OUT OF, RELATE TO, OR ARE A CONSEQUENCE OF, ITS PERFORMANCE OR NONPERFORMANCE HEREUNDER, OR THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE ANY SERVICE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS AND CLAIMS OF CUSTOMERS, EXCEPT IN THE EVENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

 

(b)           Liability Cap .  THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF EACH PARTY WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PARTY’S OBLIGATION TO PAY FEES) OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE, DELIVERY OR PROVISION OF ANY SERVICE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO (i) IN THE CASE OF ANY PROVIDER, THE FEES PREVIOUSLY PAID TO IT BY THE SERVICE RECIPIENT HEREUNDER, AND (ii) IN THE CASE OF RECIPIENT, ANY UNPAID AMOUNTS OWED BY IT TO THE APPLICABLE PROVIDER HEREUNDER; PROVIDED , HOWEVER , THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO A PARTY’S CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

 

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ARTICLE 7
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

7.1           NOMINATED REPRESENTATIVES

 

Each Party will appoint a representative (a “ Nominated Representative ”) to facilitate communications and performance under this Agreement during the Term.  Each Party may treat an act of a Nominated Representative of the other Party as being authorized by such Party without inquiring behind such act or ascertaining whether such Nominated Representative had authority to so act.  As of the Effective Date, Providers’ Nominated Representative shall be Michael A. Quartieri, and Recipient’s Nominated Representative shall be Michael Cody.  Each Party will have the right at any time and from time to time to replace its Nominated Representative by giving notice in writing to the other Party setting forth the name of the Nominated Representative to be replaced and the name of his or her replacement.

 

7.2           NOTICES

 

All notices, consents, waivers and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed given to a Party when (a) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid), (b) sent by facsimile with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment, or (c) received by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, in each case to the following addresses, OR facsimile numbers and marked to the attention of the individual (by name or title) designated below (or to such other address, facsimile number, e-mail address or individual as a Party may designate by notice to the other Party):

 

If to Recipient:

 

SciPlay Holding Company, LLC

6601 Bermuda Road

Las Vegas, NV 89119

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (702) 532-7699

 

If to any Provider:

 

c/o Scientific Games Corporation

6601 Bermuda Road

Las Vegas, NV 89119

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (702) 532-7699

 

7.3           FORCE MAJEURE EVENT

 

Neither Party will be liable or deemed to be in breach of this Agreement for failure or delay of performance caused by a Force Majeure Event as long as the Party whose performance is affected the by the Force Majeure Event notifies the other Party as promptly as practicable thereof and takes commercially reasonable efforts to overcome it and resume performance hereunder as soon as possible.  If a Party’s performance is affected by a Force Majeure Event, the time for that Party’s performance will be extended or, as appropriate, suspended for the duration of the Force Majeure Event without liability, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.  Each Provider shall treat Recipient or its designated Affiliates in the same manner as any other external recipient for the affected Services, if any, in connection with the resumption of performance.  During the period of a Force Majeure Event affecting

 

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performance by any Provider of any Service(s), Recipient (a) shall be relieved of the obligation to pay Service Fees for such Services(s) throughout the duration of such Force Majeure Event, and (b) shall be entitled to seek an alternative service provider with respect to such Service(s).

 

7.4           FURTHER ACTIONS

 

Upon the request of either Party, the other Party will (a) furnish to the requesting Party any additional information, (b) execute and deliver, at its own expense, any other documents and (c) take any other actions as the requesting Party may reasonably require to more effectively carry out the intent of this Agreement.

 

7.5           ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND MODIFICATION

 

This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements between the Parties with respect to its subject matter and constitutes a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the Parties with respect to its subject matter.  This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in a written document executed by the Party against whose interest the modification will operate.

 

7.6           DRAFTING AND REPRESENTATION

 

The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  No provision of this Agreement will be interpreted for or against a Party because that Party or its legal representative drafted the provision.

 

7.7           SEVERABILITY

 

If a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitral tribunal holds any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.  Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.  If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making the determination of invalidity or unenforceability shall have the power to reduce the scope, duration, or other limit of the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.

 

7.8           ASSIGNMENT; SUCCESSORS; THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS

 

Except as otherwise set forth herein, no Party may assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Provider may freely assign any of its rights under this Agreement or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement to an Affiliate.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will apply to, be binding in all respects upon, and inure to the benefit of each Party’s respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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7.9           WAIVER

 

The rights and remedies of the Parties are cumulative and not alternative.  Neither any failure nor any delay by either Party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement or any of the documents referred to in this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, (a) no claim or right arising out of this Agreement or any of the documents referred to in this Agreement can be discharged by one Party, in whole or in part, by a waiver or renunciation of the claim or right unless in a written document signed by the other Party, and (b) no waiver that may be given by a Party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it is given.

 

7.10         RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

 

(a)           Dispute Resolution Procedures.  The Parties will cooperate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to informally resolve any disputes under this Agreement.  All disputes shall be promptly referred to the Nominated Representatives for resolution.  If the Nominated Representatives are unable to resolve any dispute within thirty (30) Business Days, the dispute shall be referred to senior executives of the Parties for resolution.  If the senior executives are unable to resolve the dispute within forty (40) Business Days following the referral of the dispute to them, then either Party may bring an action to resolve the dispute in accordance with Section 7.10(b) .

 

(b)           Consent to Jurisdiction.  Subject to Section 7.10(a) , each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Clark County, Nevada for the purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.  Subject to Section 7.1(a) , each of the Parties irrevocably and fully waives the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding, and waives any objection it might otherwise have to service of process under law.  Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in such courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

7.11         WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT EITHER OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY AND THAT ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 7.10(B)  BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.

 

7.12         CONTINUED PERFORMANCE

 

Providers agree to continue performing their obligations under this Agreement while any dispute is being resolved unless and until such obligations are terminated by the termination or expiration of the Agreement.

 

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7.13         GOVERNING LAW

 

This Agreement will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law.

 

7.14         COUNTERPARTS

 

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 Party shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other Parties.  For the convenience of the Parties, any number of counterparts hereof may be executed, each such executed counterpart shall be deemed an original and all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Facsimile transmission (including the e-mail delivery of documents in Adobe PDF format) of any signed original counterpart and/or retransmission of any signed facsimile transmission shall be deemed the same as the delivery of an original.

 

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The Parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date indicated in the first sentence of this Agreement.

 

 

PROVIDERS:

 

 

Scientific Games Corporation

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scientific Games International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bally Gaming, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

 

Title:

President, Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

 

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RECIPIENT:

 

 

SciPlay Holding Company, LLC

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Title:

Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

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Schedule A

 

Services

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Services Agreement.

 

1.              Corporate Services: The Providers shall provide the Services set forth in Table 1 below.  Unless otherwise specified, these Services shall be consistent with similar services provided by the Providers within the designated corporate level functional group(s) to or on behalf of Scientific Games Corporation and its Affiliates. The Service Fee applicable to each Service set forth in Table 1 below per calendar month shall be equal to (a) the total corporate level functional group selling, general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses of Scientific Games Corporation and its Affiliates for such month for such Services multiplied by (b) the corresponding percentage set forth under “Applicable Percentage” in Table 1 below.

 

Table 1

 

Services

 

Applicable
Percentage

 

 

 

 

 

Finance

 

5.7

%

Corporate Development

 

20.0

%

Human Resources

 

5.0

%

Legal

 

5.0

%

Compliance / Security

 

5.0

%

Facilities

 

2.3

%

Information Technology

 

5.0

%

Purchasing

 

5.0

%

 

2.              Corporate Direct Costs: From time to time, Providers incur costs that are wholly attributable to Recipient and its Affiliates, such as leases, audit fees, special projects and other expenses. Providers shall be entitled to include these costs in the calculation of the Service Fee as they are incurred, to the extent not duplicative with the Corporate Services allocations listed in Section 1 above. These costs include allocable expenses directly attributable to Recipient, which could include liability related to litigation awards based on the social business, allocable costs for software seat licenses or other costs for which Recipient is solely responsible.

 

3.              Social Gaming Personnel: Providers and their respective Affiliates employee personnel whose primary responsibilities are to support the business of Recipient and / or its Affiliates (meaning such personnel spend at least ninety percent (90%) of their time focused on Social Gaming responsibilities) (the “ Social Gaming Personnel ”). Providers shall be entitled to include all payroll expenses and expenses incidental to the employment of such Social Gaming Personnel (including, but not limited to, travel and related costs, training and similar expenses) (such expenses, the “ Social Gaming Personnel Expenses ”) in the calculation of the Service Fee as they are incurred, to the extent not duplicative with the Corporate

 


 

Services allocations listed in Section 1 above. Recipient acknowledges and agrees that Scientific Games India Private Limited, which is an Affiliate of Scientific Games Corporation, may employ Social Gaming Personnel, and Providers shall be entitled to include all Social Gaming Personnel Expenses in the calculation of the Service Fee, and (b) upon the approval of the relevant authorities in India, Scientific Games India Private Limited, who is an Affiliate of Scientific Games Corporation, may employ Social Gaming Personnel, and Providers shall be entitled to include all Social Gaming Personnel Expenses in the calculation of the Service Fee.

 

4.              Social Gaming Attributed Rent: Providers and their respective Affiliates own or lease certain real property where Recipient and its Affiliates are located. Providers shall be entitled to include in the Service Fee attributed rent for the use of such property in its entirety if the expense is solely related to Social Gaming or based on a proportionate headcount allocation if the property is shared.

 

5.             Stock-based compensation: Providers and their respective Affiliates employ personnel who engage in providing the Services to Recipient and which employees engaging in providing the Services receive stock-based compensation based on the stock of Scientific Games Corporation. On a monthly basis such stock-based compensation amounts shall be allocated by Provider to Recipient in a stock-based compensation charge separate from the Service Fee, and not reimbursed in cash. The Applicable Percentage for such charge shall be 4.2% of the allocable stock-based compensation pool.

 

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Schedule B

 

Joinder

 

                   , a                    company (“ New Provider ”), hereby joins in the Services Agreement by and between Scientific Games Corporation, Scientific Games International, Inc., and Bally Gaming, Inc. as Providers, and SciPlay Holding Company, LLC as Recipient, and certain other parties, dated as of [ • ] (as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Services Agreement ”) as a Provider in order to provide certain Services to Recipient, which Services are identified on Exhibit 1 hereto.  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Services Agreement.  In furtherance of the foregoing, New Provider hereby acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Services Agreement and has read and is familiar with the provisions thereof, and in consideration of Recipient’s agreement, among other things, to pay Service Fees to New Provider pursuant to the Services Agreement for Services provided by New Provider following execution of this Joinder, New Provider hereby agrees as follows:

 

1.               New Provider shall be deemed to be a Provider under the Services Agreement.

 

2.               New Provider agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Services Agreement.

 

3.               For purposes of Section 7.1 of the Services Agreement, New Provider’s Nominated Representative shall be:

 


 

4.               For purposes of Section 7.2 of the Services Agreement, New Provider’s address and contact information for receipt of notices, consents, waivers and other communications is as follows:

 

·  ]

·  ]

·  ]

Attention: [  ·  ]

Facsimile: [  ·  ]

E-mail: [  ·  ]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, New Provider has duly executed this Joinder as of the date set forth below.

 

 

[ New Provider ]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title

 

 

Date

 


 

Exhibit 1 to Joinder

 

Services

 


Exhibit 10.7

 

Execution Version

 

 

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

among

 

SCIPLAY HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
as the Borrower,

 

SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC,

as Holdings,

 

The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Issuing Lender,

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.

and

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,

Dated as of May 7, 2019

 

 

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

DEFINITIONS

 

1

 

 

 

 

1.1

Defined Terms

 

1

1.2

Other Definitional Provisions

 

40

1.3

Pro Forma Calculations

 

42

1.4

Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents

 

43

1.5

Letter of Credit Amounts

 

43

1.6

Covenants

 

43

1.7

Interest Rates

 

44

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.

AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

 

44

 

 

 

 

2.1

Revolving Commitments

 

44

2.2

Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing

 

44

2.3

Defaulting Lenders

 

45

2.4

Repayment of Loans

 

46

2.5

Commitment Fees, etc .

 

47

2.6

Termination or Reduction of Commitments

 

47

2.7

Optional Prepayments

 

47

2.8

Mandatory Prepayments

 

48

2.9

Conversion and Continuation Options

 

48

2.10

Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurocurrency Tranches

 

49

2.11

Interest Rates and Payment Dates

 

49

2.12

Computation of Interest and Fees

 

50

2.13

Inability to Determine Interest Rate

 

50

2.14

Pro Rata Treatment and Payments

 

51

2.15

Requirements of Law

 

52

2.16

Taxes

 

53

2.17

Indemnity

 

56

2.18

Illegality

 

57

2.19

Change of Lending Office

 

57

2.20

Replacement of Lenders

 

57

2.21

Incremental Loans

 

58

2.22

Extension of Revolving Commitments

 

59

2.23

Successor LIBOR

 

62

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.

LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

63

 

 

 

 

3.1

L/C Commitment

 

63

3.2

Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit

 

63

3.3

Fees and Other Charges

 

64

3.4

L/C Participations

 

64

3.5

Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower

 

66

3.6

Obligations Absolute

 

66

3.7

Role of the Issuing Lender

 

67

3.8

Letter of Credit Payments

 

68

3.9

Applications

 

68

 

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Page

 

 

 

 

3.10

Applicability of ISP and UCP

 

68

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

68

 

 

 

 

4.1

Financial Condition

 

69

4.2

No Change

 

69

4.3

Existence; Compliance with Law

 

69

4.4

Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations

 

69

4.5

No Legal Bar

 

70

4.6

No Material Litigation

 

70

4.7

No Default

 

70

4.8

Ownership of Property; Liens

 

70

4.9

Intellectual Property

 

70

4.10

Taxes

 

71

4.11

Federal Regulations

 

71

4.12

ERISA

 

71

4.13

Investment Company Act

 

71

4.14

Subsidiaries

 

71

4.15

Environmental Matters

 

72

4.16

Accuracy of Information, etc .

 

72

4.17

Security Documents

 

72

4.18

Solvency

 

73

4.19

Anti-Terrorism

 

73

4.20

Use of Proceeds

 

73

4.21

Labor Matters

 

73

4.22

Senior Indebtedness

 

73

4.23

OFAC

 

73

4.24

FCPA

 

74

4.25

Beneficial Ownership

 

74

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

74

 

 

 

 

5.1

Conditions to Effectiveness

 

74

5.2

Conditions to Each Revolving Loan Extension of Credit

 

76

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

76

 

 

 

 

6.1

Financial Statements

 

77

6.2

Certificates; Other Information

 

78

6.3

Payment of Taxes

 

79

6.4

Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc.; Compliance

 

79

6.5

Maintenance of Property; Insurance

 

79

6.6

Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions

 

80

6.7

Notices

 

80

6.8

Additional Collateral, etc .

 

81

6.9

Use of Proceeds

 

83

6.10

Post Closing

 

83

6.11

Line of Business

 

84

6.12

Changes in Jurisdictions of Organization; Name

 

84

6.13

IP License Agreement

 

84

 

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Page

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

84

 

 

 

 

7.1

Financial Covenants

 

84

7.2

Indebtedness

 

84

7.3

Liens

 

88

7.4

Fundamental Changes

 

91

7.5

Dispositions of Property

 

92

7.6

Restricted Payments

 

94

7.7

Investments

 

97

7.8

Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness; Amendments

 

101

7.9

Transactions with Affiliates

 

101

7.10

Sales and Leasebacks

 

102

7.11

Changes in Fiscal Periods

 

102

7.12

Negative Pledge Clauses

 

102

7.13

Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions

 

104

7.14

Limitation on Hedge Agreements

 

104

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

105

 

 

 

 

8.1

Events of Default

 

105

8.2

Right to Cure

 

109

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9.

THE AGENTS

 

110

 

 

 

 

9.1

Appointment

 

110

9.2

Delegation of Duties

 

110

9.3

Exculpatory Provisions

 

110

9.4

Reliance by the Agents

 

111

9.5

Notice of Default

 

111

9.6

Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders

 

111

9.7

Indemnification

 

112

9.8

Agent in Its Individual Capacity

 

112

9.9

Successor Agents

 

112

9.10

Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees

 

113

9.11

Agents May File Proofs of Claim

 

113

9.12

Specified Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations

 

114

9.13

Joint Bookrunners and Co-Documentation Agents

 

114

9.14

Certain ERISA Matters

 

114

9.15

Withholding Taxes

 

115

 

 

 

 

SECTION 10.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

116

 

 

 

 

10.1

Amendments and Waivers

 

116

10.2

Notices; Electronic Communications

 

118

10.3

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

 

121

10.4

Survival of Representations and Warranties

 

121

10.5

Payment of Expenses; Indemnification

 

121

10.6

Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments

 

122

10.7

Adjustments; Set off

 

126

10.8

Counterparts

 

127

10.9

Severability

 

127

 

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Page

 

 

 

 

10.10

Integration

 

127

10.11

GOVERNING LAW

 

127

10.12

Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers

 

127

10.13

Acknowledgments

 

128

10.14

Confidentiality

 

129

10.15

Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens

 

130

10.16

Accounting Changes

 

131

10.17

WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL

 

131

10.18

USA PATRIOT ACT

 

132

10.19

Effect of Certain Inaccuracies

 

132

10.20

Interest Rate Limitation

 

132

10.21

Payments Set Aside

 

132

10.22

Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents

 

133

10.23

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

 

133

10.24

Flood Matters

 

133

10.25

Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs

 

133

10.26

Judgment Currency

 

134

 

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SCHEDULES :

 

1.1A

Disqualified Institutions

1.1B

Specified Hedge Agreements

2.1

Commitments

4.3

Existence; Compliance with Law

4.4

Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices

4.6

Litigation

4.8A

Excepted Property

4.8B

Owned Real Property

4.14

Subsidiaries

4.17

UCC Filing Jurisdictions

6.10

Post Closing Matters

7.2(d)

Existing Indebtedness

7.3(f)

Existing Liens

7.7

Existing Investments

7.9

Transactions with Affiliates

7.12

Existing Negative Pledge Clauses

7.13

Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions

 

EXHIBITS :

 

A

Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

B

Form of Compliance Certificate

C

Form of Closing Certificate

D

Form of Assignment and Assumption

E

Form of US Tax Compliance Certificate

F

Form of Solvency Certificate

G

Form of Revolving Note

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 7, 2019, among SCIPLAY HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “ Company ” or the “ Borrower ”), SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ Holdings ”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “ Lenders ”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Issuing Lender, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC. and RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.

 

The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                                  DEFINITIONS

 

1.1                                     Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.

 

ABR ”:  for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Eurocurrency Rate for a one-month interest period beginning on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

 

ABR Loans ”:  Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.

 

Accounting Changes ”:  as defined in Section 10.16.

 

Administrative Agent ”:  Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity in accordance with Section 9.9.

 

Affiliate ”:  as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.  For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, in either case whether by contract or otherwise.

 

Agents ”:  the collective reference to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, and solely for purposes of Sections 9.14, 10.5, 10.10, 10.13 and 10.14 and the definitions of Cash Management Obligations, Obligations and Specified Hedge Agreement, the Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners, Co-Syndication Agents and Co-Documentation Agents.

 

Aggregate Exposure ”:  the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.

 


 

Aggregate Exposure Percentage ”:  with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the total Aggregate Exposures of all Lenders at such time.

 

Agreed Purposes ”:  as defined in Section 10.14.

 

Agreement ”:  this Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Agreement Currency ”: as defined in Section 10.26.

 

Annual Operating Budget ”:  as defined in Section 6.2(c).

 

Anticipated Cure Deadline ”:  as defined in Section 8.2(a).

 

Applicable Margin ” or “ Applicable Commitment Fee Rate ”:  for any day, the applicable rate per annum determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid ; provided that from the Closing Date until the delivery of the financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, (a) the Applicable Margin shall be 1.25% with respect to Loans under the Revolving Facility that are ABR Loans and 2.25% with respect to Loans under the Revolving Facility that are Eurocurrency Loans; and (b) the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall be 0.50%.

 

Applicable Period ”:  as defined in Section 10.19.

 

Application ”:  an application, in such form as the relevant Issuing Lender may specify from time to time, requesting such Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.

 

Approved Fund ”:  as defined in Section 10.6(b).

 

Article 55 BRRD ”: Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.

 

Assignee ”:  as defined in Section 10.6(b).

 

Assignment and Assumption ”:  an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

 

Available Amount ”:  as at any date, the sum of, without duplication:

 

(a)                                  50% of the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings since April 1, 2019 (or if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit);

 

(b)                                  the Net Cash Proceeds received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date from any Equity Issuance by, or capital contribution to, the Borrower (which is not Disqualified Capital Stock), other than Cure Amounts and other than any issuance in connection with an Investment pursuant to Section 7.7(aa);

 

(c)                                   [reserved];

 

(d)                                  the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary), which has been extinguished

 

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after being converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Holdings or any Parent Company;

 

(e)                                   in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value of the Investments of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable);

 

(f)                                    an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in cash or Cash Equivalents by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.7(h)(C), Section 7.7(h)(D), Section 7.7(v)(i), Section 7.7(v)(ii), Section 7.7(z)(ii)(B) or Section 7.7(z)(ii)(C); and

 

(g)                                   the aggregate amount actually received in cash and Cash Equivalents by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership interest in any joint venture that is not a Subsidiary or in any Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, to the extent of the Investment in such joint venture or Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

minus , the sum of:

 

(a)                                  the amount of Restricted Payments made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.6(b)(ii);

 

(b)                                  the amount of any Investments made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.7(h)(D), Section 7.7(v)(ii) or Section 7.7(z)(ii)(C); and

 

(c)                                   the amount of prepayments of Junior Financing made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.8(i)(B).

 

Available Revolving Commitment ”:  as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect (including any New Loan Commitments which are Revolving Commitments) over (b) such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.

 

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 BRRD, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Base Available Amount ”:  $20,000,000 minus , the sum of:

 

(a)                                  the amount of Restricted Payments made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.6(b)(i);

 

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(b)                                  the amount of any Investments made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.7(h)(C), Section 7.7(v)(i) or Section 7.7(z)(ii)(B); and

 

(c)                                   the amount of prepayments of Junior Financing made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.8(i)(A).

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification ”: a certification regarding beneficial ownership as 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”.

 

Benefited Lender ”:  as defined in Section 10.7(a).

 

BHC Act Affiliate ”: as assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

 

Board ”:  the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

 

Board of Directors ”:  (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; (b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or the board or committee of any Person serving a similar function; (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof or any Person or Persons serving a similar function; and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

Borrower ”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Borrower Materials ”:  as defined in Section 10.2(c).

 

Borrowing Date ”:  any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

 

Borrowing Minimum ”:  (a) in the case of a Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars, $1,000,000, (b) in the case of a Revolving Loan denominated in Euro, €1,000,000, (c) in the case of a Revolving Loan denominated in Pounds, £500,000 and (d) in the case of a Revolving Loan denominated in any other Permitted Foreign Currency, such roughly equivalent amount in such Permitted Foreign Currency as may be reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent.

 

Borrowing Multiple ”:  (a) in the case of a Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars, $500,000, (b) in the case of a Revolving Loan denominated in Euro, €500,000, (c) in the case of a Revolving Loan denominated in Pounds, £250,000 and (d) in the case of a Revolving Loan denominated in any other Permitted Foreign Currency, such roughly equivalent amount in such Permitted Foreign Currency as may be reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent.

 

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Business ”:  the business activities and operations of Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, as described in the Registration Statement.

 

Business Day ”:  any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:

 

(a)                                  if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day;

 

(b)                                  if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, means a TARGET Day;

 

(c)                                   if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and

 

(d)                                  if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.

 

Calculation Date ”:  as defined in Section 1.3(a).

 

Capital Lease Obligations ”:  as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal Property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as either capital leases under FASB ASC 840 or finance leases under FASB ASC 842 and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the amount thereof recorded on the balance sheet at such time determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that for the purposes of this definition, “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as further defined.

 

Capital Stock ”:  any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, and any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation).

 

Cash Equivalents ”:

 

(a)                                  direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within 18 months from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

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(b)                                  certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 18 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 18 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000;

 

(c)                                   repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (a) and (b) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above;

 

(d)                                  commercial paper having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or P-1 from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) and maturing within 18 months after the date of acquisition and Indebtedness and preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 18 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(e)                                   readily marketable direct obligations issued by or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 18 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(f)                                    marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-1 or A-1 from Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) and in each case maturing within 18 months after the date of creation or acquisition thereof;

 

(g)                                   Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s;

 

(h)                                  (x) such local currencies in those countries in which Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries transact business from time to time in the ordinary course of business and (y) investments of comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (g) or otherwise customarily utilized in countries in which Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries operate for short term cash management purposes; and

 

(i)                                      Investments in funds which invest substantially all of their assets in Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (h) of this definition.

 

Cash Management Obligations ”:  obligations owed by any Loan Party to a Person who, as of the time of incurrence of such obligations (or, in the case of any such obligations in existence on the Closing Date, on the Closing Date), is the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or a Lender, in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services, credit or debit card, or any automated clearing house transfers of funds.

 

Certificated Security ”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

CFC ”: a Subsidiary of Holdings that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

Change of Control ”:  as defined in Section 8.1(j).

 

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Charges ”:  as defined in Section 10.20.

 

Chattel Paper ”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Closing Date ”:  May 7, 2019.

 

Code ”:  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (unless otherwise indicated).

 

Co-Documentation Agents ”:  Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, each in its capacity as co-documentation agent.

 

Collateral ”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all Property of any Loan Party purported to be subject to a Lien under any Security Document.

 

Collateral Agent ”:  Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties under the Security Documents and any of its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity in accordance with Section 9.9.

 

Commitment ”:  as to any Lender, the sum of the Revolving Commitments, the Extended Revolving Commitments and the New Loan Commitments (in each case, if any) of such Lender.

 

Commodity Exchange Act ”:  the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Commonly Controlled Entity ”:  an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

Commonly Controlled Plan ”:  as defined in Section 4.12(b).

 

Company ”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Compliance Certificate ”:  a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

Confidential Information ”:  as defined in Section 10.14.

 

Consolidated EBITDA ”:  of any Person for any period, Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus , without duplication and, if applicable, except with respect to clauses (h), (j) and (r) of this definition, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of:

 

(a)                                  provisions for taxes based on income (or similar taxes in lieu of income taxes), profits, capital (or equivalents), including federal, foreign, state, local, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period;

 

(b)                                  Consolidated Net Interest Expense and, to the extent not reflected in such Consolidated Net Interest Expense, any net losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, premiums, discounts and other fees and

 

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charges associated with Indebtedness (including commitment, letter of credit and administrative fees and charges with respect to the Facilities);

 

(c)                                   depreciation and amortization expense and impairment charges (including deferred financing fees, capitalized software expenditures, intangibles (including goodwill), organization costs and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions, and other post-employment benefits);

 

(d)                                  any expenses,  losses or charges that are both unusual in nature or infrequent of occurrence or charges that are not expected to recur within any twelve month measurement period (including (x) losses on sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business and restructuring and integration costs or reserves, including any severance costs, costs associated with office and facility openings, closings and consolidations, relocation costs and other non-recurring business optimization expenses and legal and settlement costs, and (y) any expenses in connection with the Transactions);

 

(e)                                   any other non-cash charges, expenses or losses, including write-offs and write-downs and any non-cash cost related to the termination of any employee pension benefit plan (including, without limitation, defined benefit pension plans or deferred compensation agreements) (except to the extent such charges, expenses or losses represent an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or an amortization of a prepaid cash expense paid in a prior period);

 

(f)                                    any expenses required to be accounted for under FASB ASC 718;

 

(g)                                   transaction costs, fees, losses and expenses (in each case whether or not any transaction is actually consummated) (including Transaction Costs, and including those with respect to any amendments or waivers of the Loan Documents, and those payable in connection with the sale of Capital Stock, recapitalization, the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2, transactions permitted by Section 7.4, Dispositions permitted by Section 7.5, or any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted by Section 7.7);

 

(h)                                  all management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees, and due diligence expense and other transaction fees and expenses and related expenses paid (or any accruals related to such fees or related expenses) (including by means of a dividend) during such period;

 

(i)                                      proceeds from any business interruption insurance (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in such statement of such Consolidated Net Income);

 

(j)                                     the amount of expected cost savings and other operating improvements and synergies reasonably identifiable and reasonably supportable (as determined by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in good faith) to be realized as a result of the Transactions, any acquisition or Disposition (including the termination or discontinuance of activities constituting such business), any Investment, operating improvements, restructurings, cost savings initiatives, operational change or similar initiatives or transactions taken or committed to be taken during such period (in each case calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings and other operating improvements and 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 to the extent already included in the Consolidated Net Income for such period, provided that (i) (A) such cost savings, operating improvements and synergies are reasonably anticipated to result from such actions, (B) such actions have been taken, or have been committed to be taken and the benefits resulting

 

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therefrom are anticipated by the Borrower to be realized within 12 months and (C) amounts added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (i), shall not in the aggregate exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA (determined prior to giving effect to such amounts) in any four consecutive fiscal quarter period and (ii) no cost savings shall be added pursuant to this clause (j) to the extent already included in clause (d) above with respect to such period;

 

(k)                                  earn-out, contingent compensation and similar obligations incurred in connection with any acquisition or other investment and paid (if not previously accrued) or accrued;

 

(l)                                      charges, losses, lost profits, expenses or write-offs to the extent indemnified or insured by a third party, including expenses covered by indemnification provisions in any agreement in connection with the Transactions, a Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition or Investment permitted by Section 7.7, in each case, to the extent that coverage has not been denied (other than any such denial that is being contested by Holdings and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries in good faith) and so long as such amounts are actually reimbursed to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash within one year after the related amount is first added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (l) (and to the extent not so reimbursed within one year, such amount not reimbursed shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA during the next measurement period); it being understood that such amount may subsequently be included in Consolidated EBITDA in a measurement period to the extent of amounts actually reimbursed);

 

(m)                              net realized losses relating to amounts denominated in foreign currencies resulting from the application of FASB ASC 830 (including net realized losses from exchange rate fluctuations on intercompany balances and balance sheet items, net of realized gains from related Hedge Agreements);

 

(n)                                  costs of surety bonds of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with financing activities,

 

(o)                                  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;

 

(p)                                  costs, charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable to cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions, transition, opening and pre-opening expenses, business optimization, management changes, restructurings and integrations (including inventory optimization programs, software and other intellectual property development costs, costs related to the closure or consolidation of facilities and curtailments, costs related to entry into new markets, consulting fees, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, relocation expenses, severance payments, and modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, new systems design and implementation costs and project startup costs) or other fees relating to any of the foregoing;

 

(q)                                  (i) any net loss resulting in such period from Hedge Agreements and the application of FASB ASC Topic 815, (ii) any net loss resulting in such period from currency translation losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness and (iii) the amount of loss resulting in such period from a sale of receivables, payment intangibles and related assets in connection with a receivables financing;

 

(r)                                     cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) not included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such

 

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receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to the below for any previous period and not added back; and

 

(s)                                    any pro forma adjustments described in the Registration Statement;

 

minus , to the extent reflected as income or a gain in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(a)                                  any gains that are both unusual in nature or infrequent of occurrence or charges that are not expected to recur within any twelve month measurement period (including gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business);

 

(b)                                  any other non-cash income or gains (other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course), but excluding any such items (i) in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period or (ii) which represent the reversal in such period of any accrual of, or reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period where such accrual or reserve is no longer required, all as determined on a consolidated basis;

 

(c)                                   gains realized and income accrued in connection with the effect of currency and exchange rate fluctuations on intercompany balances and other balance sheet items;

 

(d)                                  the amount of cash received in such period in respect of any non-cash income or gain in a prior period (to the extent such non-cash income or gain previously increased Consolidated Net Income in a prior period);

 

(e)                                   net realized gains relating to amounts denominated in foreign currencies resulting from the application of FASB ASC 830 (including net realized gains from exchange rate fluctuations on intercompany balances and balance sheet items, net of realized losses from related Hedge Agreements); and

 

(f)                                    (i) any net gain resulting in such period from Hedge Agreements and the application of FASB ASC Topic 815, (ii) any net gain resulting in such period from currency translation gains related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness and (iii) the amount of gain resulting in such period from a sale of receivables, payment intangibles and related assets in connection with a receivables financing;

 

provided that for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, (A) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person or Properties constituting a division or line of business of any business entity, division or line of business, in each case, acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and assuming any synergies, cost savings and other operating improvements to the extent determined by the Borrower in good faith to be reasonably anticipated to be realizable within 12 months following such acquisition, or of any Subsidiary designated as a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, shall be included on a pro forma basis for such period (but assuming the consummation of such acquisition or such designation, as the case may be, occurred on the first day of such period) and (B) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person or Properties constituting a division or line of business of any business entity, division or line of business, in each case, Disposed of by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, or of any Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period, shall be excluded for such period (assuming the consummation of such Disposition or such designation, as the case may be, occurred on the first day of such period). With respect to each joint venture or minority investee of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, for purposes of calculating Consolidated

 

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EBITDA, the amount of EBITDA (calculated in accordance with this definition) attributable to such joint venture or minority investee, as applicable, that shall be counted for such purposes (without duplication of amounts already included in Consolidated Net Income) shall equal the product of (x) Holdings’ or such Restricted Subsidiary’s direct and/or indirect percentage ownership of such joint venture or minority investee and (y) the EBITDA (calculated in accordance with this definition) of such joint venture or minority investee. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to “Consolidated EBITDA” in this Agreement shall refer to Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings.

 

Consolidated First Lien Leverage ”:  at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all senior first-lien secured Funded Debt of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date.

 

Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio ”:  as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Leverage on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense ”: the sum of (i) total cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus (ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person made during such period.

 

Consolidated Net Income ”:  of any Person for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) in which Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has an ownership interest (including any joint venture), except to the extent of dividends, return of capital or similar distributions actually received by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary (which dividends, return of capital and distributions shall be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income) (c)(x) any net unrealized gains and losses resulting from fair value accounting required by FASB ASC 815 (including as a result of the mark-to-market of obligations of Hedge Agreements and other derivative instruments) and (y) any net unrealized gains and losses relating to mark-to-market of amounts denominated in foreign currencies resulting from the application of FASB ASC 830 (including net unrealized gain and losses from exchange rate fluctuations on intercompany balances and balance sheet items), and (d) any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to “Consolidated Net Income” in this Agreement shall refer to Consolidated Net Income of Holdings.

 

Consolidated Net Interest Expense ”:  of any Person for any period, (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, minus (b) the sum of (i) total cash interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (excluding any interest income earned on receivables due from customers), in each case determined in accordance with GAAP plus (ii) any one time financing fees (to the extent included in such Person’s consolidated interest expense for such period), including, with respect to the Borrower, those paid in connection with the Loan Documents or in connection with any amendment thereof.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to “ Consolidated Net Interest Expense ” in this Agreement shall refer to Consolidated Net Interest Expense of Holdings.

 

Consolidated Total Assets ”:  the total assets of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recently delivered consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a pro forma basis.

 

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Consolidated Total Leverage ”:  at any date, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Funded Debt of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, minus (b) solely for purposes of the “Applicable Margin,” “Applicable Commitment Fee Rate,” and Section 7.1(a), Unrestricted Cash on such date (not to exceed $50,000,000), in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio ”:  as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Leverage on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period.

 

Contractual Obligation ”:  as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any written or recorded agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound.

 

Covered Entity ”: any of the following; (i)  “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a  “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

Covered Party ”: as defined in Section 10.23.

 

Co-Syndication Agents ”:  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., each in its capacity as co-syndication agent.

 

Cure Amount ”:  as defined in Section 8.2(a).

 

Cure Right ”:  as defined in Section 8.2(a).

 

Debtor Relief Laws ”:  the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

Default ”:  any of the events specified in Section 8.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

Default Right ”: as assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

Defaulting Lender ”:  subject to Section 2.3(a), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, or any Issuing Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or, solely with respect to a Revolving Lender, under other agreements generally in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within seven Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject

 

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of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.

 

Derivatives Counterparty ”:  as defined in Section 7.6.

 

Designated Jurisdiction ”:  any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanction.

 

Designated Non-cash Consideration ”:  the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by Holdings or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an officers’ certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration within 180 days of receipt thereof.

 

Designation Date ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(f).

 

Disclosure Documents ”: collectively, the Registration Statement, including the financial statements included therein, along with any amendments thereto, filed by Public Parent with the SEC.

 

Disinterested Director ”:  as defined in Section 7.9.

 

Disposition ”:  with respect to any Property, any sale, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof, in each case, to the extent the same constitutes a complete sale, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, as applicable and including any disposition of property to a Divided LLC pursuant to an LLC Division.  The terms “ Dispose ” and “ Disposed of ” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock ”:  Capital Stock that (a) requires the payment of any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock), (b) matures or is mandatorily redeemable or subject to mandatory repurchase or redemption or repurchase at the option of the holders thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), in each case in whole or in part and whether upon the occurrence of any event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation on a fixed date or otherwise (including as the result of a failure to maintain or achieve any financial performance standards) or (c) are convertible or exchangeable, automatically or at the option of any holder thereof, into any Indebtedness, Capital Stock or other assets other than Qualified Capital Stock, in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date (other than (i) upon payment in full of the Obligations (other than (x) indemnification and other contingent obligations not yet due and owing and (y) Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations) or (ii) upon a “change in control”; provided that any payment required pursuant to this clause (ii) is subject to the prior repayment in full of the Obligations (other than (x) indemnification and other contingent obligations not yet due and owing and (y) Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations) that are then accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments); provided , further , however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be

 

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required to be repurchased by Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability.

 

Disqualified Institution ”:  (i) those institutions identified by the Borrower in writing (if any) referenced on Schedule 1.1A , (ii) any other Person who (A) is not registered or licensed with, or approved, qualified or found suitable by, a Gaming Authority, or (B) has been disapproved, disqualified, denied a license, qualification or approval or found unsuitable by a Gaming Authority, or who has failed to timely submit a required application and other required documentation pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws or (C) has withdrawn such application or other documentation (except where requested or permitted, without prejudice, by the applicable Gaming Authority) (in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), to the extent required under applicable Gaming Laws or requested by a Gaming Authority) and (iii) business competitors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries identified by Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time, and, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) any known Affiliates readily identifiable by similarity of name.  A list of the Disqualified Institutions will be posted by the Administrative Agent on the Platform and available for inspection by all Lenders.

 

Divided LLC ”: any limited liability company which has been formed upon consummation of an LLC Division.

 

Do not have Unreasonably Small Capital ”:  Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after consummation of the Transactions is a going concern and has sufficient capital to reasonably ensure that it will continue to be a going concern for the period from the date hereof through the Latest Maturity Date.

 

Dollar Equivalent ”:  at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Permitted Foreign Currency.

 

Dollars ” and “ $ ”:  dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

 

Domestic Subsidiary ”:  any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

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 clause (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 Assignee ”:  any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.6(b) (subject to receipt of such consents, if any, as may be required for the assignment of the applicable Loan or Commitment to such Person under Section 10.6(b)(i)).

 

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Environmental Laws ”:  any and all applicable laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes or decrees (including common law) of any international authority, foreign government, the United States, or any state, provincial, local, municipal or other governmental authority, regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment, natural resources or human health and safety (as it relates to exposure to Materials of Environmental Concern), as has been, is now, or at any time hereafter is, in effect.

 

Environmental Liability ”:  any liability, claim, action, suit, obligation, judgment or order under or relating to any Environmental Law for any damages, injunctive relief, losses, fines, penalties, fees, expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and consultants) or costs, whether contingent or otherwise, to the extent arising from or relating to:  (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Materials of Environmental Concern, (c) exposure to any Materials of Environmental Concern, (d) the Release of any Materials of Environmental Concern or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which any Environmental Liability under clause (a) through (d) above is assumed or imposed.

 

Equity Issuance ”:  any issuance by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of its Capital Stock in a public or private offering.

 

ERISA ”:  the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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.

 

Eurocurrency Base Rate ”:

 

(a)                                  for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for such currency for a period equal in length to such Interest Period) (“ LIBOR ”) as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;

 

(b)                                  for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Canadian Dealer Offered Rate, or a comparable or successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;

 

(c)                                   for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Australian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Bank Bill Swap Reference Bid Rate or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at or about

 

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10:30 a.m. (Melbourne, Australia time) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;

 

(d)                                  for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Business Days prior to such date, for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day;

 

provided that, if the Eurocurrency Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Eurocurrency Loans ”:  Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.

 

Eurocurrency Rate ”:  with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula:

 

 

Eurocurrency Base Rate

 

 

1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

 

 

Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ”:  for any day as applied to a Eurocurrency Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

 

Eurocurrency Tranche ”:  the collective reference to Eurocurrency Loans under a particular Facility the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).

 

Event of Default ”:  any of the events specified in Section 8.1; provided that any requirement set forth therein for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

Exchange Act ”:  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Collateral ”:  as defined in Section 4.17(a).

 

Excluded Subsidiary ”:  any Subsidiary that is (a) an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (b) not wholly owned directly by Holdings or one or more of its wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or on the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, in each case for so long as such Subsidiary remains not wholly owned, (c) an Immaterial Subsidiary, (d) a Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, (e) established or created pursuant to Section 7.7(p) and meeting the requirements of the proviso thereto; provided that such Subsidiary shall only be an Excluded Subsidiary for the period, as contemplated by Section 7.7(p), (f) a Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation from guaranteeing or granting a Lien on its assets to secure obligations in respect of the Facilities, or which would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide a guarantee or grant any Lien unless, such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, (g) a Subsidiary that is prohibited from guaranteeing or granting a Lien on its assets to secure obligations in respect of the Facilities by any Contractual Obligation in existence on the Closing Date (or, in the case of any newly-acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition thereof but not entered into in contemplation

 

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thereof), provided that this clause (g) shall not be applicable if (1) such other party is a Loan Party or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings or (2) consent has been obtained to provide such guarantee or such prohibition is otherwise no longer in effect, (h) a Subsidiary with respect to which a guarantee by it of, or granting a Lien on its assets to secure obligations in respect of, the Facilities would result in material adverse tax consequences ( including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the IRS Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) to Holdings, the Borrower, one or more Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective direct or indirect members, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (i) not-for-profit subsidiaries, (j) any Foreign Subsidiary, (k) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC, (l) Subsidiaries that are special purpose entities or (m) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences of guaranteeing or granting a Lien on its assets to secure obligations in respect of the Facilities shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom; provided that if a Subsidiary executes the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a “Guarantor,” then it shall not constitute an “Excluded Subsidiary” (unless released from its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a “Guarantor” in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof).

 

Excluded Swap Obligation ”:  with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 2.8 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor, or a grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

 

Excluded Taxes ”:  any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to any Recipient, (i) net income Taxes (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (A) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office (or, if such Recipient is a Lender, its applicable lending office) located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (B) as a result of any other present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof), (ii) any withholding Taxes (including backup withholding) imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Recipient with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment or this Agreement pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (A) such Recipient becomes a party to this Agreement (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.20) or (B) if such Recipient is a Lender, such Lender changes its lending office (other than pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19), except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.16, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Recipient’s assignor immediately before such Recipient became a party hereto or, if such Recipient is a Lender, to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (iii) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(e) and (iv) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

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Existing Loans ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(a).

 

Existing Tranche ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(a).

 

Extended Loans ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(a).

 

Extended Revolving Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(a).

 

Extended Tranche ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(a).

 

Extending Lender ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(b).

 

Extension ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(b).

 

Extension Amendment ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(c).

 

Extension Date ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(d).

 

Extension Election ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(b).

 

Extension Request ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(a).

 

Extension Series ”:  all Extended Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment expressly provides that the Extended Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins and amortization schedule.

 

Facility ”:  each of (a) any New Loan Commitments and the New Loans made thereunder (a “ New Facility ”), (b) the Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit (including Letters of Credit) made thereunder (the “ Revolving Facility ”), (c) any Extended Revolving Commitments (of the same Extension Series) (an “ Extended Revolving Facility ”) and (d) any Refinancing Revolving Commitments of the same Tranche (a “ Refinancing Revolving Facility ”).

 

Fair Market Value ”:  with respect to any assets, Property (including Capital Stock) or Investment, the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Borrower.

 

Fair Value ”:  the amount at which the assets (both tangible and intangible), in their entirety, of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, within a commercially reasonable period of time, each having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts, with neither being under any compulsion to act.

 

FATCA ”:  Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version described above) and any intergovernmental agreements (together with any related fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices) implementing the foregoing.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ”:  for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds

 

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brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Fee Payment Date ”:  commencing on June 30, 2019, (a) the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and (b) the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period.

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ”:  as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period minus , without duplication, cash taxes actually paid by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including Permitted Tax Distributions) during such Test Period to (b) Fixed Charges of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period.  In the event that Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Capital Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness or issuance or redemption of Disqualified Capital Stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period.

 

Fixed Charges ”:  for any Test Period, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense plus (b) regularly scheduled payments of principal on Funded Debt that are paid or payable in cash, in each case, for such Test Period; provided that (a) when determining Fixed Charges in respect of any four-quarter period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Fixed Charges will be calculated by multiplying the aggregate Fixed Charges accrued since the Closing Date by 365 and then dividing such product by the number of days from and including the Closing Date to and including the last day of such period and (b) in the case of any Person that became a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person after the commencement of such four-quarter period, the interest expense of such Person paid in cash prior to the date on which it became a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person will be disregarded to the extent the Indebtedness for which such interest expense was paid is permanently repaid on or prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Flood Insurance Laws ”:  collectively, (i) National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

 

Foreign Subsidiary ”:  any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company ”:  any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings which is a Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist, directly or indirectly, of the Capital Stock (or Capital Stock and Indebtedness) of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

 

Funded Debt ”:  with respect to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person of the types described in clauses (a), (b)(i), (e), (g)(ii), (h) or, to the extent related to Indebtedness of the types described in the preceding clauses, (d) of the definition of “Indebtedness,” in each case, to the extent reflected as indebtedness on such Person’s balance sheet.

 

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Funding Office ”:  the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

GAAP ”:  generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time, as included within the Accounting Standards Codification as maintained by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.  If at any time the SEC permits or requires U.S.-domiciled companies subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act to use IFRS in lieu of GAAP for financial reporting purposes and the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that it will effect such change, without limiting Section 10.16, effective from and after the date on which such transition from GAAP to IFRS is completed by the Borrower or Holdings, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean (a) for periods beginning on and after the required transition date or the date specified in such notice, as the case may be, IFRS as in effect from time to time and (b) for prior periods, GAAP as defined in the first sentence of this definition.

 

Gaming Approval ”:  any and all approvals, authorizations, permits, consents, rulings, orders or directives of any Governmental Authority (i) necessary to enable Holdings and its Subsidiaries to engage in the lottery, gambling, casino, horse racing or gaming business or otherwise continue to conduct their business as it is conducted on the Closing Date or any Permitted Business (directly or indirectly through a joint venture or other Person) conducted after the Closing Date, (ii) that regulates gaming in any jurisdiction in which Holdings and its Subsidiaries conduct gaming activities and has jurisdiction over such persons (including any successors to any of them) or (iii) necessary to accomplish the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Gaming Authority ”:  as to any Person, any governmental agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, office or instrumentality with regulatory, licensing or permitting authority or jurisdiction over any gaming business or enterprise or any Gaming Facility, or with regulatory, licensing or permitting authority or jurisdiction over any gaming operation (or proposed gaming operation) owned, managed or operated by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Gaming Facility ”:  as to any Person, any lottery operation, gaming establishment and other property or assets directly ancillary thereto or used in connection therewith, including any casinos, hotels, resorts, race tracks, off-track wagering sites and other recreation and entertainment facilities.

 

Gaming Laws ”:  as to any Person, (a) constitutions, treaties, statutes or laws governing Gaming Facilities (including pari-mutuel race tracks) and rules, regulations, codes and ordinances of any Gaming Authority, and all administrative or judicial orders or decrees or other laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gambling, gaming or Gaming Facility activities conducted by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries within its jurisdiction, (b) Gaming Approvals and (c) orders, decisions, determinations, judgments, awards and decrees of any Gaming Authority.

 

Governmental Authority ”:  any nation or government, any state, province or other political subdivision thereof and any governmental entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and, as to any Lender, any securities exchange, any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) and any applicable supranational bodies (such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”:  the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Guarantee Obligation ”:  as to any Person (the “ guaranteeing person ”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) pursuant to which the guaranteeing person has issued a guarantee, reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or by which such Person becomes contingently liable for any Indebtedness (the “ primary obligations ”) of any other third Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase Property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided , however , that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets or any Investment permitted under this Agreement.  The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing Person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case, the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.

 

Guarantors ”:  the collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Guaranty ”:  collectively, the guaranty made by the Guarantors under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in favor of the Secured Parties, together with each other guaranty delivered pursuant to Section 6.8.

 

Hedge Agreements ”:  all agreements with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case, entered into by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Hedge Bank ”: with respect to any Hedge Agreement, any Person that was the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, a Lender or any Affiliate thereof at the time such Hedge Agreement was entered into (or, if in effect on the Closing Date, any Person that is the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, a Lender or any Affiliate thereof as of the Closing Date), as counterparty to such Hedge Agreement, regardless of whether such Person subsequently ceases to be the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, a Lender or any Affiliate thereof.

 

Holdings ”:  as defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, including any successor thereto pursuant to a merger permitted by Section 7.4(i).

 

IFRS ”:  International Financial Reporting Standards and applicable accounting requirements set by the International Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto (or the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or any successor, or the SEC, as the case may be), as in effect from time to time.

 

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Immaterial Subsidiary ”:  on any date, any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings designated as such by the Borrower, but only to the extent that such Restricted Subsidiary has less than 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets and 1.5% of annual consolidated revenues of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a pro forma basis based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 prior to such date; provided that at no time shall all Immaterial Subsidiaries have in the aggregate Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues (as reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 prior to such time) in excess of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues, respectively, of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Increased Amount Date ”:  as defined in Section 2.21(a).

 

Incremental Amendment ”: an amendment or joinder to this Agreement to give effect to any New Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 2.21, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing such New Loan Commitments.

 

Indebtedness ” of any Person:  without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by (i) bonds (excluding surety bonds), debentures, notes or similar instruments, and (ii) surety bonds, (c) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of Property or services already received, (d) all Guarantee Obligations by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all payments that such Person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such Person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Hedge Agreements (such payments in respect of any Hedge Agreement with a counterparty being calculated subject to and in accordance with any netting provisions in such Hedge Agreement), (g) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) as an account party in respect of letters of credit (other than any letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instrument in respect of which a back-to-back letter of credit has been issued under or permitted by this Agreement) and (ii) in respect of bankers’ acceptances and (h) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; provided that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade and other payables, accrued expenses and liabilities and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue or contract liability as defined by FASB ASC 606, arising in the ordinary course of business, (C) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (D) payment and custodial obligations in respect of prize, jackpot, deposit, payment processing and player account management operations or (E) earn-out and other contingent obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such Person in respect thereof (or provides for reimbursement to such Person).

 

Indebtedness for Borrowed Money ”:  (a) to the extent the following would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP, the principal amount of all Indebtedness of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to (i) borrowed money, evidenced by debt securities, debentures, acceptances, notes or other similar instruments and (ii) Capital Lease Obligations, (b) reimbursement obligations for letters of credit and financial guarantees (without duplication) (other than ordinary course of business contingent reimbursement obligations) and (c) Hedge Agreements; provided that the Obligations shall not constitute Indebtedness for Borrowed Money.

 

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Indemnified Liabilities ”:  as defined in Section 10.5(c).

 

Indemnified Taxes ”:  (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in the immediately preceding clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee ”:  as defined in Section 10.5(c).

 

Insolvency ”:  with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

 

Insolvent ”:  pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.

 

Instrument ”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Intellectual Property ”:  the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, domain names, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, trade names, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

 

Intercompany Services Agreement ”: the Services Agreement between Scientific Games, Scientific Games International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Bally Gaming, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and the Borrower, as described in the Disclosure Documents, as the same may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, so long as such amendment, restatement or other modification, taken as a whole, is not materially adverse to the Lenders (as determined by the Borrower in good faith).

 

Interest Payment Date ”:  (a) the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period and (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.

 

Interest Period ”:  as to any Eurocurrency Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurocurrency Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if available from all Lenders under the relevant Facility) twelve months (or such other period acceptable to all such Lenders) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of continuation or conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if available from all Lenders under the relevant Facility) twelve months (or such other period acceptable to all such Lenders) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

 

(i)                                 if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of

 

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such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(ii)                              any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the scheduled Revolving Termination Date shall end on the Revolving Termination Date or such due date, as applicable; and

 

(iii)                           any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.

 

Investments ”:  as defined in Section 7.7.

 

IP License Agreement ”: that certain  License Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Bally Gaming, Inc. and the Borrower (as successor by assignment from SG Social Holding Company I, LLC), as the same may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, so long as such amendment, restatement or other modification, taken as a whole, is not materially adverse to the Lenders (as determined by the Borrower in good faith).

 

ISP ”:  with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

Issuing Lenders ”:  (a) Bank of America, N.A., and (b) any other Revolving Lender from time to time designated by the Borrower, in its sole discretion, as an Issuing Lender with the consent of such other Revolving Lender.

 

Joint Bookrunners ”:  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ( together with its designated affiliates), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, in their capacity as joint bookrunners.

 

Judgment Currency ”: as defined in Section 10.26.

 

Junior Financing ”:  as defined in Section 7.8.

 

Junior Financing Documentation ”:  any documentation governing any Junior Financing.

 

Latest Maturity Date ”:  at any date of determination, the latest maturity date or termination date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time.

 

L/C Commitment ”:  as of the Closing Date, $15,000,000.

 

L/C Disbursements ”:  as defined in Section 3.4(a).

 

L/C Obligations ”:  at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired face amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed.  The L/C Obligations of any Lender at any time shall be its Revolving Percentage of the total L/C Obligations at such time. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.5.

 

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For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, upon notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

 

L/C Participants ”:  the collective reference to all the Revolving Lenders other than the applicable Issuing Lender and, for purposes of Section 3.4(d), the collective reference to all Revolving Lenders.

 

L/C Shortfall ”:  as defined in Section 3.4(d).

 

LCA Election ”:  as defined in Section 1.2(h).

 

LCA Test Date ”:  as defined in Section 1.2(h).

 

Lead Arranger s”:  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ( together with its designated affiliates), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, in their capacity as joint lead arrangers.

 

Lenders ”:  as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Letters of Credit ”:  any letter of credit issued hereunder providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder.  A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.  Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or in a Permitted Foreign Currency by any Issuing Lender under the Revolving Commitments.

 

Liabilities ”:  the recorded liabilities (including contingent liabilities that would be recorded in accordance with GAAP) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as of the date hereof after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

 

LIBOR Screen Rate ” means the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).

 

LIBOR Successor Rate ”: as defined in Section 2.23.

 

LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes ” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definition of ABR, 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 Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, to reflect the adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).

 

Lien ”:  any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any other security agreement of any kind or nature

 

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whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

Limited Condition Acquisition ”:  any acquisition, including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation, by one or more of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets, business or Person permitted by this Agreement whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party acquisition financing and which is designated as a Limited Condition Acquisition by Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in writing to the Administrative Agent and Lenders.

 

Limited Condition Acquisition Provision ”:  as defined in Section 1.2(h).

 

LLC Division ”: the statutory division of any limited liability company into two or more limited liability companies pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or a comparable provision of any other Requirement of Law.

 

Loan ”:  any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Loan Documents ”:  the collective reference to this Agreement, the Security Documents and the Notes (if any), together with any amendment, supplement, waiver, or other modification to any of the foregoing.

 

Loan Parties ”:  Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

London Banking Day ”:  any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

 

Mafco ”:  MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.

 

Majority Facility Lenders ”:  with respect to any Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the case may be, outstanding under such Facility (or (i) prior to any termination of the Revolving Commitments under such Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the Revolving Commitments under such Facility, (ii) in the case of any New Facility, prior to any termination of the New Loan Commitments under such Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the New Loan Commitments under such Facility or (iii) in the case of any Extended Revolving Facility, prior to any termination of the Extended Revolving Commitments under such Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the Extended Revolving Commitments under such Facility); provided , however , that determinations of the “Majority Facility Lenders” shall exclude any Commitments or Loans held by Defaulting Lenders.

 

Material Adverse Effect ”:  a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, assets, financial condition or results of operations of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the material rights and remedies available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, taken as a whole, or on the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations to the Lenders, in each case, under the Loan Documents.

 

Material Real Property ”:  any Real Property located in the United States and owned in fee by a Loan Party on the Closing Date having an estimated Fair Market Value exceeding $2,000,000 and any after-acquired Real Property located in the United States owned by a Loan Party having a gross purchase price exceeding $2,000,000 at the time of acquisition; provided that at no time shall the aggregate estimated Fair Market Value of all Real Property located in the United States and owned in fee by the Loan Parties that is not considered “Material Real Property” exceed $5,000,000.

 

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Materials of Environmental Concern ”:  any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity and any other substances that are defined as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law, or that are regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount ”:  at any date of determination $50,000,000.

 

Maximum Rate ”:  as defined in Section 10.20.

 

Minimum Extension Condition ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(g)(ii).

 

Moody’s ”:  Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

 

Mortgage ”:  any mortgage, deed of trust, hypothec, assignment of leases and rents or other similar document delivered on or after the Closing Date by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, with respect to Mortgaged Properties, each substantially in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (taking into account the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage, deed of trust, hypothec or similar document is to be recorded), as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Mortgaged Properties ”:  all Real Property owned by a Loan Party that is, or is required to be, subject to a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided that in no event shall any Real Property other than Material Real Properties together with all improvements and appurtenant fixtures, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof, constitute “Mortgaged Properties”.

 

Multiemployer Plan ”:  a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

Net Cash Proceeds ”:  in connection with any Equity Issuance (including the Social Gaming IPO) or issuance or sale of debt securities or instruments or the incurrence of Funded Debt, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, consulting fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.

 

New Facility ”:  as defined in the definition of “Facility.”

 

New Lender ”:  as defined in Section 2.21(c).

 

New Loan Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 2.21(a).

 

New Loans ”:  any loan made by any New Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

 

New Revolving Loan Commitment ”: as defined in Section 2.21(a).

 

New Subsidiary ”:  as defined in Section 7.2(r)(x).

 

Non-Defaulting Lender ”:  any Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

 

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Non-Excluded Subsidiary ”:  any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower which is not an Excluded Subsidiary.

 

Non-Extending Lender ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(e).

 

Non-Guarantor Subsidiary ”:  any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Non-Recourse Debt ”:  Indebtedness (a) with respect to which no default would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries the outstanding principal amount of which individually exceeds $2,000,000 to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity and (b) as to which the lenders or holders thereof will not have any recourse to the capital stock or assets of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Non-US Lender ”:  as defined in Section 2.16(e)(i).

 

Not Otherwise Applied ”:  with reference to any proceeds of any transaction or event or of the Available Amount that is proposed to be applied to a particular use or transaction, that such amount has not previously been (and is not simultaneously being) applied to anything other than such particular use or transaction (including any application thereof as a Cure Right pursuant to Section 8.2).

 

Note ”:  any promissory note evidencing any Loan, which promissory note shall be in the form of Exhibit G or such other form as agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

 

Obligations ”:  the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest and fees accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest or fees is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or to any Lender (or, (i) in the case of Cash Management Obligations, of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing and (ii) in the case of Specified Hedge Agreements, of any Loan Party to any Hedge Bank), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, in each case, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement, any Cash Management Obligations or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise; provided that (a) obligations of any Loan Party under any Specified Hedge Agreement, any Cash Management Obligations shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed, (b) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations and (c) the “Obligations” shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

OFAC ”:  the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

 

Other Intercreditor Agreement ”:  an intercreditor agreement, to the extent in respect of Indebtedness secured by some or all of the Collateral on a pari passu basis, second priority basis or third

 

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(or more junior) priority basis with the Obligations, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower which is posted for review by the Lenders and deemed acceptable if the Required Lenders have not objected thereto within five Business Days following the date on which such intercreditor agreement is posted for review.

 

Other Taxes ”:  any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary Taxes or any other intangible, recording, filing, excise or property Taxes, arising from any payment made under, or from the execution, delivery, performance, registration, or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, registered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document) with respect to an assignment.

 

Parent Company ”:  Scientific Games, Public Parent or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary thereof that, directly or indirectly, wholly-owns Holdings, which as of the Closing Date includes, among others, Scientific Games, Bally Gaming, Inc., SG Social Holding Company II, LLC, SG Social Holding Company I, LLC, SG Social Holding Company, LLC and Public Parent.

 

Participant ”:  as defined in Section 10.6(c)(i).

 

Participant Register ”:  as defined in Section 10.6(c)(iii).

 

Payment Amount ”:  as defined in Section 3.5(b).

 

PBGC ”:  the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

 

PCAOB ”: the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

Perfection Certificate ”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Permitted Acquisition ”:  (a) any acquisition or other Investment approved by the Required Lenders, (b) any acquisition or other Investment made solely with the Net Cash Proceeds of any substantially concurrent Equity Issuance or capital contribution (other than Disqualified Capital Stock or Cure Amounts) or (c) any acquisition, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of a majority controlling interest in the Capital Stock, or all or substantially all of the assets, of any Person, or of all or substantially all of the assets constituting a division, product line or business line of any Person, in each case to the extent the applicable acquired company or assets engage in or constitute a Permitted Business or Related Business Assets, so long as in the case of any acquisition described in this clause (c), no Event of Default shall be continuing immediately after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition.

 

Permitted Business ”:  the Business and any other services, activities or businesses incidental or related, similar or complementary to any line of business engaged in by Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions) or any business activity that is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

 

Permitted Foreign Currency ”:  with respect to any Revolving Loan or Letter of Credit, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars and any other foreign currency reasonably requested by the Borrower from time to time and in which the Revolving Lenders or an Issuing Lender, as

 

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applicable, may, in accordance with its policies and procedures in effect at such time, lend Revolving Loans or issue Letters of Credit, as applicable, in each case, subject to the consent of the Revolving Lenders or Issuing Lender, as applicable.

 

Permitted Investors ”:  the collective reference to the Sponsor and its Affiliates (but excluding any operating portfolio companies of the foregoing), any Parent Company, and directors and members of management of any Parent Company, Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that have ownership interests in Holdings or in such Parent Company or Subsidiary, or are directors thereof, as of the Closing Date.

 

Permitted Refinancing ”:  with respect to any Person, refinancings, replacements, modifications, refundings, renewals or extensions of Indebtedness provided that (a) there is no increase in the principal amount (or accreted value) thereof (excluding accrued interest, fees, discounts, redemption and tender premiums, penalties and expenses), the weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced, (b) the maturity date of such Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the maturity date of the Indebtedness being refinanced, (c) immediately after giving effect to such refinancing, replacement, refunding, renewal or extension, no Event of Default shall be continuing and (d) neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be an obligor or guarantor of any such refinancings, replacements, modifications, refundings, renewals or extensions except to the extent that such Person was (or, when initially incurred could have been) such an obligor or guarantor in respect of the applicable Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, replaced, refunded, renewed or extended.

 

Permitted Refinancing Obligations ”:  any senior or subordinated Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may be (x) secured by the Collateral on a junior basis, (y) unsecured or (z) in the case of Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement, loan agreements customary bridge financings or debt securities, secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis), in each case issued or incurred by the Borrower or a Guarantor to refinance Indebtedness and/or Revolving Commitments incurred under this Agreement and the Loan Documents and to pay fees, discounts, premiums and expenses in connection therewith; provided that (a) t he terms of such Indebtedness, other than a revolving credit facility that does not include scheduled commitment reductions prior to maturity, shall not provide for a maturity date or weighted average life to maturity earlier than the maturity date or shorter than the weighted average life to maturity (or, in the case of any such Indebtedness comprised of debt securities, 91 days after the maturity date or the weighted average life to maturity) of the Indebtedness being refinanced, as applicable (other than an earlier maturity date and/or shorter weighted average life to maturity for customary bridge financings, which, subject to customary conditions, would either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which does not provide for an earlier maturity date or a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the maturity date or the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced, as applicable), (b) any such Indebtedness that is a revolving credit facility shall not mature prior to the maturity date of the revolving commitments being replaced, (c) such Indebtedness shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party that does not also secure the Obligations, or be guaranteed by any Person other than the Guarantors and (d) if secured by Collateral, such Indebtedness (and all related Obligations) either shall be incurred under this Agreement on a senior secured pari passu basis with the other Obligations or shall be subject to the terms of an Other Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Permitted Tax Distributions ”:  (A) for any taxable year ending after the Closing Date for which, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, each of the Borrower and Holdings is treated as a partnership (or disregarded as an entity separate from a partnership), distributions by Holdings to its direct and indirect equity holders on a pro rata basis, in the minimum amount sufficient to cause Public Parent (and any of its direct or indirect equity holders, in the aggregate) to receive, and (B) without duplication of amounts described in clause (A), for any taxable year ending after the Closing Date for which, for U.S. federal

 

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income tax purposes, each of the Borrower and Holdings is treated either as disregarded as an entity separate from Public Parent or as a corporation (or disregarded as an entity separate from a corporation) that is a member of a group filing a consolidated, combined or unitary tax return with Public Parent, distributions by Holdings to Public Parent (or any direct or indirect parent entity of Public Parent that is a member of a group that files any such return with Public Parent (a “ Consolidated Parent ”)), in the minimum amount sufficient to cause Public Parent (and any Consolidated Parent, in the aggregate) to receive, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), in respect of such taxable year, the sum of (i) the U.S. federal, state and local and foreign Tax obligations (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, quarterly estimates thereof) owed by Public Parent (or any Consolidated Parent) for such taxable year (other than any obligations to remit any amounts withheld from payments to third parties, and any such Taxes that are paid or payable by Holdings or its Subsidiaries directly to taxing authorities on behalf of Public Parent or Consolidated Parent) in respect of the taxable income of Holdings and its subsidiaries (for the avoidance of doubt, including taxable income attributable to any equity interest owned directly or indirectly by Holdings in a pass-through entity for tax purposes), and (ii) any obligations payable by Public Parent under the Tax Receivable Agreement for such taxable year to the extent they constitute ordinary course payments, which shall not include any accelerated lump sum amount payable by reason of any early termination of such agreement to the extent such amount exceeds the amount that would otherwise have been payable under the Tax Receivable Agreement in the absence of such early termination.

 

Permitted Transferees ”: with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Person’s immediate family, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants, (b) the estate of Ronald O. Perelman and (c) any other trust or legal entity the primary beneficiary of which is such Person’s immediate family, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, stepchildren or their respective lineal descendants and which is controlled by such Person.

 

Person ”:  an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

Plan ”:  at a particular time, any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and in respect of which Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be at the relevant time) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA, including a Multiemployer Plan.

 

Platform ”:  as defined in Section 10.2(c).

 

Pledged Securities ”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Pledged Stock ”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Present Fair Salable Value ”:  the amount that could be obtained by an independent willing seller from an independent willing buyer if the assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions are sold with reasonable promptness in an arm’s-length transaction under present conditions for the sale of comparable business enterprises insofar as such conditions can be reasonably evaluated.

 

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Pricing Grid ”:  the table set forth below:

 

Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio

 

Applicable Margin
for Loans that are
Eurocurrency
Loans

 

Applicable
Margin for
Loans that are
ABR Loans

 

Applicable
Commitment Fee
Rate

 

> 1.50:1.00

 

2.50

%

1.50

%

0.50

%

< 1.50:1.00 but > 1.00:1.00

 

2.25

%

1.25

%

0.50

%

< 1.00:1.00

 

2.00

%

1.00

%

0.375

%

 

Changes in the Applicable Margin or the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate resulting from changes in the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the date on which financial statements are delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.1 and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this paragraph.  If any financial statements referred to above are not delivered within the time periods specified in Section 6.1, then, at the option of (and upon the delivery of notice (telephonic or otherwise) by) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, until such financial statements are delivered, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as at the end of the fiscal period that would have been covered thereby shall for the purposes of this definition be deemed to be greater than 1.50 to 1.00.  In addition, at all times while an Event of Default set forth in Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) shall have occurred and be continuing, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall for the purposes of the Pricing Grid be deemed to be greater than 1.50 to 1.00.

 

Prime Rate ”:  as defined in the definition of “ABR.”

 

Property ”:  any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including Capital Stock.

 

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 Information ”:  as defined in Section 10.2(c).

 

Public Lender ”:  as defined in Section 10.2(c).

 

Public Parent ”: SciPlay Corporation, a Nevada corporation.

 

QFC ”: the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

 

QFC Credit Support ”: as defined in Section 10.23.

 

Qualified Capital Stock ”:  any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Rate Determination Date ”:  two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such other day as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).

 

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Rate Determination Notice ”:  as defined in Section 2.18.

 

Real Property ”:  collectively, all right, title and interest of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in and to any and all parcels of real property owned or operated by Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary together with all improvements and appurtenant fixtures, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

 

Recipient ”:  (a) any Lender, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) any other Agent, as applicable.

 

Refinanced Revolving Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 10.1(c).

 

Refinancing Revolving Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 10.1(c).

 

Register ”:  as defined in Section 10.6(b)(iv).

 

Registration Statement ”: as defined in the definition of “Social Gaming IPO.”

 

Reimbursement Obligation ”:  the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender.

 

Related Business Assets ”:  assets (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Permitted Business; provided that any assets received by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Related Parties ”:  with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release ”:  any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure or facility.

 

Replaced Lender ”:  as defined in Section 2.20.

 

Reportable Event ”:  any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived by the PBGC.

 

Representatives ”:  as defined in Section 10.14.

 

Required Lenders ”:  at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the sum of (i) the Revolving Commitments (including any New Loan Commitments) then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding, and (ii) the Extended Revolving Commitments then in effect in respect of any Extended Revolving Facility or, if such Extended Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Extended Loans in respect thereof then outstanding; provided , however , that determinations of the “Required Lenders” shall exclude any Commitments or Loans held by Defaulting Lenders.

 

Requirement of Law ”:  as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule, regulation, ordinances,

 

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codes, administrative precedents or authorities, or determination of (including the interpretation or administration of the preceding by) an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its Property is subject.

 

Responsible Officer ”:  the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer (or similar title), chief accounting officer, controller or treasurer (or similar title), and, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer (or similar title), controller or treasurer (or similar title), and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Section 2, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent; any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to a Responsible Officer shall be deemed to refer to a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, unless otherwise specified.

 

Restricted Payments ”:  as defined in Section 7.6.

 

Restricted Subsidiary ”:  any Subsidiary of Holdings which is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Revaluation Date ”:  (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following:  (i) each date of a borrowing of a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency pursuant to Section 2.9, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following:  (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (iii) each date of any payment by an Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Lender shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.

 

Revolving Commitment Period ”:  the period from and including the Closing Date to the Revolving Termination Date.

 

Revolving Commitments ”:  as to any Revolving Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Loans and participate in Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1, or, as the case may be, in the Assignment and Assumption or Incremental Amendment pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to an Extension Amendment, an Incremental Amendment or otherwise pursuant to the terms hereof.  The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments, as of the Closing Date, is $150,000,000.

 

Revolving Extensions of Credit ”:  as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of, without duplication (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding.

 

Revolving Facility ”:  as defined in the definition of “Facility.”

 

Revolving Lender ”:  each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds Revolving Loans.

 

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Revolving Loans ”:  as defined in Section 2.1(a).

 

Revolving Percentage ”:  as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Revolving Commitments or, at any time after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.

 

Revolving Termination Date ”: May 7, 2024.

 

S&P ”:  Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto.

 

Sanction(s) ”:  any international economic sanction administered or enforced by OFAC, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.

 

Scheduled Unavailability Date ”:  as defined in Section 2.23(ii).

 

Scientific Games ”: Scientific Games Corporation, a Nevada corporation.

 

SEC ”:  the Securities and Exchange Commission (or successors thereto or an analogous Governmental Authority).

 

Section 2.22 Additional Amendment ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(c).

 

Secured Parties ”:  collectively, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Issuing Lender, each Hedge Bank, each Person to whom Cash Management Obligations are owed, any other holder from time to time of any of the Obligations and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Securities Act ”:  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

Security ”:  as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Security Documents ”:  the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all other security documents (including any Mortgages) hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent purporting to grant a Lien on any Property of any Loan Party to secure the Obligations.

 

Single Employer Plan ”:  any Plan (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 and in respect of which Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be at the relevant time) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Social Gaming IPO ”: the initial underwritten public offering of common stock in Public Parent pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act on May 6, 2019 (the “ Registration Statement ”).

 

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Social Gaming IPO Documents ”: the Intercompany Services Agreement, IP License Agreement and the Tax Receivable Agreement, together with any other material agreements, instruments or other documents entered into in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

Solvent ”:  with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries, as of any date of determination, (i) the Fair Value of the assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceeds their Liabilities, (ii) the Present Fair Salable Value of the assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceeds their Liabilities; (iii) Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole Do not have Unreasonably Small Capital; and (iv) Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole Will be able to pay their Liabilities as they mature.

 

Specified Existing Tranche ”:  as defined in Section 2.22(a).

 

Specified Hedge Agreement ”:  any Hedge Agreement (a) entered into by (i) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii) Hedge Bank and (b) that has been designated by the Borrower as a Specified Hedge Agreement by notice to the Administrative Agent (i) in substantially the form of Annex III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or (ii) otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the relevant Hedge Bank (x) appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent under the applicable Specified Hedge Agreement and (y) agrees to be bound by the provisions of Sections 9.3, 9.7, 10.11 and 10.12 hereof (it being understood that one notice with respect to a specified ISDA Master Agreement may designate all transactions thereunder as being “Specified Hedge Agreements”, without the need for separate notices for each individual transaction thereunder); provided that Specified Hedge Agreement shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations.  The designation of any Hedge Agreement as a Specified Hedge Agreement shall not create in favor of any Hedge Bank (or its successors or assigns) any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, all Hedge Agreements in existence on the Closing Date between Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and any Hedge Bank, on the other hand, as listed on Schedule 1.1B, shall constitute Specified Hedge Agreements.

 

Sponsor ”:  (a) Mafco, (b) each of Mafco’s direct and indirect subsidiaries and Affiliates, (c) Ronald O. Perelman, (d) any of the directors or executive officers of Mafco or (e) any of their respective Permitted Transferees.

 

Spot Rate ”:  with respect to any currency, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by the Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by it if it does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; provided , further that the Administrative Agent may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Revolving Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency.

 

Stated Maturity ”:  with respect to any Indebtedness, the date specified in such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such Indebtedness is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the re-purchase or repayment of such Indebtedness at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency).

 

Subsidiary ”:  as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than

 

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stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person; provided that any joint venture that is not required to be consolidated with the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP shall not be deemed to be a “Subsidiary” for purposes hereof.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “ Subsidiary ” or to “ Subsidiaries ” in this Agreement shall refer to a direct or indirect Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Holdings.

 

Subsidiary Guarantors ”:  (a) each Domestic Subsidiary other than any Excluded Subsidiary and (b) any other Subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Borrower) that is a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Supplemental Revolving Commitment Increase ”:  as defined in Section 2.21(a).

 

Supported QFC ”: as defined in Section 10.23.

 

Swap Obligations ”:  with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

TARGET Day ”:  any day on which TARGET2 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.

 

TARGET2 ”:  the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.

 

Tax Receivable Agreement ”: the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Public Parent, Holdings, SG Social Holding Company I, LLC and SG Social Holding Company, LLC, as the same may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, so long as such amendment, restatement or other modification, taken as a whole, is not materially adverse to the Lenders (as determined by the Borrower in good faith and approved by the Administrative Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

Taxes ”:  all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Test Period ”:  on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower (in each case taken as one accounting period) most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1.

 

Tranche ”:  refers to whether such Revolving Loans are (1) Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans, (2) Extended Revolving Commitments (of the same Extension Series) or (3) Refinancing Revolving Commitments with the same terms and conditions made on the same day or Revolving Loans in respect thereof.

 

Transaction Costs ”:  as defined in the definition of “Transactions.”

 

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Transactions ”:  the consummation of the Social Gaming IPO in accordance with the Disclosure Documents and the other transactions described therein, together with each of the following transactions consummated or to be consummated in connection therewith:

 

(a)                                  the Borrower obtaining the Facilities;

 

(b)                                  the entry into and consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Social Gaming IPO Documents; and

 

(c)                                   the payment of all fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions described in the foregoing provisions of this definition (the “ Transaction Costs ”).

 

Transferee ”:  any Assignee or Participant.

 

Type ”:  as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan.

 

UCP ”:  with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ ICC ”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

UK Bail-In Legislation ”: means (to the extent that the United Kingdom is not an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or implements, Article 55 BRRD) Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

 

United States ”:  the United States of America.

 

Unrestricted Cash ”:  as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents included in the cash accounts that would be recorded on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at such date, to the extent such cash and Cash Equivalents are not (a) subject to a Lien securing any Indebtedness or other obligations, other than (i) the Obligations or (ii) any such other Indebtedness that is subject to any Other Intercreditor Agreement or (b) classified as “restricted” (unless so classified solely because of any provision under the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument governing other Indebtedness that is subject to any Other Intercreditor Agreement governing the application thereof or because they are subject to a Lien securing the Obligations or other Indebtedness that is subject to any Other Intercreditor Agreement).

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary ”:  (i) any Subsidiary of Holdings designated as such and listed on Schedule 4.14 on the Closing Date and (ii) any Subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Borrower) that is designated by a resolution of the Board of Directors of Holdings as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, but only to the extent that, in the case of each, such Subsidiary: (a) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt (other than such Indebtedness to the extent any related obligations of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries would otherwise be permitted under Section 7.7); (b) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary unless (x) the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding, taken as a whole, are no less favorable to Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Borrower or (y) Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary would be permitted to enter into such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.9; (c) is a Person with respect to which neither Holdings nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (x) to subscribe for additional Capital Stock or warrants, options or

 

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other rights to acquire Capital Stock or (y) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results, unless, in each case, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary would be permitted to incur any such obligation with respect to an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.7; and (d) does not guarantee or otherwise provide credit support after the time of such designation for any Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries unless it also guarantees or provides credit support in respect of the Obligations, in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c), except to the extent not otherwise prohibited by Section 7.7; provided that, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, after giving effect to any such designation of a Domestic Subsidiary but tested only at the time of such designation, the combined Consolidated EBITDA of Domestic Subsidiaries that are Unrestricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 does not exceed 5.0 % of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1, and (iv) any Subsidiary that is subsequently formed or acquired by an Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been previously designated as such pursuant to clause (iii) above.  If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes hereof.  Subject to the foregoing, Holdings may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such designation shall only be permitted if no Event of Default would be in existence following such designation and after giving effect to such designation Holdings shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants (whether or not then subject to testing) set forth in Section 7.1 as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1, (ii) any designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and (iii) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under clause (i) or (ii) above shall be deemed to be an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary and shall reduce amounts available for Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries permitted by Section 7.7 in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Subsidiary so designated; provided that the Borrower may subsequently redesignate any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Borrower does not subsequently re-designate such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary for a period of the succeeding four fiscal quarters.

 

US Lender ”:  as defined in Section 2.16(e)(iii)

 

US Tax Compliance Certificate ”:  as defined in Section 2.16(e)(i)(C).

 

USA Patriot Act ”:  as defined in Section 10.18.

 

U.S. Special Resolution Regime ”: as defined in Section 10.23.

 

Will be able to pay their Liabilities as they mature ”:  for the period from the date hereof through the Latest Maturity Date, Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, will have sufficient assets, credit capacity and cash flow to pay their Liabilities as those Liabilities mature or (in the case of contingent Liabilities) otherwise become payable, in light of business conducted or anticipated to be conducted by Holdings and its Subsidiaries as reflected in the projected financial statements and in light of the anticipated credit capacity.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ”:  (i) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (ii) with respect to any UK Bail-In Legislation, any

 

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powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers and any similar or analogous powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation.

 

1.2                                     Other Definitional Provisions .

 

(a)                                  Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.

 

(b)                                  As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to Holdings and its Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation,” and (iii) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

(c)                                   The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Annex, Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

(d)                                  The term “license” shall include sub-license.  The term “documents” includes any and all documents whether in physical or electronic form.

 

(e)                                   The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Accounting Standards Update having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value,” as defined therein, and (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Accounting Standards Update having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.

 

(g)                                   In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, at the option of the Borrower pursuant to an LCA Election such condition shall be deemed satisfied so long as no Default, Event of Default or

 

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specified Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into after giving pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the actions to be taken in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if such Limited Condition Acquisition and other actions had occurred on such date.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has exercised its option under the first sentence of this clause (g), and any Default or Event of Default occurs following the date the definitive agreements for the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition were entered into and prior to the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing solely for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder.

 

(h)                                  In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of:

 

(i)                                      determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio or Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio; or

 

(ii)                                   testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets);

 

in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the 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 (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the LCA Test Date for which consolidated financial statements of Holdings are available, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has 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 in Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower or the Person subject to such 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 Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or 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; provided that the calculation of Consolidated Net Income (and any defined term a component of which is Consolidated Net Income) shall not include the Consolidated Net Income of the Person or assets to be acquired in any Limited Condition Acquisition for usages other than in connection with the applicable transaction pertaining to such Limited Condition Acquisition until such time as such

 

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Limited Condition Acquisition is actually consummated (clauses (g) and (h), collectively, the “ Limited Condition Acquisition Provision ”).

 

(i)                                      Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, 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, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, 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, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).

 

1.3                                     Pro Forma Calculations .  (i) Any calculation to be determined on a “ pro forma ” basis, after giving “ pro forma ” effect to certain transactions or pursuant to words of similar import and (ii) the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, in each case, shall be calculated as follows (subject to the provisions of Section 1.2):

 

(a)                                  for purposes of making the computation referred to above, in the event that Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, retires, defeases or extinguishes any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which such ratio is being calculated but on or prior to or substantially concurrently with or for the purpose of the event for which the calculation is made (a “ Calculation Date ”), then such calculation shall be made giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement, defeasance or extinguishment of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Test Period; provided that for purposes of making the computation of Consolidated First Lien Leverage, Consolidated Total Leverage or Fixed Charges for the computation of the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio or Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as applicable, Consolidated First Lien Leverage, Consolidated Total Leverage or Fixed Charges, as applicable, shall be Consolidated First Lien Leverage, Consolidated Total Leverage or Fixed Charges as of the date the relevant action is being taken giving pro forma effect to any redemption, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness in connection with such event; and

 

(b)                                  for purposes of making the computation referred to above, if any Investments, Dispositions or designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Restricted Subsidiaries are made (or committed to be made pursuant to a definitive agreement) subsequent to the commencement of the period for which such calculation is being made but on or prior to or simultaneously with the relevant Calculation Date, then such calculation shall be made giving pro forma effect to such Investments, Dispositions and designations as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Test Period in a manner consistent, where applicable, with the pro forma adjustments set forth in clause (j) of and the last proviso of the first sentence of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”  If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment or Disposition that would have required adjustment pursuant to this provision, then such calculation shall be made giving pro forma effect thereto for such Test Period as if such Investment or Disposition had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Test Period;

 

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purposes of determining actual compliance (and not pro forma compliance or compliance on a pro forma basis) with the covenants pursuant to Section 7.1, any pro forma event of the type set forth in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 1.3 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect.

 

1.4                                     Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents .  The Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of the face amount of Revolving Loans and/or Letters of Credit denominated in Permitted Foreign Currencies and of L/C Disbursements in respect of such Letters of Credit.  Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Issuing Lender and the Borrower on each Revaluation Date of the Spot Rates determined by it and the related Dollar Equivalent of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding.  Solely for purposes of Sections 2 and 3 and related definitional provisions to the extent used in such Sections, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent and notified to the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Lender in accordance with this Section 1.4.  If any basket is exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in applicable currency exchange rates after the last time such basket was utilized, such basket will not be deemed to have been exceeded solely as a result of such fluctuations in currency exchange rates.  For purposes of determining the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, amounts denominated in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars for the purposes of (A) testing the financial covenants under Section 7.1, at the Spot Rate as of the last day of the fiscal quarter for which such measurement is being made, and (B) calculating any Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (other than for the purposes of determining compliance with Section 7.1), at the Spot Rate as of the date of calculation, and will, in the case of Indebtedness, reflect the currency translation effects, determined in accordance with GAAP, of Hedge Agreements permitted hereunder for currency exchange risks with respect to the applicable currency in effect on the date of determination of the Dollar Equivalent of such Indebtedness.

 

1.5                                     Letter of Credit Amounts .  Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided , however , that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of the Application or any other document, agreement or instrument entered into by the applicable Issuing Lender and the Borrower with respect thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

 

1.6                                     Covenants .  For purposes of determining compliance with Section 7, in the event that an item or event meets the criteria of more than one of the categories described in a particular covenant contained in Section 7, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item or event (or any portion thereof) and may include the amount and type of such item or event in one or more of the relevant clauses or subclauses, in each case, within such covenant.  Furthermore, (A) for purposes of Section 7.2, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on the applicable Spot Rate, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness), on the date that such Indebtedness was incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness); provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars (or in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced), and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at

 

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the applicable Spot Rate on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount, as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing and (B) for purposes of Sections 7.3, 7.5, 7.6 and 7.7, the amount of any Liens, Dispositions, Restricted Payments and Investments, as applicable, denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on the applicable Spot Rate.

 

1.7                                     Interest Rates .  The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate” or with respect to any rate that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any of such rate (including, without limitation, any LIBOR Successor Rate) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes.

 

SECTION 2.                                  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

 

2.1                                     Revolving Commitments .

 

(a)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans in Dollars or in any Permitted Foreign Currency (“ Revolving Loans ”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which, when added to such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment.  During the Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Revolving Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.  The Revolving Loans may from time to time be Eurocurrency Loans or, solely in the case of Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.9.

 

(b)                                  The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans of a Revolving Lender on the Revolving Termination Date.

 

2.2                                     Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing .  The Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Commitments during the Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable written notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent (i) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars, prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, (ii) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, four Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date or (iii) in the case of ABR Loans, prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (w) the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed (which, in the case of any Revolving Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, shall be Eurocurrency Loans), (x) the requested Borrowing Date, (y) the currency in which such Revolving Loan is to be borrowed and (z) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor; provided , further , that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurocurrency Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of such borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them.  Not later than 11:00 a.m., three Business

 

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Days before the requested date of such borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders.  Each borrowing by the Borrower under the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then aggregate applicable Available Revolving Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, the Borrowing Minimum or a whole multiple of the Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof.  Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof.  Each Revolving Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 11:00 A.M. (or, in the case of ABR Loans being made pursuant to a notice delivered on the proposed Borrowing Date, 3:00 P.M.), New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent.  Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account designated in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by such Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.  If no election as to the Type of a Revolving Loan is specified, other than with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, then the requested Loan shall be an ABR Loan.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Revolving Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected Dollars.

 

2.3                                     Defaulting Lenders .

 

(a)                                  Defaulting Lender Cure .  If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any cash collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable Facility (without giving effect to Section 3.4(d)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

(b)                                  Defaulting Lender Waterfall .  Any payment of principal, interest or other amounts (other than the payment of (i) commitment fees under Section 2.5, (ii) default interest under Section 2.11(c) and (iii) Letter of Credit fees under Section 3.3, which in each case shall be applied pursuant to the provisions of those Sections) received by the Administrative Agent for the account of any Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 8 or otherwise) shall be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:  first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.7; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender (without duplication of the application of any cash collateral provided by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.4(d)) to any Issuing Lender hereunder; third , to be held as security for any L/C Shortfall (without duplication of any cash collateral provided by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.4(d)) in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent; fourth , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default

 

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exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders as a result of any final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Lenders against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh , so long as no Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Disbursements owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable Facility without giving effect to Section 3.4(d). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to be held as security in a cash collateral account pursuant to this Section 2.3(b) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender and shall satisfy the Borrower’s payment obligation in respect thereof in full, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

2.4                                     Repayment of Loans .

 

(a)                                  The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the appropriate Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Revolving Lender made to the Borrower outstanding on the Revolving Termination Date (or on such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 8.1). The Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans made to the Borrower from time to time outstanding from the date made until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.11.

 

(b)                                  Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 10.6(b)(iv), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and any Note evidencing such Loan, the Type of such Loan and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal, interest and fees, as applicable, due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.

 

(d)                                  The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 2.4(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be presumptively correct absent demonstrable error of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded;

 

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provided , however , that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.5                                     Commitment Fees, etc .

 

(a)                                  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, in Dollars, for the period from and including the Closing Date to the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period (or, if earlier, the termination of all Revolving Commitments), computed at the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the actual daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date; provided that (A) any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Revolving Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time and (B) no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Revolving Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.

 

(b)                                  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent.

 

2.6                                     Termination or Reduction of Commitments .

 

(a)                                  The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than two Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Commitments of any Tranche or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments of any Tranche; provided that no such termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments of any Tranche shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans made on the effective date thereof, the total Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Tranche would exceed the total Revolving Commitments of such Tranche.  Any such partial reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments of the applicable Tranche then in effect.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of termination under this Section 2.6 if the notice of such termination stated that such notice was conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of a transaction or the receipt of a replacement of all, or a portion, of the Revolving Commitments outstanding at such time, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date) if such condition is not satisfied.

 

(b)                                  Upon the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Permitted Refinancing Obligations in respect of Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans, the Revolving Commitments designated by the Borrower to be terminated in connection therewith shall be automatically permanently reduced by an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of commitments under such Permitted Refinancing Obligations and any outstanding Revolving Loans in respect of such terminated Revolving Commitments shall be repaid in full.

 

2.7                                     Optional Prepayments .

 

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Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, (i) three Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans and (ii) on the date of prepayment, in the case of ABR Loans, which notice shall specify (x) the date and amount of prepayment, (y) whether the prepayment is of a Tranche of Revolving Loans and (z) whether the prepayment is of Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans; provided that if a Eurocurrency Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.17.  Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.  If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein ( provided that any such notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any transaction or the receipt of proceeds to be used for such payment, in each case specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied), together with (except in the case of Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid.  Partial prepayments of Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of (i) $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (in the case of prepayments of ABR Loans) or (ii) the Borrowing Minimum or a whole multiple of the Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof (in the case of prepayments of Eurocurrency Loans), and in each case shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.14.

 

2.8                                     Mandatory Prepayments .

 

If, on any date, the aggregate Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments (other than as a result of any revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of Revolving Loans or the L/C Obligations on any Revaluation Date in accordance with Section 1.4, in which case, if the aggregate Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed 105% of the aggregate Revolving Commitments), the Borrower shall promptly prepay Revolving Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess and/or pay to the Administrative Agent an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the aggregate principal amount equal to such excess to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrower to the Issuing Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent.

 

2.9                                     Conversion and Continuation Options .

 

(a)                                  The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurocurrency Loans (other than Eurocurrency Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency) made to the Borrower to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable written notice of such election no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date; provided that if any Eurocurrency Loan is so converted on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.17.  The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans made to the Borrower to Eurocurrency Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable written notice of such election no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor); provided that no ABR Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurocurrency Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions.  Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

 

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Business Day preceding the proposed continuation date, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans; provided that if any Eurocurrency Loan is so continued on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.17; provided , further , that no Eurocurrency Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations; and provided , further , that (i) if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph such Eurocurrency Loans shall be automatically continued as Eurocurrency Loans having an Interest Period of one month’s duration on the last day of such then-expiring Interest Period and (ii) if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, such Eurocurrency Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period; provided , further , that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurocurrency Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of such borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them.  Not later than 11:00 a.m., three Business Days before the requested date of such borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders.  Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

 

2.10                              Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurocurrency Tranches .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions, continuations and optional prepayments of Eurocurrency Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Tranche shall be equal to the Borrowing Minimum or a whole multiple of the Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof and (b) no more than twelve Eurocurrency Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.

 

2.11                              Interest Rates and Payment Dates .

 

(a)                                  Each Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to (A) the greater of (x) the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such day and (y) 0.00% plus (B) the Applicable Margin.

 

(b)                                  Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (A) the greater of (x) the ABR and (y) 1.00% plus (B) the Applicable Margin.

 

(c)                                   (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11 plus 2% or (y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility plus 2% (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the rate then applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%), in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such nonpayment until such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment); provided that no amount

 

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shall be payable pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) to a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender; provided , further that no amounts shall accrue pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) on any overdue Loan, Reimbursement Obligation, commitment fee or other amount payable to a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.

 

(d)                                  Interest shall be payable by the Borrower in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.11 shall be payable from time to time on demand.

 

2.12                              Computation of Interest and Fees .

 

(a)                                  Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that interest on ABR Loans (except for ABR computations in respect of clauses (b) and (c) of the definition thereof) shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Permitted Foreign Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice.  The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurocurrency Rate.  Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective.  The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

 

(b)                                  Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be presumptively correct in the absence of demonstrable error.  The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and Section 2.11(b).

 

2.13                              Inability to Determine Interest Rate .  If prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Loan:

 

(a)                                  the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be presumptively correct absent demonstrable error) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period, or

 

(b)                                  the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the relevant Facility that by reason of any changes arising after the Closing Date, the Eurocurrency Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,

 

the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter.  If such notice is given (x) any Eurocurrency Loans under the relevant Facility requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (y) any Loans under the relevant Facility that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurocurrency Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurocurrency Loans under the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period with respect thereto, to ABR Loans.  Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent (which action the Administrative Agent will take promptly after the conditions giving rise to such notice

 

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no longer exist), no further Eurocurrency Loans under the relevant Facility shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Loans under the relevant Facility to Eurocurrency Loans.

 

2.14                              Pro Rata Treatment and Payments .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly otherwise provided herein (including as expressly provided in Sections 2.3, 2.5, 2.6(b), 2.11(c), 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7), each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee and any reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be made pro rata according to the Revolving Percentages of the relevant Lenders other than reductions of Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.20 and payments in respect of any differences in the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate of Extending Lenders pursuant to an Extension Amendment.

 

(b)                                  Except as expressly otherwise provided herein (including as expressly provided in Sections 2.3, 2.6(b), 2.11(c), 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7), each payment (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the Revolving Lenders other than payments in respect of any differences in the Applicable Margin of Extending Lenders pursuant to an Extension Amendment.  Each payment in respect of Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit shall be made to the Issuing Lender that issued such Letter of Credit.

 

(c)                                   All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff, deduction or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the relevant Lenders, at the Funding Office, in immediately available funds.  Any payment received by the Administrative Agent after 3:00 P.M., New York City time may be considered received on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the relevant Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received.  If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurocurrency Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.  If any payment on a Eurocurrency Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.  In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

 

(d)                                  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand, such amount with interest thereon, at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent.  A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be presumptively correct in the absence of demonstrable error.  If such Lender’s share

 

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of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of such fact to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower against any Defaulting Lender.

 

(e)                                   Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the relevant Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount.  If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each relevant Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.

 

2.15                              Requirements of Law .

 

(a)                                  Except with respect to Excluded Taxes and Indemnified Taxes, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority first made, in each case, subsequent to the Closing Date:

 

(i)                   shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate hereunder;

 

(ii)                shall subject any Recipient to any Taxes on its loans, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations or its deposits, reserves, other liability or capital attributable thereto; or

 

(iii)             shall impose on such Lender any other condition not otherwise contemplated hereunder;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount which such Lender reasonably deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurocurrency Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit (in each case hereunder), or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, in Dollars, within thirty Business Days after the Borrower’s receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice therefor (showing with reasonable detail the calculations thereof), any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable.  If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.15, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.

 

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(b)                                  If any Lender shall have reasonably determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any entity controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority first made, in each case, subsequent to the Closing Date shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such entity’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such entity could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such entity’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity requirements) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a reasonably detailed written request therefor (consistent with the detail provided by such Lender to similarly situated borrowers), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, in Dollars, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such entity for such reduction.

 

(c)                                   A certificate prepared in good faith as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.15 submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be presumptively correct in the absence of demonstrable error.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.15 for any amounts incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such 180-day period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect.  The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make payment to any Lender with respect to penalties, interest and expenses if written demand therefor was not made by such Lender within 180 days from the date on which such Lender makes payment for such penalties, interest and expenses.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.15 to the contrary, solely for purposes of this Section 2.15, (i) the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines and directives promulgated thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed to have been enacted, adopted or issued, as applicable, subsequent to the Closing Date.

 

(e)                                   For purposes of this Section 2.15, the term “Lender” shall include any Issuing Lender.

 

2.16                              Taxes .

 

(a)                                  Except as required by applicable Requirement of Law, all payments made by any Loan Party under any Loan Document to any Recipient shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Taxes. If any Taxes are required by any applicable Requirement of Law to be deducted or withheld from any such payments by any applicable withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirement of Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, the amounts so payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased to the extent necessary so that after deduction or withholding of such Indemnified Taxes has been made (including Indemnified Taxes attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.16) by the applicable withholding agent, the applicable Lender (or, in the case of any

 

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amount received by an Agent for its own account, such Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(b)                                  In addition, the Borrower or any Loan Party shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirement of Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(c)                                   As promptly as possible after payment by any Loan Party of any Taxes to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.16, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the applicable Loan Party showing payment thereof if such receipt is obtainable, or, if not, such other evidence of payment as may reasonably be required by the Administrative Agent or any applicable Lender.

 

(d)                                  The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.16(a)) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom of with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  Either (a) a copy of the receipt issued by a Governmental Authority evidencing payment of such Taxes or (b) a certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability prepared in good faith and delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)                                   Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting.  Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

(i)                                      Each Lender (and, in the case of a pass-through entity, each of its beneficial owners) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a “ Non-US Lender ”) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Non-US Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two accurate and complete, duly executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(A)                                in the case of a Non-US Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to such tax treaty,

 

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(C)                                in the case of a Non-US Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest,” a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 (a “ US Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or

 

(D)                                to the extent a Non-US Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8MY, accompanied ty IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a US Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 or Exhibit E-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Non-US Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-US Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-US Lender may provide a US Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner.

 

(ii)                                   Each Non-US Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Non-US Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two accurate and complete, duly executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Requirement of Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Requirement of Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

(iii)                                Each Lender (and, in the case of a Lender that is a pass-through entity, each of its beneficial owners) that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a “ US Lender ”) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) two accurate and complete, duly executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding.

 

(iv)                               If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Requirement of Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this Section 2.16(e)(iv), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

(v)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.16(e), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this Section 2.16(e) that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.

 

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(vi)                               Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Loan Parties and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.16(e).

 

(f)                                    On or prior to the date on which the Administrative Agent becomes the Administrative Agent under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect), the Administrative Agent will deliver to the Borrower either (i) an executed copy of IRS Form W-9, or (ii) (x) with respect to any amounts received on its own account, an executed copy of an applicable IRS Form W-8, and (y) with respect to any amounts received for or on account of any Lender, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8 IMY certifying that it is a U.S. branch that has agreed to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal tax purposes with respect to payments received by it from any Borrower in its capacity as Administrative Agent, as applicable; provided , that the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to deliver any form or certification that it is not leaglly eligible to deliver as a result of a change in any Requirement of Law after the date hereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers at any time it determines that it is no longer legally eligible to provide the certification described in the prior sentence.

 

(g)                                   If any Recipient determines, in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.16 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16), it shall promptly pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such Recipient and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that such indemnifying party, upon the request of such Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.16(g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Recipient in the event such Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  This Section 2.16(g) shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.  In no event will any Recipient be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.16(g) the payment of which would place such Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Recipient would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.

 

(h)                                  The agreements in this Section 2.16 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.

 

(i)                                      For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “Lender” shall include any Issuing Lender.

 

2.17                              Indemnity .  The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each Lender harmless from, any loss or expense (other than lost profits, including the loss of Applicable Margin) that such Lender actually sustains or incurs as a consequence of (a) any failure by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans after the Borrower has given notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) any failure by the Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurocurrency Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  A reasonably detailed certificate as to (showing in reasonable detail the calculation

 

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of) any amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.17 submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be presumptively correct in the absence of demonstrable error.  This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.

 

2.18                              Illegality .  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof, in each case, first made after the Closing Date, shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof (a “ Rate Determination Notice ”) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, and (a) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurocurrency Loans, continue Eurocurrency Loans as such and convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans shall be suspended during the period of such illegality and (b) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurocurrency Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law.  If any such conversion of a Eurocurrency Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.17.

 

2.19                              Change of Lending Office .  Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.15, 2.16(a) or 2.18 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided that such designation is made on terms that, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; provided , further , that nothing in this Section 2.19 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.16(a) or 2.18.

 

2.20                              Replacement of Lenders .  The Borrower shall be permitted to (a) replace with a financial entity or financial entities, or (b) prepay or terminate, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.17), the Loans or Commitments, as applicable, of any Lender or Issuing Lender (each such Lender or Issuing Lender, a “ Replaced Lender ”) that (i) requests reimbursement for amounts owing or otherwise results in increased costs imposed on the Borrower or on account of which the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts or Indemnified Taxes to any Governmental Authority or Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 (to the extent a request made by a Lender pursuant to the operation of Section 2.17 is materially greater than requests made by other Lenders) or gives a notice of illegality pursuant to Section 2.18, (ii) is a Defaulting Lender, (iii) is, or the Borrower reasonably believes could constitute, a Disqualified Institution, or (iv) has refused to consent to any waiver or amendment with respect to any Loan Document that requires such Lender’s consent and has been consented to by the Required Lenders; provided that, in the case of a replacement pursuant to clause (a) above, (A) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (B) the replacement financial entity or financial entities shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such Replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement (or, in the case of a replacement of an Issuing Lender, comply with the provisions of Section 9.9(c) (to the extent applicable as if such Lender was resigning as Administrative Agent)), (C) the Borrower shall be liable to such Replaced Lender under Section 2.17 (as though Section 2.17 were applicable) if any Eurocurrency Loan owing to such Replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (D) the replacement financial entity or financial entities, (x) if not already a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to the extent that an assignment to such replacement financial institution of the rights and obligations being acquired by it would otherwise require the consent of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.6(b)(i)(B) and (y) shall pay (unless otherwise paid by the Borrower) any processing and recordation fee required under Section 10.6(b)(ii)(B), (E) the Administrative Agent and any replacement financial entity or entities shall

 

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execute and deliver, and such Replaced Lender shall thereupon be deemed to have executed and delivered, an appropriately completed Assignment and Assumption to effect such substitution (or, in the case of a replacement of an Issuing Lender, customary assignment documentation), (F) the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts or Indemnified Taxes (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.16, as the case may be, in respect of any period prior to the date on which such replacement shall be consummated, (G) in respect of a replacement pursuant to clause (iv) above, the replacement financial entity or financial entities shall consent to such amendment or waiver and (H) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the Replaced Lender.  Prepayments pursuant to clause (b) above (i) shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount so prepaid up to the date of such prepayment and (ii) shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 2.14.  The termination of the Revolving Commitments of any Lender pursuant to clause (b) above shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 2.14.  In connection with any such replacement under this Section 2.20, if the Replaced Lender does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Assumption and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement by the later of (a) the date on which the replacement Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Assumption and/or such other documentation and (b) the date as of which all obligations of the Borrower owing to the Replaced Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full to such Replaced Lender, then such Replaced Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Assumption and/or such other documentation as of such date and the Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Assumption and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Replaced Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall record such assignment in the Register.

 

2.21                              Incremental Loans .

 

(a)                                  The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more new Tranches of revolving loans (each, a “ New Revolving Loan Commitment ”) or increases of existing Revolving Commitments (each, a “ Supplemental Revolving Commitment Increase ”; together with any New Revolving Loan Commitments the “ New Loan Commitments ”) hereunder, in an aggregate amount for all such New Loan Commitments (not in excess of, at the time the respective New Loan Commitments become effective, the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount).  Each such notice shall specify (i) the date (each, an “ Increased Amount Date ”) on which the Borrower proposes that the New Loan Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (ii) in the case of a Supplemental Revolving Commitment Increase, the Tranche (or Tranches) of Revolving Commitments to be so increased (and, if more than one Tranche of Revolving Commitments will be increased, the amount of the aggregate Supplemental Revolving Commitment Increase to be allocated to each such Tranche); provided that (x) any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of any New Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such New Loan Commitments and (y) any Person that the Borrower proposes to become a New Lender, if such Person is not then a Lender, must be an Eligible Assignee and must be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and to each Issuing Lender, in each case, to the extent its consent would be required to assign Loans to any such Eligible Assignee.

 

(b)                                  Such New Loan Commitments shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that (i) no Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date immediately after giving effect to such New Loan Commitments and the making of any New Loans pursuant thereto and any transaction consummated in connection therewith subject to the Limited Condition Acquisition Provision, in connection with any acquisition or investment being made with the proceeds thereof; (ii) the proceeds of any New Loans shall be used, at the discretion of the Borrower, for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement; (iii) the New Loans shall be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu and shall benefit ratably

 

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from the guarantees under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; (iv) in the case of any Supplemental Revolving Commitment Increase such Supplemental Revolving Commitment Increase shall be on the same terms (other than upfront fees and arranger fees payable in connection therewith) and pursuant to the same documentation applicable to the Revolving Facility (and, if applicable, an Incremental Amendment); (v) in the case of New Revolving Loan Commitments, (A) the maturity date of such New Revolving Loan Commitment shall be no earlier than the Revolving Termination Date, (B) such New Revolving Loan Commitment shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Revolving Termination Date and (C) all other terms and documentation with respect to such New Revolving Loan Commitment (other than pricing and fees) shall be substantially identical to the terms applicable to the Revolving Loans in effect on the Closing Date (or, if not substantially identical, shall be no less favorable (when take as a whole) to the lenders providing such New Revolving Loan Commitments (other than with respect to any covenants or other provisions that are applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date existing at such time of incurrence of such New Revolving Loan Commitments); (vi) such New Loans or New Loan Commitments (other than Supplemental Revolving Commitment Increases) shall be effected pursuant to one or more Incremental Amendments executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more New Lenders; (vii) to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered (A) customary legal opinions and (B) certified copies of the resolutions or other applicable corporate action of each applicable Loan Party approving its entry into such documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.  For the avoidance of doubt, the rate of interest of any New Revolving Loan Commitments and any fees with respect thereto shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable New Lenders and shall be set forth in the applicable Incremental Amendment.

 

(c)                                   On any Increased Amount Date on which any New Loan Commitment become effective, subject to the foregoing terms and conditions, each lender with a New Loan Commitment (each, a “ New Lender ”) shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to such New Loan Commitment.

 

(d)                                  For purposes of this Agreement, any New Loans or New Loan Commitments shall be deemed to be Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments, as applicable.  Each Incremental Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.21.

 

(e)                                   Supplemental Revolving Commitment Increases shall become commitments under this Agreement pursuant to an Incremental Amendment, executed by the Borrower and each increasing Lender and/or New Lender, as applicable, which shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording in the Register.  Upon effectiveness of the Incremental Amendment, each New Lender shall be a Lender for all intents and purposes of this Agreement and the commitments made pursuant to such Supplemental Revolving Commitment Increase shall be Revolving Commitments.

 

2.22                              Extension of Revolving Commitments .

 

(a)                                  The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Commitments of one or more Tranches existing at the time of such request (each an “ Existing Tranche ,” and the Revolving Loans of such Existing Tranche, the “ Existing Loans ”), in each case, be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of any Existing Tranche (any such Existing Tranche which has been so extended, an “ Extended Tranche ,” Revolving Commitments of such Extended Tranches, the “ Extended Revolving Commitments ” and Loans thereunder, the “ Extended Loans ”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.22; provided that (i) any such request shall be made by the Borrower to all Lenders with Revolving Commitments with a like maturity date (whether under one or more Tranches) on

 

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a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Commitments) and (ii) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrower in its sole discretion.  In order to establish any Extended Tranche, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Tranche) (an “ Extension Request ”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Tranche to be established, which terms shall be substantially similar to those applicable to the Existing Tranche from which they are to be extended (the “ Specified Existing Tranche ”), except (x) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Tranches may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Specified Existing Tranche, and (y) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Tranche may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Specified Existing Tranche and/or (B) additional fees may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Tranche in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A); provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.22 or otherwise, assignments and participations of Extended Tranches shall be governed by the same or, at the Borrower’s discretion, more restrictive assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Commitments, as applicable, set forth in Section 10.6.  No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Existing Loans converted into an Extended Tranche pursuant to any Extension Request.  Any Extended Tranche shall constitute a separate Tranche of Loans from the Specified Existing Tranches and from any other Existing Tranches (together with any other Extended Tranches so established on such date).

 

(b)                                  The Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension Request at least 10 Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree to) prior to the date on which Lenders under the applicable Existing Tranche or Existing Tranches are requested to respond.  Any Lender (an “ Extending Lender ”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Specified Existing Tranche converted into an Extended Tranche shall notify the Administrative Agent (each, an “ Extension Election ”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Specified Existing Tranche that it has elected to convert into an Extended Tranche.  In the event that the aggregate amount of the Specified Existing Tranche subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Tranches requested pursuant to the Extension Request, the Specified Existing Tranches subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Tranches on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Specified Existing Tranches included in each such Extension Election. In connection with any extension of Loans pursuant to this Section 2.22 (each, an “ Extension ”), the Borrower shall agree to such procedures regarding timing, rounding and other administrative adjustments to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.22.

 

(c)                                   Extended Tranches shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “ Extension Amendment ”) to this Agreement (which may include amendments to provisions related to maturity, interest margins or fees referenced in clauses (x) and (y) of Section 2.22(a), and which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the last sentence of this Section 2.22(c) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 10.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Tranches established thereby) executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, and the Extending Lenders.  Subject to the requirements of this Section 2.22 and without limiting the generality or applicability of Section 10.1 to any Section 2.22 Additional Amendments, any Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments other than those referred to or contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a “ Section 2.22 Additional Amendment ”) to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such Section 2.22 Additional Amendments do not become effective prior to the time that such Section 2.22 Additional Amendments have been consented to (including pursuant to consents applicable to holders of any Extended Tranches provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Loan Parties and

 

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other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Section 2.22 Additional Amendments to become effective in accordance with Section 10.1; provided , further , that no Extension Amendment may provide for any Extended Tranche to be secured by any Collateral or other assets of any Loan Party that does not also secure the Existing Tranches or be guaranteed by any Person other than the Guarantors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.1, any such Extension Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.22; provided that the foregoing shall not constitute a consent on behalf of any Lender to the terms of any Section 2.22 Additional Amendment.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on any date on which any Existing Tranche is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with Section 2.22(a) above (an “ Extension Date ”), in the case of the Specified Existing Tranche of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such Specified Existing Tranche shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Extended Tranche so converted by such Lender on such date, and such Extended Tranches shall be established as a separate Tranche from the Specified Existing Tranche and from any other Existing Tranches (together with any other Extended Tranches so established on such date).

 

(e)                                   If, in connection with any proposed Extension Amendment, any Lender declines to consent to the applicable extension on the terms and by the deadline set forth in the applicable Extension Request (each such other Lender, a “ Non-Extending Lender ”) then the Borrower may, on notice to the Administrative Agent and the Non-Extending Lender, replace such Non-Extending Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 10.6 (with the assignment fee and any other costs and expenses to be paid by the Borrower or the assignee in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender; provided , further , that the applicable assignee shall have agreed to provide Extended Loans on the terms set forth in such Extension Amendment; provided , further , that all obligations of the Borrower owing to the Non-Extending Lender relating to the Existing Loans so assigned (including pursuant to Section 2.17 (as though Section 2.17 were applicable)) shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such Non-Extending Lender concurrently with such Assignment and Assumption.  In connection with any such replacement under this Section 2.22, if the Non-Extending Lender does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Assumption by the later of (A) the date on which the replacement Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Assumption, and (B) the date as of which all obligations of the Borrower owing to the Non-Extending Lender relating to the Existing Loans so assigned shall be paid in full to such Non-Extending Lender, then such Non-Extending Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Assumption as of such date and the Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Assumption on behalf of such Non-Extending Lender.

 

(f)                                    Following any Extension Date, with the written consent of the Borrower, any Non-Extending Lender may elect to have all or a portion of its Existing Loans deemed to be an Extended Loan under the applicable Extended Tranche on any date (each date a “ Designation Date ”) prior to the maturity date of such Extended Tranche; provided that such Lender shall have provided written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at least 10 Business Days prior to such Designation Date (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion); provided , further , that no greater amount shall be paid by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates to any such Non-Extending Lender as consideration for its extension into such Extended Tranche than was paid to any Extending Lender as consideration for its Extension into such Extended Tranche.  Following a Designation Date, the Existing Loans held by such Lender so elected to be extended will be deemed to be

 

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Extended Loans of the applicable Extended Tranche, and any Existing Loans held by such Lender not elected to be extended, if any, shall continue to be “Existing Loans” of the applicable Tranche.

 

(g)                                   With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.22, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute optional or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Sections 2.7 and 2.8 and (ii) no Extension Request is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, provided that the Borrower may at its 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 Request in the Borrower’s sole discretion and which may be waived by the Borrower) of Existing Loans of any or all applicable Tranches be extended.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.22 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Loans on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Request) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including Sections 2.4, 2.7 and 2.8) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.22.

 

2.23                              Successor LIBOR .

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to Borrower) that the Borrower or the 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; or

 

(ii)     the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement 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, 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 Administrative Agent or receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with an alternate benchmark rate (including any 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 and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such 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

 

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Administrative Agent, such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Eurocurrency Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) the Eurocurrency Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining the ABR.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans (to the extent of the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a borrowing of ABR Loans (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount specified therein.  Notwithstanding anything else herein, 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.

 

SECTION 3.                                  LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

3.1                                     L/C Commitment .

 

(a)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to issue Letters of Credit under the Revolving Commitments for the account of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on any Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period in such form as may be approved from time to time by such Issuing Lender; provided that no Issuing Lender shall have any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero.  Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars or any Permitted Foreign Currency and (ii) expire no later than the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date (unless cash collateralized or backstopped or otherwise supported, in each case in a manner agreed to by the Borrower and the Issuing Lender); provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (y) above).

 

(b)                                  No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if such issuance would (i) conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law, or if such Requirement of Law would impose upon such Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and is not otherwise reimbursable to it by the Borrower hereunder and which such Issuing Lender in good faith deems material to it or (ii) violate one or more policies of such Issuing Lender applicable generally to the issuance of letters of credit for the account of similarly situated borrowers.

 

3.2                                     Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit .  The Borrower may from time to time request that the relevant Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit (or amend, renew or extend an outstanding Letter of Credit) by delivering to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified to the Borrower by such Issuing Lender an Application therefor, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, completed to the reasonable satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender may reasonably request.  Such Application may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the relevant Issuing Lender, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the relevant Issuing Lender.  Upon receipt of any Application, the relevant Issuing Lender will process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection

 

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therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue (or amend, renew or extend, as the case may be) the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event without the consent of the applicable Issuing Lender shall any Issuing Lender be required to issue (or amend, renew or extend, as the case may be) any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit (or such amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be) to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by such Issuing Lender and the Borrower.  Such Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower promptly following the issuance (or such amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be) thereof.  Each Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the relevant Revolving Lenders, notice of the issuance (or such amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be) of each Letter of Credit issued by it (including the amount thereof).

 

3.3                                     Fees and Other Charges .

 

(a)                                  The Borrower will pay a fee, in Dollars, on each outstanding Letter of Credit requested by it, at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurocurrency Loans under the Revolving Facility, or the Dollar Equivalent of the face amount of such Letter of Credit, which fee shall be shared ratably among the applicable Revolving Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date; provided that, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, such Lender’s ratable share of any letter of credit fee accrued on the aggregate amount available to be drawn on any outstanding Letters of Credit during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such Lender’s ratable share of any letter of credit fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; provided , further that any Defaulting Lender’s ratable share of any letter of credit fee accrued on the aggregate amount available to be drawn on any outstanding Letters of Credit shall accrue (x) for the account of each Non-Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit which has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(d), (y) for the account of the Borrower with respect to any L/C Shortfall if the Borrower has paid to the Administrative Agent an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of the L/C Shortfall to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrower to the applicable Issuing Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent, or (z) for the account of the applicable Issuing Lenders, in any other instance, in each case so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.  In addition, the Borrower shall pay to each Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee, in Dollars, on the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by it to the Borrower, equal to 0.125% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date.

 

(b)                                  In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse each Issuing Lender for standard costs and expenses agreed by the Borrower and such Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit requested by the Borrower.

 

3.4                                     L/C Participations .

 

(a)                                  Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from such Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage in such Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights

 

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under and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder.  Each L/C Participant agrees with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit issued by it for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay, in Dollars, to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender upon demand an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed (“ L/C Disbursements ”); provided that, nothing in this paragraph shall relieve the Issuing Lender of any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender.  Each L/C Participant’s obligation to pay such amount shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C Participant may have against any Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the financial condition of the Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other L/C Participant or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

 

(b)                                  If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360.  If any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.4(a) is not made available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility.  A certificate of the relevant Issuing Lender submitted to any relevant L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 3.4 shall be presumptively correct in the absence of demonstrable error.

 

(c)                                   Whenever, at any time after any Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the Issuing Lender any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Administrative Agent will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof; provided , however , that in the event that any such payment shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event an L/C Participant becomes a Defaulting Lender, then such Defaulting Lender’s applicable Revolving Percentage in all outstanding Letters of Credit under the relevant Facility will automatically be reallocated among the applicable L/C Participants that are Non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with each Non-Defaulting Lender’s applicable Revolving Percentage (calculated without regard to the Revolving Commitments of the Defaulting Lender), but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the Revolving Extensions of Credit under the relevant Facility of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed the

 

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Revolving Commitments under the relevant Facility of such Non-Defaulting Lender.  If such reallocation cannot, or can only partially, be effected the Borrower shall, within five Business Days after written notice from the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to such Defaulting Lender’s applicable Revolving Percentage (calculated as in effect immediately prior to it becoming a Defaulting Lender) of the L/C Obligations under the relevant Facility (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 3.4(d)) to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrower to the Issuing Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent.  So long as there is a Defaulting Lender, an Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit where the sum of the Non-Defaulting Lenders’ applicable Revolving Percentages of the outstanding Revolving Loans and their participations in Letters of Credit, in each case under the relevant Facility, after giving effect to any such requested Letter of Credit would exceed (each such excess, the “ L/C Shortfall ”) the aggregate applicable Revolving Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders, unless the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of the L/C Shortfall, such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrower to the Issuing Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent.

 

(e)                                   If, on any date, the L/C Obligations would exceed 105% of the L/C Commitment (including as a result of any revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of the L/C Obligations on any Revaluation Date in accordance with Section 1.4), the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount by which the L/C Obligations exceed the L/C Commitment, such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrower to the Issuing Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent.

 

3.5                                     Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower .  The Borrower agrees to reimburse each Issuing Lender on the Business Day following the date on which such Issuing Lender notifies the Borrower of the date and amount of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit issued or continued by such Issuing Lender at the Borrower’s request (including any Letters of Credit issued for the account of a Restricted Subsidiary) and paid by such Issuing Lender for the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any reasonable fees, charges or other costs or expenses reasonably incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment and, without limiting the Borrower’s obligations in respect thereof under this Section 3.5, notified in reasonable detail to the Borrower on the date of the draft so paid (the amounts described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) in respect of any drawing, collectively, the “ Payment Amount ”).  Each such payment shall be made to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified to the Borrower in Dollars and in immediately available funds.  Interest shall be payable on any such amounts from the date on which the relevant draft is paid until payment in full at a rate equal to (i) until the second Business Day next succeeding the date of the relevant notice (which notice shall be provided on the date the relevant draft is paid), the rate applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility and (ii) thereafter, the rate set forth in Section 2.11(c).  In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars with respect to a Letter of Credit denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, the applicable Issuing Lender shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the draft so paid promptly following the determination thereof.

 

3.6                                     Obligations Absolute .  The Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against any Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person.  The Borrower also agrees with each Issuing Lender that such Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other things, (i) the validity or genuineness of documents or

 

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of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact later prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged; (ii) any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred; (iii) any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee; (iv) any other events or circumstances that, pursuant to applicable law or the applicable customs and practices promulgated by the ICC, are not within the responsibility of such Issuing Lender; (v) waiver by such Issuing Lender of any requirement that exists for such Issuing Lender’s protection and not the protection of the Borrower or any waiver by such Issuing Lender which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower; (vi) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft; (vii) any payment made by such Issuing Lender in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the Uniform Commercial Code, the ISP or the UCP, as applicable; (viii) any payment by such Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; (ix) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Permitted Foreign Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or (x) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except, in each case, for errors, omissions, interruptions or delays resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender or its employees or agents.  No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors, omissions, interruptions or delays resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender or its employees or agents.  The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by any Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of such Issuing Lender to the Borrower.

 

3.7                                     Role of the Issuing Lender .  Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lenders shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by a Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity, authenticity or accuracy of any such document ( provided that the Issuing Lenders will determine whether such documents appear on their face to be in order) or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.  None of the Issuing Lenders, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Issuing Lenders shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Majority Facility Lenders or the Borrower, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or related Application, or any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by such Issuing Lender and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of such Issuing Lender and relating to such Letter of Credit.  The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided , however , that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  None of the Issuing Lenders, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related

 

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Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Issuing Lenders shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (ix) of Section 3.6; provided , however , that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the relevant Issuing Lender, and such Issuing Lender may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such Issuing Lender’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Issuing Lender’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) and documents expressly required by and strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing Lenders may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, and provided that a Letter of Credit is issued permitting transfer then the Issuing Lenders shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.  The Issuing Lenders may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary, as agreed to with the Borrower.

 

3.8                                     Letter of Credit Payments .  If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the date and amount thereof.  The responsibility of such Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit.

 

3.9                                     Applications .  To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement or such other Loan Document shall apply.

 

3.10                              Applicability of ISP and UCP .  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Lender and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (a) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (b) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the Issuing Lender’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the Issuing Lender required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the Issuing Lender or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

 

SECTION 4.                                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, each of Holdings and the Borrower h e r e by represents and warrants (as to itself and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries) to the Agents and each Lender, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the

 

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Transactions) and on the date of each borrowing of Loans or issuance, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit hereunder that:

 

4.1                                     Financial Condition .  The audited consolidated balance sheets, and the related statements of income, of cash flows and of changes in equity included in the Disclosure Documents present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at such dates and the results of their operations, their cash flows and their changes in stockholders’ equity for the respective fiscal years then ended.  All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto and year-end adjustments, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as otherwise noted therein).

 

4.2                                     No Change .  Since December 31, 2018, there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.3                                     Existence; Compliance with Law .  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.3, each of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) (a) (i) is duly organized (or incorporated), validly existing and in good standing (or, only where applicable, the equivalent status in any foreign jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation, except in each case (other than with respect to the Borrower) to the extent such failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) has the corporate or other organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its Property, to lease the Property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity and in good standing (where such concept is relevant) under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of Property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or in good standing (where such concept is relevant) would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that any such failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.4                                     Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations .

 

(a)                                  Each Loan Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow or have Letters of Credit issued hereunder, except in each case (other than with respect to the Borrower) to the extent such failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other action to authorize the execution and delivery of, and the performance of its obligations under, the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, except in each case (other than with respect to the Borrower) to the extent such failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                  No consent or authorization of, filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained or made by any Loan Party for the extensions of credit hereunder or such Loan Party’s execution and delivery of, or performance of its obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to which it is party, as against or with respect to such Loan Party, except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule 4.4, (ii) consents, authorizations, filings and notices which have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (iii) consents, authorizations, filings and notices the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) the filings referred to in Section 4.17.

 

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(c)                                   Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party that is a party thereto.  Assuming the due authorization of, and execution and delivery by, the parties thereto (other than the applicable Loan Parties), this Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution and delivery by each Loan Party that is a party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Loan Party that is a party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms ( provided that, with respect to the creation and perfection of security interests with respect to the Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, only to the extent enforceability thereof is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code), except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law) and the implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

 

4.5                                     No Legal Bar .  Assuming the consents, authorizations, filings and notices referred to in Section 4.4(b) are obtained or made and in full force and effect, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by the Loan Parties thereto, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not (a) violate the organizational or governing documents of (i) the Borrower or (ii) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, any other Loan Party, (b) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, violate any Requirement of Law binding on Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (c) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, violate any Contractual Obligation of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (d) except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens permitted by Section 7.3).

 

4.6                                     No Material Litigation .  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.6, no litigation, investigation or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their Properties which, taken as a whole, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.7                                     No Default .  No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

4.8                                     Ownership of Property; Liens .  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.8A, each of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries has good title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its Real Property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its other Property (other than Intellectual Property), in each case, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such Property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by the Loan Documents.  Schedule 4.8B lists all Real Property owned in fee simple with a Fair Market Value in excess of $2,000,000 by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date.

 

4.9                                     Intellectual Property .  Each of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or has a valid license or right to use all  Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted free and clear of all Liens except as permitted by the Loan Documents, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  To the Borrower’s knowledge, the use of such Intellectual Property by Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries take all reasonable actions that in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment should be taken to protect their Intellectual Property, including Intellectual Property that is confidential in nature, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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4.10                              Taxes .  Each of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) has filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns that are required to be filed and (b) has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns and all other Taxes due and payable that are imposed on it or on any of its Property by any Governmental Authority, except in each case (i) any Taxes the validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which any reserves required in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (ii) where the failure to file such Tax returns or pay such Taxes would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.11                              Federal Regulations .  No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for any purpose that violates the provisions of the regulations of the Board.

 

4.12                              ERISA .

 

(a)                                  Except as would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect:  (i) neither a Reportable Event nor a failure to meet the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412(a) of the Code or Section 302(a)(2) of ERISA), whether or not waived, has occurred during the five year period prior to the date on which this representation is made with respect to any Single Employer Plan, and each Single Employer Plan has complied with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (ii) no termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen on the assets of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, during such five-year period; the present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the aggregate value of the assets of such Single Employer Plan allocable to such accrued benefits; (iii) none of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in  liability under Title IV of ERISA; (iv) none of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would become subject to any liability under ERISA if Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made; and (v) no Multiemployer Plan is Insolvent.

 

(b)                                  Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries have not incurred, and do not reasonably expect to incur, any liability or Lien under ERISA or the Code with respect to any “plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA that is maintained or contributed to by a Commonly Controlled Entity (other than Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries) (a “ Commonly Controlled Plan ”) as a result of being treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code with such Commonly Controlled Entity that would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                                   The Borrower represents and warrants as of the Closing Date that the Borrower is not a Benefit Plan.

 

4.13                              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.

 

4.14                              Subsidiaries .  The Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 4.14 constitute all the Subsidiaries of Holdings at the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions).  Schedule 4.14 sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary and, as to each Subsidiary, the

 

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percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party and the designation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

4.15                              Environmental Matters .  Other than exceptions to any of the following that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law for the operation of the Business; or (ii) has become subject to, or has received notice of any claim, proceeding or action that would be reasonably expected to cause Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to incur or be subject to, any Environmental Liability.

 

4.16                              Accuracy of Information, etc .  As of the Closing Date, no statement or information (excluding the projections and pro forma financial information referred to below) contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Disclosure Documents or any certificate furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or any of them (in their capacities as such), by or on behalf of any Loan Party for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including the Transactions, when taken as a whole, contained as of the date such statement, information or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading.  As of the Closing Date, the projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of Holdings to be reasonable at the time made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, it being recognized by the Agents and the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.

 

4.17                              Security Documents .

 

(a)                                  The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein of a type in which a security interest can be created under Article 9 of the UCC (including any proceeds of any such item of Collateral); provided that for purposes of this Section 4.17(a), Collateral shall be deemed to exclude any Property expressly excluded from the definition of “Collateral” as set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (the “ Excluded Collateral ”).  In the case of (i) the Pledged Securities described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (other than Excluded Collateral) when any stock certificates or notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent together with any proper endorsements executed in blank and such other actions have been taken with respect to the Pledged Securities of Foreign Subsidiaries as are required under the applicable Law of the jurisdiction of organization of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary (it being understood that no such actions under applicable Law of the jurisdiction of organization of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary shall be required by any Loan Document) and (ii) the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (other than Excluded Collateral), when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.17 (or, in the case of other Collateral not in existence on the Closing Date, such other offices as may be appropriate) (which financing statements have been duly completed and executed (as applicable) and delivered to the Collateral Agent) and such other filings as are specified on Schedule 3 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are made (or, in the case of other Collateral not in existence on the Closing Date, such other filings as may be appropriate), the Collateral Agent shall have a fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral (including any proceeds of any item of Collateral) (to the extent a security interest in such Collateral can be perfected

 

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through the filing of financing statements in the offices specified on Schedule 4.17 (or, in the case of other Collateral not in existence on the Closing Date, such other offices as may be appropriate) and the filings specified on Schedule 3 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (or, in the case of other Collateral not in existence on the Closing Date, such other filings as may be appropriate), and through the delivery of the Pledged Securities required to be delivered on the Closing Date), as security for the Obligations, in each case prior in right to the Lien of any other Person (except (i) in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Securities, Liens permitted by Section 7.3 and (ii) Liens having priority by operation of law) to the extent required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Upon the execution and delivery of any Mortgage to be executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.8(b), such Mortgage shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein and proceeds thereof, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law) and the implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing; and when such Mortgage is filed in the recording office designated by the Borrower, such Mortgage shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than Liens permitted by Section 7.3 or other encumbrances or rights permitted by the relevant Mortgage).

 

4.18                              Solvency .  As of the Closing Date, Holdings and its Subsidiaries are (on a consolidated basis), and immediately after giving effect to the Transactions will be, Solvent.

 

4.19                              Anti-Terrorism .  (a) Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with the USA Patriot Act and (b) none of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries is a person on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” or subject to the limitations and prohibitions under any other U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control regulation or executive order, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.20                              Use of Proceeds .  The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans solely in compliance with Section 6.9 of this Agreement.

 

4.21                              Labor Matters .  Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:  (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, threatened, (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters and (c) all payments due from Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on account of employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable.

 

4.22                              Senior Indebtedness .  The Obligations constitute senior Indebtedness.

 

4.23                              OFAC .  No Loan Party, nor, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any Related Party, (i) is currently the subject of any Sanctions, (ii) is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction, or (iii) is or has been (within the previous five years) engaged in any transaction with any Person who is now or was then the subject of Sanctions or who is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction.  No Loan or Letter of Credit, nor the proceeds from any Loan or Letter of Credit, has been or will be used, directly or indirectly, to lend, contribute, provide or has otherwise been or will

 

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be made available to fund any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction or to fund any activity or business of any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who, at the time of such funding, is or was the subject of any Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in any violation by any Person (including any Lender, Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender) of Sanctions.

 

4.24                              FCPA .  Holdings, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No part of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit has been or will be used by Holdings or its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any Person, 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 U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.25                              Beneficial Ownership .  As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.

 

SECTION 5.                                  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

5.1                                     Conditions to Effectiveness .  The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver), prior to or concurrently with the making of such extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                  Credit Agreement; Guarantee and Collateral Agreement .  The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by Holdings and the Borrower and (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

(b)                                  Representations and Warranties .  Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect), in each case on and as of the Closing Date except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date;

 

(c)                                   Borrowing Notice .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of borrowing from the Borrower with respect to any Revolving Loans to be made on the Closing Date, if applicable;

 

(d)                                  Fees .  The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document;

 

(e)                                   Legal Opinions .  The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed legal opinion of (i) Latham & Watkins LLP, special New York counsel to the Loan Parties, and (ii)

 

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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, local Nevada counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(f)                                    Closing Certificate .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of (i) the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties, dated as of the Closing Date, each substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments and (ii) of the Borrower certifying satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clause (b) above and clauses (l) and (p) below;

 

(g)                                   USA Patriot Act; Beneficial Ownership Regulation .  The Lenders shall have received from the Borrower and each of the Loan Parties (a) at least 3 Business Days prior to the Closing Date, documentation and other information requested by any Lender no less than 10 calendar days prior to the Closing Date that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act and (b) if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Administrative Agent and each Lender that requests a Beneficial Ownership Certification will have received, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower, to the extent that the Agents have reasonably requested in writing delivered to the Loan Parties at least 10 Business Days prior to the Closing Date;

 

(h)                                  Filings . Each Uniform Commercial Code financing statement and each intellectual property security agreement required by the Security Documents to be filed in order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in proper form for filing;

 

(i)                                      Pledged Stock; Stock Powers .  The Collateral Agent shall have received the certificates, if any, representing the shares of Capital Stock held by a Loan Party pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof;

 

(j)                                     Solvency Certificate .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate signed by the chief financial officer on behalf of Holdings, substantially in the form of Exhibit F , after giving effect to the Transactions;

 

(k)                                  Social Gaming IPO .  The Social Gaming IPO shall have been consummated in accordance with the Disclosure Documents;

 

(l)                                      Material Adverse Effect .  Since December 31, 2018, there shall not have occurred any change, effect, development or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate, constitutes or is reasonably likely to constitute a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(m)                              Financial Statements .    The Administrative Agent shall have received the financial statements contained in the Registration Statement.

 

(n)                                  Perfection Certificate .  The Collateral Agent shall have received the Perfection Certificate, executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

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will be made to evidence or perfect security interests required to be evidenced or perfected, and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties, except for Liens permitted by Section 7.3 or liens to be discharged on or prior to the Closing Date;

 

(p)                                  No Default .  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Closing Date; and

 

(q)                                  Shared Agreements .  The Administrative Agent shall have received the IP License Agreement and the Intercompany Services Agreement, in each case, executed by the parties thereto.

 

5.2                                     Conditions to Each Revolving Loan Extension of Credit .  The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan or to issue or participate in any Letter of Credit hereunder on any date on or after the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                  Representations and Warranties .  Subject, in the case of any borrowings in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, to the limitations in Section 1.2, each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect), in each case on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date.

 

(b)                                  No Default .  Subject, in the case of any borrowings in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, to the limitations in Section 1.2, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date.

 

(c)                                   Borrowing Notice .  In the case of a borrowing of any Loans, the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of borrowing from the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2.

 

Each borrowing of a Loan by and issuance, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower hereunder after the Closing Date shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.

 

SECTION 6.                                  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (on behalf of itself and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries) hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (that has not been cash collateralized or backstopped or otherwise supported, in each case on terms agreed to by the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Lender) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent hereunder (other than (i) contingent or indemnification obligations not then due and (ii) obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations), Holdings and the Borrower shall, and shall cause (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Section 6.1, Section 6.2 and Section 6.7) each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:

 

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6.1                                     Financial Statements .  Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to each Lender (which may be delivered via posting on IntraLinks or another similar electronic platform):

 

(a)                                  within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, (i) a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such year, setting forth, commencing with the financial statements with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the previous year, reported on without qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph as to “going concern” or arising out of the scope of the audit (other than any such exception or explanatory paragraph (but not qualification) that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (x) an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness or (y) a potential inability to comply with a financial maintenance covenant (including the covenants set forth in Section 7.1), by Deloitte & Touche LLP or another audit firm that has been registered with the PCAOB and that is inspected on an annual basis by the PCAOB and (ii) a management’s discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such fiscal year; and

 

(b)                                  within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of Holdings, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019, (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth, commencing with the financial statements with respect to the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2019, in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the lack of complete footnotes) and (ii) a management’s discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such fiscal quarter;

 

all such financial statements to be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as disclosed therein and except in the case of the financial statements referred to in clause (b), for customary year-end adjustments and the absence of complete footnotes).  Any financial statements or other deliverables required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.1 and any financial statements or reports required to be delivered pursuant to clause (d) of Section 6.2 shall be deemed to have been furnished to the Administrative Agent on the date that (i) such financial statements or deliverable (as applicable) is posted on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any filing on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q)  or the website for Holdings and (ii) the Administrative Agent has been provided written notice of such posting; provided that, (i) to the extent such information relates to a parent of Holdings, such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such parent), on the one hand, and the information relating to Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.  In addition, to the extent that there are any Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Holdings shall deliver, with the financial statements required by clauses (a) and (b) above, a schedule eliminating such Unrestricted Subsidiaries and reconciling such information to the financial statements required to be delivered in reasonable detail.

 

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posted, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).

 

6.2                                     Certificates; Other Information .  Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to each Lender, or, in the case of clause (e), to the relevant Lender:

 

(a)                                  to the extent permitted by the internal policies of Deloitte & Touche LLP or such other audit firm that has been registered with the PCAOB and that is inspected on an annual basis by the PCAOB, concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), a certificate of the independent certified public accountants in customary form reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default arising from a breach of Section 7.1, except as specified in such certificate;

 

(b)                                  concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1, commencing with delivery of financial statements for the first period ending after the Closing Date, (i) a Compliance Certificate of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Borrower (x) stating that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing except as specified in such certificate and (y) containing information and calculations reasonably necessary for determining, on a consolidated basis, compliance by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein, and including, in any event, the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA and Funded Debt, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of Holdings, as the case may be, and, if applicable, for determining the Applicable Margin and (ii) to the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, (x) a description of any Default or Event of Default that occurred, (y) a description of any new Subsidiary and of any change in the name or jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party since the date of the most recent list delivered pursuant to this clause (or, in the case of the first such list so delivered, since the Closing Date) and (z) solely in the case of financial statements delivered pursuant to 6.1(a), a listing of any material registrations of or applications for United States Intellectual Property by any Loan Party;

 

(c)                                   not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, a consolidated forecast for the following fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income (collectively, the “ Annual Operating Budget ”));

 

(d)                                  promptly after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and material reports that Holdings sends to the holders of any class of its debt securities or public equity securities (except for those provided solely to the Permitted Investors) and, promptly after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and reports that Holdings may make to, or file with, the SEC, in each case to the extent not already provided pursuant to Section 6.1 or any other clause of this Section 6.2; and

 

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customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.2, (a) none of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose any document, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited or restricted by Requirements of Law or any binding agreement or obligation, (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or (iv) constitutes classified information and (b) unless such material is identified in writing by the Borrower as “Public” information, the Administrative Agent shall deliver such information only to “private-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that have affirmatively requested to receive information other than Public Information).

 

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.2 may be delivered by posting such documents electronically with notice of such posting to the Administrative Agent and if so posted, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on Holdings’ website or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency, the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent has access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).

 

6.3                                     Payment of Taxes .  Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its Taxes, governmental assessments and governmental charges (other than Indebtedness), except (a) where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves required in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or (b) to the extent that failure to pay or satisfy such obligations would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.4                                     Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc.; Compliance .  (a) Preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate or other existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 or except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Requirements of Law (including ERISA, Environmental Laws, the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation) except to the extent that failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.5                                     Maintenance of Property; Insurance .

 

(a)                                  Keep all Property useful and necessary in its business in reasonably good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                  Take all reasonable and necessary steps, including in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of the material United States Intellectual Property owned by Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries, including filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)                                   Maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies on all its Property that is necessary in, and material to, the conduct of business by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in at least such amounts and against at least such risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all such material insurance policies shall, to the extent customary (but in any event, not including business interruption insurance and personal injury insurance) name the Administrative Agent as insured party or loss payee, as applicable.

 

(d)                                  With respect to any Mortgaged Properties, if any portion of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the Flood Insurance Laws, (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and shall otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and (iii) deliver to the Collateral Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, including, without limitation, evidence of annual renewals of such insurance.

 

6.6                                     Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions .  (a) Keep proper books of records and accounts in a manner to allow financial statements to be prepared in conformity with GAAP, (b) permit representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours ( provided that (i) such visits shall be coordinated by the Administrative Agent, (ii) such visits shall be limited to no more than one such visit per calendar year, and (iii) such visits by any Lender shall be at the Lender’s expense, except in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) during the continuance of an Event of Default), (c) permit representatives of any Lender to have reasonable discussions regarding the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries with officers of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours ( provided that (i) a Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower shall be afforded the opportunity to be present during such discussions, (ii) such discussions shall be coordinated by the Administrative Agent, and (iii) such discussions shall be limited to no more than once per calendar quarter except during the continuance of an Event of Default) and (d) permit representatives of the Administrative Agent to have reasonable discussions regarding the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries with its independent certified public accountants to the extent permitted by the internal policies of such independent certified public accountants upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours ( provided that (i) a Responsible Officer of Holdings the Borrower shall be afforded the opportunity to be present during such discussions and (ii) such discussions shall be limited to no more than once per calendar year except during the continuance of an Event of Default).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.6, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discuss, any document, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited or restricted by Requirements of Law or any binding agreement or obligation, (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or (iv) constitutes classified information.

 

6.7                                     Notices .  Promptly upon a Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtaining knowledge thereof, give notice to the Administrative Agent of:

 

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(b)                                  any litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any other Person, that in either case, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)                                   the occurrence of any Reportable Event, where there is any reasonable likelihood of the imposition of liability on any Loan Party as a result thereof that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(d)                                  any other development or event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth in reasonable detail the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

6.8                                     Additional Collateral, etc .

 

(a)                                  With respect to any Property (other than Excluded Collateral) located in the United States having a value, individually or in the aggregate, of at least $1,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (other than (i) any interests in Real Property and any Property described in paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of this Section 6.8 and (ii) Instruments, Certificated Securities, Securities and Chattel Paper, which are referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (a)) as to which the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (A) give notice of such Property to the Collateral Agent and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Collateral Agent reasonably requests to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in such Property and (B) take all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with the priority required by Section 4.17) in such Property (with respect to Property of a type owned by a Loan Party as of the Closing Date to the extent the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected security interest in such Property as of the Closing Date), including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.  If any amount in excess of $1,000,000 payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security, Security or Chattel Paper (or, if more than $1,000,000 in the aggregate payable under or in connection with the Collateral shall become evidenced by Instruments, Certificated Securities, Securities or Chattel Paper), such Instrument, Certificated Security, Security or Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent indorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  With respect to any fee interest in any Material Real Property acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party, (i) give notice of such acquisition to the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, promptly (but in no event prior to forty-five (45) days after notice has been given of such acquisition to the Collateral Agent and in no event prior to the Borrower receiving confirmation from the Collateral Agent that flood insurance due diligence and compliance in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof has been completed) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage (subject to liens permitted by Section 7.3 or other encumbrances or rights permitted by the relevant Mortgage) in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, covering such Real Property ( provided that no Mortgage shall be obtained if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines in consultation with the Borrower that the costs of obtaining such Mortgage are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be

 

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afforded thereby), (ii) if reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (A) provide the Lenders with a lenders’ title insurance policy with extended coverage covering such Real Property in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such Material Real Property (or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by the Collateral Agent) as well as a current ALTA survey thereof, together with a surveyor’s certificate unless the title insurance policy referred to above shall not contain an exception for any matter shown by a survey (except to the extent an existing survey has been provided and specifically incorporated into such title insurance policy or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines in consultation with the Borrower that the costs of obtaining such survey are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby), each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and (B) provide to the Collateral Agent a life-of-loan flood hazard determination and, if such Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, an acknowledged notice to borrower and evidence of flood insurance in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof, (iii) if requested by the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent customary legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

(c)                                   Except as otherwise contemplated by Section 7.7(p), with respect to any new Domestic Subsidiary that is a Non-Excluded Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall include any Subsidiary that was previously an Excluded Subsidiary that becomes a Non-Excluded Subsidiary and any acquisition pursuant to an LLC Division) by any Loan Party, promptly (i) give notice of such acquisition, division or creation to the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with the priority required by Section 4.17) in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by such Loan Party, (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock (other than Excluded Collateral), together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Loan Party, and (iii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (B) to take such actions reasonably necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with the priority required by Section 4.17) in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to such new Subsidiary (to the extent the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected security interest in the same type of Collateral as of the Closing Date), including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.  Without limiting the foregoing, if (i) the aggregate Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues of all Restricted Subsidiaries designated as “Immaterial Subsidiaries” hereunder shall at any time exceed 5.0 % of Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues, respectively, of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 prior to such time) or (ii) if any Restricted Subsidiary shall at any time cease to constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary under the definition of “Immaterial Subsidiary” (based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 prior to such time), the Borrower shall promptly, (x) in the case of clause (i) above, rescind the designation as “Immaterial Subsidiaries” of one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues, as applicable, of all Restricted Subsidiaries so designated (and which designations have not been rescinded) shall not exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues, respectively, of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 prior to such time), as applicable, and (y) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the extent not already effected, (A) cause each affected Restricted Subsidiary to take such actions to become a “Subsidiary Guarantor” hereunder and under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and execute and

 

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deliver the documents and other instruments referred to in this paragraph (c) to the extent such affected Subsidiary is not otherwise an Excluded Subsidiary and (B) cause the owner of the Capital Stock of such affected Restricted Subsidiary to take such actions to pledge such Capital Stock to the extent required by, and otherwise in accordance with, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and execute and deliver the documents and other instruments required hereby and thereby unless such Capital Stock otherwise constitutes Excluded Collateral.

 

(d)                                  Except as otherwise contemplated by Section 7.7(p), with respect to any new first-tier Foreign Subsidiary or first-tier Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party, promptly (i) give notice of such acquisition or creation to the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary or reasonably advisable in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with the priority required by Section 4.17) in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Collateral) that is owned by such Loan Party and (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock (other than any Excluded Collateral), together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Loan Party.

 

(e)                                   Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.8 to the contrary, neither Holdings nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to take any actions in order to create or perfect the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any new Restricted Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a merger transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by Section 7.7, and such new Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such merger transaction, such new Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Section 6.8(c) or 6.8(d), as applicable, until the respective acquisition is consummated (at which time the surviving entity of the respective merger transaction shall be required to so comply within ten Business Days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion)).

 

(g)                                   From time to time the Loan Parties shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take all such actions, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purposes implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of renewing the rights of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral as to which the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected Lien pursuant hereto or thereto, including filing any financing or continuation statements or financing statement amendments under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created thereby.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 6.8 shall not apply to assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall reasonably determine that the costs and burdens of obtaining a security interest therein or perfection thereof outweigh the value of the security afforded thereby.

 

6.9                                     Use of Proceeds .  Use proceeds of any Revolving Loans for general corporate purposes of Holdings and its Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Agreement.

 

6.10                              Post Closing .  Satisfy the requirements set forth on Schedule 6.10 on or before the date set forth opposite such requirements or such later date as consented to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

 

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6.11                              Line of Business .  Continue to operate solely as a Permitted Business.

 

6.12                              Changes in Jurisdictions of Organization; Name .  Provide prompt (and in any event within 60 days) written notice to the Collateral Agent of any change of name or change of jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party, and deliver to the Collateral Agent all additional executed financing statements, financing statement amendments and other documents reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests to the extent provided for in the Security Documents.

 

6.13                              IP License Agreement .  (i) Maintain and preserve in full force and effect the IP License Agreement, as amended or otherwise modified, solely to the extent (A) the granting, perfection, validity and priority of the security interest of the Secured Parties in the IP License Agreement, taken as a whole, is not impaired in any material respect by such amendment or modification and (B) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) prevent the transfer or disposition of the IP License Agreement by Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries to any party other than a Loan Party and (iii) create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and maintain a first priority perfected Lien on the IP License Agreement and any other related Collateral.

 

SECTION 7.                                  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (that has not been cash collateralized or backstopped or otherwise supported, in each case on terms reasonably agreed to by the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Lender) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent hereunder (other than (i) contingent or indemnification obligations not then due and (ii) obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations), each of Holdings and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:

 

7.1                                     Financial Covenants .

 

(a)                                  As of the end of each fiscal quarter of Holdings (commencing with the first full fiscal quarter of Holdings after the Closing Date), permit the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of such fiscal quarter of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries to be greater than 2.50:1.00.

 

(b)                                  As of the end of each fiscal quarter of Holdings (commencing with the first full fiscal quarter of Holdings after the Closing Date), permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of such fiscal quarter of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries to be less than 4.00 to 1.00.

 

7.2                                     Indebtedness .  Create, issue, incur, assume, or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)                                  Indebtedness of Holdings and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any Loan Document or Hedge Agreement or in respect of any Cash Management Obligations;

 

(b)                                  Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries owing to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that (i) any such Indebtedness owing by a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or otherwise and (ii) any such Indebtedness owing by a non-Loan Party to a Loan Party is permitted by Section 7.7;

 

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(c)                                   Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) secured by Liens in an aggregate principal amount, when combined with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clauses (r) and (s) of this Section 7.2, not to exceed the greater of (i) $7,500,000 and (ii) 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such incurrence, at any one time outstanding;

 

(d)                                  (i) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions), or committed to be incurred as of such date and listed on Schedule 7.2(d) and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, (ii) Indebtedness incurred in connection with transactions permitted under Section 7.10 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

 

(e)                                   Guarantee Obligations (i) by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor not prohibited by this Agreement to be incurred, (ii) by any Loan Party of obligations of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary or joint venture to the extent permitted by Section 7.7 and (iii) by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of obligations of any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;

 

(f)                                    Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is promptly repaid;

 

(g)                                   Indebtedness in the form of earn-outs, indemnification, incentive, non-compete, consulting, ordinary course deferred purchase price or other similar arrangements and other contingent obligations in respect of the Transactions and other acquisitions or Investments permitted by Section 7.7 (both before or after any liability associated therewith becomes fixed), including any such obligations which may exist on the Closing Date as a result of acquisitions consummated prior to the Closing Date;

 

(h)                                  Indebtedness of Holdings and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting (i) Permitted Refinancing Obligations and (ii) Permitted Refinancings in respect of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the preceding clause (i);

 

(i)                                      additional Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount (for Holdings, the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries), not to exceed the greater of (i) $10,000,000 and (ii) 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such incurrence, at any time outstanding; provided that the aggregate principal amount of any such Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries  under this clause (i), when combined with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clauses (j), (q)(iii) and the proviso to clause (t) of this Section 7.2, shall not exceed the greater of (A) $10,000,000 and (B) 4.00% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such incurrence, at any time outstanding;

 

(j)                                     Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount, when combined with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clauses (i), (q)(iii) and the proviso to clause (t) of this Section 7.2, not to exceed the greater of (i) $10,000,000 and (ii) 4.00% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such incurrence, at any time outstanding;

 

(k)                                  Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of workers’ compensation claims, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar facilities, property casualty or liability insurance, take-or-pay obligations in supply arrangements, self-insurance

 

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obligations, performance, bid, customs, government, VAT, duty, tariff, appeal and surety bonds, completion guarantees, and other obligations of a similar nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(l)                                      Indebtedness incurred by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from agreements providing for indemnification related to sales, leases or other Dispositions of goods or adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations in any case incurred in connection with the acquisition or Disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary;

 

(m)                              Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit;

 

(n)                                  Indebtedness issued in lieu of cash payments of Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.6;

 

(o)                                  Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary as an account party in respect of trade letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business or otherwise consistent with industry practice;

 

(p)                                  Indebtedness (i) owing to any insurance company in connection with the financing of any insurance premiums permitted by such insurance company in the ordinary course of business and (ii) in the form of pension and retirement liabilities not constituting an Event of Default, to the extent constituting Indebtedness;

 

(q)                                  (i) Guarantee Obligations made in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Guarantee Obligations are not of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, (ii) Guarantee Obligations in respect of lease obligations of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate principal amount of any such Guarantee Obligations under this sub-clause (iii), when combined with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clauses (i), (j) and the proviso to clause (t) of this Section 7.2, shall not exceed the greater of (A) $10,000,000 and (B) 4.00% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such incurrence, at any time outstanding, (iv) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted by clause (r)(ii) above and (v) Guarantee Obligations by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Restricted Subsidiary’s purchase obligations under supplier agreements and in respect of obligations of or to customers, distributors, franchisees, lessors, licensees and sublicensees; provided that such Guarantee Obligations are not of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money;

 

(r)                                     (x) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date (a “ New Subsidiary ”) or that is associated with assets being purchased or otherwise acquired, in each case, as part of an acquisition, merger or consolidation or amalgamation or other Investment not prohibited hereunder; provided that (A) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is acquired, merged, consolidated or amalgamated by, with or into Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary or when such assets are acquired and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or with such merger (except to the extent such Indebtedness refinanced other Indebtedness to facilitate such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or to facilitate such merger) or such asset acquisition, (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (r) and Sections 7.2(c) and 7.2(s) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $7,500,000 and (ii) 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such incurrence, at any time outstanding, and (C) neither

 

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Holdings nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the applicable New Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries) shall provide security therefor and (y) Permitted Refinancings of the Indebtedness referred to in clause (x) of this paragraph (r);

 

(s)                                    Indebtedness incurred to finance any acquisition or other Investment permitted under Section 7.7 in an aggregate amount for all such Indebtedness together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by Sections 7.2(c) and 7.2(r) not to exceed the greater of (i) $7,500,000 and (ii) 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such incurrence, at any one time outstanding;

 

(t)                                     (A) other Indebtedness so long as, at the time of incurrence thereof, (1) if unsecured or secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the intended use of proceeds thereof determined as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently then ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1, the Consolidated Total Leverage of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be no greater than 2.00 to 1.00, (2) if secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the intended use of proceeds thereof determined as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently then ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be no greater than 1.75 to 1.00, (3) no Event of Default shall be continuing immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness; (4) the terms of which Indebtedness do not provide for a maturity date or weighted average life to maturity earlier than the Latest Maturity Date; and (5) any such Indebtedness that is secured shall be subject to an Other Intercreditor Agreement; provided that the amount of Indebtedness which may be incurred pursuant to this paragraph (t) by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries shall not exceed, at any time outstanding, the sum of (I) the greater of $10,000,000 and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such incurrence, and (B) Permitted Refinancings of any of the Indebtedness referred to in clause (A) of this paragraph (t);

 

(u)                                  (i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or stock-based compensation to employees of Holdings, any Parent Company, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred in connection with the Transactions and any Investment permitted hereunder;

 

(v)                                  Indebtedness issued by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the officers, directors and employees of Holdings, any Parent Company, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings or their respective estates, trusts, family members or former spouses, in lieu of or combined with cash payments to finance the purchase of Capital Stock of Holdings, any Parent Company or the Borrower, in each case, to the extent such purchase is permitted by Section 7.6;

 

(w)                                Indebtedness (and Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof) in respect of overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

 

(x)                                  (i) Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its

 

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Restricted Subsidiaries to any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including in respect of intercompany self-insurance arrangements);

 

(y)                                  to the extent constituting Indebtedness, payment and custodial obligations in respect of prize, jackpot, deposit, payment processing and player account management operations, including obligations with respect to funds that may be placed in trust accounts; and

 

(z)                                   all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, accretion of interest paid in kind and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (y) above.

 

7.3                                     Liens .  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for:

 

(a)                                  Liens for Taxes not yet due or which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, to the extent required by GAAP;

 

(b)                                  landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(c)                                   (i) pledges, deposits or statutory trusts in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such obligations;

 

(d)                                  deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, government, trade and other similar contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, subleases, statutory or regulatory obligations, surety, judgment and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)                                   encumbrances shown as exceptions in the title insurance policies insuring the Mortgages, easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of the Property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(f)                                    Liens (i) in existence on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions) listed on Schedule 7.3(f) (or to the extent not listed on such Schedule 7.3(f), where the Fair Market Value of the Property to which such Lien is attached is less than $1,000,000), (ii) securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(d) and (iii) created after the Closing Date in connection with any refinancing, refundings, or renewals or extensions thereof permitted by Section 7.2(d); provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional Property of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date unless such Lien utilizes a separate basket under this Section 7.3;

 

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(g)                                   (i) Liens securing Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to Sections 7.2(c), 7.2(e), 7.2(h), provided that no such Lien shall apply to any other Property of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not Collateral (or does not concurrently become Collateral) unless such Lien utilizes a separate basket under this Section 7.3, 7.2(i), 7.2(j), 7.2(p), 7.2(q), 7.2(r), 7.2(s), 7.2(t) and 7.2(w); provided that (A) in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.2(j), such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (B) in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(p), such Liens do not encumber any Property other than cash paid to any such insurance company in respect of such insurance, (C) in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.2(r), such Liens exist at the time that the relevant Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such assets are acquired and are not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or the acquisition of such assets (except to the extent such Liens secure Indebtedness which refinanced other secured Indebtedness to facilitate such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or to facilitate the merger, consolidation or amalgamation or other acquisition of assets referred to in such Section 7.2(r)) and (D) in the case of Liens securing Guarantee Obligations pursuant to Section 7.2(e), the underlying obligations are secured by a Lien permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) any extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement of the Liens described in clause (i) of this Section 7.3(g) in whole or in part; provided that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured (or was permitted to secure) the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property, if any);

 

(h)                                  Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents;

 

(i)                                      Liens arising from judgments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h);

 

(j)                                     Liens on Property or assets acquired pursuant to an acquisition permitted under Section 7.7 (and the proceeds thereof) or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired pursuant to an acquisition permitted under Section 7.7 and not created in contemplation thereof and Liens created after the Closing Date in connection with any refinancing, refundings, or renewals or extensions of the obligations secured thereby permitted hereunder, provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional Property (other than other Property of such Restricted Subsidiary) after the Closing Date (unless such Lien utilizes a separate basket under this Section 7.3);

 

(k)                                  (i) Liens on Property of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness or other obligations not prohibited by this Agreement to be incurred by such Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in favor of any Loan Party;

 

(l)                                      receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof;

 

(m)                              Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure the payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

(n)                                  Liens arising out of consignment or similar arrangements for the sale by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries of goods through third parties in the ordinary course of business or otherwise consistent with past practice;

 

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(o)                                  Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Investment permitted by Section 7.7;

 

(p)                                  Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments permitted by Section 7.7(b) that constitute repurchase obligations;

 

(q)                                  Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances and letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

(r)                                     Liens on cash deposits securing any Hedge Agreements permitted hereunder in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(s)                                    any interest or title of a lessor under any leases or subleases entered into by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and any financing statement filed in connection with any such lease;

 

(t)                                     Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to defease or to satisfy and discharge Indebtedness, provided that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is not prohibited hereunder;

 

(u)                                  (i) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (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 Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (ii) other Liens securing cash management obligations in the ordinary course of business and (iii) Liens encumbering reasonable and customary initial deposits and margin deposits in respect of, and similar Liens attaching to, commodity trading accounts and other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

 

(v)                                  Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;

 

(w)                                Liens on Capital Stock in joint ventures securing obligations of such joint venture;

 

(x)                                  Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit permitted under Section 7.2 and covering the goods (or the documents of title in respect of such goods) financed by such letters of credit and the proceeds and products thereof;

 

(y)                                  other Liens with respect to obligations that do not exceed the greater of (i) $5,000,000 and (ii) 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such incurrence, at any time outstanding;

 

(z)                                   licenses, sublicenses, cross-licensing or pooling of, or similar arrangements with respect to, Intellectual Property granted by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which

 

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do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(aa)                           Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings (or other similar filings in non-U.S. jurisdictions) regarding leases, subleases, licenses or consignments, in each case, entered into by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(bb)                           Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents (and the related escrow accounts) in connection with the issuance into (and pending the release from) escrow of, any Permitted Refinancing Obligations, any Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(t), and, in each case, any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

 

(cc)                             Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other investments in connection with the deposit of amounts necessary to satisfy payment and custodial obligations in respect of prize, jackpot, deposit, payment processing and player account management operations, including as may be placed in trust accounts; and

 

(dd)                           zoning or similar laws or rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property.

 

7.4                                     Fundamental Changes .  Consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property or business (including, in each case, pursuant to an LLC Division), except that:

 

(a)                                  (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into Holdings or the Borrower ( provided that, except as permitted pursuant to clause (i) below, Holdings or the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any Subsidiary Guarantor ( provided that (x) a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (y) substantially simultaneously with such transaction, the continuing or surviving corporation shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and the Borrower shall comply with Section 6.8 in connection therewith);

 

(b)                                  any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into, or be liquidated into, any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(c)                                   any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise to any Loan Party;

 

(d)                                  any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or otherwise) to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(e)                                   Dispositions permitted by Section 7.5 and any merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, amalgamation, investment or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted by Section 7.5, may be consummated;

 

(f)                                    any Investment expressly permitted by Section 7.7 may be structured as a merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

 

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(g)                                   Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate the Transactions;

 

(h)                                  any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if (i) the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interest of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (ii) to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is a Loan Party, any assets or business of such Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise disposed of or transferred in accordance with Section 7.4 or 7.5 or, in the case of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted by, a Loan Party after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution;

 

(i)                                      Holdings may merge with and into another entity solely for the purpose of the reincorporation of Holdings in another state of organization within the United States, so long as (i) such surviving entity promptly (but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such merger) becomes a Loan Party, (ii) subject to clause (i) above, the requirements of Sections 6.8 and 6.13 are complied with in connection therewith, (iii) the Borrower provides to the Administrative Agent evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that, after giving pro forma effect to such merger, (A) the granting, perfection, validity and priority of the security interest of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, taken as a whole, is not impaired in any material respect by such merger and (B) no security interest purported to be created by any Security Document with respect to any portion of the Collateral immediately prior to such merger shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (having the same priority as immediately prior to such merger), in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby and (iv) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom.

 

7.5                                     Dispositions of Property .  Dispose of any of its owned Property (including receivables) whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except:

 

(a)                                  (i) the Disposition of surplus, obsolete or worn out Property in the ordinary course of business, Dispositions of Property no longer used or useful or economically practicable to maintain in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and other Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course and Dispositions of Property necessary in order to comply with applicable Requirements of Law or licensure requirements (as determined by the Borrower in good faith), (ii) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business, (iii) sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, abandonment, cancellation or disposition of any Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and (iv) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory determined by the management of the Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the Business;

 

(b)                                  (i) the sale of inventory or other Property in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the cross-licensing, pooling, sublicensing or licensing of, or similar arrangements (including disposition of marketing rights) with respect to, Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business or otherwise consistent with past practice or not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, and (iii) the contemporaneous exchange, in the ordinary course of business, of Property for Property of a like kind, to the extent that the Property received in such exchange is of a Fair Market Value equivalent to the Fair Market Value of the Property exchanged ( provided that after giving effect to such exchange, the Fair Market Value of the Property of any Loan Party subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents is not materially reduced);

 

(c)                                   Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4;

 

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(d)                                  the sale or issuance of (i) any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Loan Party; provided that the sale or issuance of Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is otherwise permitted by Section 7.7, (ii) the Capital Stock of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary to any other Subsidiary that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, including in connection with any tax restructuring activities not otherwise prohibited hereunder;

 

(e)                                   the Disposition of assets for Fair Market Value; provided that (i) at least 75% of the total consideration for any such Disposition in excess of $2,000,000 received by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) no Event of Default then exists or would result from such Disposition; provided , however , that for purposes of clause (i) above, the following shall be deemed to be cash:  (A) any liabilities (as shown on Holdings’ or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, (B) any securities received by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in the conversion) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition, and (C) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (e) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (I) $5,000,000 and (II) 2.25% 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);

 

(f)                                    any settlement of or payment in respect of any Property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(g)                                   the leasing, licensing, occupying pursuant to occupancy agreements or sub-leasing of Property that would not materially interfere with the required use of such Property by Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(h)                                  the transfer for Fair Market Value of Property (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) to another Person in connection with a joint venture arrangement with respect to the transferred Property; provided that such transfer is permitted under Section 7.7(h), (k), (v) or (y);

 

(i)                                      the sale or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables);

 

(j)                                     transfers of condemned Property as a result of the exercise of “eminent domain” or other similar policies to the respective Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of properties that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such Property as part of an insurance settlement;

 

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(k)                                  the Disposition of any Immaterial Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(l)                                      the transfer of Property (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) of any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary for Fair Market Value; provided that any such transfer to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment and comply with Section 7.7;

 

(m)                              the transfer of Property (i) by any Loan Party to any other Loan Party or (ii) from a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to (A) any Loan Party; provided that the portion (if any) of such Disposition made for more than Fair Market Value shall constitute an Investment and comply with Section 7.7 or (B) any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(n)                                  the Disposition of cash and Cash Equivalents and investments in connection with prize, jackpot, deposit, payment processing and player account management operations, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)                                  (i) Liens permitted by Section 7.3, (ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.6, (iii) Investments permitted by Section 7.7 and (iv) sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 7.10;

 

(p)                                  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;

 

(q)                                  the unwinding of Hedge Agreements permitted hereunder pursuant to their terms;

 

(r)                                     the Disposition of assets acquired pursuant to or in order to effectuate a Permitted Acquisition which assets are (i) obsolete or (ii) not used or useful to the core or principal business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

(s)                                    Dispositions of Property between or among Holdings and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a substantially concurrent interim Disposition in connection with a Disposition otherwise permitted pursuant to clauses (a) through (r) above.

 

7.6                                     Restricted Payments .  Declare or pay any dividend on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or Property or in obligations of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, or enter into any derivatives or other transaction with any financial institution, commodities or stock exchange or clearinghouse (a “ Derivatives Counterparty ”) obligating Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to make payments to such Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change in market value of any such Capital Stock (collectively, “ Restricted Payments ”), except that:

 

(a)                                  (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party and (ii) Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries;

 

(b)                                  Holdings may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed (i) the Base Available Amount plus (ii) the Available Amount; provided that, in the case of clause (ii), (A) no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom and (B) Holdings shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.1 on a pro forma basis as of the end of the

 

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most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 at the time of such Restricted Payment;

 

(c)                                   Holdings may make Restricted Payments (x) to its direct and indirect equity holders in respect of Permitted Tax Distributions, and (y) to any Parent Company to permit such Parent Company to pay (i) customary fees, salary, bonus, severance and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, their current and former officers and employees and members of their Board of Directors, (ii) ordinary course corporate operating expenses and other fees and expenses required to maintain its corporate existence, (iii) fees and expenses to the extent permitted under clause (i) of the second sentence of Section 7.9, (iv) reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with any debt or equity offering by Holdings or any Parent Company, to the extent the proceeds thereof are (or, in the case of an unsuccessful offering, were intended to be) used for the benefit of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not completed and (v) reasonable fees and expenses in connection with compliance with reporting obligations under, or in connection with compliance with, federal or state laws or under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

 

(d)                                  Holdings may make Restricted Payments in the form of Capital Stock of Holdings;

 

(e)                                   Holdings and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to, directly or indirectly, purchase the Capital Stock of Holdings, the Borrower, any Parent Company or any Subsidiary from present or former officers, directors, consultants, agents or employees (or their estates, trusts, family members or former spouses) of Holdings, the Borrower, any Parent Company or any Subsidiary upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of the applicable officer, director, consultant, agent or employee or pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option or equity incentive award agreement, shareholders’ or members’ agreement or similar agreement, plan or arrangement; provided that the aggregate amount of payments under this clause (e) in any fiscal year of Holdings shall not exceed the sum of (i) $2,000,000 in any fiscal year, plus (ii) any proceeds received from key man life insurance policies, plus (iii) any proceeds received by Holdings, the Borrower, or any Parent Company during such fiscal year from sales of the Capital Stock of Holdings, the Borrower or any Parent Company to directors, officers, consultants or employees of Holdings, the Borrower, any Parent Company or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements; provided that any Restricted Payments permitted (but not made) pursuant to sub-clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this clause (e) in any prior fiscal year may be carried forward to any subsequent fiscal year (subject to an annual cap of no greater than $4,000,000), and provided , further , that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary by any member of management of Holdings, any Parent Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with a repurchase of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Company will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 7.6;

 

(f)                                    Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to make, or to allow any Parent Company to make, (i) noncash repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or similar equity incentive awards, if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options or similar equity incentive awards, (ii) tax payments on behalf of present or former officers, directors, consultants, agents or employees (or their estates, trusts, family members or former spouses) of Holdings, the Borrower, any Parent Company or any Subsidiary in connection with noncash repurchases of Capital Stock pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option or equity incentive award agreement, shareholders’ or members’ agreement or similar agreement, plan or arrangement of Holdings, the

 

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Borrower, any Parent Company or any Subsidiary and (iii) make whole or dividend equivalent payments to holders of vested stock options or other Capital Stock or to holders of stock options or other Capital Stock at or around the time of vesting or exercise of such options or other Capital Stock to reflect dividends previously paid in respect of Capital Stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Company;

 

(g)                                   Holdings may make Restricted Payments to any Parent Company with the cash proceeds contributed to its common equity from the Net Cash Proceeds of any Equity Issuance Not Otherwise Applied, so long as, (i) with respect to any such Restricted Payments, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) in the case of Net Cash Proceeds received in connection with the Social Gaming IPO, such Restricted Payment must be made on or prior to the date that is fifteen Business Days after the Closing Date (or such longer time as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion);

 

(h)                                  Holdings may make Restricted Payments to make, or to allow any Parent Company to make, payments in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;

 

(i)                                      to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Sections 7.4, 7.5, 7.7 and 7.9;

 

(j)                                     (i) any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings may declare and pay cash dividends to its equity holders generally so long as Holdings or its respective Subsidiary which owns the equity interests in the Restricted Subsidiary paying such dividend receives at least its proportional share thereof (based upon its relative holding of the equity interests in the Restricted Subsidiary paying such dividends and taking into account the relative preferences, if any, of the various classes of equity interest of such Restricted Subsidiary), and (ii) any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings may make Restricted Payments to one or more of its equity holders (which payments need not be proportional) in lieu of or to effect an earnout so long as (x) such payment is in the form of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock and (y) such Restricted Subsidiary continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary after giving effect thereto;

 

(k)                                  Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments on or after the Closing Date to consummate the Transactions and in connection with the Social Gaming IPO Documents (other than distributions which do not constitute Permitted Tax Distributions or which are not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.6);

 

(l)                                      Holdings may make Restricted Payments (to the extent such payments would constitute Restricted Payments) pursuant to and in accordance with any Hedge Agreement in connection with a convertible debt instrument; provided that, the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments minus cash received from counterparties to such Hedge Agreements upon entering into such Hedge Agreements shall not exceed $2,000,000;

 

(m)                              Holdings may make additional Restricted Payments; provided that (i) immediately before and after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 1.50 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 at the time of such Restricted Payment;

 

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(n)                                  Holdings may make Restricted Payments in connection with the Article XI of its Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof); and

 

(o)                                  Holdings may pay dividends and distributions within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration of such payment, such payment would have been permitted pursuant to another clause of this Section 7.6.

 

7.7                                     Investments .  Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guarantee or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or all or substantially all of the assets constituting an ongoing business from, or make any other similar investment in, any other Person (all of the foregoing, “ Investments ”), except:

 

(a)                                  (i) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, (ii) loans and advances made to distributors, customers, vendors and suppliers in the ordinary course of business or in accordance with market practices, (iii) purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of Intellectual Property, in each case in the ordinary course of business, to the extent such purchases and acquisitions constitute Investments, and (iv) Investments among Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the sale of inventory and parts in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)                                  Investments in Cash Equivalents and Investments that were Cash Equivalents when made;

 

(c)                                   Investments arising in connection with (i) the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2 to the extent arising as a result of Indebtedness among Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 7.2 and payments made in respect of such Guarantee Obligations, (ii) the forgiveness or conversion to equity of any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2 and (iii) guarantees by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)                                  loans and advances to employees, consultants or directors of any Parent Company, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount (for Holdings and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries) not to exceed $1,000,000 (excluding (for purposes of such cap) tuition advances, travel and entertainment expenses, but including relocation expenses) at any one time outstanding;

 

(e)                                   Investments (i) (other than those relating to the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.7(c)) by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in Holdings, the Borrower or any Person that, prior to such Investment, is a Loan Party (or is a Domestic Subsidiary that becomes a Loan Party in connection with such Investment), (ii) by Loan Parties in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries so long as such Investment is part of a series of Investments by Restricted Subsidiaries in other Restricted Subsidiaries that result in the proceeds of the initial Investment being invested in one or more Loan Parties and (iii) comprised solely of equity purchases by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any other Restricted Subsidiary made for tax purposes, so long as the Borrower provides to the Administrative Agent evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that, after giving pro forma effect to such Investments, the granting, perfection, validity and priority of the security interest of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, taken as a whole, is not impaired in any material respect by such Investment;

 

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(f)                                    Permitted Acquisitions to the extent that any Person or Property acquired in such acquisition becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or a part of a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after giving effect to any such Permitted Acquisition, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 1.75 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 at the time of such Permitted Acquisition; provided , further that Permitted Acquisitions of Persons that do not become Subsidiary Guarantors, when taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments in Persons that do not become Subsidiary Guarantors and Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures or similar arrangements pursuant to clauses (h) and (y) of this Section 7.7, shall not exceed the greater of $10,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such Investment;

 

(g)                                   loans by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the employees, officers or directors of any Parent Company, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with management incentive plans; provided that such loans represent cashless transactions pursuant to which such employees, officers or directors directly (or indirectly) invest the proceeds of such loans in the Capital Stock of Holdings or a Parent Company;

 

(h)                                  Investments by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures or similar arrangements in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding (for Holdings and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries), not to exceed, when taken together with the aggregate amount of Permitted Acquisitions of Persons that do not become Subsidiary Guarantors and Investments in Persons that do not become Subsidiary Guarantors, pursuant to clauses (f) and (y) of this Section 7.7, the sum of (A) the greater of $10,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such Investment, plus (B) the amount, if any, that is then available for Investments pursuant to Section 7.7(z)(ii)(A), plus (C) an amount equal to the Base Available Amount, plus (D) an amount equal to the Available Amount; provided that no Investment may be made pursuant to this clause (h) in any Unrestricted Subsidiary for the purpose of making a Restricted Payment unless such Investment is made using the Base Available Amount or the Available Amount (which such use in accordance with this proviso, other than with respect to usage of the Base Available Amount, shall be subject to the requirement that Holdings shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 at the time of such Investment);

 

(i)                                      Investments (including debt obligations) received in the ordinary course of business by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers, customers and other Persons and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, suppliers, customers and other Persons arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(j)                                     Investments by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;

 

(k)                                  Investments in existence on, or pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on, the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions) and listed on Schedule 7.7 and, in each case, any extensions or renewals thereof, so long as the amount of any Investment made pursuant to this clause (k) is not increased (other than pursuant to such legally binding commitments);

 

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(l)                                      Investments of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under Hedge Agreements permitted hereunder;

 

(m)                              Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Investment was not made in connection with or in anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(n)                                  Investments made on, prior or after the Closing Date to consummate the Transactions and in connection with the Social Gaming IPO Documents;

 

(o)                                  to the extent constituting Investments, transactions expressly permitted (other than by reference to this Section 7.7 or any clause thereof) under Sections 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 and 7.8;

 

(p)                                  Subsidiaries of Holdings may be established or created, if (i) to the extent such new Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, Holdings and such Subsidiary comply with the provisions of Section 6.8(c) and (ii) to the extent such new Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary, Holdings complies with the provisions of Section 6.8(d); provided that, in each case, to the extent such new Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by this Section 7.7, and such new Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such transactions, such new Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Section 6.8(c) or 6.8(d), as applicable, until the respective acquisition is consummated (at which time the surviving entity of the respective transaction shall be required to so comply within ten Business Days or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall agree);

 

(q)                                  Investments arising directly out of the receipt by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of non-cash consideration for any sale of assets permitted under Section 7.5;

 

(r)                                     Investments resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in Sections 7.3(c) and (d);

 

(s)                                    Investments consisting of (i) the licensing, sublicensing, cross-licensing, pooling or contribution of, or similar arrangements with respect to, Intellectual Property, and (ii) the transfer or licensing of non-U.S. Intellectual Property to a Foreign Subsidiary;

 

(t)                                     any Investment in a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary or in a joint venture to the extent such Investment is substantially contemporaneously repaid in full with a dividend or other distribution from such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary or joint venture;

 

(u)                                  Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers;

 

(v)                                  additional Investments so long as the aggregate amount thereof outstanding at no time exceeds the sum of (i) an amount equal to the Base Available Amount plus (ii) an amount equal to the Available Amount; provided that no Investment may be made pursuant to this clause (v) in any Unrestricted Subsidiary for the purpose of making a Restricted Payment unless such Investment is made using the Base Available Amount or the Available Amount (which such use in accordance with this proviso, other than with respect to usage of the Base Available Amount, shall be subject to the requirement that Holdings shall be in compliance with the financial

 

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covenants set forth in Section 7.1 on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 at the time of such Investment);

 

(w)                                advances of payroll payments to employees, or fee payments to directors or consultants, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(x)                                  Investments constituting loans or advances in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 7.6;

 

(y)                                  additional Investments; provided that (i) immediately before and after giving effect to any such Investment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 1.75 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 at the time of such Investment; provided that the aggregate amount of any such Investments made by any Loan Party in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (y) shall not exceed, when taken together with the aggregate amount of Permitted Acquisitions of Persons that do not become Subsidiary Guarantors and Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures or similar arrangements pursuant to clauses (f) and (y) of this Section 7.7, the greater of $10,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such Investment;

 

(z)                                   (i) Investments by any Loan Party in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of Capital Stock, Property and cash with an aggregate value not to exceed the aggregate value of any Capital Stock, Property and cash previously transferred to any Loan Party pursuant to any Investment made in, or any dividend or similar distribution paid to, any Loan Party by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary on and after the Closing Date; provided that the aggregate amount of any such Investments made in cash by any Loan Party in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary pursuant to this sub-clause (i) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of Investments in cash previously made by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in any Loan Party and cash dividends and similar cash distributions received by any Loan Party from any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, in each case, on and after the Closing Date; provided , further , that (x) to the extent that any such Investment by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in any Loan Party is made in the form of Indebtedness owing by a Loan Party to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, the amount of any payment of principal and interest and other amounts paid in respect of such Indebtedness shall be treated as an Investment in the applicable Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and shall be included for purposes of determining compliance with the limitations on Investments by Loan Parties in Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, and (y) any such Investment consisting of loans or advances made by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided , however , that the terms of such subordination shall not provide for any restrictions on repayment of such intercompany Investments unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder; and (ii) other Investments by any Loan Party in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary not to exceed the sum of (A) the amount, if any, that is then available for Investments pursuant to Section 7.7(h)(A), plus (B) an amount equal to the Base Available Amount, plus (C) an amount equal to the Available Amount; provided , that no Investment may be made pursuant to this clause (z) in any Unrestricted Subsidiary for the purpose of making a Restricted Payment unless such Investment is made using the Base Available Amount or the Available Amount (which such use in accordance with this proviso, other than with respect to usage of the Base Available Amount, shall be subject to the requirement that Holdings shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section

 

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7.1 on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 at the time of such Investment);

 

(aa)         Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely by the issuance of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Holdings (or any Parent Company) to the seller of such Investments; and

 

(bb)         Investments in respect of prize, jackpot, deposit, payment processing and player account management operations, including as may be placed in trust accounts.

 

It is further understood and agreed that for purposes of determining the value of any Investment outstanding for purposes of this Section 7.7, such amount shall be deemed to be the amount of such Investment when made, purchased or acquired less any returns on such Investment (not to exceed the original amount invested).

 

7.8            Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness; Amendments .  Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the day that is 90 days before the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner any Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated by contract in right of payment to the Obligations (other than intercompany Indebtedness so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) or any Indebtedness that is secured by all or any part of the Collateral on a junior basis relative to the Obligations (collectively, “ Junior Financing ”) (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled interest and principal on all of the foregoing shall be permitted), or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Junior Financing Documentation, except (i) a prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasement or other satisfaction of Junior Financing made in an amount not to exceed the (A) the Base Available Amount plus (B) the Available Amount; provided that (x) immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasement or other satisfaction, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) immediately after giving effect to any such prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasement or other satisfaction, other than with respect to usage of the Base Available Amount, Holdings shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1, (ii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasement or other satisfaction of Junior Financing with the proceeds of an Equity Issuance Not Otherwise Applied (other than Disqualified Capital Stock or Cure Amounts), (iii) the refinancing of any Junior Financing with any Permitted Refinancing thereof, (iv) the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of any Indebtedness incurred or assumed pursuant to Section 7.2(r) or (s) and (v) additional prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasements or other satisfactions of Junior Financing; provided that (i) immediately before and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 1.50 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 at the time thereof.

 

7.9            Transactions with Affiliates .  Enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate thereof (other than Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) unless such transaction is (a) otherwise not prohibited under this Agreement and (b) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) pay fees, indemnities and expenses pursuant to the Intercompany Services Agreement and, without duplication, pay to any Parent Company that is the Public Parent or its subsidiary fees and expenses in connection with the Transactions; (ii) enter

 

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into any transaction with an Affiliate that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement to be entered into by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate, including the entry into and performance of the Social Gaming IPO Documents (other than the payment of any Restricted Payment that is not permitted pursuant to Section 7.6); (iii) make any Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 7.6 or any Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.7; (iv) perform their obligations pursuant to the Transactions, provided that any Restricted Payment in connection therewith are otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.6; (v) enter into transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business; (vi) without being subject to the terms of this Section 7.9, enter into any transaction with any Person which is an Affiliate of Holdings or the Borrower only by reason of such Person and Holdings or the Borrower, as applicable, having common directors; (vii) issue Capital Stock to the Sponsor, any other direct or indirect owner of Holdings (including any Parent Company), or any director, officer, employee or consultant thereof; (viii) enter into the transactions allowed pursuant to Section 10.6; (ix) enter into transactions set forth on Schedule 7.9; and (x) enter into joint purchasing arrangements with the Sponsor in the ordinary course of business or otherwise consistent with past practice.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 7.9 shall not apply to employment, benefits, compensation, bonus, retention and severance arrangements with, and payments of compensation or benefits (including customary fees, expenses and indemnities) to or for the benefit of, current or former employees, consultants, officers or directors of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.  For purposes of this Section 7.9, any transaction with any Affiliate shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in clause (b) of the first sentence hereof if such transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable.  “ Disinterested Director ” shall mean, with respect to any Person and transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such Person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.  A member of any such Board of Directors shall not be deemed to have such a financial interest by reason of such member’s holding Capital Stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Company or any options, warrants or other rights in respect of such Capital Stock.

 

7.10          Sales and Leasebacks .  Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of real or personal Property which is to be sold or transferred by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) to such Person or (b) to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such Property or rental obligations of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for (i) any such arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of business of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) sales or transfers by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Loan Party, (iii) sales or transfers by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary and (iv) any such arrangement to the extent that the Fair Market Value of such Property does not exceed the greater of (i) $15,000,000 and (ii) 6.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such event, in the aggregate for all such arrangements.

 

7.11          Changes in Fiscal Periods .  Permit the fiscal year of Holdings to end on a day other than December 31; provided , that Holdings may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its fiscal year to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case, Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.

 

7.12          Negative Pledge Clauses .  Enter into any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations or, in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor, its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, other than:

 

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(a)           this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any Other Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(b)           any agreements governing Indebtedness and/or other obligations secured by a Lien permitted by this Agreement (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets subject to such Liens permitted by this Agreement);

 

(c)           software and other Intellectual Property licenses pursuant to which such Loan Party is the licensee of the relevant software or Intellectual Property, as the case may be (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall relate only to the assets subject to the applicable license);

 

(d)           Contractual Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which (i) limit Liens on the assets that are the subject of the applicable Contractual Obligation or (ii) contain customary provisions restricting the assignment, transfer or pledge of such agreements;

 

(e)           any agreements regarding Indebtedness or other obligations of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary not prohibited under Section 7.2 (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets of such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries);

 

(f)            prohibitions and limitations in effect on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.12;

 

(g)           customary provisions contained in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures not prohibited by this Agreement;

 

(h)           customary provisions restricting the subletting, assignment, pledge or other transfer of any lease governing a leasehold interest;

 

(i)            customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to any Disposition of Property, leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses, cross license, pooling and similar agreements not prohibited hereunder;

 

(j)            any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Subsidiary of Holdings or is merged with or into Holdings, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of Holdings or of such merger;

 

(k)           restrictions imposed by applicable law or regulation or license requirements;

 

(l)            restrictions in any agreements or instruments relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including indentures, instruments or agreements governing any Permitted Refinancing Obligations and indentures, instruments or agreements governing any Permitted Refinancings of the foregoing) (i) if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially more restrictive on the Restricted Subsidiaries than the encumbrances contained in this Agreement (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (ii) if such encumbrances and restrictions are customary for similar financings in light of prevailing market conditions at the time of incurrence thereof (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and the Borrower determines in good faith that such encumbrances and restrictions would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the Borrower’s ability to create and maintain the Liens on the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents;

 

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(m)          restrictions in respect of Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Sections 7.3(g) and 7.3(y) relating solely to the assets or proceeds thereof secured by such Indebtedness;

 

(n)           customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(o)           restrictions arising in connection with cash or other deposits not prohibited hereunder and limited to such cash or other deposit.

 

7.13          Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions .  Enter into any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) make Investments in Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of or consisting of (i) this Agreement or any other Loan Documents and under any Other Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower to meet its ongoing payment obligations hereunder or, in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor, its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (iv) agreements related to Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement (including indentures, instruments or agreements governing any Permitted Refinancing Obligations and indentures, instruments or agreements governing any Permitted Refinancings of the foregoing) to the extent that (x) the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially more restrictive on the Restricted Subsidiaries than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in this Agreement (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (y) such encumbrances and restrictions are customary for similar financings in light of prevailing market conditions at the time of incurrence thereof (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and the Borrower determines in good faith that such encumbrances and restrictions would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the Borrower’s ability to pay the Obligations when due, (v) licenses, sublicenses, cross-licensing or pooling by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries of, or similar arrangements with respect to, Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such Intellectual Property), (vi) Contractual Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which include customary provisions restricting the assignment, transfer or pledge thereof, (vii) customary provisions contained in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures not prohibited by this Agreement, (viii) customary provisions restricting the subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest, (ix) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to any Disposition of Property, leases, subleases, licenses and similar agreements not prohibited hereunder, (x) any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (xi) encumbrances or restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, (xii) encumbrances or restrictions imposed by applicable law, regulation or customary license requirements and (xiii) any agreement in effect on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 7.13.

 

7.14          Limitation on Hedge Agreements .  Enter into any Hedge Agreement other than Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, and not for speculative purposes.

 

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SECTION 8.           EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

8.1            Events of Default .  If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:

 

(a)           The Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan when due in accordance with the terms hereof, (ii) any principal of any Reimbursement Obligation within three Business Days after any such Reimbursement Obligation becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof or (iii) any interest owed by it on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or any other amount payable by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within five Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or

 

(b)           Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate or other document furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall in either case prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect and such inaccuracy is adverse to the Lenders on or as of the date made or deemed made or furnished; or

 

(c)           Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Section 7; provided , that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, an Event of Default by the Borrower under Section 7.1 shall be subject to the cure rights set forth in Section 8.2; or

 

(d)           Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 8.1), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier of the date that (x) such Loan Party receives from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notice of the existence of such default or (y) a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party has knowledge thereof; or

 

(e)           Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (excluding the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money was created; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money was created; or (iii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event of default shall occur, the effect of which payment or other default or other event of default is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money to become due prior to its Stated Maturity or to become subject to a mandatory offer to purchase by the obligor thereunder; provided that (A) a default, event or condition described in this paragraph shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults or events of default of the type described in this paragraph shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness for Borrowed Money the outstanding principal amount of which individually exceeds $5,000,000, and in the case of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the types described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition thereof, with respect to such Indebtedness which exceeds such amount either individually or in the aggregate and (B) this paragraph (e) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the sale,

 

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transfer, destruction or other disposition of the Property or assets securing such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money if such sale, transfer, destruction or other disposition is not prohibited hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness, or (ii) any Guarantee Obligations except to the extent such Guarantee Obligations shall become due and payable by any Loan Party and remain unpaid after any applicable grace period or period permitted following demand for the payment thereof; provided , further , that no Event of Default under this clause (e) shall arise or result from any change of control (or similar event) under any other Indebtedness for Borrowed Money that is triggered due to the Permitted Investors (as defined herein) obtaining the requisite percentage contemplated by such change of control provision, unless both (x) such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall become due and payable or shall otherwise be required to be repaid, repurchased, redeemed or defeased, whether at the option of any holder thereof or otherwise and (y) at such time, Holdings and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries would not be permitted to repay such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or

 

(f)            (i) Public Parent, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary (whether or not then designated as such)) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or Public Parent, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary (whether or not then designated as such)) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against Public Parent, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary (whether or not then designated as such)) any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against Public Parent, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary (whether or not then designated as such)) any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against substantially all of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) Public Parent, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary (whether or not then designated as such)) shall consent to or approve of, or acquiesce in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) Public Parent, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary (whether or not then designated as such)) shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

 

(g)           (i) Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall incur any liability in connection with any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) a failure to meet the minimum funding standards (as defined in Section 302(a) of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Single Employer Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is reasonably likely to result in the termination of such

 

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Single Employer Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate in a distress termination under Section 4041(c) of ERISA or in an involuntary termination by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA, (v) Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall, or is reasonably likely to, incur any liability as a result of a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency of, a Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any event or condition described in clauses (ii) through (v) above shall occur or exist with respect to a Commonly Controlled Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, which event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(h)           One or more final judgments or decrees shall be entered against Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary (whether or not then designated as such)) pursuant to which Holdings and any such Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole has a liability (not paid or fully covered by third-party insurance or effective indemnity) of $5,000,000 or more (net of any amounts which are covered by insurance or an effective indemnity), and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, dismissed, stayed or bonded within 60 days from the entry thereof; or

 

(i)            (i) Any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason (other than by reason of the express release thereof in accordance with the terms thereof or hereof) to be in full force and effect or shall be asserted in writing by the Borrower or any Guarantor not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document with respect to any material portion of the Collateral of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that (x) any such loss of perfection or priority results from limitations of foreign laws, rules and regulations as they apply to pledges of Capital Stock in Foreign Subsidiaries or the application thereof, or from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or otherwise or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements, (y) such loss is covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer or (z) any such loss of validity, perfection or priority is the result of any failure by the Collateral Agent to take any action within its sole control necessary to secure the validity, perfection or priority of the security interests or (iii) the Guarantee Obligations pursuant to the Security Documents by any Loan Party of any of the Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof), or such Guarantee Obligations shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations; or

 

(j)            (i) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower; (ii) for any reason whatsoever, any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person and its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, and excluding the Permitted Investors) shall become the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), directly or indirectly, of more than the greater of (x) 35% of the then outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power of Holdings and (y) the percentage of the then outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power of Holdings owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) by the Permitted Investors (it being understood that if any such person or group includes one or more Permitted Investors, the

 

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outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power of Holdings directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Investors that are part of such person or group shall not be treated as being owned by such person or group for purposes of determining whether this clause (y) is triggered); (iii) for any reason whatsoever, any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person and its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, and excluding the Permitted Investors) shall become the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), directly or indirectly, of more than the greater of (x) 35% of the then outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power of Scientific Games and (y) the percentage of the then outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power of Scientific Games owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) by the Permitted Investors (it being understood that if any such person or group includes one or more Permitted Investors, the outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power of Holdings directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Investors that are part of such person or group shall not be treated as being owned by such person or group for purposes of determining whether this clause (y) is triggered) or (iv) for any reason whatsoever, any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person and its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, and excluding the Permitted Investors) shall become the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), directly or indirectly, of more than the greater of (x) 35% of the then outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power of the Public Parent and (y) the percentage of the then outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power of the Public Parent owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) by the Permitted Investors (it being understood that if any such person or group includes one or more Permitted Investors, the outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power of Holdings directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Investors that are part of such person or group shall not be treated as being owned by such person or group for purposes of determining whether this clause (y) is triggered) (any of the foregoing, a “ Change of Control ”);

 

then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower, automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken:  (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Revolving Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable.  In the case of all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit.  Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been backstopped or

 

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been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrower then due and owing hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto).  Except as expressly provided above in this Section 8.1 or otherwise in any Loan Document, presentment, demand and protest of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.

 

8.2            Right to Cure .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 8.1, in the event that Holdings fails to comply with the requirements of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 at any time when Holdings is required to comply with such financial covenants pursuant to the terms thereof, then (A) after the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Holdings until the expiration of the tenth Business Day subsequent to the date the relevant financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) (the last day of such period being the “ Anticipated Cure Deadline ”), Holdings shall have the right to issue common Capital Stock for cash and contribute the proceeds therefrom in the form of common Capital Stock or in another form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to the Borrower or obtain a contribution to its equity (which shall be in the form of common equity or otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) (the “ Cure Right ”), and upon the receipt by the Borrower of such cash (the “ Cure Amount ”), pursuant to the exercise by Holdings of such Cure Right, the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA as used in the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments:

 

(i)      Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarter (and for any subsequent period that includes such fiscal quarter) shall be increased, solely for the purpose of measuring the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 and not for any other purpose under this Agreement (including but not limited to determining the availability or amount of any covenant baskets or carve-outs (including the determination of Available Amount) or determining the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate or Applicable Margin), by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; provided that no Cure Amount shall reduce Indebtedness on an actual or pro forma basis for any Test Period including the applicable period for purposes of calculating the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1, nor shall any Cure Amount held by the Borrower qualify as cash or Cash Equivalents for the purposes of calculating any net obligations or liabilities under the terms of this Agreement; and

 

(ii)     If, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, Holdings shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1, Holdings shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 that had occurred shall be deemed cured for all purposes of this Agreement; and

 

(B) upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice, on or prior to the Anticipated Cure Deadline, that Holdings intends to exercise the Cure Right in respect of a fiscal quarter, (x)  the Lenders shall not be permitted to accelerate Loans held by them, to terminate the Revolving Commitments held by them or to exercise remedies against the Collateral or any other remedies on the basis of a failure to comply with the requirements of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 unless such failure is not cured pursuant to the exercise of the Cure Right on or prior to the Anticipated Cure Deadline and (y) the

 

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obligations of each Lender to make any Loan or each Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder shall cease until the Cure Amount has been received by the Borrower.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four consecutive fiscal-quarter period there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in respect of which the Cure Right is not exercised, (ii) there can be no more than five fiscal quarters in respect of which the Cure Right is exercised during the term of the Facilities and (iii) for purposes of this Section 8.2, the Cure Amount utilized shall be no greater than the minimum amount required to remedy the applicable failure to comply with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1.

 

SECTION 9.           THE AGENTS

 

9.1            Appointment .  Each Lender and Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each Agent as the agent of such Lender under the Loan Documents and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the applicable Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of the applicable Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, including the authority to enter into any Other Intercreditor Agreement, any Incremental Amendment and any Extension Amendment.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Agents.

 

9.2            Delegation of Duties .  Each Agent may execute any of its duties under the applicable Loan Documents by or through any of its branches, agents or attorneys in fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  Neither Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in fact selected by it with reasonable care.  Each Agent and any such agent or attorney-in-fact may perform any and all of its duties by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such agent or attorney-in-fact and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such agent or attorney-in-fact, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.

 

9.3            Exculpatory Provisions .  Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys in fact or Affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents or the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral.  The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party, nor shall any Agent be required to take any

 

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action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose it to liability that is not subject to indemnification under Section 10.5 or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law.

 

9.4            Reliance by the Agents .  The Agents shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agents.  Each Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent.  Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under the applicable Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of any Facility) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under the applicable Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of any Facility), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.  In determining compliance with any conditions hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Lender, the Agents may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit.

 

9.5            Notice of Default .  Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless such Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.”  In the event that an Agent receives such a notice, such Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders.  The Agents shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of any Facility); provided that unless and until such Agent shall have received such directions, such Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

 

9.6            Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders .  Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys in fact or Affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender.  Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, Property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the applicable Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, Property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the

 

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Loan Parties and their Affiliates.  Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Agents hereunder, the Agents shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, Property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of either Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys in fact or Affiliates.

 

9.7            Indemnification .  The Lenders severally agree to indemnify each Agent and any Issuing Lender in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section 9.7 (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent or any Issuing Lender in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent or any Issuing Lender under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The agreements in this Section 9.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

9.8            Agent in Its Individual Capacity .  Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent.  With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under the applicable Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.

 

9.9            Successor Agents .

 

(a)           Subject to the appointment of a successor as set forth herein, any Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders, the Borrower and the other Agent effective upon appointment of a successor Agent.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a) or Section 8.1(f) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of such retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such retiring Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans.  If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders with such consent of the Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor Agent, that shall be a bank that has an office in New York, New York with a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000.  After any retiring Agent’s resignation as Agent, the provisions of this

 

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Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

(b)           If at any time either the Borrower or the Required Lenders determine that any Person serving as an Agent is a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower by notice to the Lenders and such Person or the Required Lenders by notice to the Borrower and such Person may, subject to the appointment of a successor as set forth herein, remove such Person as an Agent.  If such Person is removed as an Agent, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a) or Section 8.1(f) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of such retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such retiring Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans.  Such removal will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be effective on the date a replacement Agent is appointed.

 

(c)           Any resignation by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9 shall also constitute its resignation as Issuing Lender.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Lender, provided that, to the extent such successor Administrative Agent is not capable of becoming an Issuing Lender such successor shall not so succeed and become vested and another Issuing Lender may be appointed in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of “Issuing Lenders,” (ii) the retiring Issuing Lender shall be discharged from all of its respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor Issuing Lender shall issue letters of credit in substitution for or to backstop the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Lender to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit.

 

9.10          Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees .  The Agents are hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to effect any release or subordination of Liens or Guarantee Obligations contemplated by Section 10.15.

 

9.11          Agents May File Proofs of Claim .  In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether either Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

 

(a)           to file a proof of claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C 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 Issuing Lenders and the Agents (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Agents and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Agents under Sections 2.5, 3.3 and 10.5) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each Issuing Lender to make such payments to the Agents and, if either Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and Issuing Lenders, to pay to such Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to such Agent under Sections 2.5 and 10.5.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or Issuing Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Issuing Lender to authorize such Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Issuing Lender or in any such proceeding.

 

9.12          Specified Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations .  Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Security Documents, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no Person that obtains the benefits of any guarantee by any Guarantor of the Obligations or any Collateral with respect to any Specified Hedge Agreement entered into by it and Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or with respect to any Cash Management Obligations owed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to such Person shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than, if applicable, in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 9 to the contrary, neither Agent shall be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under any Specified Hedge Agreement or with respect to Cash Management Obligations unless such Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as it may request, from the applicable Person to whom such Obligations are owed.

 

9.13          Joint Bookrunners and Co-Documentation Agents .  None of the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agent or the Co-Documentation Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in their respective capacities as such.

 

9.14          Certain 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 Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement,

 

(ii) the 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

 

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involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,

 

(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

 

(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

 

9.15          Withholding Taxes .  To the extent required by any Requirement of Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax.  If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective or for any other reason, or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to a Loan Document without deduction of applicable withholding Tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as a Tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document against any amounts due the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.15.  The agreements in this Section 9.15 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the

 

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repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.  For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” for purposes of this Section 9.15 shall include any Issuing Lender.

 

SECTION 10.         MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1          Amendments and Waivers .

 

(a)           Except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement (including Sections 2.21, 2.22, 7.11 and 10.16), neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1.  The Required Lenders and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, subject to the acknowledgment of the Administrative Agent, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (i) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding, deleting or otherwise modifying any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights or obligations of the Agents, the Issuing Lenders or the Lenders or of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries hereunder or thereunder or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided , however , that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (A) forgive or reduce the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan or extend the scheduled date, reduce the stated rate of any interest, fee or premium payable hereunder (except (x) in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be effective with the consent of the Required Lenders) and (y) that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial ratios in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (A)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; (B) amend, modify or waive any provision of paragraph (a) of this Section 10.1 without the written consent of all Lenders; (C) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders (except as expressly permitted hereby (including pursuant to Section 7.4 or 7.5) or by any Security Document); (D) amend, modify or waive any provision of paragraph (a) or (c) of Section 2.14 or Section 6.6 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement without the written consent of all Lenders directly and adversely affected thereby; (E) amend, modify or waive any provision of paragraph (b) of Section 2.14 without the written consent of all Lenders directly and adversely affected thereby; (F) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Facility Lenders with respect to any Facility without the written consent of all Lenders under such Facility; (G) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 without the written consent of the Agents; (H) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 without the written consent of the Issuing Lenders; (I) with respect to the making of any Revolving Loan or the issuance, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit after the Closing Date, waive any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2 without the consent of the Required Lenders (it being understood and agreed that the waiver of any Default or Event of Default effected with the requisite percentage of Lenders under the other provisions of this Section 10.1 shall be effective to waive such Default or Event of Default, despite the provisions of this clause (I) and following such waiver such Default or Event of Default shall be treated as cured for all purposes hereunder, including under Section 5.2 and this clause (I)); or (J) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders without the written consent of all Revolving Lenders; provided , however , that the consent of the

 

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applicable Majority Facility Lenders shall be required with respect to any amendment that by its terms adversely affects the rights of Lenders under such Facility in respect of payments hereunder in a manner different from such amendment that affects other Facilities.  Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans.  In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing unless limited by the terms of such waiver; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any amendment, modification, waiver or other action which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any such Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended, the maturity of the Loans of any such Defaulting Lender may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of such Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of such Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any amendment, modification, waiver or other action that by its terms adversely affects any such Defaulting Lender in its capacity as a Lender in a manner that differs in any material respect from, and is more adverse to such Defaulting Lender or than it is to, other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement (it being understood that no Lender shall have any obligation to provide or to commit to provide all or any portion of any such additional credit facility) and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with Revolving Extensions of Credit and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (ii) to include appropriately, after the effectiveness of any such amendment (or amendment and restatement), the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Majority Facility Lenders, as applicable.

 

(c)           In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Refinancing Revolving Commitments (as defined below), as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to provide for the incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Obligations under this Agreement in the form of a new tranche of Revolving Commitments hereunder (“ Refinancing Revolving Commitments ”), which Refinancing Revolving Commitments will be used to refinance all or any portion of the Revolving Commitments hereunder (“ Refinanced Revolving Commitments ”); provided that (i) the aggregate amount of such Refinancing Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the aggregate amount of such Refinanced Revolving Commitments (plus accrued interest, fees, discounts, premiums and expenses) and (ii) except as otherwise permitted by the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Obligations” (including with respect to maturity), all terms (other than with respect to pricing and fees, which terms shall be as agreed by the Borrower and the applicable Lenders) applicable to such Refinancing Revolving Commitments shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Refinancing Revolving Commitments than, those applicable to such Refinanced Revolving Commitments, other than for any covenants and other terms applicable solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date.  Any Refinancing Revolving Commitments that have the same terms shall constitute a single Tranche hereunder.  The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the date on which the Borrower proposes that such Refinancing Revolving Commitments shall become effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that no such Refinancing Revolving Commitments,

 

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and no amendments relating thereto, shall become effective, unless the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered documents of a type comparable to those described under clause (vi) of Section 2.21(b).

 

(d)           Furthermore, notwithstanding the foregoing, if following the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect, or inconsistency, in each case, in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following receipt of notice thereof; it being understood that posting such amendment electronically on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website with notice of such posting by the Administrative Agent to the Required Lenders shall be deemed adequate receipt of notice of such amendment.

 

(e)           Furthermore, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with Section 10.16.

 

10.2          Notices; Electronic Communications .

 

(a)           All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when sent (except in the case of a telecopy notice not given during normal business hours (New York time) for the recipient, which shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient), addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower or the Agents, and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such Person or at such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:

 

The Borrower:

 

Sciplay Holding Company, LLC

 

 

c/o SciPlay Corporation

 

 

6601 Bermuda Road

 

 

Las Vegas, NV 89119

 

 

Attention: General Counsel

 

 

Telephone: 702-897-7150

 

 

 

With a copy (which shall

 

 

not constitute notice) to:

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

 

 

555 11th Street Northwest

 

 

Suite 1000

 

 

Washington, DC 20016

 

 

Attention: Scott Forchheimer

 

 

Telecopy: (202) 637-2201

 

 

Telephone: (202) 637-3372

 

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Agents:

 

For Loan Borrowing Notices, Continuations, Conversions, and Payments:

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America, N.A.

 

 

Building C, 2380 Performance Dr.

 

 

Richardson, TX 75082

 

 

Mail Code: TX2-984-03-23

 

 

Attention: Nora J. Taylor

 

 

Telecopy: 214-290-9673

 

 

Telephone: 469-201-9149

 

 

Email: nora.j.taylor@baml.com

 

 

 

 

 

For Financial Statements, Certificates, Other Information:

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America, N.A.

 

 

901 Main Street

 

 

Dallas, Texas 75202

 

 

Mail Code: TX1-492-14-11

 

 

Attention: Ronaldo Naval

 

 

Telecopy: 877-511-6124

 

 

Telephone: 214-209-1162

 

 

Email: ronaldo.naval@baml.com

 

 

 

Issuing Lender:

 

Bank of America, N.A.

 

 

Mail Code TX1-492-64-01

 

 

901 Main, 64th Floor

 

 

Dallas, Texas  75202

 

 

Attention: Diane Dycus

 

 

Telecopy: 214.290.9468

 

 

Telephone: 214.209.0935

 

 

Email: diane.dycus@baml.com

 

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Agents, the Lenders or the Borrower shall not be effective until received.

 

(b)           Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender.  Any Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

(c)           The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (i) the Administrative Agent and/or the Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “ Borrower Materials ”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “ Platform ”) and (ii) certain of the Lenders (each, a “ Public Lender ”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive information other than information that is publicly available, or not material with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or their respective securities, for purposes of the United States Federal and state securities

 

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laws (collectively, “ Public Information ”).  The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that is Public Information and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as containing only Public Information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) ( provided , however , that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Confidential Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.14); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information”; and (z) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information”; provided that there is no requirement that the Borrower identify any such information as “PUBLIC.”

 

(d)           THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Agent Party or any of its Related Parties; provided , however , that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

 

(e)           Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to such other Persons.  Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender.  In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.  Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal securities laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain information other than Public Information.

 

(f)            The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic notices of borrowing) believed in good faith by the Administrative Agent to be given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made

 

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in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.  All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

 

10.3                              No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies .

 

(a)                                  No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.1 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) each Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (ii) each Issuing Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Issuing Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (iii) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with 10.7(b) (subject to the terms of Section 10.7(a)), or (iv) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law.

 

10.4                              Survival of Representations and Warranties .  All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.

 

10.5                              Payment of Expenses; Indemnification .  Except with respect to Taxes (other than any Taxes that represent liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, costs, expenses or disbursements arising from any non-Tax claim), the Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all of its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the syndication of the Facilities (other than fees payable to syndicate members) and the development, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith and any amendment, supplement or modification hereto or thereto, and, as to the Agents only, the administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements and other charges of a single firm of counsel to the Agents (plus one firm of special regulatory counsel and one firm of local counsel per relevant jurisdiction as may reasonably be necessary in connection with collateral matters) in connection with all of the foregoing, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and each Agent for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents referred to in Section 10.5(a) above (including all such costs and expenses incurred in connection with any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or in connection with any workout or restructuring), including the documented fees and disbursements of a single firm of counsel and, if

 

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necessary, a single firm of special regulatory counsel and a single firm of local counsel per relevant jurisdiction as may reasonably be necessary, for the Agents and the Lenders, taken as a whole and, in the event of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, where the Agent or Lender affected by such conflict informs the Borrower and thereafter retains its own counsel, one additional counsel for each Lender or Agent or group of Lenders or Agents subject to such conflict and (c) to pay, indemnify or reimburse each Lender, each Agent, each Issuing Lender, each Lead Arranger, each Joint Bookrunner and their respective Affiliates, and their respective Related Parties (each, an “ Indemnitee ”) for, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, costs, expenses or disbursements arising out of any actions, judgments or suits of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with any claim, action or proceeding relating to or otherwise with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents referred to in Section 10.5(a) above and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any Property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and the fees and disbursements and other charges of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against the Borrower hereunder (all the foregoing in this clause (c), collectively, the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”); provided that, the Borrower shall not have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities have resulted from (i) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or its Related Parties as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable decision (or settlement tantamount thereto), (ii) a material breach of the Loan Documents by such Indemnitee or its Related Parties as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable decision (or settlement tantamount thereto) or (iii) disputes solely among Indemnitees or their Related Parties (it being understood that this clause (iii) shall not apply to the indemnification of an Agent or Lead Arranger in a suit involving an Agent or Lead Arranger in its capacity as such that does not involve an act or omission by any Parent Company, Holdings, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable decision (or settlement tantamount thereto)).  For purposes hereof, a “Related Party” of an Indemnitee means (i) if the Indemnitee is any Agent or any of its Affiliates or their respective partners that are natural persons, members that are natural persons, officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling Persons, any of such Agent and its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling Persons; provided that solely for purposes of Section 9, references to each Agent’s Related Parties shall also include such Agent’s trustees and advisors, and (ii) if the Indemnitee is any Lender or any of its Affiliates or their respective partners that are natural persons, members that are natural persons, officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling Persons, any of such Lender and its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling Persons.  All amounts due under this Section 10.5 shall be payable promptly after receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice therefor.  Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall be submitted to the Borrower at the address thereof set forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent.  The agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive repayment of the Obligations.

 

10.6                              Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments .

 

(a)                                  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and

 

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(ii) subject to Sections 2.20 and 2.22(e), no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 10.6.

 

(b)                                  (i)  Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may, in compliance with applicable law, assign (other than to any Disqualified Institution or a natural person) to one or more assignees (each, an “ Assignee ”), all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being understood that it shall be deemed reasonable for the Borrower to withhold such consent in respect of a prospective Lender if the Borrower reasonably believes such prospective Lender would constitute a Disqualified Institution) of:

 

(A)                                the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment of (x) Revolving Loans to an Affiliate or an Approved Fund of the assigning Revolving Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) or (y) any Loan or Commitment if an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) has occurred and is continuing, any other Person and, provided , further , that a consent under this clause (A) shall be deemed given if the Borrower shall not have objected in writing to a proposed assignment within ten Business Days after receipt by it of a written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent; and

 

(B)                                the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and

 

(C)                                each Issuing Lender.

 

(ii)                                Subject to Sections 2.20 and 2.22(e), assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)                                except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of (I) the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or (II) if earlier, the “trade date” (if any) specified in such Assignment and Assumption) shall be in an integral multiple of $2,500,000, unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;

 

(B)                                the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, at the Borrower’s request, manually) together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 to be paid by either the applicable assignor or assignee (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent); provided that only one such fee shall be payable in the case of contemporaneous assignments to or by two or more related Approved Funds; and

 

(C)                                the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire and all applicable tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.16(e).

 

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For the purposes of this Section 10.6, “ Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (I) a Lender, (II) an Affiliate of a Lender, (III) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender or (IV) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that is the investment advisor to a Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be permitted to make assignments under this Agreement to any Disqualified Institutions without the written consent of the Borrower.

 

(iii)                                Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption, covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be subject to the obligations under and entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 10.5 and 10.14 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 10.6 (and will be required to comply therewith), other than any sale to a Disqualified Institution, which shall be null and void.

 

(iv)                               The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement (and the entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error for such purposes), notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and, with respect to their own interests, the Issuing Lenders and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(v)                                  Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption, executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee (except as contemplated by Sections 2.20 and 2.22(e)), the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and all applicable tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.16(e), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 10.6 (unless waived by the Administrative Agent) and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and promptly record the information contained therein in the Register.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

 

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Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of Section 10.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant.  Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 10.6, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 10.6 (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.16(e) shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be permitted to sell participations under this Agreement to any Disqualified Institutions without the written consent of the Borrower.

 

(ii)                                   A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater amount results form a change in Requirement of Law that occurs after the Participant acquires the applicable participation, or unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

(iii)                                Each Lender that sells a participation, acting solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a register on which it enters the name and addresses of each Participant, and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that the relevant parties, acting reasonably and in good faith, determine that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations and Section 1.163-5(b) of the Proposed Treasury Regulations (or any amended or successor version).  Unless otherwise required by the Internal Revenue Service, any disclosure required by the foregoing sentence shall be made by the relevant Lender directly and solely to the Internal Revenue Service.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (it its capacity as such) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(d)                                  Any Lender may, without the consent of or notice to the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking authority, and this Section 10.6 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(e)                                   The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring the same (in the case of an assignment, following surrender by the assigning Lender of all Notes representing its assigned interests).

 

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(f)                                    The Borrower may prohibit any assignment if it would require the Borrower to make any filing with any Governmental Authority or qualify any Loan or Note under the laws of any jurisdiction and the Borrower shall be entitled to request and receive such information and assurances as it may reasonably request from any Lender or any Assignee to determine whether any such filing or qualification is required or whether any assignment is otherwise in accordance with applicable law.

 

(g)                                   None of the Sponsor, any of the Sponsor’s Affiliates, Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries may acquire by assignment, participation or otherwise any right to or interest in any of the Commitments or Loans hereunder (and any such attempted acquisition shall be null and void).

 

(h)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the replacement of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.20 or 2.22(e) shall be deemed an assignment pursuant to Section 10.6(b) and shall be valid and in full force and effect for all purposes under this Agreement.

 

(i)                                      Any assignor of a Loan or Commitment or seller of a participation hereunder shall be entitled to rely conclusively on a representation of the assignee Lender or purchaser of such participation in the relevant Assignment and Assumption or participation agreement, as applicable, that such assignee or purchaser is not a Disqualified Institution.  None of the Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners or the Agents shall have any responsibility or liability for monitoring the list or identities of, or enforcing provisions relating to, Disqualified Institutions.

 

10.7                              Adjustments; Set off .

 

(a)                                  Except to the extent that this Agreement provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a “ Benefited Lender ”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by setoff, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8.1(f), or otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Obligations, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Obligations, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided , however , that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

 

(b)                                  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender and each of its Affiliates shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) after the expiration of any cure or grace periods, to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but excluding trust accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any Affiliate, branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

 

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10.8                              Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tiff”) transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.  A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

10.9                              Severability .  Any provision of this Agreement that 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, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

10.10                       Integration .  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

10.11                       GOVERNING LAW THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

10.12                       Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers .  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)                                  submits for itself and its Property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any Letter of Credit to which it is a party to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York (the “ New York Supreme Court ”), and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “ Federal District Court ” and, together with the New York Supreme Court, the “ New York Courts ”), and appellate courts from either of them; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or operate to preclude (i) any Agent from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other jurisdiction to realize on the Collateral or any other security for the Obligations (in which case any party shall be entitled to assert any claim or defense, including any claim or defense that this Section 10.12 would otherwise require to be asserted in a legal action or proceeding in a New York Court), or to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, (ii) any party from bringing any legal action or proceeding in any jurisdiction for the recognition and enforcement of any judgment and (iii) if all such New York Courts decline jurisdiction over any person, or decline (or in the case of the Federal District Court, lack) jurisdiction over any subject matter of such action or proceeding, a legal action or proceeding may be brought with respect thereto in another court having jurisdiction;

 

(b)                                  consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in the New York Courts and appellate courts from either of them, and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

 

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(c)                                   agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to it at its address set forth in Section 10.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(d)                                  agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and

 

(e)                                   waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 10.12 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages ( provided that such waiver shall not limit the indemnification obligations of the Loan Parties to the extent such special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages are included in any third party claim with respect to which the applicable Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under Section 10.5).

 

10.13                       Acknowledgments .  The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)                                  it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

 

(b)                                  neither the Agents nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Agents and Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor;

 

(c)                                   no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrower and the Lenders;

 

(d)                                  no advisory or agency relationship between it and any Agent or Lender (in their capacities as such) is intended to be or has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated hereby,

 

(e)                                   the Agents and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, have an arms-length business relationship,

 

(f)                                    the Borrower is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents,

 

(g)                                   each of the Agents and the Lenders is engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from the interests of the Borrower and none of the Agents or the Lenders has any obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Borrower by virtue of any advisory or agency relationship, and

 

(h)                                  none of the Agents or the Lenders (in their capacities as such) has advised the Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction (including the validity, enforceability, perfection or avoidability of any aspect of any of the transactions contemplated hereby under applicable law, including the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any consents needed in connection therewith), and none of the Agents or the Lenders (in their

 

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capacities as such) shall have any responsibility or liability to the Borrower with respect thereto and the Borrower has consulted with its own advisors regarding the foregoing to the extent it has deemed appropriate.

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Agents and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

10.14                       Confidentiality .  Each of the Agents and the Lenders agree to treat any and all information, regardless of the medium or form of communication, that is disclosed, provided or furnished, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including any potential amendments, modifications or waivers, or any request therefor), whether furnished before or after the Closing Date (“ Confidential Information ”), as strictly confidential and not to use Confidential Information for any purpose other than evaluating the Transactions and negotiating, making available, syndicating and administering this Agreement (the “ Agreed Purposes ”).  Without limiting the foregoing, each Agent and each Lender agrees to treat any and all Confidential Information with adequate means to preserve its confidentiality, and each Agent and each Lender agrees not to disclose Confidential Information, at any time, in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, to any other Person whomsoever, except (1) to its partners that are natural persons, members that are natural persons, directors, officers, employees, counsel, advisors, trustees and Affiliates (collectively, the “ Representatives ”), to the extent necessary to permit such Representatives to assist in connection with the Agreed Purposes (it being understood that the Representatives to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and instructed to keep such Confidential Information confidential, with the applicable Agent or Lender responsible for the breach of this Section 10.14 by such Representatives as if they were party hereto), (2) to any pledgee referred to in Section 10.6(d) and prospective Lenders and participants in connection with the syndication (including secondary trading) of the Facilities and Commitments and Loans hereunder (excluding any Disqualified Institution), in each case who are informed of the confidential nature of the information and agree to observe and be bound by standard confidentiality terms at least as favorable to the Borrower and its Affiliates as those contained in this Section 10.14, (3) to any party or prospective party (or their advisors) to any swap, derivative or similar transaction under which payments are made by reference to the Borrower and the Obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, in each case who are informed of the confidential nature of the information and are instructed to observe and be bound by standard confidentiality terms at least as favorable to the Borrower and its Affiliates as those contained in this Section 10.14, (4) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it, (5) in response to any order of any Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, provided , that in the case of clauses (4) and (5) (other than in connection with any routine audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or regulatory or self-regulatory authority exercising routine examination or regulatory or self-regulatory authority), the disclosing Agent or Lender, as applicable, agrees, to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable Law, to notify the Borrower prior to such disclosure and cooperate with the Borrower in obtaining an appropriate protective order, (6) to the extent reasonably required or necessary, in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding relating to the Facilities, (7) information that has been publicly disclosed other than in breach of this Section 10.14, (8) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or in connection with examinations or audits of such Lender, (9) to the extent reasonably required or necessary, in connection with the exercise of any remedy under the Loan Documents, (10) to the extent the Borrower has consented to such disclosure in writing, (11) to any other party to this Agreement, (12) by the Administrative Agent to the extent reasonably required or necessary to obtain a CUSIP for any Loans or

 

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Commitment hereunder, to the CUSIP Service Bureau, (13) (i) to the extent such Confidential Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.14, (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or (z) is independently discovered or developed by a party hereto without utilizing any Information received from the Borrower or violating the terms of this Section 10.14 or (14) solely with respect to prospective Assignees and/or Participants, the list of Disqualified Institutions.  Each Agent and each Lender acknowledges that (i) Confidential Information includes information that is not otherwise publicly available and that such non-public information may constitute confidential business information which is proprietary to the Borrower and/or its Affiliates and (ii) the Borrower has advised the Agents and the Lenders that it is relying on the Confidential Information for its success and would not disclose the Confidential Information to the Agents and the Lenders without the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement.  All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities.  Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it has identified in its administrative questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Assignment and Assumption, the provisions of this Section 10.14 shall survive with respect to each Agent and Lender until the second anniversary of such Agent or Lender ceasing to be an Agent or a Lender, respectively.  In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments.

 

10.15                       Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens .

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, upon reasonable request of the Borrower in connection with any Disposition of Property permitted by the Loan Documents or any Loan Party becoming an Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent shall (without recourse or warranty and notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any Affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement or documentation in respect of Cash Management Obligations) execute and deliver all releases reasonably necessary or desirable to evidence the release of Liens created in any Collateral being Disposed of in such Disposition (including any assets of any Loan Party that becomes an Excluded Subsidiary) or of such Excluded Subsidiary, as applicable, and to provide notices of the termination of the assignment of any Property for which an assignment had been made pursuant to any of the Loan Documents which is being Disposed of in such Disposition or of such Excluded Subsidiary, as applicable, and to release any Guarantee Obligations under any Loan Document of any Person being Disposed of in such Disposition or which becomes an Excluded Subsidiary, as applicable.  Any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Loan Document relating to any such Property so Disposed of (other than Property Disposed of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or of a Loan Party which becomes an Excluded Subsidiary, as applicable, shall no longer be deemed to be repeated once such Property is so Disposed of.

 

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is not cash collateralized or backstopped or otherwise supported in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender thereof, upon the request of the Borrower, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any Affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement or documentation in respect of Cash Management Obligations) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all Guarantee Obligations under any Loan Document, whether or not on the date of such release there may be outstanding Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations or contingent or indemnification obligations not then due.  Any such release of Guarantee Obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such Guarantee Obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its Property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, upon request of the Borrower in connection with any Liens permitted to be senior by the Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender) take such actions as shall be required to subordinate the Lien on any Collateral to any Lien permitted to be senior under Section 7.3.

 

10.16                       Accounting Changes .  In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial ratios, covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then following notice either from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which the Administrative Agent shall give at the request of the Required Lenders), the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating Holdings’ financial condition and covenant capacities shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made.  If any such notices are given then, regardless of whether such notice is given prior to or following such Accounting Change, until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and have become effective, all financial ratios, covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred.  Any amendment contemplated by the prior sentence shall become effective upon the consent of the Required Lenders, it being understood that a Lender shall be deemed to have consented to and executed such amendment if such Lender has not objected in writing within five Business Days following receipt of notice of execution of the applicable amendment by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, it being understood that the posting of an amendment referred to in the preceding sentence electronically on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website with notice of such posting by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders shall be deemed adequate receipt of notice of such amendment.  “ Accounting Changes ” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or, if applicable, the SEC, in each case, occurring after the Closing Date, including any change to IFRS contemplated by the definition of “GAAP.”

 

10.17                       WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

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10.18                       USA PATRIOT ACT .  Each Lender hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Publ. 107 56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ USA Patriot Act ”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the USA Patriot Act, and the Borrower agrees to provide such information from time to time to any Lender or Agent reasonably promptly upon request from such Lender or Agent.

 

10.19                       Effect of Certain Inaccuracies .  In the event that any financial statement delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) or any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b) is inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin or Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for any period (an “ Applicable Period ”) than the Applicable Margin or Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Period, then (i) promptly following the correction of such financial statement by the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected financial statement and a corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable Margin and Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for the Test Period preceding the delivery of such corrected financial statement and Compliance Certificate shall be determined based on the corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period and (iii) the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest or commitment fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin or Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for such Test Period.  This Section 10.19 shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder, including under Section 8.1.

 

10.20                       Interest Rate Limitation .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively, the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 10.20 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

10.21                       Payments Set Aside .  To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and each Issuing Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

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10.22                       Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents .  The words “execution,” “execute,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other notices of borrowing, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.

 

10.23                       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.

 

10.24                       Flood Matters .  Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that, any increase, extension, or renewal of any of the Loans or Commitments shall be subject to (and conditioned upon) the prior delivery of “life-of-loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determinations with respect to each Mortgaged Property, and, to the extent any Mortgaged Property is located in an area determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) to be a special flood hazard area, (i) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and (ii) evidence of flood insurance as required by Section 6.5 hereof.

 

10.25                  Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs .  To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedge Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “ QFC Credit Support ” and each such QFC a

 

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Supported QFC ”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “ U.S. Special Resolution Regimes ”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):

 

(a)                                  In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “ Covered Party ”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

(b)                                  In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.

 

10.26                  Judgment Currency .  If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.  The obligation of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Issuer hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “ Agreement Currency ”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Issuer, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Issuer, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Issuer from the Borrower or any other Loan Party in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Issuer, as the case may be, against such loss.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Issuer in such currency, the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Issuer, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Requirement of Law).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

SCIPLAY HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, as Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A Quartieri

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Title:

Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC, as Holdings

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael D. Cody

 

 

Name:

Michael D. Cody

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ronaldo Naval

 

 

Name:

Ronaldo Naval

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brandon Bolio

 

 

Name:

Brandon Bolio

 

 

Title:

Director

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nadeige Dang

 

 

Name:

Nadeige Dang

 

 

Title:

Executive Director

 


 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Maria Guinchard

 

 

Name:

Maria Guinchard

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Yumi Okabe

 

 

Name:

Yumi Okabe

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 


 

 

MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael King

 

 

Name:

Michael King

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 


 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Annie Carr

 

 

Name:

Annie Carr

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 


 

 

MACQUARIE CAPITAL FUNDING LLC, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen Mehos

 

 

Name:

Stephen Mehos

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lisa Grushkin

 

 

Name:

Lisa Grushkin

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 


 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christian Gutierrez

 

 

Name:

Christian Gutierrez

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 


Exhibit 10.8

 

Employment Agreement

 

This Employment Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of May 7, 2019 by and between SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “ Company ”), and Josh Wilson (“ Executive ”).

 

WHEREAS, Phantom EFX, LLC, an affiliate of the Company, and Executive entered into an Employment Agreement dated September 16, 2015, which was amended on July 21, 2016 and January 22, 2018 (the “ Prior Employment Agreement ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Executive wish to enter into this Agreement as of the Effective Date, which shall supersede and replace the Prior Employment Agreement in all respects;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual benefits to be derived herefrom and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Company and Executive, the parties agree as follows.

 

1.                    Employment; Term .  The Company hereby agrees to employ Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment with the Company, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.  This term of employment of Executive under this Agreement (the “ Term ”) shall be the period commencing on the consummation of the initial public offering of a minority stake in Scientific Games Corporation’s Social Gaming business (the “ Effective Date ”) and ending on the third anniversary of the Effective Date, as may be extended in accordance with this Section 1 and subject to earlier termination in accordance with Section 4.  The Term shall be extended automatically without further action by either party by one (1) additional year (added to the end of the Term), and then on each succeeding annual anniversary thereafter, unless either party shall have given written notice to the other party prior to the date which is sixty (60) days prior to the date upon which such extension would otherwise have become effective electing not to further extend the Term, in which case Executive’s employment shall terminate on the date upon which such extension would otherwise have become effective, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 4.

 

2.                    Position and Duties .  During the Term, Executive will serve as Chief Executive Officer of SciPlay Corporation (“ SciPlay ”) and as an officer or director of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company if elected or appointed to such positions, as applicable, during the Term.  In such capacities, Executive shall perform such duties and shall have such responsibilities as are normally associated with such positions, and as otherwise may be assigned to Executive from time to time by or upon the authority of the board of directors of SciPlay (the “ Board ”).  Subject to Section 4(e), Executive’s functions, duties and responsibilities are subject to reasonable changes as the Company or SciPlay may in good faith determine from time to time.  Executive hereby agrees to accept such employment and to serve the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates to the best of Executive’s ability in such capacities, devoting all of Executive’s business time to such employment.

 

3.                    Compensation .

 

(a)                                  Base Salary .  During the Term, Executive will receive a base salary of Five Hundred Thousand U.S. dollars (US$500,000) per annum (pro-rated for any partial year), payable in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices and subject to such deductions or amounts to be withheld as required by applicable law and regulations or as may be agreed to by Executive.  In the event that the Company, in its sole discretion, from time to time determines to increase Executive’s base salary, such increased amount shall, from and after the effective date of such increase, constitute the “ base salary ” of Executive for purposes of this Agreement.

 


 

(b)                                  Short-Term Incentive Compensation Program .  Executive shall have the opportunity annually to earn incentive compensation.  For the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years, Executive shall have the opportunity to earn amounts determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”) in its sole discretion in accordance with the applicable short-term incentive compensation plan of the Company for such fiscal years (the “ STIP ”).  At such time that a final STIP plan document is adopted by the Compensation Committee, a copy will be provided to Executive.  Under the STIP, Executive shall have the opportunity annually to earn up to 100% of Executive’s base salary as cash incentive compensation (“ Cash Incentive Compensation ”) and up to 100% of Executive’s base salary as performance-based equity incentive compensation on the terms and subject to the conditions of the STIP.

 

(c)                                   Long-Term Senior Executive Incentive Plan .  During the Term, Executive shall be eligible to participate in the senior executive incentive plan for the Company (the “ SEIP ”) in accordance with the terms for such SEIP.  At such time that a final SEIP plan document is adopted by the Compensation Committee, a copy will be provided to Executive.  Any payout under the SEIP will be based on the growth of the business of the Company and its affiliates during the measurement period as specified by the terms of the SEIP.

 

(d)                                  Eligibility for Additional Incentive Plan(s) .  In addition to the STIP and the SEIP, Executive shall have the opportunity to earn incentive compensation, including up to 125% of Executive’s base salary as performance-based annual equity grants, in amounts determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion in accordance with the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan.  Any incentive compensation earned by Executive will be subject to such deductions or amounts to be withheld as required by applicable law and regulations or as may be agreed to by Executive.

 

(e)                                   Expense Reimbursement .  Subject to Section 3(g), during the Term the Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable and necessary travel and other business expenses incurred by Executive in connection with the performance of Executive’s duties under this Agreement, on a timely basis upon timely submission by Executive of vouchers therefor in accordance with the Company’s standard policies and procedures.

 

(f)                                    Employee Benefits .  During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate, without discrimination or duplication, in any and all medical insurance, group health, disability, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, 401(k) or other retirement, deferred compensation, stock ownership and such other plans and programs which are made generally available by the Company and its affiliates to similarly situated executives of the Company in accordance with the terms of such plans and programs and subject to the right of the Company (or its applicable affiliate) to at any time amend or terminate any such plan or program.  Executive shall be entitled to paid time off, holidays and any other time off in accordance with the Company’s policies in effect from time to time.  For all such employee benefits made available to Executive and which vary the level of benefits based on years of service or other duration of employment, Executive shall be given credit for Executive’s duration of employment with Phantom EFX, LLC.

 

(g)                                   Taxes and Internal Revenue Code 409A .  Payment of all compensation and benefits to Executive under this Agreement shall be subject to all legally required and customary withholdings.  The Company makes no representations or warranties and shall have no responsibility regarding the tax implications of the compensation and benefits to be paid to Executive under this Agreement, including under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and applicable administrative guidance and regulations (“ Section 409A ”). Section 409A governs plans and arrangements that provide “nonqualified deferred compensation” (as defined under the Code) which may include, among others, nonqualified retirement plans, bonus plans, stock option plans, employment agreements and severance agreements.  The Company reserves the right to pay compensation and provide benefits under

 

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this Agreement (including under Section 3 and Section 4) in amounts, at times and in a manner that minimizes taxes, interest or penalties as a result of Section 409A.  In addition, in the event any benefits or amounts paid to Executive hereunder are deemed to be subject to Section 409A, Executive consents to the Company adopting such conforming amendments as the Company deems necessary, in its reasonable discretion, to comply with Section 409A (including delaying payment until six (6) months following termination of employment).  To the extent any payments of money or other benefits due to Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A, such payments or other benefits may be deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A, or otherwise such payments or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent permissible under Section 409A, in a manner determined by the Company that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax.  To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefits due to Executive under this Agreement constitute deferred compensation under Section 409A, any such reimbursements or in-kind benefits shall be paid to Executive in a manner consistent with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv).  Each payment made under this Agreement shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A.  References in this Section 3(g) to the Company shall also be deemed to refer to the Company’s affiliates where necessary to give effect to the intentions of this Section 3(g).

 

4.                                       Termination of Employment .  Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time prior to the end of the Term under the terms described in this Section 4, and the Term shall automatically terminate upon any termination of Executive’s employment.  For purposes of clarification, except as provided in Section 5.6, all stock options, restricted stock units and other equity-based awards will be governed by the terms of the plans, grant agreements and programs under which such options, restricted stock units or other awards were granted on any termination of the Term and Executive’s employment with the Company.

 

(a)                                  Termination by Executive for Other than Good Reason .  Executive may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder for any reason or no reason upon 60 days’ prior written notice to the Company referring to this Section 4(a); provided , however , that a termination by Executive for “Good Reason” (as defined below) shall not constitute a termination by Executive for other than Good Reason pursuant to this Section 4(a).  In the event Executive terminates Executive’s employment for other than Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled only to the following compensation and benefits (the payments set forth in Sections 4(a)(i) – 4(a)(iii), collectively, the “ Standard Termination Payments ”):

 

(i)                            any accrued but unpaid base salary for services rendered by Executive to the date of such termination, payable in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices and subject to such deductions or amounts to be withheld as required by applicable law and regulations or as may be agreed to by Executive;

 

(ii)                         any vested non-forfeitable amounts owing or accrued at the date of such termination under benefit plans, programs and arrangements set forth or referred to in Section 3(e) in which Executive participated during the Term (which will be paid under the terms and conditions of such plans, programs, and arrangements (and agreements and documents thereunder)); and

 

(iii)                      reasonable business expenses and disbursements incurred by Executive prior to such termination will be reimbursed in accordance with Section 3(d).

 

(b)                                  Termination By Reason of Death .  If Executive dies during the Term, the last beneficiary designated by Executive by written notice to the Company (or, in the absence of such designation, Executive’s estate) shall be entitled only to the Standard Termination Payments, including any benefits that may be payable under any life insurance benefit of Executive for which the Company pays

 

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premiums, in accordance with the terms of any such benefit and subject to the right of the Company (or its applicable affiliate) to at any time amend or terminate any such benefit.

 

(c)                                   Termination By Reason of Total Disability .  The Company may terminate Executive’s employment in the event of Executive’s “Total Disability.”  For purposes of this Agreement, “ Total Disability ” shall mean Executive’s (1) becoming eligible to receive benefits under any long-term disability insurance program of the Company or (2) failure to perform the duties and responsibilities contemplated under this Agreement for a period of more than 180 days during any consecutive 12-month period due to physical or mental incapacity or impairment.  In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company by reason of Total Disability, Executive shall not be entitled to receive any compensation or benefits under this Agreement except for the Standard Termination Payments; provided , however , that the Executive may separately be entitled to disability payments pursuant to a disability plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its affiliates providing benefits to Executive.

 

(d)                                  Termination by the Company for Cause The Company may terminate the employment of Executive at any time for “Cause.”  For purposes of this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall mean: (i) gross neglect by Executive of Executive’s duties hereunder; (ii) Executive’s indictment for or conviction of a felony, or any non-felony crime or offense involving the property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or evidencing moral turpitude; (iii) willful misconduct by Executive in connection with the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder; (iv) intentional breach by Executive of any material provision of this Agreement; (v) material violation by Executive of a material provision of SciPlay’s Code of Business Conduct;  or (vi) any other willful or grossly negligent conduct of Executive that would make the continued employment of Executive by the Company materially prejudicial to the best interests of the Company.  In the event Executive’s employment is terminated for “Cause,” Executive shall not be entitled to receive any compensation or benefits under this Agreement except for the Standard Termination Payments.

 

(e)                                   Termination by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason .  The Company may terminate Executive’s employment at any time without Cause, for any reason or no reason, and Executive may terminate Executive’s employment for “Good Reason.”

 

For purposes of this Agreement “ Good Reason ” shall mean that, without Executive’s prior written consent, any of the following shall have occurred:  (A) a material adverse change to Executive’s duties, positions, titles, or offices following the Effective Date from those set forth in Section 2, except, in such case, in connection with the termination of Executive’s employment for Cause or due to Total Disability, death or expiration of the Term; (B) a material decrease in base salary provided under this Agreement; (C) the Company requiring Executive to be based anywhere other than within fifty (50) miles of Executive’s job location as of the Effective Date, except for reasonably required travel on the Company’s business; or (D) any other material failure by the Company to perform any material obligation under, or material breach by the Company of any material provision of, this Agreement; provided , however , that a termination by Executive for Good Reason under any of clauses (A) through (D) of this Section 4(e) shall not be considered effective unless Executive shall have provided the Company with written notice of the specific reasons for such termination within thirty (30) days after Executive has knowledge of the event or circumstance constituting Good Reason and the Company shall have failed to cure the event or condition allegedly constituting Good Reason within thirty (30) days after such notice has been given to the Company and Executive actually terminates his employment within one (1) year following the initial occurrence of the event giving rise to Good Reason.  In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a

 

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termination pursuant to Section 4(a), (b), (c) or (d) or due to or upon the expiration of the Term), the Company shall pay or provide the following amounts to Executive:

 

(i)                                      the Standard Termination Payments;

 

(ii)                                   an amount equal to the sum of (A) Executive’s annual base salary then in effect multiplied by two (2) and (B) an amount equal to the highest Cash Incentive Compensation paid to Executive in respect of the two (2) most recent fiscal years of the Company , but not more than Executive’s base salary for the then current fiscal year; provided that, if such termination occurs prior to payment of the Cash Incentive Compensation for fiscal year 2020, such amount shall be Executive’s base salary for the current fiscal year (such amount under this sub-clause (B), the “ Severance Bonus Amount ”), such amount under this clause (ii) payable in equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over a period of twenty-four (24) months after such termination, and otherwise in accordance with Section 4(g);

 

(iii)                                no later than March 15 following the end of the year in which such termination occurs, in lieu of any Cash Incentive Compensation for the year in which such termination occurs, payment of an amount equal to (A) the Cash Incentive Compensation which would have been payable to Executive had Executive remained in employment with the Company during the entire year in which such termination occurred, multiplied by (B) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days Executive was employed by the Company or Phantom EFX, LLC in the year in which such termination occurs and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the year in which such termination occurs;

 

(iv)                               if Executive elects to continue medical coverage under the Company’s group health plan in accordance with COBRA, the full monthly premiums for such coverage on a monthly basis until the earlier of: (A) a period of twelve (12) months has elapsed; or (B) Executive is eligible for medical coverage under a plan provided by a new employer; and

 

(v)                                  in the event such termination occurs prior to the payout of any outstanding awards under the SEIP then held by Executive for which the applicable performance period has commenced prior to the date of such termination, payment of an amount equal to (A) the amount which would have been payable to Executive pursuant to such award had Executive remained in employment with the Company until the payout of such award, multiplied by (B) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days Executive was employed by the Company or Phantom EFX, LLC during the applicable performance period, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such performance period (the “ Pro-Rata SEIP Payment .”)

 

For the avoidance of doubt, any awards under the SEIP held by Executive for which the applicable performance period has not commenced prior to the date of such termination shall be forfeited in full.

 

(f)                                    Expiration of Term of Agreement.   In the event Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company at the end of the Term, Executive shall receive:

 

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(i)                                      the Standard Termination Payments;

 

(ii)                                   an amount equal to the Executive’s annual base salary then in effect payable in equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over a period of 12 months after such termination, and otherwise in accordance with Section 4(g);

 

(iii)                                no later than March 15 following the end of the year in which such termination occurs, in lieu of any Cash Incentive Compensation for the year in which such termination occurs, payment of an amount equal to (A) the Cash Incentive Compensation which would have been payable to Executive had Executive remained in employment with the Company during the entire year in which such termination occurred, multiplied by (B) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days Executive was employed by the Company in the year in which such termination occurs and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the year in which such termination occurs;

 

(iv)                               if Executive elects to continue medical coverage under the Company’s group health plan in accordance with COBRA, the full monthly premiums for such coverage on a monthly basis until the earlier of: (A) a period of twelve (12) months has elapsed; or (B) Executive is eligible for medical coverage under a plan provided by a new employer; and

 

(v)                                  the Pro-Rata SEIP Payment.

 

(g)                                   Timing of Certain Payments under Section 4 .  For purposes of Section 409A, references herein to the Executive’s “termination of employment” shall refer to Executive’s separation of services with the Company within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h).  If at the time of Executive’s separation of service with the Company other than as a result of Executive’s death, (i) Executive is a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code), (ii) one or more of the payments or benefits received or to be received by Executive pursuant to this Agreement would constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, and (iii) the deferral of the commencement of any such payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such separation of service is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A, such payments may be made as follows: (i) no payments for a six-month period following the date of Executive’s separation of service with the Company; (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate sum that would have been otherwise payable during the initial six-month period paid in a lump sum on the first payroll date following six (6) months following the date of Executive’s separation of service with the Company (subject to such deductions or amounts to be withheld as required by applicable law and regulations); and (iii) during the period beginning six (6) months following Executive’s separation of service with the Company through the remainder of the applicable period, payment of the remaining amount due in equal installments in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices (subject to such deductions or amounts to be withheld as required by applicable law and regulations).

 

(h)                                  Mitigation .  In the event the Executive’s employment is terminated in accordance with Section 4(e) or (f) and Executive is employed by or otherwise engaged to provide services to another person or entity at any time prior to the end of any period of payments to or on behalf of Executive contemplated by this Section 4, Executive shall immediately advise the Company of such employment or engagement and his compensation therefor and the Company’s obligation to make payments pursuant to Section 4(e) or (f) shall be reduced by any base compensation payable to Executive during the applicable period through such other employment or engagement.

 

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(i)                                      Set-Off .  To the fullest extent permitted by law and provided an acceleration of income or the imposition of an additional tax under Section 409A would not result, any amounts otherwise due to Executive hereunder (including any payments pursuant to this Section 4) shall be subject to set-off with respect to any amounts Executive otherwise owes the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

 

(j)                                     No Other Benefits or Compensation .  Except as may be specifically provided under this Agreement, under any other effective written agreement between Executive and the Company, or under the terms of any plan or policy applicable to Executive, Executive shall have no right to receive any other compensation from the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, or to participate in any other plan, arrangement or benefit provided by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, with respect to any future period after such termination or resignation.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that Executive is entitled to no compensation or benefits from the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates of any kind or nature whatsoever in respect of periods prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(k)                                  Release of Employment Claims; Compliance with Section 5 .  Executive agrees, as a condition to receipt of any termination payments provided for in Section 4(e) or (f) (i.e., payments other than the Standard Termination Payments), that Executive will execute a general release agreement, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, releasing any and all claims arising out of Executive’s employment and the termination of such employment.  The Company shall provide Executive with the proposed form of general release agreement referred to in the immediately preceding sentence no later than five (5) days following the date of termination.  Executive shall thereupon have at least 21 days to consider such general release agreement and, if Executive executes such general release agreement, shall have seven (7) days after execution of such general release agreement to revoke such general release agreement.  Absent such revocation, such general release agreement shall become binding on Executive.  If Executive does not revoke such general release agreement, payments contingent on such general release agreement shall be paid on the later of the 60 th  day after the date of termination or the date such payments are otherwise scheduled to be paid pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 4(g) hereof).  The Company’s obligation to make any termination payments and benefits provided for in this Section 4 other than the Standard Termination Payments shall immediately cease if Executive willfully or materially breaches Section 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, or 5.8.

 

(l)                                      Section 280G .  If the aggregate of all amounts and benefits due to the Executive under this Agreement or any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement of the Company or any of its affiliates, which, if received by the Executive in full, would constitute “parachute payments,” as such term is defined in and under Section 280G of the Code (collectively, “ Change in Control Benefits ”), reduced by all Federal, state and local taxes applicable thereto, including the excise tax imposed pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code, is less than the amount the Executive would receive, after all such applicable taxes, if the Executive received aggregate Change in Control Benefits equal to an amount which is $1.00 less than three (3) times the Executive’s “base amount,” as defined in and determined under Section 280G of the Code, then such Change in Control Benefits shall be reduced or eliminated to the extent necessary so that the Change in Control Benefits received by the Executive will not constitute parachute payments. If a reduction in the Change in Control Benefits is necessary, reduction shall occur in the following order unless the Executive elects in writing a different order, subject to the Company’s consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed): (i) severance payment based on multiple of base salary; (ii) other cash payments; (iii) any pro-rated bonus paid as severance; (iv) acceleration of vesting of stock options with an exercise price that exceeds the then fair market value of stock subject to the option, provided such options are not permitted to be valued under Treasury Regulations Section 1.280G-1 Q/A — 24(c); (v) any equity awards accelerated or otherwise valued at full value, provided such equity awards are not permitted to be valued under Treasury Regulations Section 1.280G-1 Q/A — 24(c); (vi) acceleration of vesting of stock options with an exercise price that exceeds the then fair market value of stock subject to the option, provided such options are permitted to be valued under Treasury Regulations Section 1.280G-1 Q/A — 24(c); (vii)

 

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acceleration of vesting of all other stock options and equity awards; and (viii) within any category, reductions shall be from the last due payment to the first.

 

It is possible that after the determinations and selections made pursuant to the preceding paragraph that the Executive will receive Change in Control Benefits that are, in the aggregate, either more or less than the amounts contemplated by the preceding paragraph (hereafter referred to as an “Excess Payment” or “Underpayment,” respectively). If there is an Excess Payment, the Executive shall promptly repay the Company an amount consistent with this paragraph.  If there is an Underpayment, the Company shall pay the Executive an amount consistent with this paragraph.

 

5.                                       Noncompetition; Non-solicitation; Nondisclosure; etc .

 

5.1 Noncompetition; Non-solicitation .

 

(a)                                  Executive acknowledges the highly competitive nature of the Company’s business and that access to the Company’s confidential records and proprietary information renders Executive special and unique within the Company’s industries.  In consideration of the amounts that may hereafter be paid to Executive pursuant to this Agreement (including Sections 3 and 4(e) and (f)), Executive agrees that during the Term (including any extensions thereof) and during the Covered Time (as defined in Section 5.1(e)), Executive, alone or with others, will not, directly or indirectly, engage (as owner, investor, partner, stockholder, employer, employee, consultant, advisor, director or otherwise) in any Competing Business.  For purposes of this Section 5, “ Competing Business ” shall mean any business or operations: (i)(A) involving the design, development, production, sale, lease, license, provision, operation or management (as the case may be) of (1) any mobile or online gaming games or game content, including social games or game content, whether accessed through websites or mobile phone or tablet applications (or similar known, or hereafter existing, technologies), (2)  any mobile or online wagering products, including sports betting, whether accessed through websites or mobile phone or tablet applications (or similar known, or hereafter existing, technologies), or (3) any systems, applications, platforms, marketing programs, distribution channels, websites, proprietary or licensed content (including themes, entertainment and brands), loyalty and customer relationship management programs, or other products or services related to any of the foregoing under sub-clauses (1) or (2); or (B) in which the Company is then or was within the previous twelve (12) months engaged, or in which the Company, to Executive’s knowledge, contemplates to engage in during the Term or the Covered Time; (ii) in which Executive was engaged or involved (whether in an executive or supervisory capacity or otherwise) on behalf of the Company or with respect to which Executive has obtained proprietary or confidential information; and (iii) which were conducted anywhere in the United States or in any other geographic area in which such business was conducted or contemplated to be conducted by the Company.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the holding of up to one percent (1%) of the outstanding equity in a publicly traded entity for passive investment purposes shall not, in and of itself, be construed as engaging in a Competing Business.

 

(b)                                  In further consideration of the amounts that may hereafter be paid to Executive pursuant to this Agreement (including Sections 3 and 4(e) and (f)), Executive agrees that, during the Term (including any extensions thereof) and during the Covered Time, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly:  (i) solicit or attempt to induce any of the employees, agents, consultants or representatives of the Company to terminate his, her, or its relationship with the Company; (ii) solicit or attempt to induce any of the employees, agents, consultants or representatives of the Company to become employees, agents, consultants or representatives of any other person or entity; (iii) solicit or attempt to induce any customer, vendor or distributor of the Company to curtail or cancel any business with the Company; or (iv) hire any person who, to Executive’s actual knowledge, is, or was within one-hundred and eighty (180) days prior to such hiring, an employee of the Company. Sections (i) and (ii) are limited to employees, agents, consultants and representatives with whom Executive had material contact for the purpose of performing Executive’s

 

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job duties or about whom Executive obtained confidential information during Executive’s employment.  Section (iii) is limited to customers, vendors and distributors with whom Executive had material contact for the purpose of performing his job duties, or about whom Executive obtained confidential information during his employment.

 

(c)                                   During the Term (including any extensions thereof) and during the Covered Time, Executive agrees that upon the earlier of Executive’s (i) negotiating with any Competitor (as defined below) concerning the possible employment of Executive by the Competitor, (ii) responding to (other than for the purpose of declining) an offer of employment from a Competitor, or (iii) becoming employed by a Competitor, (A) Executive will provide copies of Section 5 of this Agreement to the Competitor, and (B) in the case of any circumstance described in clause (iii) of this section occurring during the Covered Time, and in the case of any circumstance described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this section occurring during the Term or during the Covered Time, Executive will promptly provide notice to the Company of such circumstances.  Executive further agrees that the Company may provide notice to a Competitor of Executive’s obligations under this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, “ Competitor ” shall mean any person or entity (other than the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates) that engages, directly or indirectly, in the United States or any other geographic area in any Competing Business; provided, however , the parties agree that an entity that is a Competitor solely on the basis that it is a distributor, general platform, advertising platform or licensor shall not be deemed to be engaged in a Competing Business.

 

(d)                                  Executive understands that the restrictions in this Section 5.1 may limit Executive’s ability to earn a livelihood in a business similar to the business of the Company but nevertheless agrees and acknowledges that the consideration provided under this Agreement (including Sections 3 and 4(e) and (f)) is sufficient to justify such restrictions. In consideration thereof and in light of Executive’s education, skills and abilities, Executive agrees that Executive will not assert in any forum that such restrictions prevent Executive from earning a living or otherwise should be held void or unenforceable.

 

(e)                                   For purposes of this Section 5.1, “ Covered Time ” shall mean the period beginning on the date of termination of Executive’s employment and ending twenty-four (24) months thereafter.

 

(f)                                    In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator(s), as the case may be, determine that the provisions of this Section 5.1 are unenforceable for any reason, the parties acknowledge and agree that the court or arbitrator(s) is expressly empowered to reform any provision of this Section so as to make them enforceable as described in Section 10 below.

 

5.2                                Proprietary Information; Inventions.

 

(a)                                  Executive acknowledges that, during the course of Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive necessarily will have (and during any employment by, or affiliation with, the Company prior to the Term has had) access to and make use of proprietary information and confidential records of the Company.  Executive covenants that Executive shall not during the Term or at any time thereafter, directly or indirectly, use for Executive’s own purpose or for the benefit of any person or entity other than the Company, nor otherwise disclose to any person or entity, any such proprietary information, unless and to the extent such disclosure has been authorized in writing by the Company or is otherwise required by law.  The term “ proprietary information ” means:  (i) the software products, programs, applications, and processes utilized by the Company; (ii) the name and/or address of any customer or vendor of the Company or any information concerning the transactions or relations of any customer or vendor of the Company with the Company; (iii) any information concerning any product, technology, or procedure employed by the Company but not generally known to its customers or vendors or competitors, or under development by or being tested by the Company but not at the time offered generally to customers or vendors; (iv) any information relating to the Company’s computer software, computer systems, pricing or

 

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marketing methods, sales margins, cost of goods, cost of material, capital structure, operating results, borrowing arrangements or business plans; (v) any information identified as confidential or proprietary in any line of business engaged in by the Company; (vi) any information that, to Executive’s actual knowledge, the Company ordinarily maintains as confidential or proprietary; (vii) any business plans, budgets, advertising or marketing plans; (viii) any information contained in any of the Company’s written or oral policies and procedures or manuals; (ix) any information belonging to customers, vendors or any other person or entity which the Company, to Executive’s actual knowledge, has agreed to hold in confidence; and (x) all written, graphic, electronic data and other material containing any of the foregoing.  Executive acknowledges that information that is not novel or copyrighted or patented may nonetheless be proprietary information.  The term “proprietary information” shall not include information generally known or available to the public, information that becomes available to Executive on an unrestricted, non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or other representatives (without breach of any obligation of confidentiality of which Executive has knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, at the time of the relevant disclosure by Executive), or general internet-based or mobile wagering or social gaming industry information to the extent not particularly related or proprietary to the Company that was already known to Executive at the time Executive commences his employment by the Company that is not subject to nondisclosure by virtue of Executive’s prior employment or otherwise.  Notwithstanding the foregoing and Section 5.3, Executive may disclose or use proprietary information or confidential records solely to the extent (A) such disclosure or use may be required or appropriate in the performance of his duties as a director or employee of the Company, (B) required to do so by a court of law, by any governmental agency having supervisory authority over the business of the Company or by any administrative or legislative body (including a committee thereof) with apparent jurisdiction to order him to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information (provided that in such case Executive shall first give the Company prompt written notice of any such legal requirement, disclose no more information than is so required and cooperate fully with all efforts by the Company to obtain a protective order or similar confidentiality treatment for such information), (C) such information or records becomes generally known to the public without his violation of this Agreement, or (D) disclosed to Executive’s spouse, attorney and/or his personal tax and financial advisors to the extent reasonably necessary to advance Executive’s tax, financial and other personal planning (each an “ Exempt Person ”); provided , however , that any disclosure or use of any proprietary information or confidential records by an Exempt Person shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 5.2 or Section 5.3 by Executive.

 

(b)                                  Executive agrees that all processes, technologies and inventions (collectively, “ Inventions ”), including new contributions, improvements, ideas and discoveries, whether patentable or not, conceived, developed, invented or made by Executive during the Term (and during any employment by, or affiliation with, the Company prior to the Term) shall belong to the Company, provided that such Inventions grew out of Executive’s work with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, are related in any manner to the business (commercial or experimental) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or are conceived or made on the Company’s time or with the use of the Company’s facilities or materials.  Executive shall further: (i) promptly disclose such Inventions to the Company; (ii) assign to the Company, without additional compensation, all patent and other rights to such Inventions for the United States and foreign countries; (iii) sign all papers necessary to carry out the foregoing; and (iv) give testimony in support of Executive’s inventorship.  If any Invention is described in a patent application or is disclosed to third parties, directly or indirectly, by Executive within two (2) years after the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, it is to be presumed that the Invention was conceived or made during the Term.  Executive agrees that Executive will not assert any rights to any Invention as having been made or acquired by Executive prior to the date of this Agreement, except for Inventions, if any, disclosed in Exhibit A to this Agreement.

 

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Company terminates), except to the extent required by law, directly or indirectly publish, make known or in any fashion disclose any confidential records to, or permit any inspection or copying of confidential records by, any person or entity other than in the course of such person’s or entity’s employment or retention by the Company, nor shall Executive retain, and will deliver promptly to the Company, any of the same following termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for any reason or upon request by the Company.  For purposes hereof, “ confidential records ” means those portions of correspondence, memoranda, files, manuals, books, lists, financial, operating or marketing records, magnetic tape, or electronic or other media or equipment of any kind in Executive’s possession or under Executive’s control or accessible to Executive which contain any proprietary information.  All confidential records shall be and remain the sole property of the Company during the Term and thereafter.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall (i) prohibit Executive from making reports of possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity in accordance with the provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or of any other whistleblower protection provisions of state or federal law or regulation, or (ii) require notification or prior approval by the Company of any reporting described in clause (i). Executive understands that activities protected by Sections 5.2 and 5.3 may include disclosure of trade secret or confidential information within the limitations permitted by the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“ DTSA ”).  And, in this regard, Executive acknowledges notification that under the DTSA no individual will be held criminally or civilly liable under Federal or State trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret (as defined in the Economic Espionage Act) that is: (A) made in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and made solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (B) made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal so that it is not made public. And, an individual who pursues a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of the law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except as permitted by court order.

 

5.4                                Non-disparagement .  Executive shall not, during the Term and thereafter, disparage in any material respect the Company, any affiliate of the Company, any of their respective businesses, any of their respective officers, directors or employees, or the reputation of any of the foregoing persons or entities.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude Executive from making truthful statements that are required by applicable law, regulation or legal process.

 

5.5                                No Other Obligations .  Executive represents that Executive is not precluded or limited in Executive’s ability to undertake or perform the duties described herein by any contract, agreement or restrictive covenant.  Executive covenants that Executive shall not employ the trade secrets or proprietary information of any other person in connection with Executive’s employment by the Company without such person’s authorization.

 

5.6                                Forfeiture of Outstanding Equity Awards; “Clawback” Policies .  The other provisions of this Agreement notwithstanding, if Executive willfully and materially fails to comply with Section 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, or 5.8, all options to purchase common stock, restricted stock units and other equity-based awards granted by the Company or any of its affiliates (whether prior to, contemporaneous with, or subsequent to the date hereof) and held by Executive or a transferee of Executive shall be immediately forfeited and cancelled.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other agreement, plan or program, any incentive-based compensation or benefits contemplated under this Agreement (including incentive compensation and equity-based awards) shall be subject to recovery by the Company under any compensation recovery or “clawback” policy, generally applicable to executives of the Company, that the Company may adopt from time to time,

 

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including any policy which the Company may be required to adopt under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder or the requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Company’s common stock may be listed.

 

5.7                                Enforcement .  Executive acknowledges and agrees that, by virtue of Executive’s position, services and access to and use of confidential records and proprietary information, any violation by Executive of any of the undertakings contained in this Section 5 would cause the Company immediate, substantial and irreparable injury for which it has no adequate remedy at law.  Accordingly, Executive agrees and consents to the entry of an injunction or other equitable relief by a court of competent jurisdiction restraining any violation or threatened violation of any undertaking contained in this Section 5.  Executive waives posting of any bond otherwise necessary to secure such injunction or other equitable relief.  Rights and remedies provided for in this Section 5 are cumulative and shall be in addition to rights and remedies otherwise available to the parties hereunder or under any other agreement or applicable law.

 

5.8                                Cooperation with Regard to Litigation .  Executive agrees to cooperate reasonably with the Company, during the Term and thereafter (including following Executive’s termination of employment for any reason), by being available to testify on behalf of the Company in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative.  In addition, except to the extent that Executive has or intends to assert in good faith an interest or position adverse to or inconsistent with the interest or position of the Company, Executive agrees to cooperate reasonably with the Company, during the Term and thereafter (including following Executive’s termination of employment for any reason), to assist the Company in any such action, suit, or proceeding by providing information and meeting and consulting with the Board or its representatives or counsel, or representatives or counsel to the Company, in each case, as reasonably requested by the Company.  The Company agrees to pay (or reimburse, if already paid by Executive) all reasonable travel and communication expenses actually incurred in connection with Executive’s cooperation and assistance.

 

5.9                                Survival .  The provisions of this Section 5 shall survive the termination of the Term and any termination or expiration of this Agreement.

 

5.10                         Company .  For purposes of this Section 5, references to the “ Company ” shall include the Company and each subsidiary and/or affiliate of the Company (and each of their respective joint ventures and equity method investees).

 

6.                                       Code of Conduct .  Executive acknowledges that Executive has read the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and agrees to abide by such Code of Business Conduct, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and other policies applicable to employees and executives of the Company.

 

7.                                       Indemnification .  The Company shall indemnify Executive to the full extent permitted under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws and pursuant to any other agreements or policies in effect from time to time in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which Executive may be made a party by reason of Executive being an officer, director or employee of the Company or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.

 

8.                                       Assignability; Binding Effect .  Neither this Agreement nor the rights or obligations hereunder of the parties shall be transferable or assignable by Executive, except in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution and as specified below.  The Company may assign this Agreement and the Company’s rights and obligations hereunder to any affiliate of the Company, provided that upon any such assignment the Company shall remain liable for the obligations to Executive hereunder.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Executive, Executive’s heirs, executors, administrators,

 

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and beneficiaries, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

9.                                       Complete Understanding; Amendment; Waiver .

 

(a)                                  This Agreement constitutes the complete understanding between the parties with respect to the employment of Executive and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, including superseding any entitlements to benefits or payments pursuant to any severance plan, policy, practice or arrangement maintained by the Company or any affiliate thereof as of the Effective Date, and no statement, representation, warranty or covenant has been made by either party with respect thereto except as expressly set forth herein.  Except as contemplated by Sections 3(g), 5.1(f) and 10, this Agreement shall not be modified, amended or terminated except by a written instrument signed by each of the parties.  Any waiver of any term or provision hereof, or of the application of any such term or provision to any circumstances, shall be in writing signed by the party charged with giving such waiver.  Waiver by either party of any breach hereunder by the other party shall not operate as a waiver of any other breach, whether similar to or different from the breach waived.  No delay by either party in the exercise of any rights or remedies shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by either party of any such right or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the generality of Section 9(a), the parties and Phantom EFX, LLC, which shall be a party to this Agreement solely for purposes of this Section 9(b), agree that the Prior Employment Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect as of the Effective Date.

 

10.                                Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstances shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to such person or circumstances other than those to which it is so determined to be invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each provision hereof shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.  If any provision of this Agreement, or any part thereof, is held to be invalid or unenforceable because of the scope or duration of or the area covered by such provision, the parties agree that the court making such determination shall reduce the scope, duration and/or area of such provision (and shall substitute appropriate provisions for any such invalid or unenforceable provisions) in order to make such provision enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or shall delete specific words and phrases, and such modified provision shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced.  The parties recognize that if, in any judicial proceeding, a court shall refuse to enforce any of the separate covenants contained in this Agreement, then that invalid or unenforceable covenant contained in this Agreement shall be deemed eliminated from these provisions to the extent necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants to be enforced.  In the event that any court determines that the time period or the area, or both, are unreasonable and that any of the covenants is to that extent invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree that such covenants will remain in full force and effect, first, for the greatest time period, and second, in the greatest geographical area that would not render them unenforceable.

 

11.                                Survivability .  The provisions of this Agreement which by their terms call for performance subsequent to termination of Executive’s employment hereunder, or of this Agreement, shall so survive such termination, whether or not such provisions expressly state that they shall so survive.

 

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12.                                Governing Law; Arbitration .

 

(a)                                  Governing Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada applicable to agreements made and to be wholly performed within that State, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

 

(b)                                  Arbitration .

 

(i)                                      Executive and the Company agree that, except for claims for workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, and any other claim that is non-arbitrable under applicable law, final and binding arbitration shall be the exclusive forum for any dispute or controversy between them, including disputes arising under or in connection with this Agreement, Executive’s employment, and/or termination of employment, with the Company; provided , however , that the Company shall be entitled to commence an action in any court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief in connection with any alleged actual or threatened violation of any provision of Section 5.  For purposes of entering judgment on an arbitrators award) or seeking injunctive relief with regard to Section 5, the Company and Executive hereby consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction in the state and federal courts located in Las Vegas, Nevada; provided that damages for any alleged violation of Section 5, as well as any claim, counterclaim or cross-claim brought by Executive or any third-party in response to, or in connection with any court action commenced by the Company seeking said injunctive relief shall remain exclusively subject to final and binding arbitration as provided for herein.  The Company and Executive hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which either may now or hereafter have to such jurisdiction, venue and any defense of inconvenient forum. Thus, except for the claims carved out above, this Agreement includes all common-law and statutory claims (whether arising under federal state or local law), including any claim for breach of contract, fraud, fraud in the inducement, unpaid wages, wrongful termination, and gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected status.

 

(ii)                                   Any arbitration under this Agreement shall be filed exclusively with, and administered by, the American Arbitration Association in Las Vegas, Nevada before three arbitrators, in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association in effect at the time of submission to arbitration.  The Company and Executive hereby agree that a judgment upon an award rendered by the arbitrators may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  The Company shall pay all costs uniquely attributable to arbitration, including the administrative fees and costs of the arbitrators.  Each party shall pay that party’s own costs and attorney fees, if any, unless the arbitrators rule otherwise.  Executive understands that Executive is giving up no substantive rights, and this Agreement simply governs forum.  The arbitrators shall apply the same standards a court would apply to award any damages, attorney fees or costs.  Executive shall not be required to pay any fee or cost that Executive would not otherwise be required to pay in a court action, unless so ordered by the arbitrators.

 

 

EXECUTIVE INITIALS: 

COMPANY INITIALS:  MDC

 

(c)                                   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO A COURT TRIAL AND TRIAL BY JURY IS OF VALUE, AND KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVE THAT RIGHT FOR ANY DISPUTE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION.

 

13.                                Titles and Captions .  All paragraph titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provision hereof.

 

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14.                                Joint Drafting .  In recognition of the fact that the parties had an equal opportunity to negotiate the language of, and draft, this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that there is no single drafter of this Agreement and, therefore, the general rule that ambiguities are to be construed against the drafter is, and shall be, inapplicable.  If any language in this Agreement is found or claimed to be ambiguous, each party shall have the same opportunity to present evidence as to the actual intent of the parties with respect to any such ambiguous language without any inference or presumption being drawn against any party hereto.

 

15.                                Notices .  All notices and other communications to be given or to otherwise be made to any party to this Agreement shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or duly sent by certified mail or by a recognized national courier service, postage or charges prepaid, (a) to SciPlay Corporation, Attn: Legal Department, 6601 Bermuda Road, Las Vegas NV 89119, (b) to Executive, at the last address shown in the Company’s records, or (c) to such other replacement address as may be designated in writing by the addressee to the addressor.

 

16.                                Licensing Requirements . To the extent required by his position, Executive may be required to submit to background, suitability and licensing investigations conducted by multiple regulators.   Executive agrees to fully cooperate with both the Company and any regulators by furnishing all requested information, including personal information regarding Executive and Executive’s family members, and documentation during the regulatory process if required. Executive agrees to fully cooperate with and conform to all regulatory requests for information in the required timeframe.  Compliance with this requirement is a material provision of this Agreement.

 

17.                                Interpretation .  When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, 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,” unless the context otherwise indicates.  When a reference in this Agreement is made to a “party” or “parties,” such reference shall be to a party or parties to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto”, “hereunder” and derivative or similar words in this Agreement refer to this entire Agreement.  Unless the context requires otherwise, words in this Agreement using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other genders.  References in this Agreement to “dollars” or “$” are to U.S. dollars.  When a reference is made in this Agreement to a law, statute or legislation, such reference shall be to such law, statute or legislation as it may be amended, modified, extended or re-enacted from time to time (including any successor law, statute or legislation) and shall include any regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.  The headings used herein are for reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has duly executed this Agreement as of the date above written.

 

 

SCIPLAY PARENT COMPANY, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Cody

 

 

Name: Michael D. Cody

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

 

 

/s/ Joshua Wilson

 

Joshua J. Wilson

 

 

 

 

 

Solely for purposes of Section 9(b) of the agreement,
PHANTOM EFX, LLC

 

 

 

By:

SciPlay Holding Company, LLC, its managing member

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Name: Michael A. Quartieri

 

 

Title: Treasurer and Secretary

 

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Exhibit A

 

Inventions

 

NONE

 

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Exhibit 10.9

 

 

May 7, 2019

 

Dear Mike,

 

I am pleased to confirm your new position of Chief Financial Officer of SciPlay Corporation reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer.  More details for this position are listed below:

 

Employer

SciPlay Parent Company, LLC (the “Company”)

 

 

Annual Base Salary

$ 317,498.00

 

 

Incentive Compensation Opportunities

·                   Eligibility for participation in the Short Term Incentive Program (STIP)*

 

·                   Eligibility for participation in the Senior Executive Incentive Program (SEIP)*

 

·                   Eligibility for grants made in connection with the SciPlay Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)*

 

 

STIP Target (as % of base salary)

50%

 

 

Effective Date of Change

The date of the consummation of the initial public offering of a minority stake in Scientific Games Corporation’s Social Gaming business (the “Social IPO”)

 


*            Subject to the terms and conditions, including the performance criteria, for the STIP, SEIP and LTIP approved by the Board of SciPlay Corporation, which will be communicated to you separately.

 

This position is conditioned on your signing the Company’s Employee Intellectual Material, Secrecy, Non-Competition & Non-Solicitation Agreement.  All other conditions not mentioned in this letter but which are contained in your original offer letter or subsequent letters will continue to apply.  Nothing in this memorandum constitutes a contract of employment and your employment with the Company remains “at-will.”  In the event that Scientific Games Corporation determines not to consummate the Social IPO, this offer shall be null and void ab initio .

 

Thank you for your continued hard work, passion and dedication.  We appreciate you and all that you do.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Joshua Wilson

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Acknowledge and Accept Terms and Conditions:

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Cody

 

Michael Cody

 

 

SciPlay Corporation

6601 Bermuda Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

 

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Exhibit 10.10

 

Social Award Agreement

 

This Social Award Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of May 7, 2019 by and between SciPlay Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“ SciPlay ”), and Barry L. Cottle (“ Executive ”).

 

WHEREAS, Scientific Games Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“ SciGames ”), and Executive entered into an Employment Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 and effective as of June 1, 2018 (the “ Employment Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Executive was entitled to receive incentive compensation from SciGames pursuant to a 2018-2020 LTIP in return for Executive’s services on behalf of, and benefiting, SciGames’ Social Gaming business since January 1, 2018;

 

WHEREAS, SciGames and Executive entered into an Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of May 7 2019, that would cancel Executive’s right to the 2018-2020 LTIP conditioned upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, which provides the Social Award (as defined below) as a replacement award for the 2018-2020 LTIP, and the effectiveness of the grant of the Social Award;

 

WHEREAS, SciGames has been pursuing a potential initial public offering of a minority stake in its Social Gaming business, which would involve the issuance and sale of shares of Class A common stock of SciPlay (such shares, the “ SciPlay Shares ” and, such offering, the “ Social IPO ”);

 

WHEREAS, following the Social IPO, SciPlay will be the sole manager of SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ SciPlay Parent ”);

 

WHEREAS, in anticipation of, and following, the Social IPO, Executive is expected to serve as Executive Chairman of SciPlay and provide substantial services on behalf of SciPlay and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including SciPlay Parent; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Social IPO, the parties desire to provide Executive with a long-term incentive award on the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual benefits to be derived herefrom and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Effectiveness . This Agreement shall become effective upon the consummation of the Social IPO (such date, the “ Effective Date ”). The parties hereto acknowledge that this Agreement is expressly contingent upon the consummation of the Social IPO and that in the event SciGames determines not to consummate the Social IPO, this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio .

 

2.                                       Definitions .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

a.               2017 Adjusted EBITDA ” means $100 million.

 

b.               2017 Revenue ” means $360 million.

 

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c.                2020 Adjusted EBITDA ” means Adjusted EBITDA for SciPlay and its subsidiaries for the 2020 fiscal year excluding: (i) non-recurring or one-time financial results that the Committee determines must be excluded to ensure 2017 Adjusted EBITDA and 2020 Adjusted EBITDA are calculated on the same basis; (ii) the impact (positive or negative) of any acquisitions, joint ventures or other similar transactions completed on or after January 1, 2018 (collectively, “ Transactions ”), as determined by the Committee; and (iii) expenses that the Committee determines would not have been incurred by the Pre-IPO Business, such as expenses associated with being a public company. For the avoidance of doubt, 2020 Adjusted EBITDA shall be calculated on a basis consistent with 2017 Adjusted EBITDA both with respect to accounting principles and types of exclusions in a manner that is not to the benefit or the detriment of Executive; provided that the Committee shall retain discretion to provide for different treatment with respect to different Transactions, based on considerations such as the applicable Transaction’s structure or financing arrangements.

 

d.               2020 Revenue ” means the Revenue of SciPlay and its subsidiaries for the 2020 fiscal year excluding: (i) non-recurring or one-time financial results that the Committee determines must be excluded to ensure 2017 Revenue and 2020 Revenue are calculated on the same basis; and (ii) the impact (positive or negative) of any Transactions, as determined by the Committee. For the avoidance of doubt, 2020 Revenue shall be calculated on a basis consistent with 2017 Revenue both with respect to accounting principles and types of exclusions in a manner that is not to the benefit or the detriment of Executive; provided that the Committee shall retain discretion to provide for different treatment with respect to different Transactions, based on considerations such as the applicable Transaction’s structure or financing arrangements.

 

e.                Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of SciPlay.

 

f.                 Adjusted EBITDA ” means earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization expense, adjusted to exclude:  (i) contingent acquisition consideration; (ii) restructuring and other, which includes charges or expenses attributable to: (1) employee severance; (2) management changes; (3) restructuring and integration; (4) M&A and other, which includes: (A) M&A transaction costs; (B) purchase accounting adjustments; (C) unusual items (including certain legal settlements); and (D) other non-cash items; and (5) cost-savings initiatives; (iii) stock-based compensation expense; (iv) loss (gain) on debt financing transactions; and (v) other non-operating expenses (income) including foreign currency (gains) and losses.

 

g.                Plan ” means the SciPlay Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan or, if by a different name, the long-term equity incentive plan of SciPlay in effect upon the consummation of the Social IPO.

 

h.               Pre-IPO Business ” means SciGames’ Social Gaming business, which for the 2017 fiscal year was comprised of SG Nevada Holding Company II, LLC (now known as SG Social Holding Company II, LLC) and all of its subsidiaries; provided that the Committee shall determine what constitutes the Pre-IPO Business.

 

i.                   Qualifying SciPlay Termination ” means a termination of Executive’s employment as Executive Chairman by SciPlay without Cause or a termination of Executive’s employment as Executive Chairman by Executive for Good Reason. Good Reason as used in this definition shall also include a termination of Executive’s employment as Executive

 

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Chairman of SciPlay as a result of SciGames requiring Executive to resign his position as Executive Chairman of SciPlay in order to retain a position with SciGames or its affiliates.

 

j.                  Revenue ” means revenue, as determined in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

 

3.                                       Social Award Grant . The “ Social Award ” shall consist of performance-conditioned restricted stock units (“ PRSUs ”) with respect to SciPlay Shares.  The Social Award shall be granted effective as of the later of the consummation of the Social IPO and the first date on which the Plan has been approved by the Board of Directors of SciPlay and SciPlay’s stockholders. The target number of PRSUs subject to the Social Award shall be equal to the number of SciPlay Shares determined by dividing $12 million by the initial offering price of a SciPlay Share in the Social IPO, as determined by the Pricing Committee (or other applicable committee) of the Board of Directors of SciPlay.

 

4.                                       Vesting . Provided (x) Executive remains an employee or director of SciPlay or any of its subsidiaries or of SciGames or any of its subsidiaries, in either case, through December 31, 2020 or (y) if Executive’s employment is terminated earlier by SciPlay and SciGames and their respective subsidiaries without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason (in the case of (y), subject to Executive’s compliance with Section 4(k) of the Employment Agreement), one-third of the target number of PRSUs subject to the Social Award shall vest and become payable based on 2020 Revenue (the “ Revenue PRSUs ”) and two-thirds of the target number of PRSUs subject to the Social Award shall vest and become payable based on 2020 Adjusted EBITDA (the “ AEBITDA PRSUs ”), in each case, as set forth below; provided that, in the event that Executive receives a notice of termination without Cause from either SciPlay or SciGames and not from the other entity, then Executive shall also be deemed to have been terminated without Cause from such other entity if (1) Executive has incurred a “separation from service” (as defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)) from such other entity as a result of such other entity reducing the scope of services to be provided by Executive and (2) there has not been a finding by such other entity that grounds for termination of Executive’s employment for Cause exist.

 

a.               The Revenue PRSUs shall be forfeited in their entirety if 2020 Revenue does not exceed 2017 Revenue, and shall vest at target if 2020 Revenue equals or exceeds $720 million.  If 2020 Revenue is between 2017 Revenue and $720 million, the number of Revenue PRSUs that vest shall be determined based on linear interpolation from 0% of the target number of Revenue PRSUs if 2020 Revenue equals 2017 Revenue to 100% of the target number of Revenue PRSUs if 2020 Revenue equals or exceeds $720 million.

 

b.               The AEBITDA PRSUs shall be forfeited in their entirety if 2020 Adjusted EBITDA does not exceed 2017 Adjusted EBITDA, and shall vest at target if 2020 Adjusted EBITDA equals or exceeds $250 million.  If 2020 Adjusted EBITDA is between 2017 Adjusted EBITDA and $250 million, the number of AEBITDA PRSUs that vest shall be determined based on linear interpolation from 0% of the target number of AEBITDA PRSUs if 2020 Adjusted EBITDA equals 2017 Adjusted EBITDA to 100% of the target number of AEBITDA PRSUs if 2020 Adjusted EBITDA equals or exceeds $250 million.

 

c.                Notwithstanding anything in the award agreement to the contrary, the Committee may adjust the number of PRSUs that vest if it determines that, because of changes in the value of SciPlay Shares from the initial offering price of the Social IPO, vesting as set forth above would result in Executive receiving substantially more or less in value than contemplated by the parties. For example, if the stock price at the time of vesting is three times the initial

 

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offering price, such that if the Social Award fully vests Executive would receive SciPlay Shares worth $36 million, the Committee may reduce the number of PRSUs that vest. In no event, however, shall any such increase or reduction in the number of PRSUs that vest result in Executive receiving more or less in value than if the price per share of SciPlay Shares at the time of vesting is unchanged from the initial offering price of the Social IPO.

 

5.                                       Payment . The SciPlay Shares underlying the PRSUs that vest in accordance with Section 4 shall be delivered to Executive as soon as practicable following the date on which SciPlay’s 2020 fiscal year results are audited and approved by the Committee, but in no event later than March 15, 2021.

 

6.                                       The Plan; Change in Control .

 

a.               The Social Award shall be granted pursuant to the Plan, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, except to the extent otherwise provided herein, and evidenced by the execution of an award agreement pursuant thereto, but in all respects consistent with the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, no terms of this Agreement shall be altered or diminished in any manner without the written consent of Executive.

 

b.               In the event a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Plan) occurs prior to the determination of the Committee of the number of PRSUs that vest pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement or a forfeiture of the PRSUs in accordance with this Agreement, then (i) if a Qualifying SciPlay Termination occurred prior to such Change in Control, then 2020 Revenue and 2020 Adjusted EBITDA shall be deemed achieved at $720 million and $250 million, respectively, such that Executive shall vest in the target number of PRSUs or (ii) in all other cases, the Social Award shall be treated in accordance with Section 9(a) of the Plan (i.e., vest based on a performance level determined by the Committee); provided that the Committee shall have full discretion to adjust the form of consideration that may be payable in respect of the Social Award in connection with a Change in Control into cash or equity of the successor to, or parent entity of, SciPlay following such Change in Control on a basis providing for equal value at the time of such adjustment.  In the event the PRSUs vest in accordance with this Section 6(b), the consideration underlying such PRSUs shall be delivered to Executive within 15 business days following the occurrence of the Change in Control.

 

7.                                       Taxes and Internal Revenue Code 409A .  All payments made to Executive will be subject to and made in accordance with Section 3(f) of the Employment Agreement. Unless otherwise elected by Executive, with respect to any tax obligation (whether federal, state, local, foreign or otherwise) of Executive arising with respect to the Social Award, SciPlay shall reduce the number of SciPlay Shares due with respect to the Social Award by a number of SciPlay Shares having a fair market value (as determined by the Committee and measured as of the date on which the tax obligation is incurred) sufficient to cover the amount of any applicable tax obligation. To the extent all or a portion of the Social Award constitutes deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, Section 4(g) of the Employment Agreement shall apply to the Social Award, in each case, mutatis mutandis .

 

8.                                       Forfeiture; “Clawback” Policies .  Section 5.6 of the Employment Agreement shall apply to the Social Award, mutatis mutandis .

 

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9.                                       Construction .  The provisions of the Social Award shall be interpreted and administered as determined by the Committee in a manner to prevent duplication of the aggregate opportunity provided hereunder.

 

10.                                Determinations by Committee .  All determinations by the Committee (or by the Board of Directors of SciPlay or any committee thereof) under this Agreement shall be made in its good faith and reasonable discretion, with Executive having the opportunity to provide input to a member of the Committee (or the Board of Directors of SciPlay or any committee thereof, as applicable).  The Committee shall consult with the SciGames Compensation Committee concerning its determinations.

 

11.                                Governing Law; Arbitration . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be wholly performed within that State, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.  Section 12(b) of the Employment Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis .

 

12.                                Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

13.                                Survivability .  The provisions of this Agreement which by their terms call for performance subsequent to termination of Executive’s employment hereunder, or of this Agreement, shall so survive such termination, whether or not such provisions expressly state that they shall so survive.

 

14.                                Notices .  All notices and other communications to be given or to otherwise be made to any party to this Agreement shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or duly sent by certified mail or by a recognized national courier service, postage or charges prepaid, (a) to SciPlay, at 6601 Bermuda Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119, Attn: General Counsel, (b) to Executive, at the last address shown in the Company’s records, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: Gillian Emmett Moldowan, Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, or (c) to such other replacement address as may be designated in writing by the addressee to the addressor.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has duly executed this Agreement as of May 7, 2019.

 

 

SCIPLAY CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joshua Wilson

 

Name: Joshua J. Wilson

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry L. Cottle

 

Barry L. Cottle

 

[Signature Page to Social Award Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.11

 

Amendment to Employment Agreement

 

This Amendment to Employment Agreement (this “ Amendment ”) is made as of May 7, 2019 by and between Scientific Games Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“ SciGames ”) and Barry L. Cottle (“ Executive ”).

 

WHEREAS, SciGames and Executive entered into an Employment Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 and effective as of June 1, 2018 (the “ Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS, SciGames has been pursuing a potential initial public offering of a minority stake in its Social Gaming business, which would involve the issuance and sale of shares of Class A common stock of SciPlay Corporation, a Nevada corporation (such shares, the “ SciPlay Shares ” and, such offering, the “ Social IPO ”);

 

WHEREAS, in anticipation of, and following, the Social IPO, Executive is expected to be appointed Executive Chairman of SciPlay and provide substantial services on behalf of SciPlay and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including SciPlay Parent Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, of which SciPlay will be the sole manager following the Social IPO; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Social IPO, the parties hereto desire to cancel a cash-based long-term incentive award held by Executive in the expectation that SciPlay Corporation will replace it with an equity-based award with respect to SciPlay Shares (the “ Social Award ”).

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual benefits to be derived herefrom and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Effectiveness .  This Amendment shall become effective upon the later of the consummation of the Social IPO and the execution of an agreement providing for the Social Award (such later date, the “ Amendment Effective Date ”).  The parties hereto acknowledge that this Amendment is expressly contingent upon the consummation of the Social IPO and the execution of such agreement, and that in the event SciGames determines not to consummate the Social IPO or SciPlay Corporation and Executive determine not to execute such an agreement, this Amendment shall be null and void ab initio .

 

2.                                       2018-2020 LTIP .  The Agreement is hereby amended, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, by deleting Section 3(b)(ii) in its entirety.

 

3.                                       Termination Provisions .  The Agreement is hereby amended, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, by deleting Section 4(e)(vi) in its entirety.

 

4.                                       Exhibit A — Terms and Conditions of the 2018-2020 LTIP .  The Agreement is hereby amended, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, by deleting Exhibit A in its entirety.

 

5.                                       Legal Fees . SciGames shall reimburse Executive for any documented legal fees expended or incurred by Executive through the date hereof in connection with negotiating the terms of this Agreement and the Social Award, payable within 60 days of Executive’s submission of reasonably satisfactory documentation of such fees.

 


 

6.                                       Except as set forth in this Amendment, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.  All references to the “Agreement” in the Agreement shall refer to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

7.                                       This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has duly executed this Amendment as of May 7, 2019.

 

 

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Quartieri

 

Name:

Michael A. Quartieri

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry L. Cottle

 

Barry L. Cottle

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to Employment Agreement]