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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): July 20, 2020

 

TELIGENT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   001-08568   01-0355758
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)       Identification No.)

 

105 Lincoln Avenue

Buena, New Jersey 08310

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (856) 697-1441

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share TLGT The NASDAQ Stock Market

 

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

 

Emerging growth company. ¨

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Sale of New 2023 Notes – Note Purchase Agreement, Exchange Agreements and Indenture

 

On July 20, 2020, Teligent, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the sale and issuance of $13.8 million aggregate principal amount of 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “New 2023 Notes”) pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated July 20, 2020, between the Company and each purchaser of New 2023 Notes (the “Purchasers”). After taking into account an original issue discount and other fees payable to the Purchasers (including fees payable in the form of additional New 2023 Notes), the Company expects to receive net cash proceeds of approximately $10.0 million, which the Company expects to use for general corporate purposes.

 

The Company also issued approximately $32.3 million in aggregate principal amount of New 2023 Notes in exchange for approximately $35.9 million in aggregate principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon, of the Company’s outstanding 7.0% Cash / 8.0% PIK Series B Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “Series B Convertible Notes”), giving effect to a 10% discount on the principal amount of Series B Convertible Notes so exchanged, pursuant to an Exchange Agreement (the “Series B Exchange Agreement”), dated July 20, 2020, between the Company and the holders of Series B Convertible Notes party thereto (each, a “Series B Exchanging Noteholder”). In addition, the Company issued approximately $3.7 million in aggregate principal amount of New 2023 Notes in exchange for approximately $8.2 million in aggregate principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon, of the Company’s outstanding 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Series A Convertible Notes”), giving effect to a 55% discount on the principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes so exchanged, pursuant to an Exchange Agreement (the “Series A Exchange Agreement” and, together with the Series B Exchange Agreement, the “Exchange Agreements”), dated July 20, 2020, between the Company and the holders of Series A Convertible Notes party thereto (the “Series A Exchanging Noteholders” and, together with the Series B Exchanging Noteholders, the “Exchanging Noteholders”).

 

The New 2023 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of July 20, 2020, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

The Purchase Agreement and the Exchange Agreements contain customary representations, warranties and covenants by and from the Company, the Purchasers and the Exchanging Noteholders.

 

Interest on the New 2023 Notes accrues at the rate of 9.5% per annum and is payable in kind and capitalized with principal semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2020. The New 2023 Notes will mature on March 30, 2023, unless earlier converted or repurchased. The New 2023 Notes are subordinate to the indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities (as defined below).

 

In connection with the issuance of the New 2023 Notes, the Company, certain of the Company’s material U.S. subsidiaries (the “Guaranteeing U.S. Subsidiaries”) and the Collateral Agent entered into a security agreement (the “U.S. Security Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company and the Guaranteeing U.S. Subsidiaries granted a third lien security interest in substantially all of their respective assets. Teligent Canada Inc., a subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (“Teligent Canada”) and the Collateral Agent also entered into a security agreement (the “Canadian Security Agreement”), pursuant to which Teligent Canada Inc. granted a third lien security interest in substantially all of its assets. The security interests granted by the Company, the Guaranteeing U.S. Subsidiaries and Teligent Canada under the U.S. Security Agreement and Canadian Security Agreement, respectively, are subordinate to the security interests granted to the agents under the Senior Credit Facilities (as defined below).

 

Holders of the New 2023 Notes (the “Noteholders”) are entitled to convert principal and accrued, unpaid interest on the Notes into, at the Company’s election, cash, shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), or a combination thereof, subject to certain limitations. The New 2023 Notes are convertible at an initial conversion price per share of Common Stock equal to $2.78, subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. The initial conversion price represents a conversion premium of 20% to the average daily volume weighted average price of the Company's common stock for the ten consecutive trading day period ended and including July 17, 2020. The New 2023 Notes are not redeemable by the Company, but the Company has the right to force conversion of the New 2023 Notes if the Company’s per-share stock price exceeds the conversion price of the New 2023 Notes by 100% for a period of time after January 1, 2022, by 75% for a period of time after July 1, 2022, and by 50% for a period of time after January 1, 2023.

 

 

 

 

The New 2023 Notes provide for customary events of default. In the case of certain events of default, either the Trustee or Noteholders holding no less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the New 2023 Notes may declare all of the outstanding principal amount of the New 2023 Notes and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to be immediately due and payable. Upon certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of the Company or certain of its subsidiaries, the outstanding principal amount of the New 2023 Notes and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will become automatically immediately due and payable.

 

Under the Indenture, the Company has agreed to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the approval of its stockholders that is required under applicable Nasdaq rules and regulations to permit holders of the New 2023 Notes to beneficially own shares of Common Stock without being subject to the Nasdaq Change of Control Cap (as defined in the Indenture). In the event that the Company has not obtained such stockholder approval at an annual or special meeting of its stockholders on or before October 31, 2020, holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding New 2023 Notes may elect to increase the interest rate payable on the New 2023 Notes to 18.0% per annum until such stockholder approval is obtained, which will continue to be paid in kind in the form of additional principal with respect to any applicable period in which the increased interest rate remains in effect.

 

In connection with the issuance of the New 2023 Notes, until such time as neither (x) the client funds or accounts (such funds and accounts, collectively, the "Nantahala Accounts") under the management of Nantahala Capital Management, LLC (“Nantahala”), nor (y) the client funds or accounts (such funds and accounts, collectively, the "Silverback Accounts" and, together with the Nantahala Accounts, the "Accounts") under the management of Silverback Asset Management, LLC (“Silverback” and, together with Nantahala, the “Managers”) beneficially own at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the aggregate principal amount of the New 2023 Notes issued to such Accounts on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, New 2023 Notes issued under the Exchange Agreements), the Accounts shall be entitled to have one individual (the “Board Observer”) present (whether in person or by telephone) at all physical and telephonic meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Board Observer shall not be entitled to vote at such meetings. Each Manager, on behalf of their respective Accounts, has the right to notify the Company in writing of the identity of the Board Observer (subject to the prior written consent of the other Manager which will have been delivered to the Company). The Board Observer may be changed by either Manager, on behalf of their respective Accounts, upon notice thereof to the Company (and subject to the prior written consent of the other Manager which will have been delivered to the Company).

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement, the Exchange Agreements, the Indenture and the New 2023 Notes do not purport to be complete and each is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Form of Purchase Agreement, Series A Exchange Agreement, Series B Exchange Agreement, the Indenture, and the Form of Note, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Amendment of Senior Credit Facilities

 

On July 20, 2020, the Company entered into (i) a Consent and Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Revolving Credit Agreement (the “First Lien Amendment”), amending that certain First Lien Revolving Credit Agreement, dated December 13, 2018, by and among the Company, as a borrower, Teligent Canada, as a borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto, and ACF Finco I LP, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the lenders (as amended, including by the First Lien Amendment, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”), and (ii) a Consent and Amendment No. 5 to Second Lien Credit Agreement (the “Second Lien Amendment”), amending that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 13, 2018, by and among the Company, as the borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto, and Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the lenders (as amended, including by the Second Lien Amendment, the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”, and together with the First Lien Credit Agreement, the “Senior Credit Facilities”).

 

The First Lien Amendment amends the First Lien Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) permit the issuance of the New 2023 Notes and the other transactions contemplated by the Indenture, (ii) modify the terms of certain mandatory prepayments, (iii) modify certain negative covenants and (iv) modify certain financial covenants, each as further described in the First Lien Amendment which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Second Lien Amendment amends the Second Lien Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) permit the issuance of the New 2023 Notes and the other transactions contemplated by the Indenture, (ii) modify the terms of certain mandatory prepayments, (iii) modify certain negative covenants, (iv) modify certain financial covenants and (v) extend the time period in which the Company may elect to pay interest in kind, each as further described in the Second Lien Amendment which is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

 

The foregoing summary of the terms of the First Lien Amendment and Second Lien Amendment does not purport to be a complete description and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of such First Lien Amendment and Second Lien Amendment, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Warrants

 

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Second Lien Amendment, on July 20, 2020, the Company issued to the lenders party to the Second Lien Credit Agreement certain warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (collectively, the “Warrants”). The Warrants are exercisable for up to, in the aggregate, 134,667 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share of common stock. The Warrants are immediately exercisable upon issuance and will remain exercisable, in whole or in part, for a period of five years from the original issuance date of the Warrants.

 

The number of shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants is subject to customary adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events, including (i) payment of a dividend or distribution to holders of shares of the Company’s common stock payable in shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) a subdivision, capital reorganization or reclassification of the Company’s common stock or (iii) a merger, sale or other change of control transaction.

 

The foregoing summary of the terms of the Warrants does not purport to be a complete description and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Warrants, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the heading “Sale of New 2023 Notes – Note Purchase Agreement, Exchange Agreements and Indenture” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Company offered and sold the New 2023 Notes for cash in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance upon the safe harbor provided by Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Company effected the exchange of New 2023 Notes in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. Neither the New 2023 Notes nor the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the New 2023 Notes have been registered under the Securities Act or may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On July 20, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the issuance and sale of the New 2023 Notes. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

In connection with the sale of the New 2023 Notes, the Company disclosed the following information in certain presentations made by the Company’s management to prospective purchasers of New 2023 Notes. All of the information set forth below is based upon management estimates and certain other assumptions available to and made by the Company’s management at the time such disclosures were made.

 

 

 

 

Cash Flow and Liquidity Matters

 

The Company estimates that cash collected globally for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 will be approximately $10.9 million.

 

As described above, the First Lien Amendment and the Second Lien Amendment amend the First Lien Credit Agreement and Second Lien Credit Agreement, respectively, to decrease the required minimum Liquidity (as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities) of the Company and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, to $3.0 million. The Company anticipates being in compliance with the minimum Liquidity covenant at and as of December 31, 2020.

 

The Company anticipates that it will return to being cash flow positive in the first quarter of 2021.

 

The forecasted information in respect of the Company’s anticipated cash collections for the three months ending June 30, 2020 is subject to change following the closing of the Company’s financial results for the second quarter of 2020 and finalization of quarter-end financial and accounting procedures (which have yet to be performed) and should not be viewed as a substitute for full financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has not audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any procedures, and does not express an opinion or any other form of assurance, with respect to the forecasted information. The Company does not expect to disclose publicly whether its expectations with respect to any of the matters set forth above have changed or to update its expectations, other than through the release of actual results in the ordinary course of business. Actual results may vary materially. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on the Company’s projections with respect to the matters set forth above. See “Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” for additional information in respect of these forward-looking statements.

 

Outlook for Three Months Ending September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020

 

Three Months Ending September 30, 2020

 

For the three months ending September 30, 2020, the Company is forecasting (i) revenue of approximately $13.5 million, (ii) an operating loss of approximately $3.9 million, (iii) negative EBITDA of approximately $2.2 million and (iv) negative Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $1.8 million.

 

Three Months Ending December 31, 2020

 

For the three months ending December 31, 2020, the Company is forecasting (i) revenue of approximately $15.5 million, (ii) an operating loss of approximately $3.1 million, (iii) negative EBITDA of approximately $0.7 million and (iv) negative Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $0.4 million.

 

EBITDA, as defined by the Company, is calculated as follows: net loss plus (i) depreciation expense; (ii) amortization of intangibles; (iii) impairment charges; (iv) interest expense and other expenses, net; (v) amortization of debt issuance costs, debt discounts and debt extinguishment and (vi) provision for income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA, as defined by the Company, is calculated as follows: EBITDA plus (i) foreign currency exchange loss; (ii) changes in the fair value of derivatives and (iii) non-cash stock-based compensation expense. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP measures and should not be used in isolation or as a substitute for consolidated statements of operations and cash flow data prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

The information included above in respect of the Company’s forecasts of certain future operating results is subject to a number of uncertainties and risks based on the relevant assumptions and expectations, including those described below in “Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements”. Specifically, there is a high level of uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects thereof on the Company’s future performance and results of operations. Any of these risks or uncertainties, including in respect of the COVID-19 pandemic, could cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the Company’s forecasts above. The above forecasts should not be construed as financial guidance and should not be relied upon as such.

 

 

 

 

Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

 

The estimates, projections and certain of the other statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including, without limitation, the information contained under Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions with respect to us, including statements concerning the financing transactions described herein, future results, operations, outlooks, plans, goals, cash flows, liquidity and other events which have not yet occurred. These statements are intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts are statements that could be deemed forward-looking. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the Company’s business and the industry in which the Company operates and the beliefs and assumptions of the Company’s management. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “depends,” “expect,” “goal,” “anticipate,” “forecast,” “project,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “indicate,” “outlook,” and similar expressions of future intent or the negative of such terms. Forward-looking statements include those statements that relate to the issuance and sale of the New 2023 Notes, the Company’s estimated operating results and the Company’s outlook (including, without limitation, the information contained under Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K), including, but not limited to, statements regarding the expected amount of net proceeds from the sale of New 2023 Notes, the expected use of net proceeds from the sale of New 2023 Notes, the Company’s estimated cash collections for the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company’s expectation that it will return to being cash flow positive in the first quarter of 2021, the Company’s expectation of being in compliance with the minimum liquidity covenant in the First Lien Credit Agreement and Second Lien Credit Agreement at and as of December 31, 2020, and the Company’s forecasted revenue, operating loss, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for each of the three months ending September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are many factors that could cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the Company’s forward-looking statements. This note contains important cautionary statements of the known factors that the Company considers could materially affect the accuracy of the Company’s forward-looking statements and adversely affect the Company’s business, results of operations and financial position. Additionally, many of these risks and uncertainties are currently amplified by and will continue to be amplified by, or in the future may be amplified by, the COVID-19 outbreak and the effects thereof on the Company's future performance and results of operations. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks. There may be additional risks that the Company considers immaterial or which are unknown. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these expectations include, but are not limited to: the Company’s inability to meet its debt service obligations or comply with covenants in its financing documents; the Company’s inability to meet current or future regulatory requirements in connection with existing or future ANDAs; the Company’s inability to achieve profitability; the Company’s failure to obtain FDA approvals as anticipated; the Company’s inability to execute and implement the Company’s business plan and strategy; the potential lack of market acceptance of the Company’s products; the Company’s inability to protect the Company’s intellectual property rights; changes in global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors; and the Company’s inability to successfully complete future product acquisitions. These statements are based on the Company’s current beliefs or expectations and are inherently subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other periodic reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law or any relevant stock exchange rules, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to disseminate, after the date of this document, any updates or revisions to any such forward-looking statements to reflect any change in expectations or events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Exhibit Description
4.1 Indenture, dated as of July 20, 2020, by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent
4.2 Form of Note (included in Exhibit 4.1)
4.3 Form of Warrant, dated July 20, 2020, by and among the Company and the lenders party thereto
10.1 Form of Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2020, between the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and the purchasers party thereto
10.2 Exchange Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2020, between the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and the exchanging holders of Series A Convertible Notes party thereto
10.3 Exchange Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2020, between the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and the exchanging holders of Series B Convertible Notes party thereto
10.4 Consent and Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2020, by and among the Company, its subsidiaries signatory thereto, the lenders party thereto, and ACF Finco I LP, as Administrative Agent
10.5 Consent and Amendment No. 5 to Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2020, by and among the Company, its subsidiaries signatory thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Ares Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent
99.1 Press release, dated July 20, 2020

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

  TELIGENT, INC.  
   
   
Date: July 20, 2020 By: /s/ Damian Finio
    Name:  Damian Finio
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

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Teligent, Inc.

(Company)

 

The Subsidiary Guarantors named herein

(Subsidiary Guarantors)

 

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

(Trustee and Collateral Agent)

 

 

9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023

 

 

INDENTURE

 

 

Dated as of July 20, 2020

 

  

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 7
Section 1.01   Definitions and References 7
Section 1.02   References to Interest 24
Section 1.03   Acts of Holders 24
ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES 25
Section 2.01   Title and Terms; Payments 25
Section 2.02   Ranking 26
Section 2.03   Denominations 26
Section 2.04   Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating 26
Section 2.05   Temporary Notes 27
Section 2.06   Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. 27
Section 2.07   Transfer Restrictions 28
Section 2.08   Expiration of Restrictions 30
Section 2.09   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes 31
Section 2.10   Persons Deemed Owners 32
Section 2.11   Transfer and Exchange 32
Section 2.12   Purchase of Notes; Cancellation 35
Section 2.13   CUSIP Numbers 35
Section 2.14   Payment and Computation of Interest 35
Section 2.15   PIK Interest 36
ARTICLE 3 REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS 37
Section 3.01   Purchase at Option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change. 37
Section 3.02   Fundamental Change Company Notice 37
Section 3.03   Repurchase Procedures 38
Section 3.04   Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice 39
Section 3.05   Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice 39
Section 3.06   Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price 40
Section 3.07   Notes Purchased in Whole or in Part 40
Section 3.08   Covenant To Comply with Applicable Laws upon Purchase of Notes 40
Section 3.09   Repayment to the Company 40
ARTICLE 4 CONVERSION 41
Section 4.01   Right to Convert 41

 

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Section 4.02   Conversion Procedures 44
Section 4.03   Settlement Upon Conversion 46
Section 4.04   Adjustment of Conversion Rate 48
Section 4.05   Discretionary and Voluntary Adjustments 57
Section 4.06   [RESERVED] 57
Section 4.07   Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale 57
Section 4.08   Certain Covenants 59
Section 4.09   Responsibility of Trustee 60
Section 4.10   Notice of Adjustment 60
Section 4.11   Notice to Holders 60
ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS 61
Section 5.01   Payment of Principal and Interest and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price 61
Section 5.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency 61
Section 5.03   Provisions as to Paying Agent 62
Section 5.04   Reports 63
Section 5.05   Statements as to Defaults 64
Section 5.06   Additional Interest Notice 64
Section 5.07   Compliance Certificate and Opinions of Counsel 64
Section 5.08   Additional Interest 65
Section 5.09   Corporate Existence 66
Section 5.10   Restriction on Resales 66
Section 5.11   Further Instruments and Acts 66
Section 5.12   Par Value Limitation 66
Section 5.13   Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders 66
Section 5.14   Limitation on Indebtedness 67
Section 5.15   Limitation on Liens 69
Section 5.16   Future Subsidiary Guarantors 71
ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES 71
Section 6.01   Events of Default 71
Section 6.02   Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment 72
Section 6.03   Additional Interest 73
Section 6.04   Waiver of Past Defaults 74
Section 6.05   Control by Majority 74
Section 6.06   Limitation on Suits 75
Section 6.07   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert 75

 

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Section 6.08   Collection of Indebtedness; Suit for Enforcement by Trustee 75
Section 6.09   Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes 75
Section 6.10   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 76
Section 6.11   Restoration of Rights and Remedies 76
Section 6.12   Rights and Remedies Cumulative 76
Section 6.13   Delay or Omission Not a Waiver 76
Section 6.14   Priorities 77
Section 6.15   Undertaking for Costs 77
Section 6.16   Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws 77
Section 6.17   Notices from the Trustee 78
ARTICLE 7 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 78
Section 7.01   Discharge of Liability on Notes 78
Section 7.02   Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee 78
Section 7.03   Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held 79
Section 7.04   Return of Unclaimed Monies 79
Section 7.05   Reinstatement 79
ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 79
Section 8.01   Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders 79
Section 8.02   Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders 80
Section 8.03   Notice of Amendment or Supplement 81
ARTICLE 9 SUCCESSOR COMPANY 81
Section 9.01   Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms 81
Section 9.02   Successor Corporation to Be Substituted 82
Section 9.03   Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee 82
ARTICLE 10 NO REDEMPTION 82
Section 10.01   No Redemption 82
ARTICLE 11 THE TRUSTEE 83
Section 11.01   Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee 83
Section 11.02   Rights of the Trustee 84
Section 11.03   Trustee’s Disclaimer 85
Section 11.04   Trustee or Agents May Own Notes 85
Section 11.05   Monies to be Held in Trust 85
Section 11.06   Compensation and Expenses of Trustee 86
Section 11.07   Officer’s Certificate as Evidence 86
Section 11.08   Conflicting Interests of Trustee 87
Section 11.09   Eligibility of Trustee 87

 

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Section 11.10   Resignation or Removal of Trustee 87
Section 11.11   Acceptance by Successor Trustee 88
Section 11.12   Succession by Merger, Etc. 89
Section 11.13   Preferential Collection of Claims 89
Section 11.14   Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company 89
ARTICLE 12 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES 90
Section 12.01   Subsidiary Guarantees 90
Section 12.02   Luxembourg Subsidiary 91
Section 12.03   Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability 92
Section 12.04   Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantee 92
ARTICLE 13 COLLATERAL AND SECURITY 93
Section 13.01   Collateral and Security 93
Section 13.02   Security Documents 93
Section 13.03   Authorization of Actions to Be Taken 93
Section 13.04   Release of Collateral 94
Section 13.05   Application of Proceeds of Collateral 95
Section 13.06   Collateral Agent 95
Section 13.07   Trust Indenture Act; Opinion of Counsel; Certificates of the Company 97
ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS 97
Section 14.01   Effect on Successors and Assigns 97
Section 14.02   Governing Law 97
Section 14.03   Trust Indenture Act 98
Section 14.04   Benefits of Indenture 98
Section 14.05   Calculations 98
Section 14.06   Execution in Counterparts 98
Section 14.07   Notices 99
Section 14.08   No Recourse Against Others 100
Section 14.09   Tax Withholding 100
Section 14.10   Waiver of Jury Trial 100
Section 14.11   U.S.A. Patriot Act 100
Section 14.12   Force Majeure 100
Section 14.13   Submission to Jurisdiction 101
Section 14.14   Severability 101

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of July 20, 2020, between Teligent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), Teligent Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, IGEN, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Teligent OÜ, registry code 12939544, a private limited company organized in Tallinn, Republic of Estonia, Teligent Luxembourg S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) organized and established under the laws of Luxembourg, and Teligent Canada Inc., a company formed in the province of British Columbia, as the initial Subsidiary Guarantors, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, initially as trustee, collateral agent, conversion agent, registrar and paying agent (in such capacities, and subject to the provisions herein for replacements or successors for such parties, the “Trustee”, “Collateral Agent”, “Conversion Agent”, “Registrar” and “Paying Agent”, respectively).

 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

 

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of the Company’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”), having the terms, tenor, amount and other provisions hereinafter set forth, and, to provide therefor, has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture (this “Indenture”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company previously duly authorized the creation of an issue of the Company’s 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Existing Series A Notes”), having the terms, tenor, amount and other provisions set forth in an Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2018, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association (the “Existing Series A 2023 Indenture”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company previously duly authorized the creation of an issue of the Company’s 7.0% Cash/8.0% PIK Series B Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “Existing Series B Notes” and, together with the Existing Series A Notes, the “Existing 2023 Notes”), having the terms, tenor, amount and other provisions set forth in an Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2019, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association (the “Existing Series B 2023 Indenture”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and certain holders of the Existing 2023 Notes desire that such holders exchange their outstanding Existing 2023 Notes for Notes (such Notes issued in exchange for Existing 2023 Notes, as well as Notes issued upon the registration of transfer of such Notes or in exchange for such Notes or in lieu of such Notes, the “Exchange Notes”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell additional Notes to purchasers for cash (the “Cash Notes”); and

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Notes, when duly executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors, in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Notes have in all respects been duly authorized;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of each other and the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders (as hereinafter defined), as follows:

 

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Article 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

Section 1.01        Definitions and References.

 

The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. The words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other Subdivision. The word “or” is not exclusive and the word “including” means including without limitation. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular. References to any Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit are to this Indenture except as herein otherwise expressly provided.

 

Act” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.

 

Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable by the Company pursuant to Section 5.08 or Section 6.03, as applicable.

 

Additional Restricted Ownership Person” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a).

 

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Agent Members” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).

 

Agent” means any Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or any other agent appointed pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any matter at any time, the policies and procedures of a Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such time.

 

Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any similar United States federal or state law or foreign law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.

 

Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.

 

Board Resolution” when used with reference to the Company means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Business Day” means any day other than (x) a Saturday, (y) a Sunday or (z) a day on which state or federally chartered banking institutions in New York, New York or the place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

Capital Stock” means, for any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligations” shall mean, as applied to any Person, all obligations under Capitalized Leases of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as liabilities on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capitalized Leases” shall mean, as applied to any Person, all leases of property that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases on the balance sheet of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; provided, that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cash Settlement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a).

 

Change in Control” means an event that will be deemed to have occurred at the time, after the first date of original issuance for the Notes, any of the following occurs:

 

(i)                 any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Company’s Common Equity representing 50% or more of the total voting power of the Company’s Common Equity, or has the power, directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors;

 

(ii)                the Company consolidates with, enters into a binding share exchange, merger or similar transaction with or into another person or the Company sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company; provided, that any merger, binding share exchange, consolidation or similar transaction pursuant to which the Persons that “beneficially owned,” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly, the Company’s Common Equity immediately prior to such transaction “beneficially own,” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly, the Common Equity representing at least a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of the Common Equity of the surviving or transferee Person and such holders’ proportional voting power immediately after such transaction vis-à-vis each other with respect to the securities they receive in such transaction will be in substantially the same proportions as their respective voting power vis-à-vis each other immediately prior to such transaction will not constitute a “Change in Control”; or

 

(iii)               the holders of the Company’s Capital Stock approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with this Indenture).

 

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provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” will not be deemed to have occurred if at least 90% of the consideration paid for the Common Stock in a transaction or transactions described under clause (ii) of this definition of “Change in Control” above (excluding cash payments for any fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights) consists of shares of common stock traded on a Permitted Exchange, or will be so traded immediately following such transaction, and as a result therefrom, such consideration becomes the Reference Property for the Notes.

 

If any transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the Reference Property comprised of securities of another entity occurs, following completion of any related Fundamental Change Purchase Date, references to the Company in this definition of “Change in Control” will apply to such other entity instead.

 

Clause A Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).

 

Clause B Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).

 

Clause C Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).

 

Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

 

Closing Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any day, as determined by the Company, means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and last ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid and the average last ask prices) at 4:00 p.m. New York City time on that day as reported in composite transactions for the Exchange, or if the Common Stock is not listed on the Exchange, the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. at 4:00 p.m. New York City time on such date (or in either case the then-standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system). If the closing sale price of the Common Stock is not so reported, the “Closing Sale Price” will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and last ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.

 

Collateral” means any and all assets in which the Company or any Grantor Subsidiary grants or purports to grant a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent as security for the Obligations.

 

Collateral Agent” means the Person named as the “Collateral Agent” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, in its capacity as the “Collateral Agent” for the Secured Parties, until a successor collateral agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Collateral Agent” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Collateral Agent hereunder.

 

Combination Settlement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a).

 

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

 

Common Equity” of any Person means the Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person.

 

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Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company authorized at the date of this instrument as originally executed or shares of any class or classes of common stock resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof; provided, however, that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares so issuable on conversion of Notes shall include shares of all such classes, and the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

 

Common stock” includes any stock of any class of Capital Stock which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer thereof and which is not subject to redemption by the issuer thereof.

 

Company” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and subject to the provisions of Article 9, shall include its successors and assigns.

 

Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by one of its Officers, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Contingent Liability” shall mean, for any Person, any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person guarantees, endorses or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by direct or indirect agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to, or otherwise to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss) the Indebtedness of any other Person (other than by endorsements of instruments in the course of collection), or guarantees the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the Capital Stock of any other Person. The amount of any Person’s obligation under any Contingent Liability shall (subject to any limitation set forth therein) be deemed to be the outstanding principal amount of the debt, obligation or other liability guaranteed thereby.

 

Conversion Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02.

 

Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(b).

 

Conversion Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(b).

 

Conversion Period” means, with respect to any Note surrendered for conversion, (i) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to the 25th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the third VWAP Trading Day immediately following such Conversion Date; and (ii) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the 25th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

 

Conversion Price” means, in respect of each Note, as of any date, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate in effect on such date.

 

Conversion Rate” means initially 360.0334 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.

 

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Corporate Trust Office” means, with respect to the office of the Trustee, the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time this Indenture shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attn: Teligent, Inc. 2023 Notes Administrator, or such other address in the continental United States as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

Corporation” means a corporation, association, joint stock company, limited liability company or business trust.

 

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Notes (so long as the Notes constitute Global Notes), or any successor entity.

 

Daily Conversion Value” means, for each VWAP Trading Day during any Conversion Period, one-twentieth (1/20th) of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on such VWAP Trading Day and (ii) the Daily VWAP on such VWAP Trading Day.

 

Daily Measurement Value” means, for any conversion of Notes, the applicable Specified Dollar Amount divided by 20.

 

Daily Net Share Number” means, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes surrendered for conversion, for each of the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the Conversion Period, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (A) the greater of (x) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day and the Daily Measurement Value and (y) zero, divided by (B) the Daily VWAP for such VWAP Trading Day.

 

Daily Settlement Amount” for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes surrendered for conversion, for each of the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the Conversion Period, will consist of: (i) if the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, (x) a cash payment of the Daily Measurement Value; and (y) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Daily Net Share Number for such VWAP Trading Day; or (ii) if the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day is less than or equal to the Daily Measurement Value, a cash payment equal to the Daily Conversion Value.

 

Daily VWAP” for the Common Stock (or any security that is part of the Reference Property), in respect of any VWAP Trading Day, means the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock (or other security) as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg Page “TLGT Equity AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available, or the Bloomberg Page for any security that is part of the Reference Property, if applicable) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day or, if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable (or the Reference Property is not a security), the market value of one share of the Common Stock (or other Reference Property) on such VWAP Trading Day as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof in a commercially reasonable manner, using a volume-weighted average price method (unless the Reference Property is not a security). The “Daily VWAP” will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside the regular trading session.

 

Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

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Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in the form of a Global Note, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder. The Company has appointed The Depository Trust Company as the initial Depositary for the Notes.

 

Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the U.S. that is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts at the time of payment.

 

Domestic Holding Company” any Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) substantially all of the assets of which consist of equity interests in one or more foreign Subsidiaries.

 

Effective Date” means, with respect to a Fundamental Change, the date such Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective.

 

Enforcement Action” means any action or decision taken in connection with the exercise of remedial rights of the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee and/or Collateral Agent, representing the interests of the Holders of the Notes (including in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents) following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default.

 

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

 

Exchange Note” or “Exchange Notes” has the meaning specified in the fourth paragraph of the Recitals of this Indenture.

 

Ex-Dividend Date” means, except to the extent otherwise provided under Section 4.04(c), the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of the Common Stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market.

 

Exchange” means The Nasdaq Global Select Market or its successor.

 

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (i) any Foreign Subsidiary or Domestic Holding Company, in each case, solely to the extent that the inclusion of such Person as a Subsidiary Guarantor may result (or may be reasonably likely to result) in adverse tax consequences to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Company and (ii) each Immaterial Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, none of Teligent OU, a private limited company organized in Tallin, Republic of Estonia, Teligent Luxembourg S.a.r.l., a société a responsabilité limitée formed in Luxembourg, and Teligent Canada, Inc. a company formed in the province of British Columbia, shall constitute Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

Exempt Issuance” means the Company’s issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of (i) any Notes and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this Indenture, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Indenture to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities, or (ii) any notes or other securities issued in exchange for the securities described in clause (i), (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

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Existing Notes” shall mean the Existing 2023 Notes as such Existing 2023 Notes may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the Existing Series A 2023 Indenture or Existing Series B 2023 Indenture, as applicable.

 

Foreign Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Company other than a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state, territory, protectorate or commonwealth thereof, or the District of Columbia.

 

Form of Assignment and Transfer” means the “Form of Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” means the “Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Form of Notice of Conversion” means the “Form of Notice of Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Free Trade Date” means either (i) in the case of Cash Notes, the date that is one year after the Last Original Issuance Date or (ii) in the case of Exchange Notes (other than Unrestricted Exchange Notes), the date that is one year after the Last Original Issuance Date as defined in the Existing Series B 2023 Indenture.

 

Free Transferability Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

Freely Tradable” means, with respect to any Notes, that such Notes are eligible to be sold by a Person who is not an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144) and has not been an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144) during the immediately preceding 90 days without any volume or manner of sale restrictions under the Securities Act.

 

Fundamental Change” means the occurrence of a Change in Control or a Termination of Trading.

 

Fundamental Change Company Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(a).

 

Fundamental Change Expiration Time” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(a)(i).

 

Fundamental Change Purchase Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.

 

Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(a)(i).

 

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Fundamental Change Purchase Price” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.

 

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

 

Global Note” means a Note evidencing all or part of a series of Notes, issued to the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

 

Grantor Subsidiaries” means Teligent Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, IGEN, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Teligent Canada Inc., a company formed in the province of British Columbia, and each Person that becomes a party to this Indenture after the Initial Issue Date pursuant to Article 12.

 

Guarantee Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any Contingent Liability of such Person or other obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, that the term “Guarantee Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Issue Date, entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Indenture (other than with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.

 

Hedge Termination Value” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Hedging Obligations, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedging Obligations, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Obligations have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedging Obligations, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Obligations.

 

Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired under (a) any and all Hedging Transactions, (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Transactions and (c) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any Hedging Transactions and any and all substitutions for any Hedging Transactions.

 

Hedging Transaction” of any Person shall mean (a) any transaction (including an agreement with respect to any such transaction) now existing or hereafter entered into by such Person that is a rate swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, spot transaction, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending transaction, or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

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Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Register.

 

Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Company or group of Subsidiaries of the Company (i) the consolidated total assets of which are less than 2.5% of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) the consolidated EBITDA of which is less than 2.5% of the consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Increased Interest Election” means an election by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to receive increased interest as described in Section 2.14 in lieu of the Company’s obligations to continue to seek the Nasdaq Change of Control Approval as described in Section 4.01(c)(iv), which election (i) must be made in writing and delivered to the Company and the Trustee and (ii) may be made at any time after October 31, 2020 if, and only if, the Nasdaq Change of Control Approval has not been obtained as of the date of such election.

 

Indebtedness” means as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money and all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

 

(ii) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions which may have been reimbursed) available under all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;

 

(iii) the Hedge Termination Value of all Hedging Obligations of such Person;

 

(iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, including earn-out obligations (other than (A) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and (B) to the extent such obligation is not due at any time prior to the date that is six months after the Maturity Date, any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP);

 

(v) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

 

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(vi) shall mean, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP;

 

(vii) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock (as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities or any similarly defined term therein); and

 

(viii) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (A) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranties or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset and (C) endorsements of checks or drafts arising in the ordinary course of business.

 

Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Indenture Documents” means this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Subsidiary Guarantees included in this Indenture, and any other instrument or agreement entered into, now or in the future, by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor and/or any Grantor Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and/or Trustee, on the other hand, in connection with the Indenture.

 

Initial Issue Date” means the Issue Date of the first Notes to be issued under this Indenture.

 

Initial Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

 

Initial Stockholder Meeting Date has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(c)(iv).

 

Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to the payment of interest on the Notes, each March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2020.

 

Intra-Group Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02(b).

 

Issue Date” means, with respect to any Notes, the date the Notes are originally issued as set forth on the face of the Notes under this Indenture.

 

Largest Stockholder” as of any given time means the stockholder(s) of the Company that then beneficially owns (including any shares beneficially owned by member of any group of which such stockholder is a member and otherwise calculated in accordance with Section 4.01(c)) the largest number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

Last Original Issuance Date” means the last date of original issuance of the Initial Notes.

 

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment for collateral purposes, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance, and any easement, right-of-way, license, restriction (including zoning restrictions), defect, exception or irregularity in title or similar charge or encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof); provided, that in no event shall an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business or any precautionary UCC filings made pursuant thereto by an applicable lessor or lessee, be deemed to be a Lien.

 

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Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02(a).

 

Mandatory Conversion” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(d).

 

Mandatory Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(d).

 

Mandatory Conversion Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(d).

 

Mandatory Conversion Price Condition” means a condition that will be deemed to have been satisfied:

 

(i) during the period from January 1, 2022 until June 30, 2022, from and after the first time that the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock, for at least 20 Trading Days in any period of 30 consecutive Trading Days, is greater than 200% of the Conversion Price then in effect;

 

(ii) during the period from July 1, 2022 until December 31, 2022, from and after the first time that the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock, for at least 20 Trading Days in any period of 30 consecutive Trading Days, is greater than 175% of the Conversion Price then in effect; or

 

(iii) during the period from January 1, 2023 until March 30, 2023, from and after the first time that the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock, for at least 20 Trading Days in any period of 30 consecutive Trading Days, is greater than 150% of the Conversion Price then in effect.

 

Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Hedging Transaction” under this Section 1.01.

 

Market Disruption Event” means, if the Common Stock is listed for trading on the Exchange or listed on another U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the occurrence or existence during the one-half hour period ending on the scheduled close of trading on any Scheduled Trading Day of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

 

Maturity Date” means March 30, 2023.

 

Merger Event” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a).

 

Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage or a deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed or other security document entered into by the Company or any Grantor Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders in respect of any Real Property owned by the Company or any Grantor Subsidiary, in such form as agreed between the Company or any Grantor Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Mortgaged Property” shall mean each parcel of Real Property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Article 13.

 

Nasdaq Change of Control Approval” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(c).

 

Nasdaq Change of Control Cap” shall mean, as of any given time and with respect to any given Holder, and calculated in accordance with Section 4.01(c), the greater of (i) 19.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Notes held by such Holder and (ii) that percentage of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Notes held by such Holder as then held by the Largest Shareholder.

 

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Net Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02(a)(i).

 

Non-Affiliate Legend” has the meaning specified in the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Note” or “Notes” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the Recitals of this Indenture. Except as otherwise specified herein, including Article 4, for all purposes of this Indenture the term “Notes” shall include the Initial Notes and any PIK Interest Notes, all references to “principal amount” of the Notes shall include any increase in the principal amount thereof in respect of PIK Interest paid in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, and all such Notes shall be treated as a single class of securities for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, directions, waivers, amendments, consents, redemptions and offers to purchase.

 

Obligations” means (a) obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time to pay (and otherwise arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of) (i) principal, interest (including Additional Interest and interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and all other obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes issued hereunder and the other Indenture Documents (including, without limitation, any applicable premium) when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for redemption or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Indenture, the other Indenture Documents, and the Subordination Agreement, and (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors under or pursuant to this Indenture, the other Indenture Documents, and the Subordination Agreement.

 

Offer Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(e).

 

Officer” or “officer” shall mean, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, a Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”) or any Director of the Company. Officer of any Subsidiary Guarantor has a correlative meaning.

 

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

 

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Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of, or counsel for, the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, who is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

Outstanding” means, with respect to the Notes, any Notes authenticated by the Trustee except (i) Notes cancelled by it, (ii) Notes delivered to it for cancellation and (iii)(A) Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof, on and after the time such Note is replaced (unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that such Note is held by a protected purchaser), (B) Notes converted pursuant to Article 4 hereof, on and after their Conversion Date, (C) any and all Notes, the principal of which has become due and payable as of the Maturity Date, on a Fundamental Change Purchase Date or otherwise and in respect of which the Paying Agent is holding, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay or repurchase all of the Notes then to be paid or repurchased and (D) any and all Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company will be considered as though not Outstanding, except that in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only such Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be disregarded.

 

Paying Agent” means, initially, the Trustee or any Person authorized by the Company in the future to pay the principal amount of, any premium on, interest on or the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of any Notes on behalf of the Company.

 

Permitted Exchange” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Termination of Trading” under this Section 1.01.

 

Permitted Lien” has the meaning specified in Section 5.15.

 

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness issued or incurred (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) to refinance, refund, extend, renew or replace existing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted hereunder (the “Refinanced Indebtedness”); provided, that the original principal amount of such refinancing, refunding, extending, renewing or replacing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Refinanced Indebtedness plus the amount of any interest, premiums or penalties required to be paid thereon plus fees and expenses associated therewith.

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

PIK Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.

 

PIK Interest Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.

 

PIK Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.

 

Physical Notes” means permanent, non-global certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form issued in minimum denominations of $1.00 principal amount and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.

 

Physical Settlement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a).

 

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primary obligor” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Guarantee Obligations” under this Section 1.01.

 

Real Property” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all right, title and interest of such Person (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) in and to a parcel of real property owned, leased or operated by such Person together with, in each case, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures, equipment, personal property, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

 

Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, statute, contract or otherwise).

 

Reference Property” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a).

 

Refinanced Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” under this Section 1.01.

 

Register” and “Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 2.06.

 

Regular Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, February 15 (whether or not a Business Day) or August 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

Relevant Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).

 

Reporting Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.03.

 

Resale Restriction Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(b)(ii).

 

Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department (or any other successor group of the Trustee) customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who in each case shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

Restricted Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(b)(i).

 

Restricted Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a)(i).

 

Restricted Notes Legend” has the meaning specified in the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Restricted Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(b)(i).

 

Restricted Stock Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto.

 

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Restricted Ownership Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(c).

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Scheduled Trading Day” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading. If the Common Stock is not so listed, “Scheduled Trading Day” means a “Business Day.”

 

Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Holders.

 

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Security Agreements” means, collectively, that certain Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of even date hereof by and among the Collateral Agent, the Company, Teligent Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and IGEN, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (ii) that certain Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of even date hereof by and among the Collateral Agent, the Company and Teligent Canada Inc., a company formed in the province of British Columbia, each as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

Security Documents” means the Security Agreements, any Mortgage and all other security and/or other collateral documents entered into in connection with the Indenture and the Notes, as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented in accordance with the provisions hereof, including, but not limited to, the mortgage documents described in Section 13.02.

 

Senior Secured Credit Facility” means each of (i) that certain First Lien Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 18, 2018, by and among the Company, as the borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and ACF Finco I LP, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, (ii) that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of December 18, 2018, by and among the Company, as the borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof. “Senior Secured Credit Facilities” shall mean all of the foregoing collectively.

 

Settlement Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(iii).

 

Settlement Election” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(i).

 

Settlement Election Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(i).

 

Settlement Method” means, with respect to any conversion of Notes, Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, as elected (or deemed to be elected) by the Company in accordance with Section 4.03(a)(i).

 

Settlement Method Election Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(i).

 

Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any given time, a Subsidiary of such person that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” as such term is defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as in effect on the Issue Date.

 

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Specified Dollar Amount” means, for any conversion of Notes, the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes to be received by the Holder upon conversion as specified in the Company’s Specified Dollar Amount Election Notice (which may be part of the Settlement Election Notice) or otherwise deemed to be elected by the Company in respect of such conversion as provided herein.

 

Specified Dollar Amount Election” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(i).

 

Specified Dollar Amount Election Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(i).

 

Spin-Off” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).

 

Subsidiary” of any Person means (a) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding total voting power ordinarily entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other voting members of the governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries or (b) any partnership the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or the only general partners of which are the Company or of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company (or any combination thereof).

 

Subsidiary Guarantee” means, individually, any guarantee of payment of the Notes by a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and any supplemental indenture thereto, and, collectively, all such guarantees.

 

Subsidiary Guarantors” means Teligent Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, IGEN, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Teligent OÜ, registry code 12939544, a private limited company organized in Tallinn, Republic of Estonia, Teligent Luxembourg S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) organized and established under the laws of Luxembourg, and Teligent Canada Inc., a company formed in the province of British Columbia and each other Subsidiary of the Company in existence on the date hereof, as the initial guarantors of the Notes, until such Person is released from its guarantee of the Notes in accordance with this Indenture; provided that for the avoidance of doubt every Subsidiary of the Company (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) shall be a guarantor of the Notes.

 

Subordinated Debts” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02(a)(i).

 

Subordination Agreement” means that certain Subordination Agreement dated as of even date hereof by and among ACF Finco I LP, as administrative agent under the credit agreement described in clause (i) of the definition of Senior Secured Credit Facility, Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent under the credit agreement described in clause (ii) of the definition of Senior Secured Credit Facility, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, and acknowledged, consented to by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Successor Company” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01(a).

 

Termination of Trading” means that the Common Stock (or other Reference Property into which the Notes are then convertible pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) are not listed for trading on any of the Exchange, The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Capital Market (or any of their respective successors) (such exchanges or any of their respective successors, a “Permitted Exchange”).

 

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Trading Day” means a day on which (i) the Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not listed on the Exchange, the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed is open for trading or, if the Common Stock is not so listed, any Business Day and (ii) a Closing Sale Price for the Common Stock is available on such securities exchange or market. A “Trading Day” only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) or the then-standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.

 

Trigger Event” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).

 

Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to Section 11.11, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

 

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

Unit of Reference Property” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a).

 

Unrestricted Exchange Note” means an Exchange Note that was issued in exchange for an Existing Note if such Existing Note, as of the date of such exchange, was not a Restricted Note under the applicable Indenture pursuant to which such Existing Note was issued.

 

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

 

Valuation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).

 

Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (a) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (i) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (ii) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (b) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price. For avoidance of doubt, no issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed a Variable Rate Transaction solely by virtue of the fact that such issuance includes securities that contain standard price protection anti-dilution provisions (provided that any warrants that contain standard price protection anti-dilution provisions shall not include any related increase in the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the warrants in connection with any anti-dilution adjustment or any allocation of a value based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model to a warrant which is a part of a unit in connection with any anti-dilution adjustment).

 

Vice President,” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.

 

VWAP Market Disruption Event” means (i) a failure by the primary exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock trades or is quoted to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.

 

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VWAP Trading Day” means a day on which (i) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event and (ii) the Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not listed on the Exchange, the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed is open for trading or, if the Common Stock is not so listed, any Business Day. A “VWAP Trading Day” only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) or the then-standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.

 

Section 1.02        References to Interest.

 

Any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note in this Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest, if, in such context, Additional Interest, is, was or would be payable pursuant hereto. Any express mention of the payment of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

Section 1.03        Acts of Holders.

 

(a)           Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of Notes, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.03.

 

(b)          The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

(c)           The amount of Notes held by any Person executing any such instrument or writings as the Holder thereof, the numbers of such Notes and the date of his holding the same may be proved by the production of such Notes or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or member of a national securities exchange (wherever situated), if such certificate is in form satisfactory to the Trustee, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Notes therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person executing such instrument or writing as the Holder thereof, if such certificate or affidavit is in form satisfactory to the Trustee. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Notes continues until (1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Notes is produced or (2) such Notes are produced by some other Person or (3) such Notes are no longer Outstanding.

 

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(d)           The fact and date of execution of any such instrument or writing and the amount and number of Notes held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient. The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section 1.03.

 

(e)           The principal amount (except as otherwise contemplated in clause (ii) of the definition of “Outstanding”), serial numbers of Notes held by any Person and the date of holding the same shall be proved by the Register.

 

(f)           Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

(g)          The Company may but shall not be obligated to set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of any Outstanding Notes entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted by Sections 6.02, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 8.02 or 11.10. Such record date shall be not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders of such Notes furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.13 prior to such solicitation.

 

(h)          If the Company solicits from Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the Outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Notes shall be computed as of the record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

 

Article 2
THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01        Title and Terms; Payments.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially the sum of (x) $48,404,236 plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of PIK Interest that will increase the amount in (x) pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (the “Initial Notes”), except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, in lieu of, or as PIK Payments on other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 2.15, 3.07 or 4.02(d).

 

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The Notes shall be known and designated as the “9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023” of the Company. The principal amount shall be payable on the Maturity Date unless no longer Outstanding because earlier purchased or converted in accordance with this Indenture.

 

The principal amount of Physical Notes shall be payable in U.S. dollars at the Corporate Trust Office and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose. Interest on Physical Notes will be payable (i) to Holders holding Physical Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or less of Notes, by check mailed to such Holders at the address set forth in the Register, (ii) to Holders holding Physical Notes having an aggregate principal amount of more than $1,000,000 of Notes, either by check mailed to such Holders or, upon written application by a Holder to the Company and Registrar at least three Business Days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such Holder’s account within the U.S., which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies the Registrar to the contrary in writing, and (iii) with respect to PIK Payments by PIK Interest Notes mailed to such Holders at the address set forth in the Register. The Company will pay or cause the Trustee or Paying Agent to pay principal of Global Notes in U.S. dollars and in immediately available funds (with PIK Interest to be paid as described in Section 2.15) to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Global Note, on each Interest Payment Date, Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Maturity Date or other payment date, as the case may be.

 

Section 2.02        Ranking.

 

The Notes constitute direct secured, senior obligations of the Company.

 

Section 2.03        Denominations.

 

The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and in minimum denominations of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof.

 

Section 2.04        Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

 

The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one of its Officers.

 

Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time Officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such Notes.

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes. The Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated, and shall further specify the amount of such Notes to be issued as one or more Global Notes or as one or more Physical Notes. The Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes as provided in this Indenture and not otherwise.

 

Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by an authorized signatory of the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

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Section 2.05        Temporary Notes.

 

Pending the preparation of Physical Notes, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the Physical Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the Officer executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by such Officer’s execution of such Notes; provided that any such temporary Notes shall bear legends on the face of such Notes as set forth in the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A and/or Sections 2.07 and 2.11.

 

After the preparation of Physical Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Physical Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at any office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 5.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver, in exchange therefor a like principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Physical Notes.

 

Section 2.06        Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)         The Company shall cause to be kept at the applicable Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the continental United States a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 5.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration and transfer of Notes. The Trustee is hereby appointed registrar (the “Registrar”) for the purpose of registering the transfer and exchange of the Notes as herein provided.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at an office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 5.02 for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, each such Note bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture (including the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A and Sections 2.07 and 2.11).

 

At the option of the Holder, and subject to the other provisions of Sections 2.07 and 2.11, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver, the Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. As a condition to the registration of transfer of any Restricted Notes, the Company or the Trustee may require evidence satisfactory to them as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend on such Notes.

 

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No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company and the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11 not involving any transfer..

 

Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Note in the circumstances set forth in Section 2.11(a)(iv).

 

(b)          Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the “Agent Members”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf any Agent Member may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Note, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the Agents and any of their respective agents as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any liability, responsibility or obligation to any Agent Members or any other Person on whose behalf Agent Members may act with respect to (i) any ownership interests in the Global Note, (ii) the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) any notice required hereunder, (iv) any payments under or with respect to the Global Note or (v) actions taken or not taken by any Agent Members.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any of their respective agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note. The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

Section 2.07        Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a)           Restricted Notes.

 

(i)         Every Note (and any security issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) that bears, or that is required under this Section 2.07 to bear, the Restricted Notes Legend will be deemed to be a “Restricted Note”. Each Restricted Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Indenture (including in the Restricted Notes Legend) and will bear a restricted CUSIP number for the Notes unless the Company notifies the Trustee in writing that such restrictions on transfer are eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company (including, without limitation, by the Company’s delivery of the Free Transferability Certificate as provided herein), and each Holder of a Restricted Note, by such Holder’s acceptance of such Restricted Note, will be deemed to be bound by the restrictions on transfer applicable to such Restricted Note.

 

(ii)        Until the Resale Restriction Termination Date for a Note, such Note (other than an Unrestricted Exchange Note), will bear the Restricted Notes Legend unless:

 

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(A) (1)      such Note, since last held by the Company or an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144), if ever, was transferred (I) to a Person other than (x) the Company, (y) an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144) or (z) a Person that was an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144) within the 90 days immediately preceding such transfer and (II) pursuant to a registration statement that was effective under the Securities Act at the time of such transfer; or
     
    (2)      such Note was transferred (I) to a Person other than (x) the Company or (y) an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144) or a Person that was an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144) within the 90 days immediately preceding such transfer and (II) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act; and

 

(B)            the Company delivers written notice to the Trustee and the Registrar (including, without limitation, by the Company’s delivery of the Free Transferability Certificate as provided herein) stating that the Restricted Notes Legend may be removed from such Note and all Applicable Procedures have been complied with.

 

(iii)        In addition, until the applicable Resale Restriction Termination Date, no transfer of any Restricted Note will be registered by the Registrar unless the transferring Holder delivers to the Trustee a completed notice substantially in the form of the Form of Assignment and Transfer, which contains a certification that the transferee is (A) Teligent, Inc. or a subsidiary thereof or (B) such other person that is not an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144) and has not been an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144) within the 90 days immediately preceding the date of such proposed transfer.

 

(iv)       On and after the applicable Resale Restriction Termination Date, any Note will bear the Restricted Note Legend if at any time the Company determines that, to comply with applicable law, such Note must bear the Restricted Notes Legend and the Company notifies the Trustee in writing.

 

(b)           Restricted Stock.

 

(i)         Every share of Common Stock that bears, or that is required under this Section 2.07 to bear, the Restricted Stock Legend will be deemed to be “Restricted Stock”. Each share of Restricted Stock will be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Indenture (including in the Restricted Stock Legend) and will bear a restricted CUSIP number unless such restrictions on transfer are eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent (including, without limitation, by the Company’s delivery of the Free Transferability Certificate in connection with the Notes as provided herein) of the Company, and each Holder of Restricted Stock, by such Holder’s acceptance of Restricted Stock, will be deemed to be bound by the restrictions on transfer applicable to such Restricted Stock.

 

(ii)        Until the applicable Resale Restriction Termination Date, any shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of a Restricted Note will be issued in book-entry form by or on behalf of the Company and will bear the Restricted Stock Legend unless the Company delivers written notice to the transfer agent for the Common Stock stating that such shares of Common Stock need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend.

 

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(iii)       On and after the applicable Resale Restriction Termination Date, shares of Common Stock will be issued in book-entry form and will bear the Restricted Stock Legend at any time the Company reasonably determines that, to comply with applicable law, such shares of Common Stock must bear the Restricted Stock Legend.

 

(c)          As used in this Section 2.07, the term “transfer” means any sale, pledge, transfer, loan, hypothecation or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Note, any interest therein or any Restricted Stock.

 

(d)          All Notes, whether Global Notes or Physical Notes, are required to bear the Non-Affiliate Legend at all times, whether before or after the applicable Resale Restriction Termination Date.

 

Section 2.08        Expiration of Restrictions.

 

(a)           Physical Notes. Any Physical Note (or any security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) that does not constitute a Restricted Note may be exchanged for a new Note or Notes of like tenor and aggregate principal amount that do not bear the Restricted Notes Legend required by Section 2.07. To exercise such right of exchange, the Holder of such Note must surrender such Note in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 and deliver any additional documentation required by this Indenture in connection with such exchange.

 

(b)          Global Notes; Resale Restriction Termination Date.

 

(i)          If, on a Free Trade Date, or the next succeeding Business Day if such Free Trade Date is not a Business Day, the Notes to which such Free Trade Date is applicable are represented by a Global Note that is a Restricted Note (any such Global Note, a “Restricted Global Note”), as promptly as practicable, the Company will automatically exchange every beneficial interest in each such Restricted Global Note for beneficial interests in Global Notes that do not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and are not subject to the restrictions set forth in the Restricted Notes Legend and in Section 2.07.

 

(ii)        To effect such automatic exchange, the Company will (A) deliver to the Depositary an instruction letter for the Depositary’s mandatory exchange process at least 15 days immediately prior to such Free Trade Date (with a copy to the Trustee) and (B) deliver to each of the Trustee and the Registrar a duly completed Free Transferability Certificate on or promptly after such Free Trade Date. The date of the Free Transferability Certificate for any Notes will be known as the “Resale Restriction Termination Date” with respect to such Notes. The Trustee shall assume that a Free Trade Date has not occurred with respect to any Notes unless and until it receives a Free Transferability Certificate with respect to such Notes.

 

(iii)       Immediately upon receipt of the Free Transferability Certificate with respect to any Notes by each of the Trustee and the Registrar:

 

     (A)       the Restricted Notes Legend will be deemed removed from each of the Global Notes specified in such Free Transferability Certificate and the restricted CUSIP number will be deemed removed from each of such Global Notes and deemed replaced with the unrestricted CUSIP number;

 

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(B)       the Restricted Stock Legend will be deemed removed from any shares of Common Stock previously issued upon conversion of such Notes; and

 

(C)       thereafter, shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Notes will be assigned an unrestricted CUSIP number and will not bear the Restricted Stock Legend (except as provided in Section 2.07(b)(iii)) or any similar legend.

 

(iv)         Promptly after the Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to any Notes, the Company will provide Bloomberg LLP with a copy of the Free Transferability Certificate applicable to such Notes and will use reasonable efforts to cause Bloomberg LLP to adjust its screen page for such Notes to indicate that such Notes are no longer Restricted Notes and are then identified by an unrestricted CUSIP number.

 

(v)          Prior to the Company’s delivery of a Free Transferability Certificate and afterwards, the Company and the Trustee will comply with the Applicable Procedures and the Company shall otherwise use reasonable efforts to cause each Global Note that is not required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend to be identified by an unrestricted CUSIP number in the facilities of the Depositary by the date the Free Transferability Certificate is delivered to the Trustee and the Registrar or as promptly as possible thereafter.

 

(vi)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 2.08(b)(i), (ii) or (iii), the Company will not be required to deliver a Free Transferability Certificate with respect to any Notes if it reasonably believes that removal of the Restricted Notes Legend or the changes to the CUSIP numbers for such Notes could result in or facilitate transfers of such Notes in violation of applicable law.

 

Section 2.09         Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes.

 

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver, in exchange therefor a new Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of written notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.09, the Company may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.09 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

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The provisions of this Section 2.09 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

 

Section 2.10       Persons Deemed Owners.

 

Subject to the rights of Holders as of the Regular Record Date to receive payments of interest on the related Interest Payment Date, prior to due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, each Agent, and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Register as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, the Agents nor any of their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 2.11       Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)          Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i)         Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 2.11, Physical Notes and beneficial interests in Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged from time to time as desired, and each such transfer or exchange will be noted by the Registrar in the Register.

 

(ii)       All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange in accordance with this Indenture will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(iii)       No service charge will be imposed on any Holder of a Physical Note or any owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note for any exchange or registration of transfer, but each of the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar may require such Holder or owner of a beneficial interest to pay a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed in connection with such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(iv)      Unless the Company specifies otherwise, none of the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar or any co-Registrar will be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Note (A) that has been surrendered for conversion or (B) as to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn, except to the extent any portion of such Note is not subject to the foregoing.

 

(v)        Neither the Trustee nor any Agent will have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

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(b)           In General; Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law or by Section 2.11(c):

 

(i)         all Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes;

 

(ii)       every transfer and exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Note will be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the provisions of this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.07); and

 

(iii)      each Global Note may be transferred only as a whole and only (A) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, (B) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary or (C) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

 

(c)          Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes for Physical Notes.

 

(i)         Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, each Global Note will be exchanged for Physical Notes if the Depositary delivers notice to the Company that:

 

(A)      the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary; or

 

(B)      the Depositary is no longer registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act or is otherwise no longer permitted under applicable law to continue as Depositary for such Global Note;

 

and, in each case, the Company promptly delivers a copy of such notice to the Trustee and the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving notice from the Depositary.

 

     In each such case, the Company will, in accordance with Section 2.04, promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee will, in accordance with Section 2.04, promptly authenticate and deliver, for each beneficial interest in each Global Note so exchanged, an aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes equal to the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest, registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary specifies, and bearing any legends that such Physical Notes are required to bear under Section 2.07.

 

(ii)        In addition, if an Event of Default has occurred with regard to the Notes represented by the relevant Global Note and such Event of Default has not been cured or waived, any owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may deliver a written request through the Depositary to exchange such beneficial interest for Physical Notes.

 

     In such case, (A) the Registrar will deliver notice of such request to the Company and the Trustee, which notice will identify the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest and the CUSIP of the relevant Global Note; (B) the Company will, in accordance with Section 2.04, promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee, in accordance with Section 2.04, will promptly authenticate and deliver, to such owner, for the beneficial interest so exchanged by such owner, Physical Notes registered in such owner’s name having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest as the Depositary specifies, and bearing any legends that such Physical Notes are required to bear under Section 2.07; and (C) the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, will cause the principal amount of such Global Note to be decreased by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest so exchanged. If all of the beneficial interests in a Global Note are so exchanged, such Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee will cause such Global Note to be cancelled in accordance with the Trustee's customary procedures and the Applicable Procedures.

 

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(d)         Transfer and Exchange of Physical Notes.

 

(i)          If Physical Notes are issued, a Holder may transfer a Physical Note by: (A) surrendering such Physical Note for registration of transfer to the Registrar, together with any endorsements or instruments of transfer required by any of the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar; (B) if such Physical Note is a Restricted Note, delivering any documentation required by Section 2.07; and (C) satisfying all other requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.09. Upon the satisfaction of conditions (A), (B) and (C) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company, in accordance with Section 2.04, will promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, will, in accordance with Section 2.04, promptly authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Physical Notes, of any authorized denomination, having like aggregate principal amount and bearing any restrictive legends that such Physical Notes are required to bear under Section 2.07.

 

(ii)        If Physical Notes are issued, a Holder may exchange a Physical Note for other Physical Notes of any authorized denominations and aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be exchanged by surrendering such Notes, together with any endorsements or instruments of transfer required by any of the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar, at any office or agency maintained by the Company for such purposes pursuant to Section 5.02. Whenever a Holder surrenders Notes for exchange, the Company, in accordance with Section 2.04, will promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order and in accordance with Section 2.04, will promptly authenticate and deliver the Notes that such Holder is entitled to receive, bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding and any legends that such Physical Notes are required to bear under Section 2.07.

 

(iii)       If Physical Notes are issued, a Holder may transfer or exchange a Physical Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Security by (A) surrendering such Physical Note for registration of transfer or exchange, together with any endorsements or instruments of transfer required by any of the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar, at any office or agency maintained by the Company for such purposes pursuant to Section 5.02; (B) if such Physical Note is a Restricted Note, delivering any documentation required by Section 2.07; (C) satisfying all other requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.11 and Section 2.09; and (D) providing written instructions to the Trustee to make, or to direct the Registrar to make, an adjustment in its books and records with respect to the applicable Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by such Global Note, which instructions will contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase. Upon the satisfaction of conditions (A), (B), (C), and (D) the Trustee will cancel such Physical Note in accordance with its customary procedures and cause, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of such Physical Note, and will credit or cause to be credited the account of the Person specified in the instructions provided by the exchanging Holder in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Physical Note. If no Global Notes are then Outstanding, the Company, in accordance with Section 2.04, will promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order and in accordance with Section 2.04, will authenticate, a new Global Note in the appropriate aggregate principal amount.

 

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Section 2.12        Purchase of Notes; Cancellation.

 

The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), purchase Notes in the open market or by tender offer at any price or by private agreement. The Company will cause any Notes so purchased (other than Notes purchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other cash-settled derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. For the avoidance of doubt, any such Notes purchased by the Company will be retired and no longer Outstanding hereunder.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold. The Trustee shall promptly cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, purchase, repurchase, conversion or cancellation in accordance with its customary procedures and the Applicable Procedures (if applicable). If the Company shall acquire any of the Notes in any manner whatsoever, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Notes so acquired, while held by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, shall not entitle the Holder thereof to convert the Notes. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid in full or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

The Registrar shall retain, in accordance with its customary procedures, copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to this Section 2.10. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

 

Section 2.13        CUSIP Numbers.

 

In issuing the Notes, the Company may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use); provided that the Trustee shall have no liability for any defect in the CUSIP numbers as they appear on any Notes, notice, or elsewhere. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

Section 2.14        Payment and Computation of Interest.

 

The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 9.50% per year until the Maturity Date, unless earlier purchased or converted in accordance with the provisions herein; provided, however, that from and after the Increased Interest Election until the Nasdaq Change of Control Approval has been obtained, the Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 18.0% per year. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, the date of original issuance of such Notes. Interest will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that, if any Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date of a Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months; provided, however, that for any period in which a particular interest rate is applicable for less than a full semiannual period, interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for periods of less than a month, the actual number of days elapsed over a 30-day month.

 

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Unless the context otherwise requires, payments of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, principal and interest on any Note, in each case, that are not made when due will accrue interest per annum at the then-applicable interest rate from the required payment date.

 

The Company will pay Additional Interest under certain circumstances as provided in Section 5.08 and 6.03.

 

Section 2.15        PIK Interest.

 

The Company shall pay all interest due on the Notes in kind (“PIK Interest”) on the then outstanding principal amount of the Notes (as such amount is increased or deemed to have been increased by any PIK Interest) (a “PIK Payment”) by (a) in the case of interest on any Global Note, increasing the principal amount of such Global Note, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar and (b) with respect to a Physical Note, issuing to the Holder of such Physical Note an additional Physical Note, the principal amount of which shall be rounded up to the nearest whole dollar (a “PIK Interest Note”).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the payment of accrued interest in connection with any repurchase of the Notes as described under Article 3 hereof will be made solely in cash.

 

Unless otherwise agreed between the Company and the Trustee, with respect to the payment of any PIK Interest, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, (a) with respect to Physical Notes, the required amount of new Physical Notes (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar) and a Company Order for authentication and delivery of such PIK Interest Notes on the relevant Interest Payment Date, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company order shall authenticate the PIK Interest Notes, or (b) with respect to Global Notes, unless prohibited by the procedures of the Depositary, a Company Order to increase the principal amount of the outstanding Global Note as of the Regular Record Date for the applicable Interest Payment Date, by an amount equal to the amount of interest payable for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar), and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Custodian to reflect such increase. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel in connection with the issuance of any PIK Interest Notes or any increase in principal amount of a Global Note as a result of any PIK Payment.

 

Any PIK Interest Note shall, after being executed and authenticated pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof, be mailed to the Person entitled thereto as shown on the register for the Physical Notes as of the relevant Regular Record Date. The Company will make PIK Payments on Global Notes held by the Depositary or its nominee, to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered holder of such Global Note.

 

Any PIK Payment shall be considered paid on the date it is due (a) if PIK Interest Notes have been issued therefor, such PIK Interest Notes have been executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee on or prior to the date the payment is due in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and (b) if the PIK Payment is made by increasing the principal amount of Global Notes then authenticated, the Company has delivered the Company Order required by this Section 2.15 and the Trustee has increased the principal amount of Global Notes then authenticated by the relevant amount on or prior to the date the payment is due.

 

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Article 3

REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS

 

Section 3.01        Purchase at Option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change.

 

If a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to purchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion of such Holder’s Notes that is equal to $1.00, or an integral multiple of $1.00 on a date (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Date”) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 or more than 35 Business Days after the occurrence of such Fundamental Change, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Price”); provided, however, that if the Fundamental Change Purchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which it relates, the Company shall instead pay interest accrued to the Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of the Note as of the preceding Regular Record Date and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall then be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Note subject to purchase and will not include any accrued and unpaid interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no purchase of any Notes pursuant to this Section 3.01 if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Notes). In the event the principal amount of the Notes is accelerated following delivery of a Fundamental Change Company Notice (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Notes), the Trustee will promptly (i) return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical Notes tendered to it or (ii) effect appropriate book-entry transfers to the respective beneficial holders thereof any beneficial interests in a Global Note tendered to it in compliance with the Applicable Procedures, in which case, upon such return or transfer, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

 

Section 3.02         Fundamental Change Company Notice.

 

(a)          General. On or before the 5th Business Day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (in the case of any Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a written notice (the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the purchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. Such notice shall be sent to the Holders in accordance with Section 13.08(c) (with a copy to the Trustee). Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Company shall issue a press release announcing the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and make the press release available on the Company’s website. Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:

 

(i)            the events causing the Fundamental Change;

 

(ii)           the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change;

 

(iii)         information about the Holder’s right to convert the Notes;

 

(iv)         information about the Holder’s right to require the Company to purchase the Notes;

 

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(v)          the last date on which a Holder of Notes may exercise the purchase right pursuant to Section 3.01;

 

(vi)         the Fundamental Change Purchase Price;

 

(vii)        the Fundamental Change Purchase Date;

 

(viii)       the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, if applicable;

 

(ix)          the applicable Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the applicable Conversion Rate resulting from the Fundamental Change;

 

(x)           if applicable, that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with Section 3.05;

 

(xi)          the procedures required for exercise of the purchase option upon the Fundamental Change, including that the Holder must exercise the purchase option prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time; and

 

(xii)         that the Holder shall have the right to withdraw any Notes surrendered for purchase prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time and the procedures required for withdrawal of any such exercise as described in 3.05;

 

(b)          No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01.

 

(c)          At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the Fundamental Change Company Notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that, in all cases, the Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company; provided, further that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least three Business Days before the Fundamental Change Company Notice is required to be given to the Holders (or such shorter period agreed to by the Trustee), an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and attaching the form of Fundamental Change Company Notice and including the information required by Section 3.02(a). Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall be responsible for determining if a Fundamental Change has occurred or for delivering a Fundamental Change Company Notice to Holders or for the content of any Fundamental Change Company Notice.

 

Section 3.03         Repurchase Procedures.

 

(a)          Purchases of Notes under Section 3.01 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:

 

(i)            if the Notes to be purchased are Physical Notes, delivery to the Trustee by the Holder of a duly completed notice in the Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Notice”) together with the Physical Notes duly endorsed for transfer, at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, (the “Fundamental Change Expiration Time”); and

 

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(ii)           if the Notes to be purchased are Global Notes, delivery to the Trustee of the beneficial interest in such Global Notes, by book-entry transfer, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures and the satisfaction of any other requirements of the Depositary in connection with tendering beneficial interests in a Global Note for purchase by the Fundamental Change Expiration Time.

 

The Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be purchased shall state:

 

(i)            if certificated, the certificate numbers of such Holder’s Notes;

 

(ii)           the portion of the principal amount of such Notes to be purchased, which must be such that the principal amount not purchased equals $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00; and

 

(iii)          that such Notes are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture.

 

(b)          Notice to Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

 

Section 3.04         Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice.

 

Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of Physical Notes and a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or beneficial interests in a Global Note by book-entry transfer as specified in Section 3.03, the Holder of the tendered Note shall (unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.05) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, in cash with respect to such Note (and any previously accrued and unpaid interest on such Note, if applicable). Such Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder, provided that the conditions in this Article 3 have been satisfied (including, without limitation, the proper delivery or book-entry transfer of such Note as required under Section 3.03(a)) and subject to the Paying Agent holding money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, promptly following the later of the applicable Fundamental Change Purchase Date and the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of such Note to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.03(a).

 

Section 3.05         Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice.

 

A Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with the Fundamental Change Company Notice, as applicable, at any time prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time, as applicable, specifying:

 

(a)           the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;

 

(b)           if certificated, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn Notes; and

 

(c)           the principal amount, if any, of each Note that remains subject to the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, which must be such that the principal amount of such Holder’s Notes not purchased equals $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00;

 

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provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the notice must comply with the Applicable Procedures.

 

The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with the provisions of Sections 3.05 or 3.07, as applicable.

 

Section 3.06         Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price.

 

Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided herein) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day) sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date. If the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the tendered Notes on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then (a) such tendered Notes will cease to be Outstanding and (except as provided below in clause (b)) interest will cease to accrue thereon (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes is made or whether or not the Notes are delivered to the Paying Agent) and (b) all other rights of the Holders of such tendered Notes will terminate (other than (x) the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and (y) the right of the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date to receive any interest payment pursuant to Section 3.01, if applicable).

 

Section 3.07        Notes Purchased in Whole or in Part.

 

Any Note that is to be purchased pursuant to this Article 3, whether in whole or in part, shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and, to the extent that only a part of the Note so surrendered is to be purchased, the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered that is not purchased.

 

Section 3.08         Covenant To Comply with Applicable Laws upon Purchase of Notes.

 

In connection with any purchase of Notes under Section 3.01, the Company shall, in each case if required by law, (i) comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act to the extent any such rules are applicable, (ii) file a Schedule TO or any successor or similar schedule, if required, under the Exchange Act and (iii) otherwise comply with all U.S. federal or state securities laws applicable to the Company in connection with offer by the Company to purchase Notes under Section 3.01, in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations under this Article 3 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified under this Article 3.

 

Section 3.09        Repayment to the Company.

 

To the extent that the aggregate amount of money deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.06 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then, following the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Paying Agent shall, upon demand of the Company, promptly return any such excess to the Company.

 

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Article 4

CONVERSION

 

Section 4.01        Right to Convert.

 

(a)               Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion of its Notes (if a portion, such that the principal amount of such Notes converted equals $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00) at an initial Conversion Rate of 360.0334 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes into the Settlement Amount determined in accordance with Section 4.03(a)(ii) at any time until the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the stated Maturity Date; provided that the portion of the principal amount of a Holder’s Notes to be converted must be such that the principal amount not converted equals $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00.

 

(b)               (i)        If the Company elects to issue or distribute, as the case may be, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock (x) any rights, options or warrants entitling them to subscribe for or purchase, for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after the declaration date for such issuance, shares of the Common Stock, at a price per share that is less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for such issuance; or (y) cash, debt securities (or other evidence of indebtedness) or other assets or securities (excluding dividends or distributions in respect of which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is made pursuant to Section 4.04(a)), which distribution has a per share value exceeding 10% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution, then, in either case, the Company must deliver notice of such distribution, and of the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution, to the Holders at least 30 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

 

(ii)           If a transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change occurs, to the extent practicable, the Company shall give notice to Holders of the anticipated effective date for such transaction or event not more than 50 Scheduled Trading Days nor less than 30 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date or, if the Company does not have knowledge of such transaction or event at least 30 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date, within two Business Days of the date upon which the Company receives notice, or otherwise becomes aware of such transaction or event (but in no event later than the actual effective date of such transaction or event). Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall have any obligation (x) to determine whether the condition described in this Section 4.01(b)(ii) has occurred or (y) to verify the Company’s determination regarding such condition.

 

(iii)          If the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange or a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets that does not also constitute a Fundamental Change, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, the Company shall notify Holders at least 30 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall have any obligation (x) to determine whether the condition described in this Section 4.01(b)(iii) has occurred or (y) to verify the Company’s determination regarding such condition. For the avoidance of doubt, any references to Common Stock described in this Section 4.01, including those in Section 4.01(c), shall give effect to, among other things, the provisions of Section 4.07.

 

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(c)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary:

 

(i)           The Company shall not effect any conversion of a Note to Common Stock (including in connection with the Mandatory Conversion), and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of any Note to Common Stock (x) at any time prior to the Initial Stockholder Meeting Date, and (y) from any after the Initial Stockholder Meeting Date to the extent that, after giving effect to such conversion, such Holder, any person having beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock owned by the Holder, or such Holder together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder’s Affiliates (any such person other than Holder, including any group of which Holder is a member, an “Additional Restricted Ownership Person”), would beneficially own in excess of the Restricted Ownership Percentage (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and any Additional Restricted Ownership Person shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the principal amount of Notes with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of Notes beneficially owned by such Holder or any Additional Restricted Ownership Person and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by such Holder or any Additional Restricted Ownership Person. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4.01(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(ii)          To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4.01(c)(i) applies, the determination of whether the Notes are convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Additional Restricted Ownership Person) and of how much principal amount of Notes are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Conversion Notice shall be deemed to be such Holder’s determination of whether the applicable Notes may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Additional Restricted Ownership Person) and how much principal amount of Notes are convertible, in each case subject to the Restricted Ownership Percentage. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Conversion Notice that such Conversion Notice has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4.01(c), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the Notes, by such Holder or its Additional Restricted Ownership Persons since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.

 

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(iii)         The “Restricted Ownership Percentage” for each Holder shall initially be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Notes held by the applicable Holder. A Holder may (i) increase the Restricted Ownership Percentage applicable to its Notes upon not less than 61 days’ prior written notice to the Company, or (ii) decrease the Restricted Ownership Percentage applicable to its Notes effective immediately upon written notice to the Company; provided, however, that (x) no Holder shall be entitled to effect any increase in the Restricted Ownership Percentage applicable to its Notes if such Holder or any Additional Restricted Ownership Person has acquired beneficial ownership of Notes or any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company; (y) unless the Nasdaq Change of Control Approval has been obtained, the Restricted Ownership Percentage shall in no event exceed the Nasdaq Change of Control Cap; and (z) the Restricted Ownership Percentage shall in no event exceed 49.9% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Notes held by the applicable Holder. Any such increase will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company and any such increase or decrease shall only apply to such Holder and no other Holder.

 

(iv)         The Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts (which shall include, without limitation, the engagement of a nationally reputable proxy advisor firm acceptable to the Holders) to obtain at its next annual or special meeting of its stockholders following the date of this Indenture such approval of its stockholders as is necessary under the rules or regulations of the Exchange to permit each Holder and/or Additional Restricted Ownership Person to beneficially own shares of Common Stock without being subject to the Nasdaq Change of Control Cap (the “Nasdaq Change of Control Approval” and the date of the first meeting of the Company’s stockholders after the date hereof at which the Nasdaq Change of Control Approval is voted upon, the “Initial Stockholder Meeting Date”). In the event that the Nasdaq Change of Control Approval is not obtained on or before October 31, 2020, the Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the Nasdaq Change of Control Approval at a subsequent annual or special meeting of its stockholders to be held each calendar quarter thereafter until Nasdaq Change of Control Approval is obtained; provided, however that (i) the Company shall only be required to engage a proxy advisor firm with respect to one of the subsequent meetings of the Company’s stockholders after the Initial Stockholder Meeting Date, which meeting shall be determined by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and notice of such determination shall be provided in writing and delivered to the Company and the Trustee, and (ii) the Company’s obligations pursuant to this sentence shall terminate immediately if the Increased Interest Election is made.

 

(d)          The Company, in its discretion, may elect to cause all the Notes to mandatorily convert at the then applicable Conversion Rate (such conversion, the “Mandatory Conversion”) on a Business Day selected by the Company at any time from and after Open of Business on January 1, 2022 until the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the stated Maturity Date (the “Mandatory Conversion Date”), provided that, as of the Mandatory Conversion Date the Mandatory Conversion Price Condition has been satisfied. Upon such a Mandatory Conversion, the Company and the Trustee shall follow the following procedures in addition to the other procedures set forth in this Article 4 to the extent applicable:

 

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(i)           Notice of the Mandatory Conversion (the “Mandatory Conversion Notice”) shall be given by the Company in the manner provided for in Section 13.08(c) at least 70 but not more than 100 days prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date. All notices of conversion shall be prepared by the Company and shall state:

 

(A)        the Mandatory Conversion Date,

 

(B)        the aggregate principal amount of the Notes Outstanding and the amount of accrued interest to the Mandatory Conversion Date, if any,

 

(C)        that on the Mandatory Conversion Date, all Notes Outstanding will convert into shares of the Company’s Common Stock, and, unless the Company defaults in such conversion, that interest on Notes called for conversion will cease to accrue on and after said date,

 

(D)        the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for conversion,

 

(E)        the name and address of the Paying Agent, if any,

 

(F)        that Notes called for conversion must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to receive the shares of the Company’s Common Stock,

 

(G)        the CUSIP number, and that no representation is made as to the accuracy or completeness of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

 

At the Company’s written request, the Trustee will give the notice of conversion in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least three Business Days prior to the date notice is required to be given to Holders, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

 

(ii)          On and after the Mandatory Conversion Date, the conversion of all Holders’ Notes, as set forth in the Mandatory Conversion Notice, shall become irrevocable.

 

(iii)         Notes shall be deemed to have been converted immediately upon the opening of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date, and at such time the rights of the Holders of such Notes as Holders will cease, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock payable and issuable upon conversion will be treated for all purposes as the payee or payees of such payment and the record holder or holders of such Common Stock at such time.

 

Section 4.02         Conversion Procedures.

 

(a)          Each Physical Note shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent and, if applicable, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

 

(b)          To exercise the conversion privilege with respect to a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the Holder must comply with the Applicable Procedures for converting, and effecting a book-entry transfer to the Conversion Agent of, a beneficial interest on a Global Note and pay any taxes or duties if required pursuant to Section 4.02(f), and the Conversion Agent must be informed of the conversion in accordance with the customary practice of the Depositary.

 

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To exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any Physical Notes, the Holder of such Physical Notes shall:

 

(i)            duly sign and complete a conversion notice in the form set forth in the Form of Notice of Conversion (the “Conversion Notice”) or a facsimile of the Conversion Notice;

 

(ii)           deliver the Conversion Notice, which is irrevocable, and the Note to the Conversion Agent;

 

(iii)          if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and

 

(iv)          if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes as set forth in Section 4.02(f).

 

If, upon conversion of a Note, any shares of Common Stock are to be issued to a Person other than the Holder of such Note, the related Conversion Notice shall include such other Person’s name and address.

 

If a Note has been submitted for repurchase pursuant to a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, such Note may not be converted except to the extent such Note has been withdrawn by the Holder and is no longer submitted for repurchase pursuant to a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.07 prior to the relevant Fundamental Change Expiration Time.

 

For any Note, the date on which the Holder of such Note satisfies all of the applicable requirements set forth above with respect to such Note shall be the “Conversion Date” with respect to such Note.

 

Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Notes (or portion thereof) surrendered for conversion immediately prior to the Close of Business on the applicable Conversion Date; provided, however, that except to the extent required by Section 4.04, the person in whose name any shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon conversion, if any, shall be treated as a stockholder of record (i) as of the Close of Business on the last VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Conversion Period in a Combination Settlement and (ii) as of the Close of Business on the Conversion Date in a Physical Settlement. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the satisfaction by the Company of each of its obligations in connection with such conversion and any other conditions set forth in this Indenture, at the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such conversion, the applicable Holder shall no longer be the Holder of the Notes so converted.

 

(c)          Endorsement. Any Notes surrendered for conversion shall, unless shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as the registration of such Notes, be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder or its duly authorized attorney.

 

(d)          Physical Notes. If any Physical Notes in a denomination greater than $1.00 shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of the Physical Notes so surrendered, without charge, new Physical Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Physical Notes.

 

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(e)          Global Notes. Upon the conversion of a beneficial interest in Global Notes, the Conversion Agent shall make a notation in its records as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversions of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.

 

(f)           Taxes Due upon Conversion. If a Note is converted, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any shares of the Common Stock upon the conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests that any shares be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder will pay that tax.

 

Section 4.03         Settlement Upon Conversion.

 

(a)          Settlement. Subject to this Section 4.03 and Sections 4.01(c), 4.06 and 4.07, upon conversion of any Note, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to Holders, in full satisfaction of its conversion obligation under Section 4.01, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted, a Settlement Amount consisting of, at the election of the Company in accordance with the requirements specified herein, solely cash (“Cash Settlement”), solely shares of Common Stock (together with cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)) (“Physical Settlement”) or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock (“Combination Settlement”).

 

(i)           Settlement Election. All conversions occurring on or after the 25th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date shall be settled by the same Settlement Method. Prior to the 25th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, the Company will use the same Settlement Method for all conversions occurring on the same Conversion Date, but the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions that occur on different Conversion Dates. If the Company elects a Settlement Method (a “Settlement Election”) and a Specified Dollar Amount, if applicable (a “Specified Dollar Amount Election”), the Company shall provide to the Holders of Notes so converting through the Trustee a notice of such Settlement Method (each such notice, a “Settlement Election Notice”) or such Specified Dollar Amount (each such notice, a “Specified Dollar Amount Election Notice”), (x) no later than the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately following the related Conversion Date or (y) in the case of any conversions occurring on or after the 25th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, no later than the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately prior to the 25th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date (the “Settlement Method Election Date”). If the Company does not elect a Settlement Method on or prior to the relevant Settlement Method Election Date, the Company shall no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement, and the Company shall be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation, and the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes converted shall be deemed to be $1,000. If the Company elects Combination Settlement but does not notify Holders of Notes so converting of the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on or prior to the relevant Settlement Method Election Date, such Specified Dollar Amount will be deemed to be $1,000.

 

In addition, the Company may, at its option, irrevocably elect Combination Settlement with a particular Specified Dollar Amount for all conversions with a Conversion Date subsequent to its notice to Holders thereof by notice of such election to Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent.

 

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(ii)          Settlement Amount. The cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock in respect of any conversion of Notes (the “Settlement Amount”) shall be computed as follows:

 

(A)          if the Company elects Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver to the Holder of the Notes so converting, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of its Notes being converted, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Conversion Rate, together with cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b);

 

(B)          if the Company elects Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the Holder of the Notes so converting, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of its Notes being converted, cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the related Conversion Period; and

 

(C)          if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) Combination Settlement, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the Holder of the Notes so converting, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of its Notes being converted, an amount of cash and number of shares of Common Stock, if any, equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the related Conversion Period.

 

(iii)         Delivery Obligation. The Settlement Amounts upon conversion of the Notes will be paid or delivered, as the case may be, by the Company through the Conversion Agent. The Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the Settlement Amount due in respect of its conversion obligation under this Section 4.03, (i) on the third Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, if the Company elects Physical Settlement and (ii) on the third Business Day immediately following the last VWAP Trading Day of the related Conversion Period, in any other case; provided, however, that if prior to the Conversion Date for any converted Notes, the Common Stock has been replaced by Reference Property consisting solely of cash, the Company will pay the conversion consideration due in respect of such conversion on the third Trading Day immediately following the related Conversion Date, and, notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 4.03, no Conversion Period will apply to those conversions. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, if a VWAP Market Disruption Event occurs on a Scheduled Trading Day during the Conversion Period, or if such Scheduled Trading day is not a VWAP Trading Day for any other reason, then the Daily Conversion Value or Daily Settlement Amount, as applicable, will be determined on the next following VWAP Trading Day, and delivery of the Settlement Amount will be delayed accordingly. No interest will accrue on account of such delay.

 

(b)          Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not issue fractional shares of Common Stock as part of the Settlement Amount due with respect to any converted Note. Instead, if any Settlement Amount includes a fraction of a share of the Common Stock, the Company will, in lieu of delivering such fraction of a share of Common Stock, pay an amount of cash equal to the product of such fraction of a share and (i) in a Physical Settlement, the Daily VWAP on the relevant Conversion Date, or if such Conversion Date is not a VWAP Trading Day, the immediately preceding VWAP Trading Day or (ii) in the case of any other Settlement Method, the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Conversion Period.

 

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(c)          Conversion of Multiple Notes by a Single Holder. If a Holder surrenders more than one Note for conversion on a single Conversion Date, the Company will calculate the amount of cash and the number of shares of Common Stock due with respect to such Notes as if such Holder had surrendered for conversion one Note having an aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of the principal amounts of each of the Notes surrendered for conversion by such Holder on such Conversion Date or, if the Notes surrendered for conversion are beneficial interests in a Global Note, based on such other aggregate number of Notes, or beneficial interests therein, being surrendered by the Holder for conversion on the same date as the Depositary may otherwise request.

 

(d)          Settlement of Accrued Interest and Deemed Payment of Principal. If a Note is converted, the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on such Note, and the Company’s delivery or payment, as the case may be, of cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock into which a Note is convertible will be deemed to satisfy and discharge in full the Company’s obligation to pay the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Note to, but excluding, the Conversion Date; provided, however, that if a Note is converted after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will still be obligated to pay the interest due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Note on such Regular Record Date.

 

As a result, except as otherwise provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to a converted Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. In addition, if the Settlement Amount for any Note includes both cash and shares of Common Stock, accrued but unpaid interest will be deemed to be paid first out of the amount of cash delivered upon such conversion.

 

(e)          Notices. Whenever a Conversion Date occurs with respect to a Note, the Conversion Agent will, as promptly as possible, and in no event later than the Business Day immediately following such Conversion Date, deliver to the Company and the Trustee, if it is not then the Conversion Agent, written notice that a Conversion Date has occurred, which notice will state such Conversion Date, the principal amount of Notes converted on such Conversion Date and the names of the Holders that converted Notes on such Conversion Date.

 

On the first Business Day immediately following the last VWAP Trading Day of the Conversion Period applicable to any Note surrendered for conversion in a Cash Settlement or a Combination Settlement, the Company will deliver a written notice to the Conversion Agent and the Trustee (if not also the Conversion Agent) stating the amount of cash and the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, that the Company is obligated to pay or deliver, as the case may be, to satisfy its conversion obligation with respect to each Note converted on such Conversion Date.

 

Section 4.04        Adjustment of Conversion Rate.

 

The Conversion Rate will be adjusted as described in this Section 4.04, except that no adjustment to the Conversion Rate will be made for a given transaction if Holders of the Notes will participate in that transaction, without conversion of the Notes, on the same terms and at the same time as a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the principal amount of a Holder’s Notes divided by $1,000 and multiplied by the Conversion Rate would participate.

 

(a)           If the Company issues solely shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all shares of the Common Stock, or if the Company subdivides or combines the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

  CR = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or combination, as applicable;
     
  CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or combination, as applicable;
     
  OS = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or combination, as applicable; and
     
  OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination of common stock, as the case may be.
     

 

Any adjustment made under this clause (a) will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution (regardless of whether the dividend or distribution date is scheduled to occur after the Maturity Date), or immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date of such subdivision or combination of Common Stock, as the case may be. If such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination described in this clause (a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or to effect such subdivision or combination, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared or subdivision or combination had not been announced.

 

(b)           If an Ex-Dividend Date occurs for a distribution to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days from the announcement date for such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock, at a price per share less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement date for such distribution, the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

  where,  
     
  CR = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

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  CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
     
  OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
     
  X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
     
  Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants divided by the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement date for such distribution.

 

Any increase made under this clause (b) will be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution, regardless of whether the distribution date is scheduled to occur after the Maturity Date. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants expire prior to the Maturity Date and shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants were scheduled to be distributed prior to the Maturity Date and are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution had not occurred.

 

For purposes of this Section 4.04(b) and Section 4.01(b)(i), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price that is less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for each Trading Day in the applicable 10 consecutive Trading-Day period, there shall be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.

 

(c)           If an Ex-Dividend Date occurs for a distribution (the “Relevant Distribution”) of shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, evidences of the Company’s indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company’s or rights, options or warrants to acquire the Company’s Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock (excluding (i) dividends or distributions and rights, options or warrants as to which an adjustment was effected under clause (a) or (b) above; (ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash; and (iii) Spin-Offs), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

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  CR = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
     
  CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
     
  SP0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day-period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
     
  FMV = the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof) of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property or rights, options or warrants distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock as of the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

 

Any increase made under the above portion of this clause (c) will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. No adjustment pursuant to the above formula will result in a decrease of the Conversion Rate. However, if such distribution is scheduled to be paid or made prior to the Maturity Date and is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, without having to convert its Notes, the amount and kind of the Relevant Distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution.

 

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this clause (c) where there has been an Ex-Dividend Date for a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where,

 

  CR = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;
     
  CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;
     
  FMV0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of the Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading-Day period commencing on, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off (such period, the “Valuation Period”); and

 

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  MP0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

 

The adjustment to the applicable conversion rate under the preceding paragraph of this clause (c) will be determined on the last day of the Valuation Period but will be given effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off. If the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off is less than 10 Trading Days prior to, and including, the end of the Conversion Period in respect of any conversion, references within this clause (c) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off to, and including, the last VWAP Trading Day of such Conversion Period. In respect of any conversion during the Valuation Period for any Spin-Off, references within this clause (c) related to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, but excluding, the relevant Conversion Date.

 

For purposes of the second adjustment formula set forth in this Section 4.04(c), (i) the Closing Sale Price of any Capital Stock or similar equity interest shall be calculated in a manner analogous to that used to calculate the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock in the definition of “Closing Sale Price” set forth in Section 1.01, (ii) whether a day is a Trading Day (and whether a day is a Scheduled Trading Day and whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred) for such Capital Stock or similar equity interest shall be determined in a manner analogous to that used to determine whether a day is a Trading Day (or whether a day is a Scheduled Trading Day and whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred) for the Common Stock, and (iii) whether a day is a Trading Day to be included in a Valuation Period will be determined based on whether a day is a Trading Day for both the Common Stock and such Capital Stock or similar equity interest.

 

Subject to Section 4.04(g), for the purposes of this Section 4.04(c), rights, options or warrants distributed to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock entitling them to acquire the Company’s Capital Stock or other securities, (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (a “Trigger Event”): (1) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock; (2) are not exercisable; and (3) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, upon settlement of conversions of Notes), shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 4.04(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.04(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 4.04(c). If any such rights, options or warrants, distributed prior to the Issue Date are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex-Dividend Date of such deemed distribution (in which case the original rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders). In addition, in the event of any distribution or deemed distribution of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.04(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants which shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any Holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Conversion Rate shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming each such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants which shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights and warrants had not been issued.

 

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For purposes of Sections 4.04(a) through (c), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 4.04(c) applies includes one or both of:

 

(A)       a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 4.04(a) also applies (the “Clause A Distribution”); or

 

(B)       an issuance of rights, options or warrants entitling holders of the Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock to which Section 4.04(b) also applies (the “Clause B Distribution”),

 

then (i) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a distribution to which this Section 4.04(c) applies (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required to be made under this Section 4.04(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall be made, (ii) the Clause B Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 4.04(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company, (A) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause B Distribution and the Clause A Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution and (B) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution or the Clause B Distribution shall not be deemed to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date” within the meaning of Section 4.04(b), and (iii) the Clause A Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution or the Clause B Distribution, as the case may be, except that, if determined by the Company, (A) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution, and (B) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution shall not be deemed to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or such effective date” within the meaning of Section 4.04(a).

 

(d)          If an Ex-Dividend Date occurs for a cash dividend or distribution to all, or substantially all, holders of the outstanding Common Stock (other than any dividend or distribution in connection with the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where,

 

  CR = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

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  CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
     
  SP0 = the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and
     
  C = the amount in cash per share that the Company pays or distributes to substantially all holders of the Common Stock.

 

Any increase made under this clause (d) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend date for such dividend or distribution. No adjustment pursuant to the above formula will result in a decrease of the Conversion Rate. However, if any dividend or distribution described in this clause (d) is scheduled to be paid or made prior to the Maturity Date but is not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of the Common Stock, without having to convert its Notes, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

 

(e)           If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock, and if the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “Offer Expiration Date”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where,

 

  CR = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date;
     
  CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date;
     
  AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
     
  OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the time (the “Offer Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to such tender or exchange offer);

 

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  OS = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Offer Expiration Time (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

 

  SP = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date.

 

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph of this clause (e) will be determined at the Close of Business on the tenth Trading Day immediately following, but excluding, the Offer Expiration Date but will be given effect at the Open of Business on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date. If the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date is less than 10 Trading Days prior to, and including, the end of the Conversion Period in respect of any conversion, references within this clause (e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date to, and including, the last VWAP Trading Day of such Conversion Period. In respect of any conversion during the 10 Trading Days commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date, references within this clause (e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date to, but excluding, the relevant Conversion Date. No adjustment pursuant to the above formula will result in a decrease of the Conversion Rate.

 

(f)           Special Settlement Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if a Note is converted and:

 

(i)           Combination Settlement is applicable to such Note and shares of Common Stock are deliverable to settle the Daily Net Share Number for a given VWAP Trading Day within the Conversion Period applicable to such Note;

 

(ii)          any distribution, transaction or event described in Sections 4.04(a) through (e) has not yet resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate on such VWAP Trading Day; and

 

(iii)         the shares of Common Stock deliverable in respect of such VWAP Trading Day are not entitled to participate in the relevant distribution or transaction (because such shares of Common Stock were not held on a related Record Date or otherwise),

 

then the Company will adjust the number of shares of Common Stock delivered in respect of the relevant VWAP Trading Day to reflect the relevant distribution or transaction.

 

If a Note is converted and:

 

(i) Physical Settlement is applicable to such Note;

 

(ii) any distribution or transaction described in Sections 4.04(a) through (e) has not yet resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate on a given Conversion Date; and

 

(iii) the shares of Common Stock deliverable on settlement of the related conversion are not entitled to participate in the relevant distribution or transaction (because such shares of Common Stock were not held on a related Record Date or otherwise),

 

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then the Company will adjust the number of shares of Common Stock delivered in respect of the relevant conversion to reflect the relevant distribution or transaction.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date as described above, and a Holder of Notes that has converted on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related Record Date would be treated as the record holder of shares of Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4.03 based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend Date, then, notwithstanding the foregoing Conversion Rate adjustment provisions, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date will not be made for the Holder of such converting Notes. Instead, such Holder will be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the shares of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

 

(g)          Poison Pill. If a Note is converted, to the extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect, if Physical Settlement applies to such Note, on the Conversion Date applicable to such Note, and if Combination Settlement applies to such Note on any VWAP Trading Day in the Conversion Period applicable to such Note, the Holder of such converting Note will receive, in addition to any shares of Common Stock otherwise received in connection with such conversion on such Conversion Date or such VWAP Trading Day, as the case may be, the rights under the rights plan, unless prior to such Conversion Date or such VWAP Trading Day, as the case may be, the rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all holders of the Common Stock, Distributed Property as described in Section 4.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

 

(h)         Deferral of Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company will not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least one percent; provided, however, that the Company shall carry forward any adjustments that are less than one percent of the Conversion Rate and make such carried forward adjustments (i) when the cumulative net effect of all adjustments not yet made will result in a change of at least one percent of the Conversion Rate or (ii) regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than one percent, (1) upon any offer to purchase the Notes following a Fundamental Change, (2) on each of the VWAP Trading Days within any Conversion Period, (3) upon any conversion of Notes and (4) on the Effective Date for any Fundamental Change.

 

(i)            Limitation on Adjustments. Except as stated in this Section 4.04, the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities. If, however, the application of the formulas in Sections 4.04(a) through (e) would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, then, except to the extent of any readjustment to the Conversion Rate, no adjustment to the Conversion Rate will be made (other than as a result of a reverse share split or share combination).

 

For purposes of this Section 4.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

 

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Section 4.05         Discretionary and Voluntary Adjustments.

 

(a)           Discretionary Adjustments. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Closing Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs or any function thereof over a span of multiple days (including during an Conversion Period), the Company will make appropriate adjustments to each, if any, to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the effective date, Ex-Dividend Date or Offer Expiration Date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when such Closing Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs or function thereof is to be calculated.

 

(b)           Voluntary Adjustments. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable rules of the Exchange, the Company is permitted to increase the Conversion Rate of the Notes by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if such increase is irrevocable for such period and the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest; provided that the Company must give at least 15 days’ prior notice of any such increase in the Conversion Rate. The Company may also (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar event.

 

Section 4.06         [RESERVED]

 

Section 4.07         Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.

 

(a)            Merger Events. In the case of:

 

(i)          any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a split, subdivision or combination for which an adjustment was made pursuant to Section 4.04(a));

 

(ii)         any consolidation, merger, combination, binding share exchange or similar transaction involving the Company;

 

(iii)        any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition to a third party of the consolidated property and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety; or

 

(iv)        a liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

 

and, in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, common stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “Merger Event,” any such common stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof), “Reference Property,” and (i) the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is entitled to receive in the applicable Merger Event, or (ii) if as a result of the applicable Merger Event, each share of Common Stock is converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), the per share of Common Stock weighted average of the amounts and kinds of Reference Property received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election (disregarding, for these purposes, any arrangement to deliver cash in lieu of any fractional security or other unit of Reference Property), a “Unit of Reference Property”) then, at the effective time of such Merger Event, Holders of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be entitled thereafter to convert such Notes into the kind and amount of Reference Property that a Holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such Merger Event would have owned or been entitled to receive upon such Merger Event, and, prior to or at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing person, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing for such change in the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided, however, that at and after the effective time of the Merger Event, (x) the Company will continue to have the right to determine the Settlement Method upon conversion of the Notes pursuant to Sections 4.03(a)(i) and 4.03(a)(ii), as applicable, and (y) (i) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 4.03 and 4.06 shall continue to be payable in cash, (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 4.03 and 4.06 shall instead be deliverable in Units of Reference Property that a Holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have received in such Merger Event and (iii) the Daily VWAP and the Closing Sale Price will, to the extent reasonably possible, be calculated based on the value of a Unit of Reference Property and the definitions of VWAP Trading Day and VWAP Market Disruption Event shall be determined by reference to the components of a Unit of Reference Property. The Company shall notify in writing the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

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The Company shall not become a party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 4.07. Such supplemental indenture described in the immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent to the adjustments provided for in this Article 4 in the judgment of the Board of Directors or the board of directors of the successor person. If, in the case of any such Merger Event, the Reference Property receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a person other than the successor or purchasing person, as the case may be, in such Merger Event, then such indenture shall also be executed by such other person.

 

If the Notes become convertible into, or exchanged for Reference Property, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and shall issue a press release containing the relevant information (and make such press release available on the Company’s website).

 

(b)           Notice of Supplemental Indentures. The Company shall cause written notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it appears on the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar, within 20 calendar days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture. The above provisions of this Section 4.07 shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events.

 

(c)           Prior Notice. In addition, at least 20 Scheduled Trading Days before any Merger Event, the Company shall give notice to Holders of such Merger Event, or, if the Company has not publicly announced such Merger Event at such time, as promptly as practicable after publicly announcing such Merger Event. In any such notice, the Company shall also specify the composition of the Unit of Reference Property for such Merger Event, or, if the Company has not determined the composition of such Unit of Reference Property at such time, the Company will provide an additional written notice to Holders that states the composition of such Unit of Reference Property as promptly as practicable after determining its composition.

 

(d)           Cash Mergers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the consideration paid to holders of the Common Stock in any Merger Event is comprised entirely of cash, then, for any conversion of Notes following such Merger Event, (i) the consideration due upon the conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be solely in cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (including any adjustment as set forth in Section 4.06), multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Merger Event and (ii) the Company’s conversion obligation will be determined and paid to Holders in cash on the third Business Day following the applicable Conversion Date.

 

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Section 4.08        Certain Covenants.

 

(a)           Reservation of Shares. The Company shall reserve and keep available at all times from and after the Initial Issue Date, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock that is not committed for any other purpose, a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the product of (i) the number of Notes then outstanding multiplied by (ii) the maximum Conversion Rate of 360.0334 shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of satisfying conversions of the Notes, which shall be sufficient to satisfy conversions of all Outstanding Notes through Physical Settlement.

 

(b)           Prohibition on Equity Transactions. On or before August 19, 2020, the Company shall not issue or enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or securities that would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to any Exempt Issuance.

 

(c)           Prohibition on Variable Rate Transactions. On or before October 18, 2020, the Company shall not effect or enter into any agreement to effect any Variable Rate Transaction.

 

(d)          Certain other Covenants. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon conversion of Notes shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be issued in book-entry form, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be free from preemptive rights and free from any tax, lien or charge (other than those created by the Holder or due to a change in registered owner). The Company shall list or cause to have quoted any shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of Notes on each national securities exchange or over-the-counter or other domestic market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.

 

(e)           Exchange of Notes. All parties to this Indenture acknowledge, and each Holder, by such Holder’s acceptance of a Note, shall be deemed to have acknowledged, that the Company may determine, in its sole discretion, at any time while any Notes remain outstanding, that it wishes to exchange, in a transaction pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, monthly amortized portions of the principal and interest on the Notes for shares of Common Stock (or exchange the Notes for new convertible promissory notes containing a corresponding amortization and conversion feature). The terms and conditions of any such exchange and the applicable exchange rate (and, if applicable, the terms and conditions of such new convertible promissory notes), will be as negotiated and agreed among the parties and the Holders at the time, will require at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee of their implementation, and shall be subject in all respects to the rules and regulations of the Exchange and the Applicable Procedures of the Depository Trust Company.

 

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Section 4.09        Responsibility of Trustee.

 

The Trustee and any Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes to determine or calculate the Conversion Rate, to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Rate, or to confirm the accuracy of any such adjustment when made or the appropriateness of the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent (if other than the Company) shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock or of any other securities or property that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Notes; and the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Company) make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent (if other than the Company) shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Notes for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 4. The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including without limitation its right to be compensated, reimbursed and indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, including its capacity as Conversion Agent.

 

Section 4.10        Notice of Adjustment.

 

Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received such Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall (i) issue a press release and make the press release available on the Company’s website and (ii) prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate, in each case, setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date as of which each adjustment becomes effective and shall deliver such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to the Holder of each Note at his or her last address appearing on the Register provided for in Section 2.06 of this Indenture, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to issue such press release or deliver such notice shall not affect the legality, effectiveness or validity of any such adjustment and shall not be an Event of Default under this Indenture.

 

Section 4.11        Notice to Holders.

 

(a)           Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions. The Company shall deliver notices of the events specified below at the times specified below and containing the information specified below unless, in each case, (i) pursuant to this Indenture, the Company is already required to deliver notice of such event containing at least the information specified below at an earlier time or, (ii) the Company, at the time it is required to deliver a notice, does not have knowledge of all of the information required to be included in such notice, in which case, the Company shall (A) deliver notice at such time containing only the information that it has knowledge of at such time (if it has knowledge of any such information at such time), and (B) promptly upon obtaining knowledge of any such information not already included in a notice delivered by the Company, deliver notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent containing such information. In each case, the failure by the Company to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

 

(i)         Voluntary Increases. If the Company increases the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.05(b), the Company shall mail to the Holders with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a notice of the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which such increased Conversion Rate will be in effect at least 15 calendar days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, in accordance with the applicable law.

 

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(ii)         Dissolutions, Liquidations and Winding-Ups. If there is a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company, the Company shall deliver notice to the Holders as promptly as possible, but in any event at least 15 calendar days prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be, is expected to become effective or occur, and (ii) the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be, which notice shall state the expected effective date and record date for such event, as applicable, and the amount and kind of property that a holder of one share of the Common Stock is expected to be entitled, or may elect, to receive in such event. The Company shall deliver an additional notice to holders, as promptly as practicable, whenever the expected effective date or record date, as applicable, or the amount and kind of property that a holder of one share of the Common Stock is expect to be entitled to receive in such event, changes.

 

(b)           Notices After Certain Actions and Events. Whenever an adjustment to the Conversion Rate becomes effective pursuant to Sections 4.04, 4.05 or 4.06, the Company will (i) file with the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such adjustment has become effective, the Conversion Rate, and the manner in which the adjustment was computed and (ii) deliver written notice to the Holders stating that such adjustment has become effective and the Conversion Rate or conversion privilege as adjusted. Failure to give any such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any such adjustment.

 

Article 5
COVENANTS

 

Section 5.01        Payment of Principal and Interest and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price.

 

The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal of (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable), premium, if any, on and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes.

 

Section 5.02        Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

The Company will maintain in the continental United States an office of the Paying Agent, an office of the Registrar and an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for conversion (“Conversion Agent”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture (other than the type contemplated by Section 13.14) may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency of the Trustee.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate as co-registrars one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the continental United States for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The terms “Paying Agent” and “Conversion Agent” include any such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable.

 

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The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent, and its Corporate Trust Office shall be considered as one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes. The Company or its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

With respect to any Global Note, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be the place of payment where such Global Note may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion or for registration of transfer or exchange, or where successor Notes may be delivered in exchange therefor; provided, however, that any such payment, conversion, presentation, surrender or delivery effected pursuant to the Applicable Procedures for such Global Note shall be deemed to have been effected at the place of payment for such Global Note in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 5.03        Provisions as to Paying Agent.

 

(a)           If the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Company will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree, subject to the provisions of this Section 5.03:

 

(i)          that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of, any premium on, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and Fundamental Change Purchase Price for the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;

 

(ii)         that it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal of, any premium on, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price for the Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and

 

(iii)        that at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.

 

The Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, any premium on, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and Fundamental Change Purchase Price for the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, accrued and unpaid interest or Fundamental Change Purchase Price, as the case may be, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action, provided that, if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit must be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.

 

(b)           If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of, any premium on, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, Fundamental Change Purchase Price for the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a sum sufficient to pay such principal, any premium, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price, as the case may be, so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal of, premium on, accrued and unpaid interest on, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price for the Notes when the same shall become due and payable.

 

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(c)           Anything in this Section 5.03 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this Section 5.03, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment by the any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent (if other than the Company) shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.

 

(d)           Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, any premium on, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price for any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, accrued and unpaid interest, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on written request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that before the Trustee or such Paying Agent are required to make any such repayment, the Company shall cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 calendar days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

 

Section 5.04        Reports.

 

As long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall (i) file with the Commission within the time periods prescribed by its rules and regulations and (ii) furnish to the Trustee and the Holders within 15 calendar days after it is required to file the same with the Commission pursuant to its rules and regulations (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act), all quarterly and annual financial information required to be contained in Forms 10-Q and 10-K and, with respect to the annual consolidated financial statements only, a report thereon by the Company’s independent auditors. The Company shall not be required to file any report or other information with the Commission if the Commission does not permit such filing, although such reports will be required to be furnished to the Trustee. Any such report, information or document that the Company files with the Commission through the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee and the Holders for the purposes of this Section 5.04 at the time of such filing through the EDGAR system (or such successor thereto).

 

At any time the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will, so long as any of the Notes or the shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Notes will, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, promptly provide to the Trustee and will, upon written request, provide to any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or such shares of Common Stock the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Notes or such shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company will take such further action as any Holder or beneficial owner of such Notes or any holder or beneficial owner of such shares of Common Stock may reasonably request from time to time to enable such Holder or beneficial owner to sell such Notes or such holder or beneficial owner to sell shares of Common Stock in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time.

 

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Delivery of any such reports, information and documents to the Trustee shall be for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates) or any other agreement or document.

 

Section 5.05        Statements as to Defaults.

 

The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee (i) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year ending December 31, an Officer's Certificate stating whether or not the signers thereof know of any default of the Company that occurred during the previous year and whether the Company, to the Officer’s knowledge, is in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture and (ii) within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any events that would constitute Defaults or Events of Default, setting forth the details of such Defaults or Events of Default, their status and the action the Company is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof. Such Officer’s Certificate shall also comply with any additional requirements set forth in Section 5.07. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default except in accordance with Section 11.02(i).

 

Section 5.06        Additional Interest Notice.

 

If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to Section 5.08 or Section 6.03, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee and the Paying Agent an Officer’s Certificate, prior to the Regular Record Date for each applicable Interest Payment Date, to that effect stating (a) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (b) the date on which such interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such Additional Interest is payable. The Trustee shall have no obligation to calculate or determine, or verify the Company's calculations or determinations of, the amount of any Additional Interest payable by the Company under this Indenture. If the Company has paid Additional Interest directly to the Persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

 

Section 5.07        Compliance Certificate and Opinions of Counsel.

 

(a)           Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with.

 

(b)           Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

 

(i)          a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

(ii)         a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

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(iii)        a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(iv)        a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

(c)           All applications, requests, certificates, statements or other instruments given under this Indenture shall be without personal recourse to any individual giving the same and may include an express statement to such effect.

 

Section 5.08        Additional Interest.

 

(a)           With respect to any Restricted Notes, if, at any time during the six-month period beginning on, and including, the date which is six months after the Last Original Issuance Date, the Company fails to timely file any periodic report that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder and other than current reports on Form 8-K), or such Restricted Notes are not otherwise Freely Tradable, including pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, by Holders other than affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Company or Holders that were affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Company during the 90 days immediately preceding the date of the proposed transfer (as a result of restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Notes), the Company shall pay Additional Interest that will accrue on such Notes at the rate of 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of such Restricted Notes then Outstanding for each day during such period for which the Company’s failure to file has occurred and is continuing or for which the restrictions on transfer are applicable; provided that such six-month period shall end on the date that is one year from the Last Original Issuance Date.

 

(b)           With respect to any Notes that do not constitute Restricted Notes, if at any time such Notes are not Freely Tradable, including pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, by Holders other than affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Company or Holders that were affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Company during the 90 days immediately preceding the date of the proposed transfer (as a result of restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Notes), the Company shall pay Additional Interest that will accrue on such Notes at the rate of 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Notes then Outstanding for each day during such period for which the restrictions on transfer are applicable.

 

(c)           Further, if, and for so long as, the Restricted Notes Legend has not been removed from any Notes, any Notes are assigned a restricted CUSIP number or any Notes are not otherwise Freely Tradable by Holders other than affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Company or Holders that were affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Company during the 90 days immediately preceding the date of the proposed transfer (without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Notes) as of the 375th day after the Last Original Issuance Date, the Company will pay Additional Interest on such Notes that will accrue on such Notes at the rate of 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of such Notes then Outstanding until such Restricted Notes Legend is removed, such Notes are assigned an unrestricted CUSIP number and such Notes are Freely Tradable.

 

(d)           Such Additional Interest that is payable under this Section 5.08 shall be payable in kind in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following accrual in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes and will be separate and distinct from, and in addition to, any Additional Interest that may accrue pursuant to Section 6.03, subject to the limitations on the maximum annual rate of Additional Interest set forth in Section 6.03(d).

 

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(e)           In no event shall Additional Interest accruing pursuant to this Section 5.08 accrue on any day under the terms of this Indenture (taking any such Additional Interest pursuant to this Section 5.08 together with any Additional Interest pursuant to Sections 6.03(a) and 6.03(c)) at an annual rate in excess of 0.50% for any violation or Default caused by the Company’s failure to be current in respect of its Exchange Act reporting obligations.

 

Section 5.09        Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article 9, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if, in the judgment of the Company, the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.

 

Section 5.10        Restriction on Resales.

 

The Company shall not, and shall procure that no “affiliate” (as defined under Rule 144) of the Company shall, resell any of the Notes that have been reacquired by the Company or any such “affiliate” (as defined under Rule 144).

 

Section 5.11        Further Instruments and Acts.

 

Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

 

Section 5.12        Par Value Limitation.

 

The Company shall not take any action that, after giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Article 4, would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock for less than the par value of such shares of Common Stock.

 

Section 5.13        Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

 

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

 

(a)           semi-annually, not later than the 10th day after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the information in the possession or control of the Company, or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee, of the names and addresses of the Holders, as of such preceding Regular Record Date, and

 

(b)           at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 15 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date the Trustee may reasonably require.

 

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Section 5.14        Limitation on Indebtedness.

 

(a)           Subject to clause (b) and (c) below, the Company covenants and agrees that until the payment in full of all Senior Secured Credit Facilities (other than surviving obligations thereunder) and the termination of all commitments to lend thereunder, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee, suffer to exist or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise with respect to any Indebtedness, except for:

 

(i)          Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities not in excess of the Senior Cap Amount (as defined in the Subordination Agreement);

 

(ii)          Indebtedness hereunder and otherwise in respect of the Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the increase thereto as a result of any PIK Interest) and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof;

 

(iii)        Without duplication of Section 5.14(a)(i), Indebtedness existing as of the Initial Issue Date and which is not otherwise permitted by this Section 5.14(a), the Existing Notes and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof;

 

(iv)        unsecured Indebtedness (A) incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of open accounts extended by suppliers on normal trade terms in connection with purchases of goods and services which are not overdue for a period of more than ninety (90) days or, if overdue for more than ninety (90) days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor and (B) in respect of performance, surety or appeal bonds, bid bonds and similar obligations provided in the ordinary course of business, but excluding (in each case) Indebtedness incurred through the borrowing of money or Contingent Liabilities in respect thereof;

 

(v)        Indebtedness (A) evidencing the deferred purchase price of newly acquired property or incurred to finance the acquisition, replacement or construction of any property of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (pursuant to purchase money mortgages or otherwise, whether owed to the seller or a third party), provided, that such Indebtedness is incurred within one hundred twenty (120) days after such acquisition, replacement or construction of such property, and (B) Capitalized Lease Obligations, and, with respect to each of clause (A) and (B), Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof; provided, that the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this clause (a)(v) shall not at any time exceed $2,875,000;

 

(vi)        intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor owing to the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that such Indebtedness is evidenced in each case by a promissory note;

 

(vii)       Contingent Liabilities of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeals bonds, bid bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations;

 

(viii)      Guarantee Obligations of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of Indebtedness not prohibited hereunder;

 

(ix)         Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

 

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(x)          unsecured Indebtedness arising in connection with Permitted Acquisitions (as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities or any similarly defined term therein) (including, without limitation, seller notes and earnouts) incurred after the PIK Termination Date (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement), provided, that (A) the maximum amount of Indebtedness shall not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate or represent more than twenty percent (20%) of the purchase price for any such acquisition, (B) all such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, and (C) the leverage requirement set forth in the Senior Credit Facilities shall be met;

 

(xi)         Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business to finance insurance policy premiums;

 

(xii)        Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, returned items, employee credit card programs and other similar services in connection with cash management and deposit accounts;

 

(xiii)       letters of credit and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof in favor of suppliers, landlords and other similar ordinary course counterparties (A) outstanding as of the date hereof and (B) hereafter arising and at any one time outstanding not to exceed $2,300,000 and Permitted Refinancings of each of the foregoing;

 

(xiv)      other unsecured Indebtedness not to exceed $1,500,000 at any time outstanding; and

 

(xv)       other Indebtedness not to exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding.

 

(b)           Subject to clause (c) below, the Company covenants and agrees that at all times following the payment in full of all Senior Secured Credit Facilities (other than surviving obligations thereunder), the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee, suffer to exist or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise with respect to any Indebtedness, except for:

 

(i)           Indebtedness hereunder, under the Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the increase thereto as a result of any PIK Interest) and refinancings thereof;

 

(ii)          the Existing Notes and refinancings thereof;

 

(iii)         Indebtedness (A) incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of open accounts extended by suppliers in connection with purchases of goods and services and (B) in respect of performance, surety or appeal bonds, bid bonds and similar obligations provided in the ordinary course of business;

 

(iv)       Indebtedness evidencing (A) the deferred purchase price of newly acquired property or incurred to finance the acquisition, replacement or construction of any property (pursuant to purchase money mortgages or otherwise, whether owed to the seller or a third party) and (B) Capitalized Lease Liabilities, and, with respect to each of clause (A) and (B), refinancings thereof, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6,000,000;

 

(v)          intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor owing to the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that such Indebtedness is evidenced in each case by a promissory note;

 

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(vi)        obligations under guarantees of Indebtedness not prohibited hereunder;

 

(vii)       Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

 

(viii)      Indebtedness arising in connection with acquisitions (including, without limitation, seller notes and earnouts) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000;

 

(ix)         Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business to finance insurance policy premiums;

 

(x)          Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, returned items, employee credit card programs and other similar services in connection with cash management and deposit accounts;

 

(xi)         letters of credit and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof in favor of suppliers, landlords and other similar ordinary course counterparties, together with any refinancings thereof in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000; and

 

(xii)        other Indebtedness not to exceed $35,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required to comply with this Section 5.14 from and after the date on which the aggregate principal balance of all Notes then Outstanding is equal to or less than ten percent (10%) of the original principal balance of the Initial Notes, at which time such clauses (a) and (b) shall be of no further force or effect.

 

Section 5.15        Limitation on Liens.

 

(a)           The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of any such Person (including its Capital Stock), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following (each a “Permitted Lien” and, collectively, the “Permitted Liens”):

 

(i)           Liens securing Indebtedness of the type permitted under Section 5.14(a)(i);

 

(ii)          Liens securing the Obligations and otherwise securing Indebtedness of the type permitted under Sections 5.14(a)(ii) and 5.14(b)(i);

 

(iii)        Liens securing Capitalized Lease Obligations and Liens securing Indebtedness of the type permitted under Sections 5.14(a)(v) and 5.14(b)(iv); provided, that (i) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of the applicable property at the time of such acquisition, replacement or construction and (ii) such Lien secures only the assets that are the subject of the Indebtedness referred to in such clause and proceeds thereof;

 

(iv)        Liens arising by operation of law in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, suppliers, laborers and landlords and other similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts not overdue or being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been established on its books;

 

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(v)         Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits, or to secure performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases or other similar obligations (other than for borrowed money) entered into in the ordinary course of business or to secure obligations on surety, bid, appeal or performance bonds;

 

(vi)         judgment Liens not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.01(h);

 

(vii)       easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the value or use of the property to which such Lien is attached;

 

(viii)       Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet due and payable or not yet delinquent or that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and by proper proceedings which stay the enforcement of any Lien as to which the Company has maintained adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP;

 

(ix)         Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any contractual, statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies covering deposit or securities accounts (including funds or other assets credited thereto) or other funds maintained with a depository institution or securities intermediary;

 

(x)         non-exclusive licenses, leases and sublicenses, and subleases granted by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or leases or subleases by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so licensed, sublicensed, leased, or subleased;

 

(xi)         Liens that are customary rights of set-off relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness;

 

(xii)        Liens arising from the filing of precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (or similar filings under other applicable law) regarding operating leases or consignment or bailee arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xiii)       cash collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Sections 5.14(a)(xiii) and 5.14(b)(xi) in an amount not to exceed 110% of the amount of such Indebtedness; and

 

(xiv)       Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (a), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required to comply with this Section 5.15 from and after the date on which the aggregate principal balance of all Notes then Outstanding is equal to or less than ten percent (10%) of the original principal balance of the Initial Notes, at which time such clause (a) shall be of no further force or effect.

 

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Section 5.16        Future Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

The Company will cause each Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) to execute and deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days of becoming such a Subsidiary, a Supplemental Indenture (in substantially the form specified in Exhibit E to this Indenture) pursuant to which such Subsidiary will become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, whereupon such Subsidiary shall be bound by all of the provisions herein applicable to Subsidiary Guarantors, subject to the limitations set forth herein, including, without limitation, Article 12 hereof.

 

Article 6
REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01        Events of Default.

 

Each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default”:

 

(a)           the Company’s failure to pay the principal of or any premium, if any, on any Note when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

 

(b)           the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations under Article 4 to pay or deliver the Settlement Amount owing upon conversion of any Note within five calendar days;

 

(c)            the Company’s failure to pay any interest on any Note when due, and such failure continues for a period of 30 days;

 

(d)           the Company's failure to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of any Note when due;

 

(e)           the Company’s failure to issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.02(a) or notice of a distribution in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01(b)(i);

 

(f)            the Company’s failure to perform any other covenant required by the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically addressed in Sections 6.01(a) through (e) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding (a copy of which notice, if given by Holders, must also to be given to the Trustee) has been received by the Company;

 

(g)           any indebtedness for money borrowed by, or any other payment obligation of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company (or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company), in an outstanding principal amount, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $5.0 million (or its foreign currency equivalent at the time) (i) is not paid at final maturity, upon required repurchase, upon redemption or when otherwise due (except upon acceleration that does not result from such a failure to pay) or (ii) is accelerated or otherwise is declared due and payable, unless, in the case of this clause (ii), such indebtedness is discharged or the acceleration is cured, waived or rescinded within 30 days of the date on which such indebtedness was accelerated or was declared due and payable;

 

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(h)               the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company (or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company), fails to pay one or more final and non-appealable judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, the aggregate uninsured or unbonded portion of which is in excess of $5.0 million, provided that, no Event of Default will be deemed to occur under this clause (h) if such judgments are paid, discharged or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished;

 

(i)                the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company) (i) commences a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking the liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; (ii) seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any substantial part of the Company’s or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company’s property, (iii) consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (v) fails generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(j)                an involuntary case or other proceeding is commenced against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company) (i) seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

 

(k)               any Collateral Document or any Lien granted thereunder with respect to any portion of the Collateral (except (i) in accordance with its terms or (ii) with respect to immaterial assets), in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company or any Grantor Subsidiary party thereto, or the Company, any Grantor Subsidiary or any other Person shall contest in writing such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability; or, except as permitted under any Indenture Document, any Lien on the Collateral (except with respect to immaterial assets) shall cease to be a perfected Lien (other than as a result of the Collateral Agent’s failure to take any action within its control).

 

Section 6.02        Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.

 

(a)               If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i) or Section 6.01(j) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding may declare 100% of the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes then Outstanding to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i) or Section 6.01(j) with respect to the Company occurs, 100% of the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes shall automatically become immediately due and payable.

 

(b)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.02(a), Section 6.04 or any other provision of this Indenture, if, at any time after the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable in accordance with Section 6.02(a), and before any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained, and each of the conditions set forth in the immediately following clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) is satisfied:

 

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(i)              the Company delivers or deposits with the Trustee the amount of cash sufficient to pay all matured installments of principal and interest upon all the Notes, and the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on such principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at the rate or rates, if any, specified in the Notes to the date of such payment or deposit), and such amount as shall be sufficient to pay the Trustee its compensation and reimburse the Trustee for its reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel);

 

(ii)             rescission and annulment would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and

 

(iii)            any and all Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Notes that became due because of the acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein,

 

then, the Holders of at least majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults and Events of Default with respect to the Notes (except for any Default or Event of Default arising from (a) the Company’s failure to pay principal (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price) of, or any interest on, any Notes), (b) the Company’s failure to pay or deliver the Settlement Amounts due upon conversion of any Note within the applicable time period set forth under Section 4.03(a) or (c) the Company’s failure to comply with any provision of this Indenture the modification of which would require the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected) and may rescind and annul the declaration of acceleration resulting from such Defaults or Events of Default (except for any Default or Event of Default arising from (x) the Company’s failure to pay principal (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price) of, or any interest on, any Notes), (y) the Company’s failure to pay or deliver the Settlement Amounts due upon conversion of any Note within the applicable time period set forth under Section 4.03(a) or (z) the Company’s failure to comply with any provision of this Indenture the modification of which would require the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected) and their consequences; provided, that no such rescission or annulment will extend to or will affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or shall impair any right consequent on such Default or Event of Default.

 

Section 6.03        Additional Interest.

 

(a)           Notwithstanding Section 6.02, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default under Section 6.01(f) relating to the Company’s failure to comply with Section 5.04 (such Event of Default, a “Reporting Event of Default”), will, for the 180 days after the occurrence of such Reporting Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest at an annual rate equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding commencing on the date on which such a Reporting Event of Default first occurs and ending on the earlier of the date such Reporting Event of Default is cured or waived or the 90th day following the occurrence of such Reporting Event of Default and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of such tranche of Notes outstanding commencing on the 91st day following the occurrence of such Reporting Event of Default (if such Reporting Event of Default is continuing on such 91st day) and ending on the earlier of the date such Reporting Event of Default is cured or waived or the 180th day following the occurrence of such Reporting Event of Default, in each case payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes.

 

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(b)               If the Reporting Event of Default is continuing on the 181st day after the date on which such Reporting Event of Default occurred, the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02(a).

 

(c)               In order to elect to pay the Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 180 days after the occurrence of a Reporting Event of Default, the Company must notify all Holders of Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of such election on or before the Close of Business on the fifth Business Day prior to the date on which such Reporting Event of Default would otherwise occur. Upon the Company’s failure to timely give such notice of such election or to pay the Additional Interest when due, the Notes will be immediately subject to acceleration by declaration of the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes Outstanding as provided in Section 6.02. Nothing in this Section 6.03 shall affect the rights of Holders of Notes in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default.

 

(d)               In no event shall Additional Interest accruing pursuant to Sections 6.03(a) and 6.03(c) accrue on any day under the terms of this Indenture (taking any such Additional Interest pursuant to Sections 6.03(a) and 6.03(c) together with any Additional Interest pursuant to Section 5.08) at an annual rate in excess of 0.50% for any violation or Default caused by the Company’s failure to be current in respect of its Exchange Act reporting obligations. Such Additional Interest will be payable in kind in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes.

 

Section 6.04        Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Subject to Section 6.02(b), the Holders of at least majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive any Default or Event of Default (except for any Default or Event of Default arising from (a) the Company’s failure to pay principal of, or any interest on, any Notes), (b) the Company’s failure to pay or deliver the Settlement Amounts due upon conversion of any Note within the applicable time period set forth under Section 4.03(a), or (c) the Company’s failure to comply with any provision of this Indenture the modification of which would require the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected) and rescind any acceleration resulting from such Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, that no such waiver will extend to or will affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or shall impair any right consequent on such Default or Event of Default.

 

Section 6.05        Control by Majority.

 

The Trustee will not be obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers at the request of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Subject to this Indenture, applicable law and the Trustee’s indemnification, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any Holder.

 

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Section 6.06        Limitation on Suits.

 

Subject to Section 6.07, no Holder will have any right to institute any proceeding under this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or Trustee, or for any other remedy under this Indenture or with respect to the Notes unless:

 

(a)               the Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(b)               the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes deliver to the Trustee a written request that the Trustee pursue a remedy with respect to such Event of Default and have offered indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee;

 

(c)               the Trustee has failed to institute a proceeding within 60 days after such notice, request and offer; and

 

(d)               the Trustee has not received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with such written request within 60 days after such notice, request and offer.

 

Section 6.07        Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Indenture, the above limitations set forth under Section 6.06 do not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder for the enforcement of a payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, any Note, on or after the applicable due date or the right to convert the Note or to receive the Settlement Amounts due upon conversion in accordance with Article 4, and such right to receive any such payment or delivery, as the case may be, on or after the applicable due dates shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. Payments of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, principal and interest that are not made when due will accrue interest per annum at the then-applicable interest rate from the required payment date.

 

Section 6.08        Collection of Indebtedness; Suit for Enforcement by Trustee.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a), 6.01(b), 6.01(c) or 6.01(d) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium on, interest on, Fundamental Change Purchase Price for and the Settlement Amounts due upon the conversion of the Notes and such further amount as is sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the compensation and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, as well as any other amounts that may be due under Section 11.06.

 

Section 6.09        Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the compensation, and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

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Section 6.10        Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, will be entitled to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the compensation and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 11.06. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 11.06 out of the estate in any such proceeding, will be denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien on, and is paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or to accept or to adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.11        Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

 

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section 6.12        Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.09, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section 6.13        Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee (subject to the limitations contained in this Indenture) or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

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Section 6.14        Priorities.

 

If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it will pay out the money or property in the following order:

 

FIRST: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 11.06, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

SECOND: to the Holders, for any amounts due and unpaid on the principal of, premium on, accrued and unpaid interest on, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for and any cash due upon conversion of, any Note, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on all of the Notes; and

 

THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company or to such other party as a court of competent jurisdiction directs.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section 6.14. If the Trustee so fixes a record date and a payment date, at least 15 calendar days prior to such record date, the Trustee will deliver to each Holder (at the Company's cost and expense) a written notice, which notice will state such record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment.

 

Section 6.15        Undertaking for Costs.

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder, by such Holder’s acceptance of a Note, shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 6.15 shall not apply to (i) any suit instituted by the Trustee, (ii) any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, (iii) any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price) of, or any interest on, any Note on or after the applicable due date expressed or provided for in this Indenture, (iv) any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note or to receive the Settlement Amounts due upon conversion of any Note in accordance with the provisions of Article 4, or (v) any suit for the enforcement of the right of a beneficial owner to exchange its beneficial interest in a Global Note for a Physical Note if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in accordance with Section 2.11.

 

Section 6.16        Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

The Company covenants that, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will instead suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

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Section 6.17        Notices from the Trustee.

 

If a Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee must send notice of such Default to each Holder within 90 days after such Event of Default has occurred. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note or of a Default in the payment or delivery of the Settlement Amounts due upon conversion of any Note, the Trustee may withhold notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

Article 7
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 7.01        Discharge of Liability on Notes.

 

When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Registrar for cancellation all Notes theretofore authenticated (other than any Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not theretofore canceled, or (b) all the Notes not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable (whether on the Maturity Date, on any Fundamental Change Purchase Date, upon conversion or otherwise) and the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, or deliver to the Holders, as applicable, an amount of cash (and, to the extent applicable, deliver to the Holders a number of shares of Common Stock to satisfy the Company’s obligations with respect to outstanding conversions), sufficient to pay all amounts due on all of such Notes (other than any Notes that shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due, accompanied, except in the event the Notes are due and payable solely in cash at the Maturity Date or upon an earlier Fundamental Change Purchase Date, by a verification report as to the sufficiency of the deposited amount from an independent certified accountant or other financial professional reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, and the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) rights hereunder of Holders to receive all amounts owing upon the Notes and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee and (ii) the rights, obligations, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the obligations of the Company in respect thereof), and the Trustee, on written demand of the Company accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter incurred by the Trustee, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel, and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Notes.

 

Section 7.02        Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee.

 

Subject to Section 7.04, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.01 shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders of the Notes, and such monies and shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment of all sums or amounts due and to become due thereon for principal and interest, if any.

 

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Section 7.03        Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held.

 

Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all excess monies then held by any Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall, upon written request of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such amounts.

 

Section 7.04        Return of Unclaimed Monies.

 

Subject to the requirements of applicable law, any monies deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the Holders of the Notes for two (2) years after the date upon which the principal of or interest, if any, on such Notes, as the case may be, shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee on written demand, and all liability of the Trustee shall thereupon cease with respect to such monies; and the Holders shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment that such Holder may be entitled to collect unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

 

Section 7.05        Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any monies in accordance with Section 7.02 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 7.01 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such amounts in accordance with Section 7.02; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of interest on, principal of or delivery in respect of any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the monies held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

Article 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 8.01        Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

 

Without the consent of any Holder, the Company (when authorized by a Board Resolution), any Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 

(a)           to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes;

 

(b)           to evidence the succession by a Successor Company and to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture;

 

(c)           to add guarantees or guarantors, including additional Subsidiary Guarantors, with respect to the Notes;

 

(d)           to provide for the issuance of PIK Interest or the increase of the principal amount of any Global Notes to make PIK Payments in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

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(e)           to add to the Company’s or a Subsidiary Guarantor’s covenants such further covenants, restrictions or conditions for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company by this Indenture or Subsidiary Guarantee;

 

(f)            to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; or

 

(g)           upon the occurrence of an event described in Section 4.07(a), solely (i) to provide that such Notes are convertible into Reference Property, subject to the provisions in Sections 4.03 and 4.07, and (ii) to effect the related changes to the terms of such Notes under Section 4.07.

 

Section 8.02        Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

 

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Notes) and by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee may amend the Notes or enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or Subsidiary Guarantees or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture, and the Holder of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive the Company’s compliance with any provision herein without notice to the other Holders; provided, however, that no such amendment, supplement or waiver shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:

 

(a)           change the stated Maturity Date of the principal of or any interest on the Notes;

 

(b)           reduce the principal amount of or interest on the Notes;

 

(c)           reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the Maturity Date of any Note;

 

(d)           change the place or currency of payment of principal of or interest on any Note;

 

(e)           impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on its Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, such Holder’s Notes;

 

(f)            modify the provisions with respect to the purchase rights of Holders as described in Section 3.01 in a manner adverse to Holders or the provisions with respect to redemption rights of the Company as described under Article 10;

 

(g)           modify the ranking provisions of this Indenture;

 

(h)           modify the Subsidiary Guarantees in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes;

 

(i)            make any change that impairs or adversely affects the right of Holders to convert their Notes; or

 

(j)            make any change to the provisions of this Article 8 which require each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions in Section 6.04 of this Indenture except to increase the percentage required for modification, amendment or waiver or to provide for consent of each affected Holder of Outstanding Notes.

 

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It shall not be necessary for any Act or consent of Holders under this Section 8.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act or consent shall approve the substance thereof.

 

Section 8.03        Notice of Amendment or Supplement.

 

After an amendment or supplement under this Article 8 becomes effective, the Company shall provide to the Holders a written notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, shall not impair or affect the validity of the amendment or supplement.

 

Section 8.04. Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplement authorized pursuant to this Article 8 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplement, the Trustee shall receive, and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel provided at the expense of the Company providing that such amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and such amendment or supplement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Article 9
SUCCESSOR COMPANY

 

Section 9.01        Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 9.03, the Company shall not consolidate with, enter into a binding share exchange with, or merge with or into, another Person or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person, unless:

 

(a)           the resulting, surviving transferee or successor Person (the “Successor Company”), if not the Company, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the U.S., any state of the U.S. or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture;

 

(b)           immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture with respect to the Notes;

 

(c)           all other conditions specified in this Article 9 are met.

 

Upon any such consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition to another Person, the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture.

 

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Section 9.02        Successor Corporation to Be Substituted.

 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition to another Person and upon the assumption by the Successor Company (if other than the Company), by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium (including any Fundamental Change Purchase Price), if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Notes, the due and punctual payment or delivery of any Settlement Amount due upon conversion of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company under this Indenture, such Successor Company shall succeed to and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part; provided, however, that in the case of a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition to one or more of its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, the Notes will remain convertible based on the Settlement Amount, in accordance with Section 4.03, but subject to adjustment (if any) in accordance with Section 4.06. Such Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of such consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition to another Person (but not in the case of a lease), the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 9 may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture.

 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition to another Person, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

 

Section 9.03        Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee.

 

In the case of any such consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition pursuant to Section 9.01, the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that any such consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with the provisions of this Indenture and an Opinion of Counsel stating that any such supplemental indenture is the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Successor Company.

 

Article 10
NO REDEMPTION

 

Section 10.01    No Redemption.

 

The Company shall not be permitted to redeem the Notes prior to March 30, 2023, and no sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

 

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Article 11
THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 11.01    Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.

 

(a)           The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care in its exercise as a prudent person would use in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

(b)           Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:

 

(i)            the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and applicable law, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii)           in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(c)           No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)              this subsection (c) does not limit the effect of this Section 11.01;

 

(ii)             the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(iii)            the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding determined as provided in Section 1.03 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture;

 

(d)           Whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 11.01.

 

(e)               The Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness or calculation of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent or any records maintained by any co-Registrar with respect to the Notes.

 

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(f)            If any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred.

 

(g)           None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

Section 11.02    Rights of the Trustee.

 

(a)           The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, judgment, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

(b)           Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a Board Resolution.

 

(c)           The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel.

 

(d)           The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture (including upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default), unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.

 

(e)           The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney (at the reasonable expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation).

 

(f)            The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed by it with due care hereunder.

 

(g)           The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

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(h)           In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, consequential, incidental or punitive loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

(i)            The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and the Indenture.

 

(j)            The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each Agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

 

(k)           The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

 

(l)            The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

 

(m)          The Trustee and the Collateral Agent are expressly authorized to execute and deliver the Subordination Agreement in their capacities as such.

 

(n)           The permissive authorizations, entitlements, powers and rights granted to the Trustee in this Indenture shall not be construed as duties.

 

Section 11.03    Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes.

 

Section 11.04    Trustee or Agents May Own Notes.

 

The Trustee or any Agent, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or Agent.

 

Section 11.05    Monies to be Held in Trust.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.02, all monies and properties received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on or the investment of any money received by it hereunder except as may be agreed in writing from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.

 

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Section 11.06    Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.

 

The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing between the Company and the Trustee, and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

The Company also covenants to indemnify each of the Trustee and the Agents (and their respective officers, directors and employees), in any capacity under this Indenture and their respective agents for, and to hold each of them harmless from and against, any and all loss, liability, action, suit, claim, damage, cost or expense incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction on its own part and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties and/or the exercise of its rights hereunder or in any other capacity hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any other Person) of liability in the premises. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.

 

The obligations of the Company under this Section 11.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a first lien prior to that of the Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes. The obligation of the Company under this Section 11.06 shall survive the payment of the Notes, the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and/or the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent.

 

When the Trustee, any Agent, and any of their respective agents incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i) and 6.01(j) with respect to the Company occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

 

Section 11.07    Officer’s Certificate as Evidence.

 

Subject to Section 11.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Section 11.08    Conflicting Interests of Trustee.

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, this Indenture.

 

Section 11.09    Eligibility of Trustee.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or if such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 11.09 the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

 

Section 11.10    Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

 

(a)               The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and to the Holders of Notes. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment thirty (30) days after such notice of resignation is given to the Company and the Holders, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Company and the Holders, appoint a successor identified in such notice or may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or, if any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note or Notes for at least six (6) months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.15, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

 

(b)                  In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

 

(i)              the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 11.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note or Notes for at least six (6) months; or

 

(ii)             the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or

 

(iii)            the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;

 

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then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.15, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note or Notes for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee; provided, however, that if no successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted appointment thirty (30) days after either the Company or the Holders has removed the Trustee, the Trustee so removed may petition at the Company’s expense any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

 

(c)             The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee which shall be deemed appointed as successor trustee unless, within ten (10) days after notice to the Company of such nomination, the Company objects thereto, in which case the Trustee so removed or any Holder, or if such Trustee so removed or any Holder fails to act, the Company, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in Section 11.10(a) provided, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee.

 

(d)             Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 11.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 11.11.

 

Section 11.11    Acceptance by Successor Trustee.

 

Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 11.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amount then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.06.

 

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 11.11 unless, at the time of such acceptance, such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 11.08 and be eligible under the provisions of Section 11.09.

 

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 11.11, the Company (or the former trustee, at the written direction of the Company) shall give or cause to be given notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders of Notes in accordance with Section 13.08(c). If the Company fails to give such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be given at the expense of the Company.

 

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Section 11.12    Succession by Merger, Etc.

 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, exchange or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including any trust created by this Indenture), shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that in the case of any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 11.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 11.09.

 

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or any authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that is provided in the Notes or in this Indenture; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, exchange or consolidation.

 

Section 11.13    Preferential Collection of Claims.

 

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of the claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).

 

Section 11.14    Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company.

 

Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company (other than with regard to any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee that affects the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three (3) Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

 

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Article 12
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

 

Section 12.01    Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

(a)         Subject to this Article 12, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally, guarantees, on a senior unsecured basis (or, with respect to each Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Grantor Subsidiary, a senior secured basis), to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (i) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at the stated Maturity Date, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful (subject in all cases to any applicable grace period provided herein), and all other monetary obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

(b)         The Subsidiary Guarantors agree that, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Subsidiary Guarantor. Subject to Section 6.06, each Subsidiary Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

 

(c)           If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

 

(d)          Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Nine for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Subsidiary Guarantor, in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

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(e)          In respect to its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to be bound to, and hereby covenants, with respect to itself, the covenant set forth in Section 6.16.

 

Section 12.02    Luxembourg Subsidiary.

 

(a)          The guarantee granted by a Subsidiary Guarantor which is incorporated and established in Luxembourg (the “Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor”) under this Article 12 shall be limited at any time to an aggregate amount not exceeding the greater of:

 

(i)              ninety-five per cent (95%) of the amount equal to the sum of the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor’s capitaux propres (as referred to in article 34 of the Luxembourg law dated 19 December 2002 on the commercial register and annual accounts, as amended, and as implemented by the Grand-Ducal regulation dated 18 December 2015 setting out the form and the content of the presentation of the balance sheet and profit and loss account (the “Net Assets”)) and its debts which are subordinated in right of payment (whether generally or specifically) to any claim of any Holder of a Note under any of the Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any Intra-Group Liabilities) (the “Subordinated Debts”), as reflected in the financial information of the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor available as at the date of this Indenture, including, without limitation, its most recently and duly approved financial statements (comptes annuels) and any (unaudited) interim financial statements signed by its board of managers (conseil de gérance); and

 

(ii)              ninety-five per cent (95%) of the amount equal to the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor’s Net Assets and its Subordinated Liabilities, as reflected in the financial information of the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor available as at the date the guarantee is called, including, without limitation, its most recently and duly approved financial statements (comptes annuels) and any (unaudited) interim financial statements signed by its board of managers (conseil de gérance).

 

(b)           For this purpose, “Intra-Group Liabilities” shall mean any amounts owed by the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor to any other member of the group and that have not been financed (directly or indirectly) by any amount made available under the Notes.

 

(c)           Should the financial information referred to in clause (i) and (ii) above not be available on the date of this Indenture or on the date the guarantee is called, as the case may be, such financial information will be determined by the Trustee or any other person designated by the Trustee, acting reasonably, in accordance with the Luxembourg accounting principles applicable to the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor and at the cost of the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(d)           The limitation set forth in paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any amounts (i) due under the Notes by an entity which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor nor (ii) due under any Notes and which have been on-lent or made available, in any form whatsoever, to the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries.

 

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(e)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Luxembourg Subsidiary Guarantor does not guarantee any amounts due under the Notes if and to the extent the granting of a guarantee for such amounts would constitute an unlawful financial assistance violating, to the extent applicable, article 1500-7 of the Luxembourg law dated 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended.

 

Section 12.03    Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar Federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount which, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Article 12, will result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under Federal or state law. The obligations of the Estonian Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture shall not apply or extend to, and no guarantee granted by the Estonian Subsidiary Guarantor shall secure any liability to the extent undertaking such guarantee, indemnity or other obligations by the Estonian Subsidiary Guarantor would contravene or would not be in full compliance with the mandatory provisions of the Estonian Commercial Code (in Estonian: äriseadustik) regarding unlawful financial assistance (including prohibited guarantees).

 

Section 12.04    Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantee.

 

(a)          To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 12.01, with respect to the Notes issued on the Issue Date, a Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee substantially in the form included in Exhibit D hereto endorsed by an Officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor by manual or facsimile signature on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

 

(b)          Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 12.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(c)           If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Notation of Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Notation of Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d)           The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Section 12.04. Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

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(a)             in the event that a Subsidiary Guarantor is sold or disposed of (whether by merger, consolidation, the sale of its Capital Stock or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (other than by lease)), and whether or not the Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving entity in such transaction to a Person which is not the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, or upon its liquidation or dissolution; or

 

(b)             upon a satisfaction and discharge of the Notes in accordance with Article 7.

 

Article 13
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY

 

Section 13.01    Collateral and Security.

 

The Obligations will be secured by a perfected Lien on the Collateral, as provided in the Security Documents, subject to Permitted Liens and the Subordination Agreement. Under the terms of the Subordination Agreement, the proceeds of any collection, sale, disposition or other realization of Collateral received in connection with the exercise of remedies (including distributions of cash, securities or other property on account of the value of the Collateral in a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceedings) will be applied in the order of priority set forth in Section 13.05.

 

Section 13.02    Security Documents.

 

In order to secure the Obligations, the Company and the Grantor Subsidiaries have entered into and delivered to the Collateral Agent the Security Agreements and the other Security Documents, in each case, to which they are a party, to create the Liens on the Collateral securing their respective Obligations. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents in regards to the Collateral, the Security Documents shall control. Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms and authorizes and directs each of the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. On or before the date that is sixty (60) days after the Initial Issue Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent duly executed mortgage documents with respect to the Company-owned facility in New Jersey.

 

Section 13.03    Authorization of Actions to Be Taken.

 

(a)       Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture and the Security Documents and each Holder by acceptance of the Notes consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document, as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents, and irrevocably authorizes and empowers the Collateral Agent to perform its obligations and duties, exercise its rights and powers and take any action permitted or required thereunder that are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent shall hold (directly or through any agent) and is directed by each Holder to so hold, and shall be entitled to enforce on behalf of the Holders all Liens on the Collateral created by the Security Documents for their benefit.

 

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(b)       Subject to the provisions of the applicable Security Documents and the Subordination Agreement and to the last sentence of this Section 13.03(b), the Trustee and each Holder, by acceptance of any Notes, agrees that (x) the Collateral Agent may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Trustee or the Holders, take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to preserve its interest and the interest of the Holders in the Collateral or the Secured Parties’ rights under the Security Documents and (y) the Collateral Agent shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to protect or enforce the Liens securing the Obligations and/or to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any act that may be unlawful or in violation of the Indenture Documents, and such suits and proceedings as the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral (including the power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest thereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of the Collateral Agent, the Holders or the Trustee). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may, at the expense of the Company, request the direction of the Holders with respect to any such actions and upon receipt of the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding, shall take such actions; provided that all actions so taken shall, at all times, be in conformity with the requirements of the Subordination Agreement, if applicable. In the absence of such written consent from the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any such actions. Until the Notes and the other Obligations are discharged in full or are otherwise no longer outstanding (other than Contingent Liabilities), all remedies and Enforcement Actions in respect of the Collateral and any foreclosure actions in respect of any Liens on the Collateral, and all actions, undertakings or consents by the Collateral Agent in respect of the Collateral, in each case, shall be undertaken solely at the instruction of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding and subject to the Subordination Agreement.

 

Section 13.04    Release of Collateral.

 

(a)       The Liens securing the Obligations on the applicable Collateral shall be automatically terminated and released without further action by any party (other than satisfaction of any requirements in the Security Documents, if any), in whole or in part: (i) upon any disposition of all or any portion of Collateral (other than a disposition to the Company or any Grantor Subsidiary); (ii) upon discharge of this Indenture and the other Indenture Documents in accordance with Article 7; (iii) at the direction of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding; or (iv) if the Collateral is owned by a Grantor Subsidiary, upon release of such Grantor Subsidiary in its capacity as a Subsidiary Guarantor from the Obligations in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(b)       Without the necessity of any consent of or notice to the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes, the Company or any Grantor Subsidiary may request and instruct the Collateral Agent to, on behalf of each Holder of Notes, (i) execute and deliver to any Company Indenture Party, as the case may be, for the benefit of any Person, such release documents as may be reasonably requested, of all Liens held by the Collateral Agent in any Collateral securing the Obligations, and (ii) deliver any such assets in the possession of the Collateral Agent to any Company Indenture Party, as the case may be; and Collateral Agent shall promptly take such actions provided that any such release complies with and is expressly permitted in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Subordination Agreement and the Security Documents and is accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to such effect, on which Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel the Collateral Agent shall be permitted to rely.

 

(c)       The release of any Collateral from the Liens securing the Obligations or the release of, in whole or in part, the Liens securing the Obligations created by any of the Security Document will not be deemed to impair the Liens securing the Obligations in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral or the Liens securing the Obligations are released pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the applicable Security Documents. Each of the Holders of the Notes acknowledges that a release of Collateral or Liens securing the Obligations strictly in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Subordination Agreement and the Security Documents will not be deemed for any purpose to be an impairment of the Security Documents or otherwise contrary to the terms of this Indenture.

 

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Section 13.05    Application of Proceeds of Collateral.

 

(a)       Upon any realization upon the Collateral from the exercise of any rights or remedies under any Security Document or any other agreement with the Company or any Grantor Subsidiary which secures any of the Obligations, the proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with Section 6.14 of this Indenture.

 

(b)       Each of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee is authorized and empowered to receive any funds collected or distributed under the Subordination Agreement and the Security Documents and to apply according to the provisions of this Indenture, subject to the Subordination Agreement.

 

Section 13.06    Collateral Agent.

 

(a)      Subject to the provisions of Section 11.01 as to the Trustee only, neither the Trustee, nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents shall be responsible or liable (i) for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency, maintenance, renewal or protection of any Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters, or (ii) for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the Liens or Security Documents or any delay in doing so; except, in the case of the Collateral Agent, to the extent such action or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction that is not subject to appeal) on the part of the Collateral Agent, (iii) for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral or (iv) for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Subordination Agreement, or any subordination agreement or other similar agreement entered into in connection with this Indenture.

 

(b)      The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee under this Indenture, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified and compensated and all other rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits set forth in Article 11, are extended to the Collateral Agent, and its agents, receivers and attorneys, and shall be enforceable by, the Collateral Agent, as if fully set forth in this Section 13.06 with respect to the Collateral Agent, except that the Collateral Agent shall only be liable for (and shall be indemnified and held harmless to the extent such Losses do not constitute) its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction that is not subject to appeal). In acting under any Security Document or the Subordination Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall enjoy the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits that are extended to the Collateral Agent hereunder.

 

(c)       The Collateral Agent will not have any duties nor will it have responsibilities or obligations other than those expressly assumed by it in this Indenture, the other Collateral Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party and the Subordination Agreement. The use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or any Security Document at the request, order or direction of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or any Security Document, unless such representative or other party shall have furnished to the Collateral Agent security or indemnity satisfactory to the Collateral Agent against the fees, costs, expenses and liabilities including attorneys’ fees and expenses which may be incurred therein or thereby. The permissive authorizations, entitlements, powers and rights granted to the Collateral Agent in this Indenture and the Security Documents shall not be construed as duties. Delivery of reports, documents and other information to the Collateral Agent is for informational purposes only and the Collateral Agent’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute actual or constructive knowledge of any event or circumstance or any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein.

 

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(d)       Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of Collateral in its possession, the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. In addition, the Collateral Agent will not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any Liens on the Collateral. If, at the direction of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding, the Trustee or Collateral Agent files or records any Security Documents or any related UCC financing statement or other similar documents, such filing or recording by the Trustee or Collateral Agent at the direction of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding shall be deemed done by Trustee or Collateral Agent without representation or warranty by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent (and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent disclaim any representation or warranty as to the validity, effectiveness, priority, perfection or otherwise). The Collateral Agent will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords property held by it as a collateral agent or any similar arrangement, and the Collateral Agent will not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith.

 

(e)       The Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Indenture or any Indenture Document by the Company or any Company Indenture Party or any other Person that is a party thereto or bound thereby.

 

(f)        The Collateral Agent shall not be required to acquire title to an asset for any reason and shall not be required to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another. The Collateral Agent is not a fiduciary and shall not be deemed to have assumed any fiduciary obligation. If the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion believes that any obligation to take or omit to take any action may cause the Collateral Agent to be considered an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Collateral Agent to incur, or be exposed to, any environmental liability or any liability under any other federal, state or local law, the Collateral Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Collateral Agent or to arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. The Collateral Agent will not be liable to any Person for any environmental liability or any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous materials into the environment.

 

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(g)       The Collateral Agent may resign or be replaced in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 11.10 hereof, except that references to the Trustee in such section shall be deemed to be references to the Collateral Agent for this purpose. If the Collateral Agent consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Collateral Agent.

 

(h)       At all times when the Person serving as Trustee is not itself also serving as the Collateral Agent, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all Security Documents delivered to the Collateral Agent and copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

Section 13.07    Trust Indenture Act; Opinion of Counsel; Certificates of the Company.

 

The Company and the Grantor Subsidiaries shall furnish to the Collateral Trustee and the Trustee at least thirty (30) days prior to each anniversary of the Initial Issue Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of such date, stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, (A) action has been taken with respect to the filing of record by each applicable Company Indenture Party all UCC financing statements, continuation statements or amendments as is necessary to maintain the Liens on the portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations for which perfection of such Lien may be accomplished under the Code by filing a UCC financing statement, continuation statement or financing statement amendment in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (or such other applicable filing office) and the payment of all applicable filing fees and (B) based on relevant laws as in effect on the date of such Opinion of Counsel, continuation statements and financing statement amendments have been filed of record that are necessary as of such date and during the succeeding 18 months fully to preserve and perfect the Liens on the portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations for which perfection of such Lien may be accomplished under the Code by filing a UCC financing statement, continuation statement or financing statement amendment in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (or such other applicable filing office) and the payment of all applicable filing fees and such Opinion of Counsel may contain customary qualifications and exceptions and may rely on an Officer’s Certificate (as to factual matters only); provided that if there is a required filing of a continuation statement or other instrument within such 18 month period and such continuation statement or amendment is not effective if filed at the time of the Opinion of Counsel, such Opinion of Counsel may so state that and in that case the Company Indenture Parties shall cause a continuation statement or amendment to be timely filed so as to maintain such Liens and security interests securing the Obligations.

 

Article 14
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 14.01    Effect on Successors and Assigns.

 

All agreements of the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent in this Indenture and the Notes will bind their respective successors.

 

Section 14.02    Governing Law.

 

This Indenture and the Notes, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Indenture or the Notes, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, (without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law). For the avoidance of doubt, the application of the provisions of articles 470-1 to 470-19 (included) of the Luxembourg law of August 10, 1915, on commercial companies, as amended, is excluded.

 

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Section 14.03    Trust Indenture Act.

 

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

 

Section 14.04    Benefits of Indenture.

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, will give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Agent or their successors hereunder or the Holders of the Notes, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 14.05    Calculations.

 

Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for making any calculation with respect to any matter under this Indenture or the Notes. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, the Company and its designated agents shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Indenture and the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of any Fundamental Change Purchase Price, the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock, accrued interest payable on the Notes, and Additional Interest payable on the Notes, the Conversion Rate, the Settlement Amount and the amount of Additional Interest that may be payable by Company from time to time. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on Holders. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent and all other agents appointed by the Company herein are entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee shall forward the Company’s calculations to any Holders upon the written request of that Holder.

 

Whenever the Company is required to calculate or make adjustments to the Conversion Rate, the Company will do so to the 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock, rounding any additional decimal places up or down in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this Indenture to an amount calculated per $1,000 of principal amount of Notes shall be appropriately and proportionately adjusted with respect to any Notes with a principal amount that is not an integral multiple of $1,000 (and is instead an integral multiple of $1.00).

 

Section 14.06    Execution in Counterparts.

 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. The words "execution," "signed," "signature," and words of similar import in this Indenture and the Notes shall be deemed to include electronic or digital signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same effect, validity, and enforceability as manually executed signatures or a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for under applicable law, including the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (15 U.S.C. §§ 7001-7006), the Electronic Signatures and Records Act of 1999 (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee may require that electronic signatures be in a particular form or format.

 

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Section 14.07    Notices.

 

(a)         Except as otherwise provided herein, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Company or the Trustee shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier or transmitted by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission in PDF format as follows:

 

(i)               if to the Trustee by or the Collateral Agent any Holder or by the Company, at its Corporate Trust Office;

 

(ii)              if to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder, at the address of its principal office at Teligent, Inc., 105 Lincoln Avenue, Buena, NJ 08310, Attention: Timothy B. Sawyer, with a copy to K&L Gates LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York City, New York 10022, Attention: Whitney J. Smith, and to K&L Gates LLP, 300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Sean M. Jones.

 

(b)           The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee, by notice given to the other in the manner provided in this Section 13.08, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

(c)            Notices to Holders will be sent to the address of each Holder as it appears in the Register. Notices will be deemed to have been given on the date of mailing or electronic transmission to such Holder. Whenever a notice is required to be given by the Company, such notice may be given by the Trustee on the Company’s behalf. With respect to Global Notes, notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for the Notes (or its designee), pursuant to customary procedures of such Depositary (and the Company will make any notices the Company is required to give to Holders available on the Company’s website).

 

(d)            Whenever the Company is required to deliver notice to the Holders, the Company will, by the date it is required to deliver such notice to the Holders, deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee and the Agents. Notices to the Trustee shall be deemed given upon actual receipt thereof.

 

(e)             In respect of this Indenture, the Trustee, in each of its capacities, including without limitation as the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent, shall not have any duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person sending instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information by electronic transmission is, in fact, a Person authorized to give such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information on behalf of the party purporting to send such electronic transmission; and the Trustee shall not have any liability for losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by any party as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information. Each other party agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of electronic methods to submit instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information to the Trustee, including, without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, notices, reports or other communications or information, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

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Section 14.08    No Recourse Against Others.

 

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, or the Subsidiary Guarantees or any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

Section 14.09    Tax Withholding.

 

Nothing herein shall preclude any tax withholding required by law or regulation. Each Holder agrees, and each beneficial owner of an interest in a Note by its acquisition of such interest is deemed to agree, that if the Company or other applicable withholding agent pays withholding taxes or backup withholding on behalf of the Holder or beneficial owner as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, the Company or other applicable withholding agent may, at its option, set off such payments against payments of cash and shares of Common Stock on the Note (or, in certain circumstances, against any payments on the Common Stock).

 

Section 14.10    Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 14.11    U.S.A. Patriot Act.

 

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

 

Section 14.12    Force Majeure.

 

In no event shall the Trustee or any Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, earthquakes, fires, floods, strikes, work stoppages or other labor disputes, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, riots, disasters, epidemics, pandemics or similar public health emergencies, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, including the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

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Section 14.13    Submission to Jurisdiction.

 

The Company hereby irrevocably consents to jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York and the County of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company waives any objection that it may have to the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States of America, in each case, located in the City of New York and County of New York, or that such suit, action or proceeding brought in the courts of the State of New York or the United States of America, in each case, located in the City of New York and County of New York was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same. The Company hereby irrevocably appoints Corporation Service Company, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 210, New York, NY 10036, as its authorized agent in the State of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceedings, and agrees that service of process upon such agent shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for the term of this Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture shall in any way be deemed to limit the ability to serve any such writs, process or summonses in any other manner permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 14.14    Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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

 

  Teligent, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
  Name: Timothy B. Sawyer
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
       
  Teligent Pharma, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
  Name: Timothy B. Sawyer
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
     
  IGEN, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
  Name: Timothy B. Sawyer
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
     
  Teligent OÜ
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
  Name: Timothy B. Sawyer
  Title: Manager
     
  Teligent Luxembourg S.à r.l.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
  Name: Timothy B. Sawyer
  Title: Manager
     
  Teligent Canada Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
  Name: Timothy B. Sawyer
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Indenture]

 

 

 

  Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ Michael Wass
  Name:  Michael Wass
  Title: Vice President
     
     
  Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent
   
  By: /s/ Michael Wass
  Name: Michael Wass
  Title: Vice President

 

[Indenture] 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

 

[For all Notes, include the following legend (the “Non-Affiliate Legend”):]

 

NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF THE COMPANY OR PERSON THAT HAS BEEN AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF THE COMPANY DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THREE MONTHS MAY PURCHASE, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS NOTE OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.

 

[For Global Notes, include the following legend (the “Global Notes Legend”):]

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

[For all Notes that are Restricted Notes, include the following legend (the “Restricted Notes Legend”):]

 

[THIS SECURITY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

 

(1)          REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

 

(2)          AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF TELIGENT, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:

 

(A)       TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR

 

(B)       PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

 

(C)       TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

 

 

 

 

(D)       PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]

 

[For all Notes, include the following legend:]

 

[ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS SECURING THE OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE, THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY WITH RESPECT THERETO, AND CERTAIN OF THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER HEREOF ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JULY 20, 2020 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED, OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT”), BY AND AMONG ACF FINCO I LP, AS FIRST LIEN AGENT, ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS SECOND LIEN AGENT AND WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUBORDINATED AGENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT AND THIS NOTE, THE TERMS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.]

 

 

 

 

Teligent, Inc.

9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023

 

 

No.: [        ]

 

CUSIP:              [_____]

 

Principal
Amount $         [    ]

 

[For Global Notes, include the following: as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto]

 

Teligent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay to [ ] [include “Cede & Co.” for Global Note] or registered assigns, the principal amount of [add principal amount in words] $[ ] [For Global Notes, include the following: as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto,] on March 30, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”).

 

Interest Payment Dates: March 1 and September 1, commencing on September 1, 2020.

 

Regular Record Dates: February 15 and August 15.

 

Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Teligent, Inc. has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by one of its duly authorized Officers.

 

  Teligent, Inc.

 

  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

  Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee

 

   
  By:  
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

 

 

 

[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

Teligent, Inc.

9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued under the Indenture dated as of July 20, 2020 by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, herein called the “Trustee,” and as Collateral Agent herein referred to as the “Collateral Agent”, reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

The Company shall pay all interest due on this Note in kind on the then outstanding principal amount of this Note by [For Global Notes, include the following: increasing the principal amount of this Note, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar][For Physical Notes, include the following: issuing to the Holder an additional Physical Note, the principal amount of which shall be rounded up to the nearest whole dollar].

 

This Note does not benefit from a sinking fund. This Note is not subject to redemption prior to March 30, 2023.

 

The Notes are secured, on a senior secured basis, by the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents referred to in the Indenture.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder of this Note will have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to purchase this Note, or any portion of this Note such that the principal amount of this Note that is not purchased equals $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00 on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for such Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert this Note or a portion of this Note such that the principal amount of this Note converted equals $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00 into cash, a number of shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof determined in accordance with Article 4 of the Indenture and subject to adjustment as set forth therein.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments in respect of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for and the principal amount of, this Note to the Holder that surrenders this Note to the Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of this Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the U.S. that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

 

 

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Note, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, and shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of the principal hereof, premium, if any, or interest hereon, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to and the amount of cash, the number of shares of Common Stock or the combination thereof, as the case may be, due upon conversion of this Note or after the respective due dates expressed in the Indenture.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the principal of (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable), premium, interest on and the amount of cash, a number of shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, as the case may be, due upon conversion of, this Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin and currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer to the Trustee, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon a new Note of this series and of like tenor for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee.

 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

Subject to the rights of the Holders as of the Regular Record Date to receive interest on the related Interest Payment Date, prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, the Agents and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, the Agents nor any agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

Upon the issuance of any new Note, the Company may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

All defined terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. If any provision of this Note limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Indenture, such provision of the Indenture shall control.

 

 

 

 

ATTACHMENT 1

[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]

To: Teligent, Inc.

 

The undersigned owner of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Note, or a portion hereof (which is such that the principal amount of the portion of this Note that will not be converted equals $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) below designated, into cash, a number of shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that any cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be paid and/or issued and/or delivered, as the case may be, to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name is indicated below.

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, if this notice is being delivered on a date after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, this notice must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of this Note to be converted. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect to such issuance and transfer as set forth in the Indenture.

 

Principal amount to be converted (if less than all):

 

$

Dated: _________

  Signature(s)
  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
   
  Signature Guarantee
  (Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs:
  (i) The Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) another guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.)

 

Fill in if a check is to be issued, or shares of Common Stock or Notes are to be registered, otherwise than to or in the name of the registered Holder.

(Name)

(Address)

Please print name and address

(including zip code)

(Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identifying Number)

 

Dated: _________

 

  Signature(s)
  (Sign exactly as such Person’s name appears above)
   
  Signature Guarantee
  (Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs:
  (i) The Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or (iv) another guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.)

 

 

 

 

ATTACHMENT 2

 

[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE]

 

To: Teligent, Inc.

 

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a Fundamental Change Company Notice from Teligent, Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Purchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture referred to in this Note (i) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is such that the portion not to be purchased has a principal amount equal to $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) below designated, and (ii) if such Fundamental Change Purchase Date does not occur during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

 

Principal amount to be purchased (if less than all):

 

$

 

Certificate number (if Notes are in certificated form)

 

Dated: _________

 

  Signature(s)
  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
   
  Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number

 

 

 

 

ATTACHMENT 3

 

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]

 

For value received, hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto___________ (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

In connection with any transfer of the within Note occurring prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date for such Note, as defined in the Indenture governing such Note, the undersigned confirms that such Note is being transferred:

 

¨ To Teligent, Inc. or a subsidiary thereof; or

 

¨ Pursuant to a registration statement which has become effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

 

¨ To a qualified institutional buyer in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

 

¨ Pursuant to an exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

[TO BE SIGNED BY PURCHASER IF THE SECOND, THIRD OR FOURTH BOX ABOVE IS CHECKED]

 

[Include if the second, third or fourth box above is checked] [The undersigned (on the immediately following signature line) represents and warrants that it is not, and has not been for the immediately preceding three months, an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of Teligent, Inc.]

 

[Include if the third box above is checked] [The undersigned (on the immediately following signature line) represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.]

 

[Date: _____________________________    Signed: _____________________________ ]

 

Unless one of the above boxes is checked, the Trustee and Registrar will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided that, if the fourth box is checked, the Company may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, in its sole discretion, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company may reasonably request to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.11 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Dated:

     

Signature(s)

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

     

Signature Guarantee

(Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an institution which

is a member of one of the following recognized signature

Guarantee Programs: (i) The Notes Transfer Agent

Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock

Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The Stock

Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or (iv) another

guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee)

 

 

 

 

ATTACHMENT 4

 

[Insert for Global Note]

 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
Initial Principal Amount of Global Note: $0

 

Date   Amount of Increase
in Principal
Amount of Global
Note
  Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of Global Note
  Principal Amount
of Global Note
After Increase or
Decrease
  Notation by
Registrar, Note
Custodian or
authorized
signatory of
Trustee
                 
                 
                 
                 
 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

[FORM OF FREE TRANSFERABILITY CERTIFICATE]

 

Officer’s Certificate

 

[date]

 

[NAME OF OFFICER], the [TITLE] of Teligent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) does hereby certify, in connection with the occurrence of the Free Trade Date on [date] in respect of $[add principal amount] of the Company’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (CUSIP: [_____]) (the “Notes”) pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, dated as of July 20, 2020 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, and Wilmington Trust, National Association (the “Trustee”), that:

 

1. The undersigned is permitted to sign this “Officer’s Certificate” on behalf of the Company, as the term “Officer’s Certificate” is defined in the Indenture.

 

2. The undersigned has read, and thoroughly examined, the Indenture and the definitions therein relating thereto.

 

3. In the opinion of the undersigned, the undersigned has made such examination as is necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether or not all conditions precedent to the removal of the Restricted Notes Legend described herein from the Notes as provided for in the Indenture have been complied with.

 

4. To the best knowledge of the undersigned, all conditions precedent described herein as provided for in the Indenture and, in the case of Global Notes, the Applicable Procedures have been complied with.

 

5. The Resale Restriction Termination Date for the Notes is the date of this Officer’s Certificate. The Company is satisfied that the Notes are not subject to the restrictions set forth in the Restricted Notes Legend and Section 2.07 of the Indenture.

 

In accordance with Section 2.08 of the Indenture, the Company hereby advises you as follows:

 

1. The Restricted Notes Legend set forth on the Notes shall be deemed removed from the Notes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes and as provided in the Indenture, without further action on the part of the Holders.

 

2. The restricted CUSIP number for the Notes shall be deemed removed from the Notes and replaced with an unrestricted CUSIP number, which unrestricted CUSIP number shall be [______], in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes and as provided in the Indenture, without further action on the part of the Holders.

 

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned signed this Officer’s Certificate as of the date written above.

 

  Teligent, Inc.

 

  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

[FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK LEGEND]

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

 

(1) REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

 

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF TELIGENT, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) (X) THAT IS AT LEAST ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE COMPANY’S 9.5% SERIES C SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2023 OR SUCH OTHER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO, AND (Y) ON WHICH THE COMPANY HAS INSTRUCTED THE TRUSTEE FOR THE COMPANY’S 9.5% SERIES C SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2023 THAT THE RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED IN THE LEGEND WILL NO LONGER APPLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THE COMPANY’S 9.5% SERIES C SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2023, EXCEPT:

 

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR

 

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED (OR HAS BECOME) EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT COVERS RESALE OF THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDERLYING THE COMPANY’S 9.5% SERIES C SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2023, OR

 

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

 

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE TRANSFER AGENT WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER ANY SECURITIES ACQUIRED BY A PURCHASER EXCEPT UPON PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE TRANSFER AGENT THAT THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH HEREIN HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

 

For value received, each Subsidiary Guarantor has, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture, dated as of July 20, 2020 (as supplemented or amended, the “Indenture”), among Teligent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (as defined in the Indenture), whether at the stated Maturity Date, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal, premium, and interest, to the extent permitted by law, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at the stated Maturity Date, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 12 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

[__________________________]

 

By:      
Name:      
Title:      

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY GUARANTORS

 

GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Guarantor Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of [date], by and among Teligent, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s Subsidiaries listed on Schedule A hereto (each, a “New Guarantor”), the Company’s Subsidiaries listed on Schedule B hereto (each, an “Existing Guarantor”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee are parties to an indenture (as supplemented or amended, the “Indenture”), dated as of July 20, 2020, providing for the issuance of the Company’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 8.01 of the Indenture provides that, without the consent of any Holders, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may modify, supplement or amend the Indenture to add a Guarantor under the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, each New Guarantor wishes to guarantee the Notes pursuant to the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, the Company, the Existing Guarantors, the New Guarantors and the Trustee have agreed to enter into this Guarantor Supplemental Indenture for the purposes stated herein; and

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make this Guarantor Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered by the Company, the Existing Guarantors and each New Guarantor, the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, the Existing Guarantors and each New Guarantor, in accordance with its terms.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, each New Guarantor, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

(1)       Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

(2)       Guarantee. Each New Guarantor hereby guarantees the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes related thereto pursuant to the terms and conditions of Article 12 of the Indenture, such Article 12 being incorporated by reference herein as if set forth at length herein and such New Guarantor agrees to be bound as a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture as if it had been an initial signatory thereto; provided, however that the New Guarantor can be released from its Guarantee to the same extent as any other Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

(3)       Governing Law. This Guarantor Supplemental Indenture, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Guarantor Supplemental Indenture, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, (without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law).

 

(4)       Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Guarantor Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

(5)       Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

(6)       The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Guarantor Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company, Existing Guarantors and the New Guarantors.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Guarantor Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated:

 

  Teligent, Inc.

 

  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  EACH GUARANTOR LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO

 

  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  EACH GUARANTOR LISTED ON SCHEDULE B HERETO

 

  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee

 

  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE B

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.3

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREOF AND THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER: (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION D AS PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF TELIGENT, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS WARRANT OR ANY OF THE SHARES, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN OR THEREIN EXCEPT: (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

TELIGENT, INC.

 

WARRANT

 

[l] Shares of Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: 2020-[l]   July 20, 2020

 

This WARRANT (this “Warrant”) of TELIGENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is being executed and delivered in connection with that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2018 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented and/or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, [l], a [l] (the “Holder”), and the other parties thereto, and is for the purchase of shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. Any capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings specified in Section 1 below.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company hereby grants to the Holder the right to purchase from the Company up to an aggregate of [l] shares of the Common Stock (such Common Stock underlying this Warrant, subject to any such adjustment, or series of adjustments, provided herein, the “Warrant Shares”), at a per share purchase price equal to $0.01 (the “Exercise Price”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth below in this Warrant.

 

1.             Definitions. As used in this Warrant, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.

 

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, the Person in question.

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Exercise Price” means an amount equal to the product of (a) the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which this Warrant is then being exercised pursuant to Section 3 hereof, multiplied by (b) the Exercise Price.

 

Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

 

Cash Payment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

 

Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Company Cash Payment Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

 

Convertible Securities” means any securities (directly or indirectly) convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, but excluding Options.

 

Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Deemed Liquidation Event” means, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (a) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, (b) any merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization or sale of the Company, or sale, transfer or issuance of voting securities of the Company or any other transaction or series of related transactions, in each case, in which the holders of voting securities of the Company owning a majority of the voting power of the Company immediately prior to such transaction do not own and control a majority of the voting power represented by the outstanding equity of the surviving entity after the closing of such transaction or (c) any sale, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another Person in one or more transactions.

 

Ex-dividend Date” means the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of Common Stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market; provided, that if the Common Stock does not trade on an exchange or market, the “Ex-Dividend date” shall mean the record date for such issuance, dividend or distribution.

 

Exercise Date” means, for any given exercise of this Warrant, the date on which the conditions to such exercise as set forth in Section 3 shall have been satisfied at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, including, without limitation, the receipt by the Company of the Notice of Exercise, the Warrant and the Aggregate Exercise Price.

 

Exercise Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

Exercise Price” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Fair Market Value” means the closing price of the Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ or such other national securities exchange or automated quotation service on which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted, on the trading date immediately prior to the Exercise Date (unless the context expressly requires the use of some other trading date). If the Common Stock is not then listed on a national stock exchange or quoted on a tier of the OTC Markets Group or such other quotation system or association, the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock as of the date of determination, shall be as determined in good faith by the Board and the Holder. If the Common Stock is not then listed on a national securities exchange, a tier of the OTC Markets Group or such other quotation system or association, the Board shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by the Holder prior to the exercise hereunder as to the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock as determined by the Board. In the event that the Board and the Holder are unable to agree upon the Fair Market Value, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by an independent, reputable appraiser experienced in such matters selected by the Company. The decision of such appraiser shall be final and conclusive, and the cost of such appraiser shall be borne equally by the Company and the Holder. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a payment date is fixed. For the avoidance of doubt, the fact that an independent appraiser is engaged as a result of the inability of the Board and the Holder to agree on the Fair Market Value shall is no way obligate the Holder to exercise this Warrant in connection with such determination of the Fair Market Value.

 

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Holder” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Notice of Exercise” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(i)

 

Options” means any warrants or other rights or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

Original Issue Date” means July , 2020.

 

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust, association, incorporated organization or government or department or agency thereof.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Warrant” means this Warrant and all warrants issued upon division or combination of, or in substitution for, this Warrant.

 

Warrant Share Number” means, at any time, the aggregate number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable at such time, as such number may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The Warrant Share Number shall initially be [l].

 

Warrant Shares” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

2.             Term of Warrant. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Holder of this Warrant may exercise this Warrant at any time and from time to time until the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Original Issue Date (the “Exercise Period”). To the extent this Warrant has not been exercised during the Exercise Period it shall at the end of such period terminate and be of no further force or effect.

 

3.             Exercise of Warrant.

 

a.             Exercise Procedure. Subject to Section 3(b), this Warrant may be exercised for any or all unexercised Warrant Shares upon:

 

i.             surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its then principal executive offices, together with a notice of exercise (each a “Notice of Exercise”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly completed (including specifying the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased) and executed; and

 

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ii.             payment to the Company of the Aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Section 3(c).

 

b.            Company Cash Payment Option. Notwithstanding any provision in this Warrant to the contrary, in lieu of delivering Warrant Shares to the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall have the option (the “Company Cash Payment Option”), exercisable in its sole discretion, to pay the Holder an amount (such amount, the “Cash Payment Amount”) in cash equal to (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for the Warrant Shares then being exercised, minus (ii) the Aggregate Exercise Price for such Warrant Shares. In the event that the Company desires to elect the Company Cash Payment Option, the Company shall notify the Holder of such election in writing within three (3) Business Days following the Company’s receipt of the Notice of Exercise, and shall pay the Cash Payment Amount by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the Holder as soon as practicable (and in no event longer than three (3) Business Days) following the Company’s receipt of such account designation.

 

c.             Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price. If the Company does not exercise the Company Cash Payment Option, payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made, at the option of the Holder as expressed in the Notice of Exercise, by the following methods:

 

i.             by delivery to the Company of a certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company, in the amount of such Aggregate Exercise Price; or

 

ii.            by instructing the Company to withhold a number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with an aggregate Fair Market Value as of the Exercise Date equal to such Aggregate Exercise Price.

 

In the event of any withholding of Warrant Shares pursuant to clause (ii) above where the number of shares whose value is equal to the Aggregate Exercise Price is not a whole number, the number of Warrant Shares withheld by or surrendered to the Company shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share and the Company shall promptly make a cash payment to the Holder based on the incremental fraction of a Warrant Share being so withheld by or surrendered to the Company in an amount equal to the product of (x) such incremental fraction of a Warrant Share being so withheld or surrendered multiplied by (y) the Fair Market Value of one Warrant Share as of the Exercise Date.

 

d.            Delivery of Stock Certificates and/or Book-Entry Shares. Upon receipt by the Company of a Notice of Exercise, surrender of this Warrant and payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price (in accordance with Section 3(a) and Section 3(c) hereof), and provided the Company has not exercised the Company Cash Payment Option, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, and in any event within three (3) Business Days thereafter, at the Company’s option, either (i) execute (or cause to be executed) and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise or (ii) cause to be issued to such Holder by entry on the books of the Company (or the Company’s transfer agent, if any) the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, in each case, together with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 3(c). The stock certificate or certificates or book-entry interests of Warrant Shares so delivered or issued, as the case may be, shall be, to the extent possible, in such denomination or denominations as the exercising Holder shall reasonably request in the Notice of Exercise and shall be registered in the name of the Holder or, subject to compliance with Section 5 below, such other Person’s name as shall be designated in the Notice of Exercise. The Company will procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal stock exchanges on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or certificates or book-entry interests of Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Warrant Shares for all purposes, as of the close of business on the Exercise Date.

 

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e.            Delivery of New Warrant. Unless this Warrant shall have been fully exercised, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates or book-entry interests representing the Warrant Shares being issued in accordance with Section 3(d) hereof, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unexpired and unexercised Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant. Such new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical to this Warrant.

 

f.             Valid Issuance of Warrant and Warrant Shares; Payment of Taxes. With respect to the exercise of this Warrant, the Company hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees as follows:

 

i.             This Warrant is, and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant shall be, upon issuance, duly authorized and validly issued.

 

ii.            All Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof shall be, upon issuance thereof, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, issued without violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any stockholder of the Company and free and clear of all liens (other than those as a result of any action by the Holder or such other Person to whom such Warrant Shares are issued, or as exist under applicable securities laws).

 

iii.           The Company shall pay all expenses in connection with, and all taxes and other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to, the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant; provided, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed with respect to any applicable withholding or the issuance or delivery of the Warrant Shares to any Person other than the Holder, and no such issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issuance has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax, or has established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

 

g.            Reservation of Shares. During the Exercise Period, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or treasury shares constituting Warrant Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant. The par value per Warrant Share shall at all times be less than or equal to the Exercise Price. The Company shall not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

4.               Adjustments. In order to prevent dilution of the purchase rights granted under this Warrant, the Warrant Share Number issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment (an “Adjustment”) from time to time as provided in this Section 4 (in each case, after taking into consideration any prior Adjustments pursuant to this Section 4); provided, that if more than one subsection of this Section 4 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment and no single event shall cause an adjustment under more than one subsection of this Section 4 so as to result in duplication.

 

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a.            Adjustment to Number of Warrant Shares Upon Dividend, Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date, (i) pay a dividend or make any other distribution upon the Common Stock or any other capital stock of the Company payable in shares of Common Stock or in Options or Convertible Securities to the holders of the Common Stock, or (ii) subdivide (by any stock split, recapitalization or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, in each case other than any such transaction covered by Section 4(b), the Warrant Share Number immediately prior to any such dividend, distribution or subdivision shall be proportionately increased so that the Holder shall be entitled to receive upon the exercise of this Warrant the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company that the Holder would have owned or would have been entitled to receive upon or by reason of such event, had this Warrant been exercised or converted immediately prior to the occurrence of such event. If the Company at any time combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Warrant Share Number immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately decreased so that the Holder shall be entitled to receive upon the exercise of this Warrant the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company that the Holder would have owned or would have been entitled to receive upon or by reason of such event, had this Warrant been exercised or converted immediately prior to the occurrence of such event. Any Adjustment under this Section 4(a) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-dividend Date for such dividend or immediately after the open of business on the effective date for such subdivision or combination.

 

b.            Adjustment Upon Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation or Merger. In the event of any (i) capital reorganization of the Company, (ii) reclassification of the stock of the Company (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value or as a result of a stock dividend or subdivision, split-up or combination of shares), (iii) consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person, (iv) sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person, (v) Deemed Liquidation Event or (vi) other similar transaction, in each case which entitles all or substantially all of the holders of Common Stock to receive (either directly or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities, cash or other assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, each Warrant shall, immediately prior to the time of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, become exercisable for the kind and number of shares of stock, securities, cash or other assets resulting from such transaction to which the Holder would have been entitled as a holder of the applicable number of Warrant Shares then issuable hereunder as a result of such exercise if the Holder had exercised this Warrant in full immediately prior to the time of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction and acquired the applicable number of Warrant Shares then issuable hereunder as a result of such exercise. In determining the kind and amount of stock, securities or the property receivable upon exercise of this Warrant following the consummation of any such transaction, if the holders of Common Stock have the right to elect the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon consummation of such transaction, then the Holder shall have the right to make a similar election (including, without limitation, being subject to similar proration constraints) upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to the number of shares of stock or other securities or property which the Holder will receive upon exercise of this Warrant. As applicable, the Company may deliver a replacement warrant reflecting the kind and number of shares of stock, securities, cash or other assets for which this Warrant is then exercisable.

 

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c.            Other Events.  For so long as the Holder holds this Warrant or any portion thereof, if any event occurs as to which the provisions of this Section 4 are not strictly applicable or, if strictly applicable, would not, in the good faith judgment of the Board, fairly and adequately protect the purchase rights of the Warrant in accordance with the essential intent and principles of such provisions, then the Board shall make such adjustments in the application of such provisions, in accordance with such essential intent and principles, as shall be reasonably necessary, in the good faith opinion of the Board, to protect such purchase rights as aforesaid. 

 

d.            Notice of Adjustment Event.  In the event that the Company shall propose to take any action of the type described in this Section 4 (but only if the action of the type described in this Section 4 would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable or a change in the type of securities or property to be delivered upon exercise of this Warrant), the Company shall give notice to the Holder, which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with respect to any such action and the approximate date on which such action is to take place.  Such notice shall also set forth the facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect on the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property which shall be deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant.  In the case of any action which would require the fixing of a record date, such notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the date so fixed, and in case of all other action, such notice shall be given at least fifteen (15) days prior to the taking of such proposed action, except if it is impracticable to provide such fifteen (15) days’ prior notice, then the Company shall provide such notice as soon as it is reasonably able prior to the taking of such proposed action.  Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of any such action.

 

e.            Adjustment Certificate. As promptly as reasonably practicable following any adjustment of the number of Warrant Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4, the Company shall furnish to the Holder a certificate of an officer of the Company setting forth in reasonable detail such Adjustment and the facts upon which it is based and certifying the calculation thereof.

 

5.               Transfer of Warrant. This Warrant and rights hereunder are not transferable, in whole or in part, by the Holder, except with the prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that the Holder may transfer this Warrant, in whole or in part, to any Affiliate of Holder who is or hereafter becomes a lender under the Credit Agreement. Holder shall provide prior written notice to the Company of any proposed transfer of this Warrant or any of the rights hereunder and, following such transfer, without charge to the Holder, upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its then principal executive offices with a properly completed and duly executed assignment agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, together with funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes described in the proviso to Section 3(f)(iii) in connection with the making of such transfer. Upon such compliance, surrender and delivery and, if required, such payment, the Company shall promptly execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall promptly issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant, if any, not so assigned and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled.

 

6.               Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder; Limitations on Liability. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company until the Holder has received Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends, distributions or subscription rights, or otherwise. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

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7.               Replacement on Loss; Division and Combination. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and upon delivery of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and, in case of mutilation, upon surrender of such Warrant for cancellation to the Company, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder, in lieu hereof, a new Warrant of like tenor and exercisable for an equivalent number of Warrant Shares as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed.

 

8.               Representations of the Holder. In connection with the issuance of this Warrant, the Holder specifically represents to the Company by acceptance of this Warrant as follows:

 

a.     The Holder is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The Holder is acquiring this Warrant and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise hereof for investment for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

b.     The Holder understands and acknowledges that this Warrant and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise hereof are “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that, under such laws and applicable regulations, such securities may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. In addition, the Holder represents that it is familiar with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the Securities Act.

 

c.     The Holder acknowledges that it can bear the economic and financial risk of its investment for an indefinite period, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Warrant and the Warrant Shares. The Holder has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the Warrant and the business, properties, prospects and financial condition of the Company.

 

9.             Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given: (a) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested); (c) on the date sent by e-mail of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next Business Day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications must be sent to the respective parties at the addresses indicated herein (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9).

 

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10.           No Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder. In accordance with, and not in limitation of, the foregoing, the Company will at no time close its transfer books against transfer of this Warrant in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.

 

11.           Prohibited Actions. The Company agrees that it will not take any action which would entitle the Holder to an adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares this Warrant shall be exercisable for if the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable after such action upon exercise of this Warrant, together with all shares of Common Stock then outstanding and all shares of Common Stock then issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding options, warrants, conversion and other rights, would exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized by its Certificate of Incorporation.

 

12.           Entire Agreement. This Warrant constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the parties to this Warrant with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.

 

13.           Successor and Assigns. This Warrant and the rights evidenced hereby shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the successors of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of the Holder. Such successors and/or permitted assigns of the Holder shall be deemed to be a Holder for all purposes hereunder.

 

14.           No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Warrant is for the sole benefit of the Company and the Holder and their respective successors and, in the case of the Holder, permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Warrant.

 

15.           Headings. The headings in this Warrant are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Warrant.

 

16.           Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc.  If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

 

17.           Amendment and Modification; Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Warrant may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto. No waiver by the Company or the Holder of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Warrant shall operate or be construed 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.

 

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18.           Severability. If any term or provision of this Warrant is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Warrant or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

19.           Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such state, without regard to the conflicts of law principles of such state.

 

20.           Counterparts. This Warrant may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Warrant delivered by e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Warrant.

 

 

Signature page follows.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this Warrant on the Original Issue Date.

 

  TELIGENT, INC.

 

  By:    
      Name:
      Title:

 

  Contact information:
   
  Teligent, Inc.
105 Lincoln Avenue
Buena, New Jersey 08310
Attn: Timothy Sawyer
Email: tsawyer@teligent.com

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:

 

[l]

 

 

By:      
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

 

 

Contact information:

 

[l]

 

   
   

Attn:      
Email:      

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WARRANT]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

Date: [•]

 

To Teligent, Inc.:

 

Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the Warrant (Warrant Certificate No.: 2020-[l]), dated as of July , 2020 (the “Warrant”), attached hereto, the undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise such Warrant and hereby notifies you of such election to purchase [l] Warrant Shares and herewith makes payment of $[l] (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in accordance with Section 3(b) of the Warrant, representing the full payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price for such Warrant Shares. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

 

Number of Warrant Shares (check the box that applies).

 

¨ This Notice of Exercise involves fewer than all of the Warrant Shares that are exercisable under the Warrant and the undersigned retain its right to exercise the Warrant for the balance of the Warrant Shares remaining in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Warrant. The undersigned hereby requests that the Company deliver to it a new Warrant evidencing its rights to purchase the unexpired and unexercised Warrant Shares.

 

¨ This Notice of Exercise involves all of the Warrant Shares that are exercisable under the Warrant, which Warrant is hereby enclosed herewith and surrendered to the Company hereby (or, in the case of its loss, theft or destruction, the undersigned undertakes to indemnify the Company from any loss as a result thereof).

 

Payment of Aggregate Exercise Price (check the box(es) that applies).

 

¨ Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price will be made by delivery to the Company of a certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company in the amount of $[l];

 

¨ Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company; or

 

¨ Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price will be made by instructing the Company to withhold [l] Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant with an aggregate Fair Market Value as of the Exercise Date equal to such Aggregate Exercise Price.

 

The undersigned agrees and acknowledges that the Company has the right pursuant to Section 3(b) of the Warrant to elect to settle the exercise of this Warrant in cash in lieu of Warrant Shares and nothing in this Notice of Exercise shall affect the Company’s right to make such election.

 

[l]

 

By:      
Name:      
Title:      

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

July 20, 2020

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Teligent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Purchasers named on Schedule A hereto (the “Purchasers”), acting severally and not jointly, the Company’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “Series C Convertible Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $12,960,000 (the “Initial Notes” and, together with the issuance of additional Series C Convertible Notes made pursuant to Put-Option Payment, Exchange Payment and Exit Payment in accordance with Section 2(b), the “Notes”), in the respective amounts set forth on Schedule A hereto, and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Note Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”).

 

The Notes will be issued pursuant to the provisions of that certain Indenture, to be dated as of the date of the Closing (as defined below) (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the entities listed on the signature pages thereto as the initial “Subsidiary Guarantors” (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as trustee (together with its successors and assigns, in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and in its capacity as collateral agent (together with its successors and assigns, in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”). The payment of principal of, premium (including the Company’s obligations under Section 2(b)), and interest on the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as set forth in the Indenture (the “Guarantee”), jointly and severally, by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto. Guarantees shall be provided pursuant to the Indenture by each of the Company’s Subsidiaries (defined below) that guarantees (a) the Company’s 7.0% Cash / 8.0% PIK Series B Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “Series B Convertible Notes”), and (b) each other existing or future domestic or foreign subsidiary of the Company that is required to guarantee the credit facilities (together, the “Senior Credit Facilities”) under (i) that certain First Lien Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and ACF FINCO I LP, as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”), and (ii) that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”).

 

At the Closing, in addition to the Initial Notes, the Company will deliver to the Purchasers, on a pro rata basis and as set forth opposite each such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A hereto, an additional aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes equal to (i) 3.00% of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes sold hereunder, as more fully described in Section 2(b)(i) (the “Put-Option Payment”), plus (ii) 2.00% of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes sold hereunder, as more fully described in Section 2(b)(ii) (the “Exchange Payment”), plus (iii) 2.00% of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes sold hereunder, as more fully described in Section 2(b)(iii) (the “Exit Payment”), in each case as set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement and, in each case, in the form of increased principal amount of Notes delivered to each Purchaser as more fully described in Section 2(b). The aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued to each Purchaser after giving effect to the Put-Option Payment, the Exchange Payment and the Exit Payment shall be as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A under the column “Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes to be Received.”

 

 

 

 

The Notes will be offered and sold solely by the Company directly to each Purchaser without registration of any of the Notes, whether required or permitted, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any other applicable securities laws, pursuant to the exemption from registration set forth in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act solely to purchasers that are “qualified institutional buyers” as such term is defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”).

 

Concurrently with the offer and sale of the Notes, the Company desires to exchange (the “Exchange”) (a) a portion of the Company’s outstanding 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Series A Convertible Notes”) for additional Series C Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of that certain Series A Exchange Agreement among the Company and the holders identified therein (the “Series A Exchange Agreement”), and (b) a portion of the Company’s outstanding Series B Convertible Notes for additional Series C Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of that certain Series B Exchange Agreement among the Company and the holders identified therein (the “Series B Exchange Agreement” and, together with the Series A Exchange Agreement, the “Exchange Agreements”), in each case, in one or more transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Exchange Agreement. At the Closing, the Company shall issue Series C Convertible Notes under the Exchange Agreements (the “Exchange Notes”) in the respective amounts, and to the respective parties, as set forth on Schedule B hereto.

 

This Agreement, the Exchange Agreements, the Indenture (including the Guarantees contained therein), the Security Agreements (as defined in the Indenture) and the Notes are collectively referred to herein as the “Operative Documents.”

 

1.            Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, the Purchasers, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (as defined herein), that:

 

(a)            Exemption from Registration. None of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, has, directly or indirectly, made offers or sales of any security, solicited offers to buy any security or taken any other action, under circumstances that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Notes. The offer, issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes in the manner contemplated by this Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

(b)            No General Solicitation. None of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, has engaged, directly or indirectly, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with any offer or sale of any of the Notes.

 

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(c)            Power and Authorization. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority necessary to own, lease or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except to the extent where the failure to have such qualification would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein). All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and, when issued, were free and clear of all liens, encumbrances or adverse claims (“Liens”). For purposes of this Agreement, a “Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, that, individually or in the aggregate, results, or would reasonably be likely to result, in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise) or in the earnings, prospects, business, properties, surplus or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined herein), taken as a whole; provided, however, that any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change arising out of or attributable to, directly or indirectly: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the pharmaceuticals industry in the U.S. and Canada; (iii) changes in financial or securities markets in general; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; or (v) changes in applicable laws or accounting rules, including U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), in each case, shall not be deemed, either alone or in combination, to constitute a Material Adverse Effect; provided, further, that, notwithstanding the immediately preceding proviso, any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) and (v) immediately above shall only be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be likely to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition or change has a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared to other entities whose primary business is in the pharmaceuticals industry in the U.S. and Canada.

 

(d)            Organization and Qualification of the Company’s Subsidiaries. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries (for purposes of this Agreement, (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose voting stock having by the terms thereof power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporations at the time owned by the Company directly or indirectly and (ii) any partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in which the Company directly or indirectly has more than 50% voting equity interest at the time, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) that provides or is required to provide a guarantee of the Company’s obligations in respect of the Notes (each, a “Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Subsidiaries”)) is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has the power and authority (corporate or other) to own its property and to conduct its business and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens granted to secure the Senior Credit Facilities).

 

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(e)             Operative Documents. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, has all the requisite corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to execute, issue and perform its obligations under the Operative Documents. Each of the Operative Documents (other than the Notes, which are addressed pursuant to Section 2(f) below) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable), and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor (as applicable), enforceable against the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor (as applicable), in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (the “Enforceability Exceptions”). For purposes of this Section 1(e), “Operative Documents” shall include that certain Commitment Letter dated July 9, 2020, by and among the Company and certain holders of the Series B Convertible Notes (including Annex A thereto, the “Commitment Letter”).

 

(f)             Issuance of the Notes. The Notes to be issued by the Company to the Purchasers under this Agreement will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, when issued will have been duly executed by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. Upon the Company’s delivery of the Notes to each Purchaser hereunder, such Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and shall be free and clear of all Liens created by the Company (other than any Permitted Lien (as defined in the Indenture)).

 

(g)            Validity of Underlying Common Stock. The shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), that are issuable upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture have been duly and validly authorized and will be validly reserved for issuance by the Company and, when issued upon such conversion, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and non-assessable and will not be subject to any preemptive or other similar rights. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and were issued in compliance with applicable securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance, right of repurchase or forfeiture, subscription right or any similar right and none of the outstanding shares of Common Stock is subject to any right of first refusal. The description of the Common Stock conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Company’s reports (collectively, “SEC Reports”) filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).

 

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(h)            Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its respective charter or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) or (ii) after giving effect to the Exchange and the transactions contemplated herein, will be in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)             Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. The execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Documents, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the issuance and delivery of the Exchange Notes, compliance with the terms and provisions of the Operative Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein and the use of the proceeds therefrom, will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined herein) under, or result in the imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company, or its Subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) any statute, rule, regulation or order, applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Governmental Entity”), or (iii) except with respect to any consents required under the Senior Credit Facilities, any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties is bound, except for any such breach, violation, default or Lien described in clause (ii) or (iii) that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption, or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this Section 1(i), “Operative Documents” shall include the Commitment Letter.

 

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(j)             No Material Adverse Effect in Business. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, and other than effects on the business related primarily to COVID-19, since March 31, 2020 through the date hereof, (i) there has been no Material Adverse Effect, nor any development or event which would result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock, and (iii) there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(k)            Legal Proceeding. Except as described in the SEC Reports, there is no legal or governmental action, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries (i) asserting the invalidity of any of the Operative Documents or the Commitment Letter; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions provided for in the Operative Documents; or (iii) that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability (with respect to the Company) of, any of the Operative Documents.

 

(l)             Licenses and Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries have all requisite power and authority, and all authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses in the various states in which they do business, certificates and permits of and from regulatory or governmental officials, bodies and tribunals that are necessary to own or lease their respective properties (collectively, “Permits”), in each case, that are material to the Company taken as a whole. The Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Permits, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Permits or the failure of such Permits to be in full force and effect would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings by a Governmental Entity relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permits which, singly or in the aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)           Title to Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by them and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims or defects, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the SEC Reports or (B) would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases of real property of the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties described in the SEC Reports, are in full force and effect, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed as of the date hereof to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

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(n)            Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries own, license or otherwise have rights in all United States and foreign patents, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary rights necessary for the conduct of their business as currently carried on and as proposed to be carried on, in each case, as described in the SEC Reports (collectively and together with any applications or registrations for the foregoing, the “Intellectual Property”). Except as specifically described in the SEC Reports, (i) no third parties have obtained rights to any such Intellectual Property from the Company, other than licenses granted in the ordinary course and rights that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement or misappropriation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (v) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company has, or any of its products, product candidates or services described in the SEC Reports that infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates, or would infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate, upon the commercialization of such products, product candidates or services described in the SEC Reports, any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right of others, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (vi) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no patent or patent application that contains claims that cover or may cover any Intellectual Property described in the SEC Reports as being owned by or licensed to the Company, or that is necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted or contemplated, or that interferes with the issued or pending claims of any such Intellectual Property; (vii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no prior art or public or commercial activity of which the Company is aware that may form a reasonable basis to render any patent held by the Company invalid or any patent application held by the Company unpatentable that has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and (viii) the Company has not committed any act or omitted to undertake any act for which the effect of such commission or omission would reasonably be expected to render the Intellectual Property invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, except to the extent such invalidity or unenforceability would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of the rights of any person or third party. There are no outstanding options, licenses or agreements of a material nature relating to the Intellectual Property owned by the Company that are required to be described in the SEC Reports and are not described therein as so required.

 

(o)            Absence of Labor Disputes. No labor disputes with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exist or, to the knowledge of the Company, are imminent that would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(p)            Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) in compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Reports fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, since March 31, 2020, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. As disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, as of March 31, 2020, the Company’s management, with participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out evaluations of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act, and based upon that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2020, the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to accomplish their objectives at the reasonable assurance level.

 

(q)            Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, in each case, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

 

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(r)             Financial Statements. The audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the period ended December 31, 2019 (together with the related schedules and notes thereto, the “Audited Financial Statements”) contained in the Company’s Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2019 have been prepared, and fairly present, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities, equity, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company at the respective dates and for the respective periods (as the case may be) indicated, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout such period (except as specified therein). The unaudited interim financial statements of the Company as of and for the period ended March 31, 2020 (“Interim Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements) contained in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2020 have been prepared in conformity with GAAP and present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein. Since the respective dates of the Financial Statements contained in the Company’s SEC Reports, there has been no change which could, or any development that would, reasonably be expected to (i) have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) adversely affect the issuance or validity of the Notes or (iii) adversely affect the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Operative Documents.

 

(s)            No Undisclosed Liabilities. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor do not have any material liabilities, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, and due or to become due, including any liability for taxes (and there is no past or present fact, situation, circumstance, condition or other basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, charge, complaint, claim or demand against the Company giving rise to any such liability), except (i) for liabilities set forth in the Financial Statements; and (ii) normal fluctuation in the amount of the liabilities referred to in clause (i) above occurring in the ordinary course of business of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements.

 

(t)             Payment of Taxes. All U.S. federal income tax returns of the Company and its Subsidiaries required by applicable law to be filed have been filed and all material taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, (i) as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company or (ii) where the failure to pay such taxes would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(u)            Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, or affiliate acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA. The Company and its Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

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(v)           Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(w)           OFAC. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”). Except as permitted by U.S. and other applicable law, the Company is not located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

(x)            Cybersecurity. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, (A) to the knowledge of the Company, there has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (B) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have been notified in writing of, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no presently existing event or condition that would result in, any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (C) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards reasonably designed to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data as required by applicable law. The Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws or statutes and all applicable judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and applicable contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except for such noncompliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(y)           No Finder’s Fee. Except as previously disclosed to the Purchasers, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor has paid, or is a party to any contract or agreement to pay, to any person or entity any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any of the Notes and there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company for a commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the offering of the Notes.

 

(z)            No Integration. None of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any other person acting on its or their behalf, has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy, sold or offered to sell any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the offer and sale of the Notes to be registered under the Securities Act.

 

(aa)          Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is, and, immediately after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof and the consummation of the transactions described in this Agreement, will be, an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

(bb)         Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any Governmental Entity is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Notes and the concurrent issuance and delivery of the Exchange Notes to be offered by the Company in connection with the Exchange, other than (i) the filing of a notice of listing of additional shares and related materials with the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and (ii) any filings under the Exchange Act, which have been or will be made when and how required.

 

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(cc)          Independent Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has audited the Company’s Audited Financial Statements included in the SEC Reports, are registered independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

(dd)         Compliance with Law. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, none of the Company nor its Subsidiaries have been advised in writing that the Company and its Subsidiaries are not conducting business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are conducting business, including, without limitation, all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations, except, in each case, where failure to be so in compliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company is, and since January 1, 2018 has been, in compliance in all material respects with the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act, and the applicable regulations administered thereunder by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the Public Health Service Act and any other similar applicable law administered by the FDA or other comparable Governmental Entity responsible for regulation of the development, clinical testing, manufacturing, sale, marketing, distribution and importation or exportation of drug and biopharmaceutical products of similar nature to those developed by the Company (each, a “Drug Regulatory Agency”), except, in each case, for any noncompliance, either individually or in the aggregate, which would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, no investigation, claim, suit, proceeding, audit or other action by any Governmental Entity is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company which (i) has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company, any acquisition of material property by the Company or the conduct of business by the Company in any material respect as currently conducted, (ii) is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on the Company’s ability to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under any Operative Document or (iii) is reasonably likely to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering in any material respect with the offer and sale of the Notes. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened with respect to an alleged material violation by the Company of the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act and the FDA regulations adopted thereunder, the Public Health Service Act or any other similar law administered or promulgated by any Drug Regulatory Agency. All clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of, or sponsored by, the Company, or in which the Company or its current products or product candidates have participated, were and, if still pending, are being, conducted in all material respects in accordance with applicable standard medical and scientific research procedures and in compliance in all material respects with the applicable regulations of any applicable Drug Regulatory Agency and other applicable law. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold all required governmental authorizations issuable by any Drug Regulatory Agency necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company as currently conducted, and development, clinical testing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and importation or exportation, as currently conducted, of any of its products or product candidates.

 

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(ee)          Related Party Transactions. There are no relationships between or among the Company, on the one hand, and its affiliates, officers or directors on the other hand, or between any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and its affiliates, officers or directors on the other hand, that are required to be described under applicable securities laws in the SEC Reports, that is not so described in such filings.

 

(ff)           Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement or other relationship between the Company or any Subsidiary and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that (i) is required to have been described under applicable securities laws in the SEC Reports that is not so disclosed or (ii) otherwise would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no such transactions, arrangements or other relationships with the Company or any Subsidiary that may create material contingencies or liabilities that have not been otherwise disclosed by the Company in the SEC Reports as required by applicable law.

 

(gg)         Compliance with Environmental Laws. There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by the Company or any Subsidiary (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their predecessors in interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case, (i) in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or (ii) that would require remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except, in each of the cases of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), where such violation or remedial action would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind into such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company or any Subsidiary which, in each case, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(hh)         Nasdaq Listings. The shares of Common Stock are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Except as described in the SEC Reports, (i) the Company has not received any delisting notice relating to the shares of Common Stock listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and (ii) the Company is in compliance with the applicable current listing and governance rules and requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

(ii)            Guarantors. The Subsidiary Guarantors are each of the Company’s Subsidiaries that from time to time are required to guarantee the Senior Credit Facilities.

 

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2.             Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes.

 

(a)          The Notes. Upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, all of the Notes, and the Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes set forth opposite their names on Schedule A under the column “Principal Amount of Initial Notes to be Purchased,” for a purchase price (the “Purchase Price) of $12,000,000, payable at the Closing.

 

(b)            Additional Consideration. Pursuant to the Commitment Letter, and in consideration of the agreement by the Purchasers to severally subscribe and pay for the Notes and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents, the Company acknowledges and agrees it shall pay to each Purchaser, as additional consideration, the following:

 

(i)            Put-Option. As additional consideration to the Purchasers for the Company’s right to cause each Purchaser to purchase the Notes and thereby fund its existing commitment to do so, each Purchaser shall grant to the Company a fully vested put-option (the “Put-Option”). Following the exercise by the Company of the Put-Option (which option, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be deemed to be automatically exercised by the Company at the Closing), the Company will deliver to the Purchasers at the Closing the Put-Option Payment in the form of an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes delivered to each Purchaser equal to 3.0% of the Purchase Price of such Series C Convertible Notes. The principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes issued to each Purchaser as the Put-Option Payment shall be as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A under the column “Principal Amount of Series C Convertible Notes to be Received as Put-Option Payment.”

 

(ii)           Exchange Payment. As additional consideration to the Purchasers for the exchange of their existing Series B Convertible Notes pursuant to the Series B Exchange Agreement, the Purchasers shall be entitled to the Exchange Payment. The Exchange Payment shall be earned as of the Closing Date, and the Company will deliver to the Purchasers at the Closing the Exchange Payment in the form of an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes delivered to each Purchaser equal to 2.0% of the Purchase Price of such Series C Convertible Notes. The principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes issued to each Purchaser as the Exchange Payment shall be as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A under the column “Principal Amount of Series C Convertible Notes to be Received as Exchange Payment.” The Company and the Purchasers agree (i) to treat the Exchange Payment as an increase to the yield of the Series C Convertible Notes purchased pursuant to this Agreement, taxable as original interest discount in accordance with the applicable rules under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended from time to time) (the “Code”) and the U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder and (ii) that no U.S. federal, state or local withholding tax should be withheld or deducted on account of the Exchange Payment.

 

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(iii)          Exit Payment. As additional consideration to the Purchasers, the Purchasers shall be entitled to the Exit Payment. The Exit Payment shall be earned as of the Closing Date, and the Company will deliver to the Purchasers at the Closing the Exit Payment in the form of an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes delivered to each Purchaser equal to 2.0% of the Purchase Price of such Series C Convertible Notes. The principal amount of Series C Convertible Notes issued to each Purchaser as the Exit Payment shall be as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A under the column “Principal Amount of Series C Convertible Notes to be Received as Exit Payment.” The Company and the Purchasers agree (i) to treat the Exit Payment as an increase to the yield of the Series C Convertible Notes purchased pursuant to this Agreement, taxable as original interest discount in accordance with the applicable rules under the Code and the U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder and (ii) that no U.S. federal, state or local withholding tax should be withheld or deducted on account of the Exit Payment.

 

(c)            The Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes (the “Closing”) shall occur remotely by exchange of documents and signatures (or their electronic counterparts) on the date of this Agreement, or on such later date as the parties hereto shall agree in writing, but not prior to the date that the conditions for Closing set forth in Section 3 (other than with respect to the actual issuance and delivery of the Notes) have been satisfied or waived by the appropriate party (the date of such Closing being herein called the “Closing Date”).

 

(d)            Delivery of the Notes. On the Closing Date, the Purchasers shall pay, in immediately available funds, the full amount of the Purchase Price, by wire transfer to the Company to an account specified in writing or electronically by the Company, and on the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall instruct its custodian to post a DWAC request for free receipt to the Trustee for such Purchaser’s aggregate principal amount of Notes (CUSIP 87960W AF1), which request shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The name(s) in which the book-entry Notes are to be registered are set forth in each Purchaser’s “Purchaser Questionnaire” attached as Annex A hereto, which annex shall be completed by each Purchaser and submitted to the Company, on or prior to the Closing Date. The parties shall observe the closing mechanics specified in this Section 2(d) and the instructions provided in the “Summary Instruction Sheet for Purchaser” set forth in Annex B hereto.

 

(i)           On the Closing Date, each Purchaser will pay the Purchase Price for the Notes being purchased by such Purchaser hereunder (as set forth on Schedule A hereto) to the Company.

 

(ii)           The receipt of funds by the Company from each Purchaser shall be deemed to be an acknowledgement by each Purchaser to the Company that the conditions to the Closing have been satisfied.

 

(iii)          [Reserved.]

 

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(iv)         Immediately following the Company’s receipt of such funds, the Notes purchased by each Purchaser (as specified on Schedule A hereto) will be issued by the Company and delivered pursuant to this Section 2(d).

 

(v)           The Notes will be represented by one or more global notes as provided in the Indenture, and will be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 thereafter. The Notes shall bear an appropriate restrictive legend referring to the fact that the Notes were sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof and are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A.

 

3.             Conditions to the Purchaser’s Obligation. The obligation of the Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Notes on the Closing Date is subject to the following conditions:

 

(a)            Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date; the statements of the Company’s officers made pursuant to any certificate delivered in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such statement is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such statement shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date made and on and as of the Closing Date; the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(b)           The Series A Exchange Agreement. The Company and the applicable holders of the Series A Convertible Notes shall have executed the Series A Exchange Agreement, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and the Purchasers shall have received an executed copy thereof.

 

(c)            The Series B Exchange Agreement. The Company and the applicable holders of the Series B Convertible Notes shall have executed the Series B Exchange Agreement, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, and the parties to the Series B Exchange Agreement shall have received an executed copy thereof.

 

(d)            Indenture. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have executed and delivered the Indenture, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, and the Purchasers shall have received an executed copy thereof.

 

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(e)            First Lien Credit Agreement Amendment. The First Lien Credit Agreement shall be amended (the “First Lien Credit Agreement Amendment”) to reflect the terms of the Commitment Letter, and in a form reasonably satisfactory to Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, and such First Lien Credit Agreement Amendment shall have been executed by the applicable parties and delivered to the Purchasers on or before the Closing Date.

 

(f)            Second Lien Credit Agreement Amendment. The Second Lien Credit Agreement shall be amended (the “Second Lien Credit Agreement Amendment”) to reflect the terms of the Commitment Letter, and in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, and such Second Lien Credit Agreement Amendment shall have been executed by the applicable parties and delivered to the Purchasers on or before the Closing Date.

 

(g)            Subordination Agreement. The Company shall have executed the Subordination Agreement, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, and the Purchasers shall have received an executed copy thereof.

 

(h)           Security Agreements. The Company shall have executed the Security Agreements, each in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers and substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2, and the Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof.

 

(i)             Perfection Certificate. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have executed and delivered a perfection certificate dated as of the Closing Date (the “Perfection Certificate”) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H.

 

(j)             Officer’s Certificate. The Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an officer’s certificate, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, solely in his or her capacity as such, to the effect set forth in Section 3(a) hereof and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

 

(k)            Solvency Certificate. The Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date a solvency certificate, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief financial officer or other officer with equivalent duties of the Company, as to the solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.

 

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(l)             Opinion of Counsel for the Company. The Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion letter of counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Schedule 1. Such opinion shall be rendered to the Purchaser at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.

 

(m)           Notes. The Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC. The sale of the Notes shall not be enjoined (temporarily or permanently) on the Closing Date.

 

(n)            Nasdaq Approval. The Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes shall have been approved for listing subject to notice of issuance on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

(o)            Payment of Expenses. The Company shall have paid the expenses as required by Section 5(l) hereof.

 

(p)            No Proceedings. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding pending or (to the knowledge of the Company) threatened in or before any Governmental Entity or any order, injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity, on the Closing Date, that, either separately or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its Subsidiaries or affect the issuance, sale or payment of the Notes.

 

4.             Conditions of the Obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors. The obligations of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor to issue and sell the Notes and to execute and deliver the Operative Documents as provided herein at the Closing shall be subject to the following conditions: (i) the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date; and (ii) each Purchaser shall have performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

5.             Covenants of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally, covenants to each Purchaser, as follows:

 

(a)            Neither the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor, nor any “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 (“Affiliate”)) will sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) that could be integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Notes.

 

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(b)           Not to solicit any offer to buy or offer or sell the Notes by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

(c)            While any of the Notes remain “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144, to make available, upon request, to any seller of such Notes the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, unless the Company is then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(d)           During the period of one year after the Closing Date the Company and the Subsidiaries Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their Affiliates to, resell any of the Notes which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them.

 

(e)            The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes solely for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(f)            For so long as the Notes remain outstanding, to provide to the Purchasers, within fifteen (15) days of the applicable time periods specified in the relevant forms: (A) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms (but without any requirement to provide separate financial statements of any subsidiary of the Company), including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; and (B) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports; provided, however, that to the extent such reports described in clauses (A) or (B) are filed with the Commission and publicly available, such reports shall have been deemed to have been provided to the Purchaser in satisfaction of this Section 5(f);

 

(g)           Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of (i) a Default or (ii) an Event of Default (as both such terms are defined in the Indenture), the Company and each Subsidiary shall make available to the Purchaser, at the Company’s relevant facilities during normal business hours, upon reasonable written notice by the Purchaser, its books and records and the books and records of any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(h)           The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, within seventy-five (75) days following the Closing Date, to establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Company Stockholders Meeting”) solely for the purpose of obtaining the requisite shareholder approval to issue to any holder or group of related holders of the Notes shares of Common Stock under the Notes exceeding the greater of (i) 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, including upon the conversion of the Notes and upon payment of PIK interest thereon and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock then held by the largest holder of Common Stock (“Shareholder Approval”); provided, that such Company Stockholders Meeting shall in no event be later than October 31, 2020. The Company will take all reasonable action necessary to secure the Shareholder Approval, including engaging a nationally recognized proxy solicitor reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers.

 

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(i)             The Company will reserve and keep available that maximum number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon conversion of the Notes outstanding from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

(j)             For a period of thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes purchased hereby, issue or enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or securities that would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to any Exempt Issuance (as such term is defined in the Indenture).

 

(k)            For a period of ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, the Company shall not affect or enter into any agreement to effect any Variable Rate Transaction (as such term is defined in the Indenture).

 

(l)             Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes to the Purchasers, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Subsidiarity Guarantors’ counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (iv) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the documented and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Security Documents and the Notes, (v) all costs and expenses in connection with the Security Documents and with respect to the creation, documentation and perfection of the security interests in the Collateral, and (vi) all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Purchasers (including, but not limited to, due diligence expenses and fees and disbursements of two law firms (one being special regulatory counsel)), in each case, incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and any related documentation.

 

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(m)         Board Observer.

 

(i)            Until such time as neither (x) the client funds or accounts (such funds and accounts, collectively, the “Nantahala Accounts”) under the management of Nantahala Capital Management, LLC (“Nantahala”), nor (y) the client funds or accounts (such funds and accounts, collectively, the “Silverback Accounts” and, together with the Nantahala Accounts, the “Accounts”) under the management of Silverback Asset Management, LLC (“Silverback” and, together with Nantahala, the “Managers”) beneficially own at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Series C Convertible Notes issued to such Accounts on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, Series C Convertible Notes issued under the Exchange Agreements), the Accounts shall be entitled to have one individual (the “Board Observer”) present (whether in person or by telephone) at all physical and telephonic meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Board Observer shall not be entitled to vote at such meetings. The Board Observer may be excluded from certain confidential “closed sessions” of the Company’s Board of Directors to the extent (x) attendance thereat would jeopardize the attorney client privilege of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or would reasonably be expected to breach any confidentiality provisions binding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) any information to be discussed at such meeting would relate to any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ strategy, negotiating positions or similar matters directly relating to any of the holders of Convertible Notes or directly relating to any refinancing or replacement of the Convertible Notes. Each Manager, on behalf of their respective Accounts, has the right to notify the Company in writing of the identity of the Board Observer (subject to the prior written consent of the other Manager which shall have been delivered to the Company). The Board Observer may be changed by either Manager, on behalf of their respective Accounts, upon notice thereof to the Company (and subject to the prior written consent of the other Manager which shall have been delivered to the Company).

 

(ii)           Subject to the terms of the Manager Confidentiality Agreements (as defined herein), the Company shall send to the Manager at the same time such materials are distributed by or to the members of the Company’s Board of Directors, all of the notices, information and other materials that are distributed to the members of the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to the meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors, including, without limitation, copies of the minutes of all meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors (such notices, information and other materials, the “Board Materials”), but excluding any Board Materials to the extent that the Company’s Board of Directors determines that (x) delivery or receipt thereof by the Board Observer or any Manager would jeopardize the attorney client privilege of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or would reasonably be expected to breach confidentiality provisions binding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) any information disclosed in such materials directly relates to any of the holders of Convertible Notes or directly relates to any refinancing or replacement of the Convertible Notes. Any material provided to stockholders of the Company in connection with any meetings of stockholders shall also be provided to the Managers. Upon the written request of any of the Managers, the Company shall refrain from sending such notices, information and other materials to such Manager for so long as such Manager shall request.

 

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(iii)           If the Company proposes to take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Board Observer at the same time and in the same manner as notice is given to the members of the Company’s Board of Directors, provided that the Company shall not be required to deliver such notice or otherwise disclose any information to the Board Observer pursuant to this Section 5(m)(iii) to the extent that the Company’s Board of Directors determines that (x) delivery or receipt thereof by the Board Observer or any Manager would jeopardize the attorney client privilege of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or would reasonably be expected to breach confidentiality provisions binding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) any information disclosed in such materials directly relates to any of the holders of Series C Convertible Notes or directly relates to any refinancing or replacement of the Series C Convertible Notes.

 

(iv)          Promptly upon receipt of a written demand (including documentation supporting such demand) from either or both of the Managers, the Company shall reimburse such Manager for the reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Board Observer incurred in connection with the attendance at such meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors on a basis consistent with its reimbursement policies for the Company’s Board of Directors; provided, that the Company shall not be required to reimburse any Manager for any expenses of the Board Observer pursuant to this Section 5(m)(iv) to the extent the Company has previously reimbursed such other Manager for the same expenses of the Board Observer pursuant to this Section 5(m)(iv).

 

(v)           The rights of the Managers to designate the Board Observer, and the rights of any Board Observer to attend any meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors or receive any materials, in each case, pursuant to this Section 5(m), shall be expressly conditioned upon the execution, delivery and continued effectiveness of (x) a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement among the Company, Nantahala (on behalf of the Nantahala Accounts) and the Board Observer (the “Nantahala Confidentiality Agreement”), and (y) a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement among the Company, Silverback (on behalf of the Silverback Accounts) and the Board Observer (the “Silverback Confidentiality Agreement” and, together with the Nantahala Confidentiality Agreement, the “Manager Confidentiality Agreement”), in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, the Board Observer and the respective Manager (on behalf of their respective Accounts).

 

(n)           The obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, under this Section 5 shall survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes, and the termination of this Agreement.

 

6.            Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each of the Purchasers hereby severally represents, warrants and covenants, to the Company and each Guarantor that, as of the date hereof:

 

(a)            Each Purchaser is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership (and where such partnership is not a separate legal entity from the partners thereof, the general or managing partner thereof), duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or formation.

 

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(b)               This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Purchaser enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

(c)               Each Purchaser is acquiring the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by it or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds of which it is trustee, in each case, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution thereof, in whole or in part. If the Notes are acquired for the account of one or more pension or trust funds, each Purchaser represents that it is acting as sole trustee and has sole investment discretion with respect to its acquisition of the Notes and that the determination and decision on its behalf to acquire the Notes for such pension or trust funds is being made by the same individual or group of individuals who customarily pass on such investments, provided that for a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Notes pursuant to this Agreement. Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act that depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations as expressed herein.

 

(d)               Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Company is not acting as a fiduciary or financial or investment adviser to such Purchaser; (ii) the Company and its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives do not make, have not made nor shall be deemed to have made any representation or warranty to such Purchaser, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to projections, estimates, forecasts or plans, except, with respect to the Company, as expressly set forth herein; (iii) such Purchaser has consulted with such Purchaser’s own legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, actuarial, financial and accounting advisers to the extent the Purchaser has deemed necessary, and each Purchaser has made such Purchaser’s own decisions with respect to entering into this Agreement based upon such Purchaser’s own judgment and upon any advice from such advisers such Purchaser has deemed necessary; and (iv) such Purchaser is a sophisticated investor familiar with transactions similar to those contemplated by this Agreement and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business affairs that such Purchaser is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing, and other considerations relating to, the Notes to be purchased by the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement. No Purchaser is relying on the Company or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, counsel, agents or representatives for legal or tax advice. Each Purchaser understands that no U.S. or non-U.S. federal or state agency has recommended or endorsed the purchase of Notes or made any determination or finding as to the fairness of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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(e)               Each Purchaser understands that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the Company that would permit a public offering of the Notes in the United States or any offer of the Notes to the public in any Member State of the European Economic Area, or possession or distribution of any offering or publicity material relating to the Notes, in any other country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.

 

(f)                Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be transferred except in accordance with Rule 144A or pursuant to another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

(g)               Each Purchaser represents that it is a “qualified institutional buyer” as such term is defined in Rule 144A. All information set forth on the Purchaser’s signature page hereto and Annex A hereto is true, accurate and complete in all respects.

 

(h)               Each Purchaser agrees to purchase the Notes for its own account (or accounts managed by it) without a view to distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act and agrees not to reoffer or resell the Notes except pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement thereunder and in any case in compliance to the satisfaction of the Company with all applicable U.S. state securities or “Blue Sky” laws.

 

(i)                 Each Purchaser acknowledges that it (i) has had the opportunity to review the Company’s SEC Reports, (ii) has been provided an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Notes with the Company’s management, and (iii) has obtained any and all additional information requested by such Purchaser, its representatives and agents of the Company and its representatives to verify the accuracy of all information furnished to such Purchaser regarding the offering of the Notes. The foregoing, however, does not limit or modify the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 1 of this Agreement or the right of each Purchaser to rely thereon.

 

(j)                 Each Purchaser acknowledges that it has not relied upon any person, other than the Company, in connection with its decision to purchase the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth on the signature page to this Agreement.

 

(k)               Neither the Purchasers nor any of their subsidiaries (collectively, the “Purchaser Entities”) or, to the knowledge of any Purchaser or any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Purchaser Entity, is a person that is, or is owned or controlled by a person that is:

 

(A)            the subject of any Sanctions, nor

 

(B)             located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

 

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(l)                 There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Purchasers, threatened against the Purchasers, which is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the ability of the Purchasers to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

7.             Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto. The respective agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Purchaser set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Notes sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

 

8.             Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes and the Security Agreements represent the entire agreement between the Company and the Purchasers with respect to the purchase and sale of the Notes. There are no oral agreements among the parties hereto. No modification, amendment or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement, nor any consent to any departure by the Company therefrom, will be effective unless made in a writing signed by the party to be charged, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.

 

9.             Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

 

10.           Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any other subsequent purchaser of the Notes from the Purchasers. This Agreement may not be transferred or assigned without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

 

11.           Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

12.           Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

 

13.           Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or delivered: (i) when delivered personally; (ii) one business day following deposit with a recognized overnight courier service, provided such deposit occurs before the deadline imposed by that service for overnight delivery or (iii) when transmitted, if sent by electronic mail, provided confirmation of receipt is received by sender and the notice is sent by an additional method provided under this Agreement, in each case to the parties hereto as follows:

 

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If to a Purchaser, to the address set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
180 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
Attention: Brett Lawrence and Joanne Lau
Email: blawrence@stroock.com
  jlau@stroock.com

 

If to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor:

 

Teligent, Inc.

105 Lincoln Avenue, PO Box 687

Buena, New Jersey 08310

Attention: Timothy B. Sawyer, President and Chief Executive Officer

Email: tsawyer@teligent.com

 

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

 

K&L Gates LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Whitney J. Smith

Email: whitney.smith@klgates.com

 

and

 

K&L Gates LLP

300 South Tryon Street, 10th Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Sean M. Jones

Email: sean.jones@klgates.com

 

Any party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose.

 

14.           Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be declared invalid or unenforceable by any regulatory body or court having jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of this Agreement.

 

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15.           Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement, the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the singular is used herein, the same shall include the plural, and whenever the plural is used herein, the same shall include the singular, where appropriate. The term “including” means “including but not limited to.” The word “or” shall not be exclusive. Whenever used in this Agreement, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and Exhibits shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections and Subsections and Paragraphs of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Any reference herein to any statute, agreement or document, or any section thereof, shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be a reference to such statute, agreement, document or section as amended, modified or supplemented (including any successor section) and in effect from time to time. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meaning when used in any Exhibit, Schedule, certificate or other documents attached hereto or made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that, except as specifically provided herein, they may pursue judicial remedies at law or in equity in the event of a dispute with respect to the interpretation or construction of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the provisions hereof without the aid of any canon, custom or rule of law requiring or suggesting construction against the party causing the drafting of the provision in question.

 

16.           No Third-Party Beneficiary. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the parties, their successors and permitted assigns, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

 

17.           Suits. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or based upon, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may be instituted in any state or federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York (each, a “New York Court”), and each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have, to the laying of venue of any such proceeding and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such legal suit, action or proceeding. Each party hereby waives irrevocably any immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled or become entitled (including sovereign immunity, immunity to pre-judgment attachment, post-judgment attachment and execution), in any legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of, or based upon, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, that is instituted in any New York Court. Process in any such legal suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.

 

18.           WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Each party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, THE SECURITIES or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

19.           Survival. All representations, warranties and covenants contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes.

 

[Signature Pages to Follow]

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  COMPANY:  
   
  TELIGENT, INC.  
   
  By:  
  Name:                
  Title:  
   
   
  SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
   
  TELIGENT PHARMA, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  
   
   
  IGEN, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  
   
   
  TELIGENT CANADA INC.
   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Note Purchase Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

[Insert Purchaser’s Signature Block] 

 

Print or Type:  
  Name of Purchaser
  (Institution)
   
   
   
  Address of Purchaser’s Executive Offices
   
   
   
  Name of Individual representing Purchaser (if an Institution)
   
   
   
 

Title of Individual representing Purchaser (if an Institution)

 

 

 

  $
  Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes to Be Purchased
   
   
Signature by: Individual representing Purchaser:
   
   
   
  Address:  
  Telephone:  
  Facsimile:  
  Email:  

 

 

*** Please note that if you are sub-allocating to multiple funds,

 

you must execute a signature page for each fund. ***

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A

 

Teligent, Inc.

 

Purchaser Questionnaire

 

Pursuant to Section 3(b) of the Note Purchase Agreement, please provide us with the following information:

 

Legal Name of Purchaser (i.e., Fund Name):  
Address of Purchaser:  
   
Attention:  
   
Telephone Number:  
Fax Number:  

 

NOMINEE/CUSTODIAN (Name in which the Notes are to be registered if different than name of Purchaser):

   
DTC Number:  
   
Tax I.D. Number or Social Security Number:  
(If acquired in the name of a nominee/custodian, the taxpayer I.D. number of such nominee/custodian)

Person to Receive Copies of Transaction Documents:

 

A-1

 

 

Name:  
Telephone Number:  
Email:  

Operations Contacts:

 

Primary:  
Telephone Number:  
Email:  
   
Secondary:  
Telephone Number:  
Email:  

 

The Purchaser must be a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

*** Please note that if you are sub-allocating to multiple funds, you must complete one of these forms for each fund.

 

A-2

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Series A Exchange Agreement

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit A-1

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Series B Exchange Agreement

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit B-1

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Indenture

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit C-1

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

Form of First Lien Credit Agreement Amendment

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit D-1

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

Form of Second Lien Credit Agreement Amendment

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit E-1

 

 

EXHIBIT F

 

Form of Subordination Agreement

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit F-1

 

 

EXHIBIT G-1

 

Form of Security Agreement

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit G-1-1

 

 

EXHIBIT G-2

 

Form of Canadian Security Agreement

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit G-2-1

 

 

EXHIBIT H

 

Form of Perfection Certificate

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit H-1

 

 

EXHIBIT I

 

Form of Officer’s Certificate

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit I-1

 

 

EXHIBIT J

 

Form of Solvency Certificate

 

See attached.

 

Exhibit J-1

 

 

Exhibit 10.2 

 

Execution Version

 

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

This Exchange Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated July 20, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and among each of the undersigned individuals or entities (the “Undersigned Entities” and each an “Undersigned Entity”), for itself and on behalf of the beneficial owners listed on Exhibit A hereto (“Accounts”) for whom such Undersigned Entity holds contractual and investment authority (each Account, as well as such Undersigned Entity if it is exchanging Old Notes (as defined below) hereunder, a “Holder”), Teligent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”), and the entities listed on the signature pages hereof as the initial “Subsidiary Guarantors” (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company is proposing to exchange (the “Exchange”) the Company’s 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (CUSIP 87960W AA2) held by the Holders listed on Exhibit A hereto (the “Old Notes”) for a new issuance of the Company’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (CUSIP 87960W AG9) (the “New Notes”), to be issued pursuant to the provisions of that certain Indenture, dated as of the date of this Agreement (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association as trustee (together with its successors and assigns, in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (together with its successors and assigns, in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and the other Exchange Documents (defined below).

 

WHEREAS each of the Undersigned Entities understands that the Exchange is being made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any securities laws of any state of the United States or of any other jurisdiction, and that the Exchange is only being offered to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in reliance upon a private placement exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The New Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture (as defined herein).

 

NOW THEREFORE, on, and subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I: Terms of the Exchange

 

Pursuant to the terms hereof, each of the Undersigned Entities hereby agrees to cause the Holders to exchange and deliver an aggregate principal amount of Old Notes, and in exchange therefor, the Company shall issue to the Holders an aggregate principal amount of New Notes, in each case, as set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

 

The closing for the Exchange (the “Closing”) shall occur substantially concurrently with, and subject to, the closing of the Company’s issuance and sale of the New Notes and on a date (the “Closing Date”) no later than two Trading Days after the date of this Agreement. At the Closing, (a) each of the Undersigned Entities shall cause each of its Holders to deliver to the Company all right, title and interest in and to such Holder’s Old Notes, as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (and no other consideration), free and clear of any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, charge, security interest, encumbrance, title retention agreement or other title retention device, conditional sale or security arrangement, collateral assignment, option, right of first refusal, equity or other adverse claim thereto or other similar encumbrance thereon (collectively, “Liens”), together with any documents of conveyance or transfer that the Company may deem necessary or desirable to assign, transfer to and confirm in the Company all right, title and interest in and to such Old Notes free and clear of any Liens, and (b) the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Holder, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, New Notes having an aggregate principal amount set forth on Exhibit A, which shall be equal to forty-five percent (45%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Old Notes as of the Closing Date, and the Company hereby agrees to issue such New Notes to such Undersigned Entity in exchange for such Old Notes.

 

 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of any delay in the Closing pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Holders shall not be required to deliver the Old Notes until the Closing occurs. Simultaneously with or after the Closing, the Company may, in its sole discretion, issue the New Notes to one or more other holders of outstanding Old Notes or to other investors. The delivery of the New Notes and the issuance thereof shall be effected by delivery of a Physical Note (as defined in the Indenture) to each Holder at the address set forth on Exhibit A hereto. The Company and the Holder shall provide such respective instructions to its respective Undersigned Entity necessary for settlement of the Exchange. In the event the Closing does not occur, any Old Notes submitted for DWAC withdrawal will be returned to the DTC participant that submitted the withdrawal instruction for such Old Notes in accordance with the procedures of DTC. Each Undersigned Entity acknowledges that all New Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1.00 thereafter in accordance with the Indenture.

 

For purposes hereof:

 

Business Day” means any day other than a day on which federal or state banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.

 

Exchange Documents” means this Agreement, the Indenture (including the Guarantees (as defined in the Indenture) contained therein), the Security Agreements (as defined in the Indenture) and the New Notes.

 

Trading Day” means any day during which trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market generally occurs.

 

Article II: Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Undersigned Entities and the Holders

 

Each Undersigned Entity, for itself and on behalf of each of its Holders, hereby covenants as follows, and makes the following covenants, representations and warranties, for itself and on behalf of each of its Holders, each of which is true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such covenant, representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) at the Closing, to the Company, and all such covenants, representations and warranties shall survive the Closing indefinitely.

 

Section 2.1      Power and Authorization. The Undersigned Entity and each of its Holders is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation. The Undersigned Entity has the power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement for itself and on behalf of the Holders, to perform its obligations hereunder, and to consummate the Exchange contemplated hereby. If the Undersigned Entity is executing this Agreement on behalf of Accounts, (a) the Undersigned Entity has all requisite discretionary and contractual authority to enter into this Agreement on behalf of, and bind, each Account, and (b) Exhibit A hereto is a true, correct and complete list of (i) the name of each Account, (ii) the principal amount of such Account’s Old Notes, and (iii) the principal amount of New Notes to be issued to such Account in respect of such Account’s Old Notes.

 

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Section 2.2       Valid and Enforceable Agreement; No Violations. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Undersigned Entity and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Undersigned Entity and each of its Holders, enforceable against each of the Undersigned Entity and each of its Holders in accordance with its terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (b) general principles of equity, whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (the “Enforceability Exceptions”). This Agreement and consummation of the Exchange will not violate, conflict with or result in a breach of or default under (i) the Undersigned Entity’s or any of its other Holders organizational documents, (ii) any agreement or instrument to which the Undersigned Entity or any of its other Holders is a party or by which the Undersigned Entity or any of its other Holders or any of their respective assets are bound, or (iii) any laws, regulations or governmental or judicial decrees, injunctions or orders applicable to the Undersigned Entity or any other Holders.

 

Section 2.3     Title to the Old Notes. Each Holder is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Old Notes set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A hereto (or, if there are no Accounts, the Undersigned Entity is the sole legal and beneficial owner of all of the Old Notes) and, at the Closing, will be the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Old Notes set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A hereto (or, if there are no Accounts, the Undersigned Entity will be the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Old Notes). The Holder has good, valid and marketable title to its Old Notes, free and clear of any Liens. The Holder has not, in whole or in part, except as described in the immediately preceding sentence, (a) assigned, transferred, hypothecated, pledged, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its Old Notes or any of its rights, title to or interest in its Old Notes (other than to the Company pursuant hereto), or (b) given any person or entity any transfer order, power of attorney or other authority of any nature whatsoever with respect to its Old Notes. Upon the Holder’s delivery of its Old Notes to the Company pursuant to the Exchange, such Old Notes shall be free and clear of all Liens.

 

Section 2.4       Qualified Institutional Buyer. The Holder is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Section 2.5       No Affiliate Status; Holding Period. The Holder is not, and has not been during the consecutive three month period preceding the date hereof, a director, officer or “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (an “Affiliate”) of the Company. To its knowledge, the Holder did not acquire any of the Old Notes, directly or indirectly, from an Affiliate of the Company. The Holder represents and warrants that, for purposes of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, the Holder has continuously held the Old Notes for at least one year from the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.6       No Illegal Transactions. Each Undersigned Entity and each of its Holders has not, directly or indirectly, and no person or entity acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with either the Undersigned Entity or such Holder has, disclosed to a third party (other than to its legal and other representatives) any information regarding the Exchange or engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales (as defined below) involving any of the Company’s securities) since the time that the Undersigned Entity was first contacted by either the Company or any other person or entity regarding the Exchange, the issuance of the New Notes, this Agreement, any other transactions contemplated hereby or an investment in the Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company. Each Undersigned Entity and each Holder covenants that neither it nor any person or entity acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding, agreement or other arrangement with it will disclose to a third party any information regarding the Exchange, the issuance of the New Notes, this Agreement, any other transactions contemplated hereby or engage, directly or indirectly, in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including Short Sales) prior to 9:00 a.m. (prevailing Eastern time) on July 21, 2020. “Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Solely for purposes of this Section 2.6, subject to the Undersigned Entity’s and each Holder’s compliance with their respective obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws and the Undersigned Entity’s and the Holder’s respective internal policies, (a) “Undersigned Entity” and “Holder” shall not be deemed to include any employees, subsidiaries, desks, groups or Affiliates of the Undersigned Entity or the applicable Holder that are effectively walled off by appropriate “Fire Wall” information barriers approved by the Undersigned Entity’s or such Holder’s respective legal or compliance department (and thus such walled off parties have not been privy to any information concerning the Exchange), and (b) the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants of this Section 2.6 shall not apply to any transaction by or on behalf of an Account that was effected without the advice or participation of, or such Account’s receipt of information regarding the Exchange provided by, the Undersigned Entity or the applicable Holder.

 

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Section 2.7      Adequate Information; No Reliance. The Holder acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Holder has been furnished with all materials it considers relevant to making an investment decision to enter into the Exchange and to consummate the other transactions contemplated hereby and has had the opportunity to review the Company’s filings and submissions with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including, without limitation, all information filed or furnished pursuant to the Exchange Act, (b) the Holder has had a full opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the officers of the Company concerning the Company, their business, operations, financial performance, financial condition and prospects, and the terms and conditions of the Exchange, (c) the Holder, together with its professional advisers, is a sophisticated and experienced investor and is capable of evaluating, to its satisfaction, the accounting, tax, financial, legal and other risks associated with the Exchange, and that such Holder has had the opportunity to consult with its accounting, tax, financial and legal advisors to be able to evaluate the risks involved in the Exchange and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such Exchange, and that such Holder is capable of sustaining any loss resulting therefrom without material injury, (d) no statement or written material contrary to this Agreement has been made or given to the Holder by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers, directors or employees, or any of their respective affiliates or representatives, (e) the terms of the Exchange are the result of bilateral negotiations among the parties and (f) the Holder is able to fend for itself in the Exchange, has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective Exchange of the Old Notes and the investment in the New Notes and has the ability to bear the economic risks of its investment and can afford the complete loss of such investment.

 

The Holder specifically understands and acknowledges that, on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the Company may have in its possession non-public information that could be material to the market price of the Old Notes, the New Notes and the Company’s Common Stock into which such Old Notes and New Notes are convertible. The Holder hereby represents and warrants that, in entering into this Agreement and consummating the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the Exchange), it does not require the disclosure of such non-public information to it by the Company in order to consummate the Exchange and make an investment in the New Notes, and hereby waives any and all present or future claims against the Company, any of its officers, directors or employees, or any of their respective affiliates or representatives arising out of or relating to the Company’s failure to disclose any such non-public information to the Holder.

  

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Section 2.8      Tax Consequences of the Exchange. The Holder understands that the tax consequences of the Exchange will depend in part on its own tax circumstances. The Holder acknowledges that it must consult its own tax adviser about the federal, foreign, state and local tax consequences peculiar to its circumstances.

 

Section 2.9       Tax Reporting. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Undersigned Entity shall deliver to the Company completed IRS Forms W-9 or W-8, as applicable, with regards to each Holder. The Company and its agents shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld under applicable law unless such Form W-9 or W-8 provided pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence establishes that such Holder is entitled to an exemption from (or reduction in the rate of) withholding. To the extent any such amounts are withheld and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid to the Holder to whom such amounts would have been paid.

 

Section 2.10    Acknowledgment of the Concurrent Offering. The Holder understands and acknowledges that concurrently with the Exchange, the Company is (a) issuing and selling the Company’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “Series C Convertible Notes”) to certain other purchasers pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Note Purchase Agreement” and, such sales thereunder, the “Concurrent Sale”), and (b) exchanging a portion of the Company’s outstanding 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 for additional Series C Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of that certain Series A Exchange Agreement among the Company and the holders identified therein (the “Series A Exchange” and, together with the Concurrent Sale, the “Concurrent Offering”).

 

Section 2.11    Shareholder Approval. The Holder understands and acknowledges that the issuance of a number of shares of Common Stock that is the greater of (a) 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding upon the conversion of the New Notes and/or upon payment of PIK interest thereon and (b) the number of shares of Common Stock then held by the largest holder of Common Stock requires shareholder approval.

 

Article III: Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors

 

The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby covenant as follows, and makes the following covenants, representations and warranties, each of which is true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such covenant, representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) at the Closing, to each Undersigned Entity and the Holders, and all such covenants, representations and warranties shall survive the Closing indefinitely.

 

Section 3.1      Power and Authorization. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and has the requisite corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and the applicable Exchange Documents, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the Exchange contemplated hereby. No material consent, approval, order or authorization of, or material registration, declaration or filing with any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries (each, a “Governmental Entity”) is required on the part of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement and the applicable Exchange Documents, and the consummation by the Company of the Exchange, except as may be required under any state or federal securities laws or the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Company’s shares of common stock are traded.

 

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Section 3.2      Valid and Enforceable Agreement; No Violations. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The execution of this Agreement and each other Exchange Document, and consummation of the Exchange, will not violate, conflict with or result in a breach of or default under (a) the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, (b) except with respect to any consents required under the Senior Credit Facilities (as defined below), any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any of their assets) are bound, or (c) any laws, regulations or governmental or judicial decrees, injunctions or orders applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, except for such violations, conflicts or breaches under clauses (b) and (c) above that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect (defined below). For purposes of this Section 3.2, “Exchange Documents” shall include the Commitment Letter dated July 9, 2020, by and between the Company and certain holders of the Series B Convertible Notes (including Annex A thereto, the “Commitment Letter”).

 

For purposes hereof:

 

Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, that, individually or in the aggregate, results, or would reasonably be likely to result, in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise) or in the earnings, prospects, business, properties, surplus or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined herein), taken as a whole; provided, however, that any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change arising out of or attributable to, directly or indirectly: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the pharmaceuticals industry in the US and Canada; (iii) changes in financial or securities markets in general; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; or (v) changes in applicable laws or accounting rules, including U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), in each case, shall not be deemed, either alone or in combination, to constitute a Material Adverse Effect; provided, further, that, notwithstanding the immediately preceding proviso, any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) and (v) immediately above shall only be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be likely to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition or change has a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared to other entities whose primary business is in the pharmaceuticals industry in the U.S. and Canada.

 

Senior Credit Facilities” means the credit facilities under (i) that certain First Lien Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and ACF FINCO I LP, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and (ii) that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

 

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Section 3.3      Authorization of the New Notes. The New Notes to be issued by the Company to the Holders under this Agreement will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, when issued will have been duly executed by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Exchange, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. Upon the Company’s delivery of the New Notes to the Holder (or any Undersigned Entity) pursuant to the Exchange, such New Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and shall be free and clear of all Liens created by the Company (other than any Permitted Lien (as defined in the Indenture)).

 

Section 3.4      Indenture. The Indenture (including the Guarantees) has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor and, on the Closing Date, will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

Section 3.5      Exemption from Registration. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Holders and each other Holder executing an Exchange Agreement, (a) the issuance of the New Notes in connection with the Exchange pursuant to this Exchange Agreement is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act; (b) the New Notes issued to the Holder and/or the Undersigned Entity (1) will be issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws concerning the issuance of the New Notes and (2) will be issued to the Holders without any transfer restrictions and will be part of an unrestricted CUSIP and issued through the facilities of DTC; and (c) the Indenture is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The New Notes, when issued, will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act, or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system, within the meaning of Rule 144A(d)(3)(i) under the Securities Act. For the purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, the Company acknowledges that, assuming the accuracy of each Holder’s representations and warranties hereunder, the holding period of the Holder’s New Notes may be tacked onto the holding period of the Old Notes and the Company agrees not to take a position contrary thereto.

 

Section 3.6      Validity of Underlying Common Stock. The New Notes will, at the Closing, be convertible into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (the “Conversion Shares”) in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Upon execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Company, the Conversion Shares will be duly authorized and reserved by the Company for issuance upon conversion of the New Notes and, when issued upon conversion of the New Notes in accordance with the terms of the New Notes and the Indenture, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares will not be subject to any preemptive, participation, rights of first refusal or other similar rights in effect as of the Closing Date. For the purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, the Company acknowledges that, assuming the accuracy of each Holder’s representations and warranties hereunder, the holding period of the Conversion Shares may be tacked onto the holding period of the Old Notes and the New Notes and the Company agrees not to take a position contrary thereto. The Conversion Shares will be issued to the Holders through the facilities of DTC without any transfer restrictions and will be part of an unrestricted CUSIP.

 

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Section 3.7      Listing Approval. At the Closing, the Conversion Shares shall be approved for listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, subject to the notice of issuance.

 

Section 3.8      Disclosure. On or before the first Business Day following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a publicly available press release or file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing all material terms of the Exchange (to the extent not previously publicly disclosed).

 

Section 3.9      Investment Company Act.  The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor are not and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

 

Section 3.10   Organization and Qualification of the Company’s Subsidiaries. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries (which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose voting stock having by the terms thereof power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporations at the time owned by the Company directly or indirectly and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in which the Company directly or indirectly has more than 50% voting equity interest at the time, in each case of clauses (a) and (b) that provides or is required to provide a guarantee of the Company’s obligations in respect of the New Notes (each, a “Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Subsidiaries”)) is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has the power and authority (corporate or other) to own its property and to conduct its business and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens granted to secure the Senior Credit Facilities).

 

Section 3.11   Common Stock. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and were issued in compliance with applicable securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance, right of repurchase or forfeiture, subscription right or any similar right and none of the outstanding shares of Common Stock is subject to any right of first refusal. The description of the Common Stock conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Company’s reports filed under the Exchange Act with the SEC (collectively, “SEC Reports”).

 

Section 3.12   Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of its respective charter or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) or (b) after giving effect to the Exchange and the Concurrent Offering and the transactions contemplated thereby, will be in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 3.13    No Material Adverse Effect in Business. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, and other than effects on the business related primarily to COVID-19, since March 31, 2020 through the date hereof, (a) there has been no Material Adverse Effect, nor any development or event which would result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock and (c) there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 3.14   Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the SEC Reports, there is no legal or governmental action, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries (a) asserting the invalidity of any of the Exchange Documents or the Commitment Letter; (b) seeking to prevent the issuance of the New Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions provided for in the Exchange Documents; or (c) that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, any of the Exchange Documents.

 

Section 3.15   Possession of Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries have all requisite power and authority, and all authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses in the various states in which they do business, certificates and permits of and from regulatory or governmental officials, bodies and tribunals that are necessary to own or lease their respective properties (collectively, “Permits”), in each case, that are material to the Company taken as a whole. The Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Permits, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Permits or the failure of such Permits to be in full force and effect would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings by a Governmental Entity relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permits which, singly or in the aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.16    Title to Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by them and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims or defects, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the SEC Reports or (B) would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases of real property of the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties described in the SEC Reports, are in full force and effect, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed as of the date hereof to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

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Section 3.17    Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries own, license or otherwise have rights in all United States and foreign patents, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary rights necessary for the conduct of their business as currently carried on and as proposed to be carried on, in each case, as described in the SEC Reports (collectively and together with any applications or registrations for the foregoing, the “Intellectual Property”). Except as specifically described in the SEC Reports, (a) no third parties have obtained rights to any such Intellectual Property from the Company, other than licenses granted in the ordinary course and rights that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement or misappropriation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (e) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company has, or any of its products, product candidates or services described in the SEC Reports that infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates, or would infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate, upon the commercialization of such products, product candidates or services described in the SEC Reports, any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right of others, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (f) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no patent or patent application that contains claims that cover or may cover any Intellectual Property described in the SEC Reports as being owned by or licensed to the Company, or that is necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted or contemplated, or that interferes with the issued or pending claims of any such Intellectual Property; (g) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no prior art or public or commercial activity of which the Company is aware that may form a reasonable basis to render any patent held by the Company invalid or any patent application held by the Company unpatentable that has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and (h) the Company has not committed any act or omitted to undertake any act for which the effect of such commission or omission would reasonably be expected to render the Intellectual Property invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, except to the extent such invalidity or unenforceability would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of the rights of any person or third party. There are no outstanding options, licenses or agreements of a material nature relating to the Intellectual Property owned by the Company that are required to be described in the SEC Reports and are not described therein as so required.

 

Section 3.18    Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor disputes with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exist or, to the knowledge of the Company, are imminent that would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.19    Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) in compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (e) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Reports fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, since March 31, 2020, there has been (x) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (y) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. As disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, as of March 31, 2020, the Company’s management, with participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out evaluations of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act, and based upon that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2020, the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to accomplish their objectives at the reasonable assurance level.

 

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Section 3.20    Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, in each case, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

 

Section 3.21    Financial Statements. The audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the period ended December 31, 2019 (together with the related schedules and notes thereto, the “Audited Financial Statements”) contained in the Company’s Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2019 have been prepared, and fairly present, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities, equity, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company at the respective dates and for the respective periods (as the case may be) indicated, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout such period (except as specified therein). The unaudited interim financial statements of the Company as of and for the period ended March 31, 2020 (“Interim Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements) contained in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2020 have been prepared in conformity with GAAP and present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein. Since the respective dates of the Financial Statements contained in the Company’s SEC Reports, there has been no change which could, or any development that would, reasonably be expected to (a) have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) adversely affect the issuance or validity of the New Notes or (c) adversely affect the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Exchange Documents.

 

Section 3.22   No Undisclosed Liabilities. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor do not have any material liabilities, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, and due or to become due, including any liability for taxes (and there is no past or present fact, situation, circumstance, condition or other basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, charge, complaint, claim or demand against the Company giving rise to any such liability), except (a) for liabilities set forth in the Financial Statements; and (b) normal fluctuation in the amount of the liabilities referred to in clause (a) above occurring in the ordinary course of business of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements.

 

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Section 3.23    Payment of Taxes. All U.S. federal income tax returns of the Company and its Subsidiaries required by applicable law to be filed have been filed and all material taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, (i) as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company or (ii) where the failure to pay such taxes would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.24    Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, or affiliate acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA. The Company and its Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

Section 3.25    Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

Section 3.26    OFAC. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is an individual or entity currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”). Except as permitted by U.S. and other applicable law, the Company is not located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the New Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other individual or entity, to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

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Section 3.27    Cybersecurity. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, (a) to the knowledge of the Company, there has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have been notified in writing of, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no presently existing event or condition that would result in, any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards reasonably designed to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data as required by applicable law. The Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws or statutes and all applicable judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and applicable contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except for such noncompliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.28    No Finder’s Fees. Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as otherwise previously disclosed to each of the Undersigned Entities, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor have paid, or are a party to any contract or agreement to pay, to any person or entity any compensation for soliciting another to consummate the Exchange and there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor for a commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the Exchange.

 

Section 3.29    No Integration. None of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy, sold or offered to sell any security which is or would be integrated with the Exchange pursuant to the Securities Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or the interpretations thereof by the SEC.

 

Section 3.30    Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any Governmental Entity is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture in connection with the Exchange and the Concurrent Offering, issuance and sale of the New Notes, other than (a) the filing of a notice of listing of additional shares and related materials with the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and (b) any filings under the Exchange Act, which have been or will be made when and how required.

 

Section 3.31    Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has audited the Company’s Audited Financial Statements included in the SEC Reports, are registered independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

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Section 3.32    Compliance with Law. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, none of the Company nor its Subsidiaries have been advised in writing that the Company and its Subsidiaries are not conducting business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are conducting business, including, without limitation, all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations, except, in each case, where failure to be so in compliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company is, and since January 1, 2018 has been, in compliance in all material respects with the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act, and the applicable regulations administered thereunder by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the Public Health Service Act and any other similar applicable law administered by the FDA or other comparable Governmental Entity responsible for regulation of the development, clinical testing, manufacturing, sale, marketing, distribution and importation or exportation of drug and biopharmaceutical products of similar nature to those developed by the Company (each, a “Drug Regulatory Agency”), except, in each case, for any noncompliance, either individually or in the aggregate, which would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, no investigation, claim, suit, proceeding, audit or other action by any Governmental Entity is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company which (a) has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company, any acquisition of material property by the Company or the conduct of business by the Company in any material respect as currently conducted, (b) is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on the Company’s ability to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under any Exchange Document or (c) is reasonably likely to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering in any material respect with the offer and sale of the New Notes. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened with respect to an alleged material violation by the Company of the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act and the FDA regulations adopted thereunder, the Public Health Service Act or any other similar law administered or promulgated by any Drug Regulatory Agency. All clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of, or sponsored by, the Company, or in which the Company or its current products or product candidates have participated, were and, if still pending, are being, conducted in all material respects in accordance with applicable standard medical and scientific research procedures and in compliance in all material respects with the applicable regulations of any applicable Drug Regulatory Agency and other applicable law. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold all required governmental authorizations issuable by any Drug Regulatory Agency necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company as currently conducted, and development, clinical testing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and importation or exportation, as currently conducted, of any of its products or product candidates.

 

Section 3.33    Related Party Transactions. There are no relationships between or among the Company, on the one hand, and its affiliates, officers or directors on the other hand, or between any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and its affiliates, officers or directors on the other hand, that are required to be described under applicable securities laws in the SEC Reports, that is not so described in such filings.

 

Section 3.34   Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement or other relationship between the Company or any Subsidiary and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that (a) is required to have been described under applicable securities laws in the SEC Reports that is not so disclosed or (b) otherwise would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no such transactions, arrangements or other relationships with the Company or any Subsidiary that may create material contingencies or liabilities that have not been otherwise disclosed by the Company in the SEC Reports as required by applicable law.

 

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Section 3.35    Environmental Matters. There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by the Company or any Subsidiary (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their predecessors in interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case, (a) in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or (b) that would require remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except, in each of the cases of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), where such violation or remedial action would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind into such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company or any Subsidiary which, in each case, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.36    Nasdaq Listing. The shares of Common Stock are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Except as described in the SEC Reports, (a) the Company has not received any delisting notice relating to the shares of Common Stock listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and (b) the Company is in compliance with the applicable current listing and governance rules and requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

Article IV: Conditions to Closing.

 

Section 4.1     Conditions to the Undersigned Entities’ and Holders’ Obligations. The obligations of each Undersigned Entity and each Holder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Article III, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made as of the Closing, and to the timely performance by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, of their respective covenants and obligations hereunder, and to the satisfaction or waiver prior to or at the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a) The Company shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) the New Notes, along with accrued and unpaid interest due on the Old Notes, to each Holder in the principal amounts set forth on Exhibit A hereto, and in accordance with the delivery terms set forth in Article I.

 

(b) The Company shall have paid the expenses as required by Section 5.2 hereof.

 

(c) The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall satisfy their obligations under Section 3 of the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

Section 4.2    Conditions to the Company’s and Subsidiary Guarantors’ Obligations. The obligations of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Article II, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made as of the Closing, and to the timely performance by each Undersigned Entity and each Holder, as applicable, of the their covenants and obligations hereunder, and to the satisfaction or waiver prior to or at the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

 

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(a) The Holders shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) the Old Notes to the Company in the principal amounts set forth on Exhibit A hereto, and in accordance with the delivery terms set forth in Article I.

 

The obligation of the Company to deliver the New Notes and accrued and unpaid interest is further subject to (a) the prior receipt by the Company of a valid DWAC withdrawal conforming with the aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes to be exchanged by such Holder in connection with the Exchange, and (b) the issuance by the Trustee of one or more Physical Notes (as defined in the Indenture) representing the New Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

Article V: Certain Covenants

 

Section 5.1      Further Assurances. The parties hereto agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, to file, or cause to be filed, all documents and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Exchange on their account, including preparing and filing as promptly as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary filings, consents, waivers, approvals, and authorizations.

 

Section 5.2      Costs and Expenses.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, the Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the New Notes to the Holders (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance of New Notes to the Holders, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (iv) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the documented and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the New Notes, and (v) all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel to the Undersigned Entities and the Holders (including, but not limited to, due diligence expenses and fees and disbursements of two law firms (one being special regulatory counsel)), in each case, incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and any related documentation.

 

Section 5.3      Shareholder Approval. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, within 75 days following the Closing Date, to establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Company Stockholders Meeting”) solely for the purpose of obtaining the requisite shareholder approval to issue to any Holder or group of related Holders shares of Common Stock under the New Notes exceeding the greater of (i) 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, including upon the conversion of the New Notes and upon payment of PIK interest thereon and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock then held by the largest holder of Common Stock (“Shareholder Approval”); provided, that such Company Stockholders Meeting shall in no event be later than October 31, 2020. The Company will take all reasonable actions necessary to secure the Shareholder Approval.

 

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Section 5.4      Covenant Survival. The obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, under this Article V shall survive the payment or transfer of any New Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the New Notes, and the termination of this Agreement.

 

Article VI: Miscellaneous

 

Section 6.1      Entire Agreement. This Agreement and any documents and agreements executed in connection with the Exchange embody the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous oral or written agreements, representations, warranties, contracts, correspondence, conversations, memoranda and understandings between or among the parties or any of their agents, representatives or affiliates relative to such subject matter, including, without limitation, any term sheets, emails or draft documents.

 

Section 6.2      Construction. For purposes of this Agreement, the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the singular is used herein, the same shall include the plural, and whenever the plural is used herein, the same shall include the singular, where appropriate. The term “including” means “including but not limited to.” The word “or” shall not be exclusive. Whenever used in this Agreement, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and Exhibits shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections and Subsections and Paragraphs of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Any reference herein to any statute, agreement or document, or any section thereof, shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be a reference to such statute, agreement, document or section as amended, modified or supplemented (including any successor section) and in effect from time to time. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meaning when used in any Exhibit, Schedule, certificate or other documents attached hereto or made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that, except as specifically provided herein, they may pursue judicial remedies at law or in equity in the event of a dispute with respect to the interpretation or construction of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the provisions hereof without the aid of any canon, custom or rule of law requiring or suggesting construction against the party causing the drafting of the provision in question.

 

Section 6.3       Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed in accordance with and governed by the substantive laws of the State of New York, without reference to its choice of law rules.

 

Section 6.4      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart or other signature hereon delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed for all purposes as constituting good and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party.

 

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Section 6.5       Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or delivered: (i) when delivered personally; (ii) one business day following deposit with a recognized overnight courier service, provided such deposit occurs before the deadline imposed by that service for overnight delivery or (iii) when transmitted, if sent by electronic mail, provided confirmation of receipt tis received by send and the notice is sent by an additional method provided under this Agreement, in each case to the parties hereto as follows:

 

If to a Holder, to the address set forth on such Holder’s signature page to this Agreement, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

  Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
  180 Maiden Lane
  New York, New York 10038
  Attention: Brett Lawrence and Joanne Lau
  Email: blawrence@stroock.com
    jlau@stroock.com
   
  If to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor:
   
  Teligent, Inc.
  105 Lincoln Avenue, PO Box 687
  Buena, New Jersey 08310
  Attention: Timothy B. Sawyer, President and Chief Executive Officer
  Email: tsawyer@teligent.com
   
  With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
   
  K&L Gates LLP
  599 Lexington Avenue
  New York, New York 10022
  Attention: Whitney J. Smith
  Email: whitney.smith@klgates.com
   
  and
   
  K&L Gates LLP
  300 South Tryon Street, 10th Floor
  Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
  Attention: Sean M. Jones
  Email: sean.jones@klgates.com

 

Any party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose.

 

Section 6.6      Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be declared invalid or unenforceable by any regulatory body or court having jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.7      No Third-Party Beneficiary. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the parties, their successors and permitted assigns, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

 

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Section 6.8     Suits. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or based upon, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may be instituted in any state or federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York (each, a “New York Court”), and each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have, to the laying of venue of any such proceeding and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such legal suit, action or proceeding. Each party hereby waives irrevocably any immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled or become entitled (including sovereign immunity, immunity to pre-judgment attachment, post-judgment attachment and execution), in any legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of, or based upon, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, that is instituted in any New York Court. Process in any such legal suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.

 

Section 6.9    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Each party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, THE SECURITIES or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 6.10   Survival. All representations, warranties and covenants contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the New Notes.

 

[Signature Page Follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

COMPANY

 

Teligent, Inc.    
       
By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer      
Name: Timothy B. Sawyer    
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President    

 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

Teligent Pharma, Inc.  
       
By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer       
Name: Timothy B. Sawyer    
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President    

 

IGEN, Inc.    
       
By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer       
Name: Timothy B. Sawyer    
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President    

 

Teligent Canada Inc.    
       
By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer        
Name: Timothy B. Sawyer       
Title: Chief Executive Officer    

 

 

[Signature Page to Exchange Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

“UNDERSIGNED ENTITY”:

(in its capacities described in the first paragraph hereof)

 

SILVERBACK ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC  
   
   
By: /s/ Robert Barron    
Name: Robert Barron    
Title: Portfolio Manager    

 

 

[Signature Page to Exchange Agreement] 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

Execution Version

 

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

This Exchange Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated July 20, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and among each of the undersigned individuals or entities (the “Undersigned Entities” and each an “Undersigned Entity”), for itself and on behalf of the beneficial owners listed on Exhibit A hereto (“Accounts”) for whom such Undersigned Entity holds contractual and investment authority (each Account, as well as such Undersigned Entity if it is exchanging Old Notes (as defined below) hereunder, a “Holder”), Teligent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”), and the entities listed on the signature pages hereof as the initial “Subsidiary Guarantors” (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company is proposing to exchange (the “Exchange”) the Company’s (i) 7.0% Cash / 8.0% PIK Series B Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2023 (CUSIP 87960W AC8) held by the Holders listed on Exhibit A hereto (the “Unrestricted Old Notes”) for a new issuance of the Company’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (CUSIP 87960W AG9) (the “Unrestricted New Notes”) and (ii) 7.0% Cash / 8.0% PIK Series B Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2023 (CUSIP 87960W AB0) held by the Holders listed on Exhibit A hereto (the “Restricted Old Notes” and, together with the Unrestricted Old Notes, the “Old Notes”) for a new issuance of the Company’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (CUSIP 87960W AD6) (the “Restricted New Notes” and, together with the Unrestricted New Notes, the “New Notes”), in each case, to be issued pursuant to the provisions of that certain Indenture, dated as of the date of this Agreement (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association as trustee (together with its successors and assigns, in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (together with its successors and assigns, in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and the other Exchange Documents (defined below).

 

WHEREAS each of the Undersigned Entities understands that the Exchange is being made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any securities laws of any state of the United States or of any other jurisdiction, and that the Exchange is only being offered to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in reliance upon a private placement exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The New Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture (as defined herein).

 

NOW THEREFORE, on, and subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I: Terms of the Exchange

 

Pursuant to the terms hereof, each of the Undersigned Entities hereby agrees to cause the Holders to exchange and deliver an aggregate principal amount of Old Notes, and in exchange therefor, the Company shall issue to the Holders an aggregate principal amount of New Notes, in each case, as set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

 

The closing for the Exchange (the “Closing”) shall occur substantially concurrently with, and subject to, the closing of the Company’s issuance and sale of the New Notes and on a date (the “Closing Date”) no later than two Trading Days after the date of this Agreement. At the Closing, (a) each of the Undersigned Entities shall cause each of its Holders to deliver to the Company all right, title and interest in and to such Holder’s Old Notes, as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (and no other consideration), free and clear of any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, charge, security interest, encumbrance, title retention agreement or other title retention device, conditional sale or security arrangement, collateral assignment, option, right of first refusal, equity or other adverse claim thereto or other similar encumbrance thereon (collectively, “Liens”), together with any documents of conveyance or transfer that the Company may deem necessary or desirable to assign, transfer to and confirm in the Company all right, title and interest in and to such Old Notes free and clear of any Liens, and (b) the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Holder, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, New Notes having an aggregate principal amount set forth on Exhibit A, which shall be equal to ninety percent (90%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Old Notes as of the Closing Date, and the Company hereby agrees to issue such New Notes to such Undersigned Entity in exchange for such Old Notes.

 

 

 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of any delay in the Closing pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Holders shall not be required to deliver the Old Notes until the Closing occurs. Simultaneously with or after the Closing, the Company may, in its sole discretion, issue the New Notes to one or more other holders of outstanding Old Notes or to other investors. The delivery of the Unrestricted New Notes and the issuance thereof shall be effected by delivery of a Physical Note (as defined in the Indenture) to each Holder at the address set forth on Exhibit A hereto. The delivery of the Restricted New Notes and the issuance thereof shall be effected via DWAC (or other book-entry procedures) pursuant to the instructions to be provided by the Company (in the case of the Restricted Old Notes) and by the Holder (in the case of the Restricted New Notes) upon the execution of this Agreement. The Company and the Holder shall provide such respective instructions to its respective Undersigned Entity necessary for settlement of the Exchange. In the event the Closing does not occur, any Restricted Old Notes submitted for DWAC withdrawal will be returned to the DTC participant that submitted the withdrawal instruction for such Restricted Old Notes in accordance with the procedures of DTC, and any Unrestricted Old Notes delivered to the Trustee will be returned to the Holder by the Trustee by nationally recognized overnight courier to the address set forth on Exhibit A hereto. Each Undersigned Entity acknowledges that all New Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1.00 thereafter in accordance with the Indenture. The Restricted New Notes shall bear an appropriate restrictive legend referring to the fact that such Restricted New Notes were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof and are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A.

 

For purposes hereof:

 

Business Day” means any day other than a day on which federal or state banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.

 

Exchange Documents” means this Agreement, the Indenture (including the Guarantees (as defined in the Indenture) contained therein), the Security Agreements (as defined in the Indenture) and the New Notes.

 

Trading Day” means any day during which trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market generally occurs.

 

Article II: Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Undersigned Entities and the Holders

 

Each Undersigned Entity, for itself and on behalf of each of its Holders, hereby covenants as follows, and makes the following covenants, representations and warranties, for itself and on behalf of each of its Holders, each of which is true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such covenant, representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) at the Closing, to the Company, and all such covenants, representations and warranties shall survive the Closing indefinitely.

 

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Section 2.1    Power and Authorization. The Undersigned Entity and each of its Holders is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation. The Undersigned Entity has the power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement for itself and on behalf of the Holders, to perform its obligations hereunder, and to consummate the Exchange contemplated hereby. If the Undersigned Entity is executing this Agreement on behalf of Accounts, (a) the Undersigned Entity has all requisite discretionary and contractual authority to enter into this Agreement on behalf of, and bind, each Account, and (b) Exhibit A hereto is a true, correct and complete list of (i) the name of each Account, (ii) the principal amount of such Account’s Old Notes, and (iii) the principal amount of New Notes to be issued to such Account in respect of such Account’s Old Notes.

 

Section 2.2    Valid and Enforceable Agreement; No Violations. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Undersigned Entity and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Undersigned Entity and each of its Holders, enforceable against each of the Undersigned Entity and each of its Holders in accordance with its terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (b) general principles of equity, whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (the “Enforceability Exceptions”). This Agreement and consummation of the Exchange will not violate, conflict with or result in a breach of or default under (i) the Undersigned Entity’s or any of its other Holders organizational documents, (ii) any agreement or instrument to which the Undersigned Entity or any of its other Holders is a party or by which the Undersigned Entity or any of its other Holders or any of their respective assets are bound, or (iii) any laws, regulations or governmental or judicial decrees, injunctions or orders applicable to the Undersigned Entity or any other Holders.

 

Section 2.3    Title to the Old Notes. Each Holder is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Old Notes set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A hereto (or, if there are no Accounts, the Undersigned Entity is the sole legal and beneficial owner of all of the Old Notes) and, at the Closing, will be the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Old Notes set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A hereto (or, if there are no Accounts, the Undersigned Entity will be the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Old Notes). The Holder has good, valid and marketable title to its Old Notes, free and clear of any Liens. The Holder has not, in whole or in part, except as described in the immediately preceding sentence, (a) assigned, transferred, hypothecated, pledged, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its Old Notes or any of its rights, title to or interest in its Old Notes (other than to the Company pursuant hereto), or (b) given any person or entity any transfer order, power of attorney or other authority of any nature whatsoever with respect to its Old Notes. Upon the Holder’s delivery of its Old Notes to the Company pursuant to the Exchange, such Old Notes shall be free and clear of all Liens.

 

Section 2.4    Qualified Institutional Buyer. The Holder is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Section 2.5    No Affiliate Status; Holding Period. The Holder is not, and has not been during the consecutive three month period preceding the date hereof, a director, officer or “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (an “Affiliate”) of the Company. To its knowledge, the Holder did not acquire any of the Old Notes, directly or indirectly, from an Affiliate of the Company. The Holder represents and warrants that, for purposes of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, the Holder has continuously held the Old Notes since October 31, 2019.

 

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Section 2.6    No Illegal Transactions. Each Undersigned Entity and each of its Holders has not, directly or indirectly, and no person or entity acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with either the Undersigned Entity or such Holder has, disclosed to a third party (other than to its legal and other representatives) any information regarding the Exchange or engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales (as defined below) involving any of the Company’s securities) since the time that the Undersigned Entity was first contacted by either the Company or any other person or entity regarding the Exchange, the issuance of the New Notes, this Agreement, any other transactions contemplated hereby or an investment in the Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company. Each Undersigned Entity and each Holder covenants that neither it nor any person or entity acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding, agreement or other arrangement with it will disclose to a third party any information regarding the Exchange, the issuance of the New Notes, this Agreement, any other transactions contemplated hereby or engage, directly or indirectly, in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including Short Sales) prior to 9:00 a.m. (prevailing Eastern time) on July 21, 2020. “Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Solely for purposes of this Section 2.6, subject to the Undersigned Entity’s and each Holder’s compliance with their respective obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws and the Undersigned Entity’s and the Holder’s respective internal policies, (a) “Undersigned Entity” and “Holder” shall not be deemed to include any employees, subsidiaries, desks, groups or Affiliates of the Undersigned Entity or the applicable Holder that are effectively walled off by appropriate “Fire Wall” information barriers approved by the Undersigned Entity’s or such Holder’s respective legal or compliance department (and thus such walled off parties have not been privy to any information concerning the Exchange), and (b) the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants of this Section 2.6 shall not apply to any transaction by or on behalf of an Account that was effected without the advice or participation of, or such Account’s receipt of information regarding the Exchange provided by, the Undersigned Entity or the applicable Holder.

 

Section 2.7    Adequate Information; No Reliance. The Holder acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Holder has been furnished with all materials it considers relevant to making an investment decision to enter into the Exchange and to consummate the other transactions contemplated hereby and has had the opportunity to review the Company’s filings and submissions with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including, without limitation, all information filed or furnished pursuant to the Exchange Act, (b) the Holder has had a full opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the officers of the Company concerning the Company, their business, operations, financial performance, financial condition and prospects, and the terms and conditions of the Exchange, (c) the Holder, together with its professional advisers, is a sophisticated and experienced investor and is capable of evaluating, to its satisfaction, the accounting, tax, financial, legal and other risks associated with the Exchange, and that such Holder has had the opportunity to consult with its accounting, tax, financial and legal advisors to be able to evaluate the risks involved in the Exchange and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such Exchange, and that such Holder is capable of sustaining any loss resulting therefrom without material injury, (d) no statement or written material contrary to this Agreement has been made or given to the Holder by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers, directors or employees, or any of their respective affiliates or representatives, (e) the terms of the Exchange are the result of bilateral negotiations among the parties and (f) the Holder is able to fend for itself in the Exchange, has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective Exchange of the Old Notes and the investment in the New Notes and has the ability to bear the economic risks of its investment and can afford the complete loss of such investment.

 

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The Holder specifically understands and acknowledges that, on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the Company may have in its possession non-public information that could be material to the market price of the Old Notes, the New Notes and the Company’s Common Stock into which such Old Notes and New Notes are convertible. The Holder hereby represents and warrants that, in entering into this Agreement and consummating the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the Exchange), it does not require the disclosure of such non-public information to it by the Company in order to consummate the Exchange and make an investment in the New Notes, and hereby waives any and all present or future claims against the Company, any of its officers, directors or employees, or any of their respective affiliates or representatives arising out of or relating to the Company’s failure to disclose any such non-public information to the Holder.

 

Section 2.8    Tax Consequences of the Exchange. The Holder understands that the tax consequences of the Exchange will depend in part on its own tax circumstances. The Holder acknowledges that it must consult its own tax adviser about the federal, foreign, state and local tax consequences peculiar to its circumstances.

 

Section 2.9    Tax Reporting. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Undersigned Entity shall deliver to the Company completed IRS Forms W-9 or W-8, as applicable, with regards to each Holder. The Company and its agents shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld under applicable law unless such Form W-9 or W-8 provided pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence establishes that such Holder is entitled to an exemption from (or reduction in the rate of) withholding. To the extent any such amounts are withheld and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid to the Holder to whom such amounts would have been paid.

 

Section 2.10    Acknowledgment of the Concurrent Offering. The Holder understands and acknowledges that concurrently with the Exchange, the Company is (a) issuing and selling the Company’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “Series C Convertible Notes”) to certain other purchasers pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Note Purchase Agreement” and, such sales thereunder, the “Concurrent Sale”), and (b) exchanging a portion of the Company’s outstanding 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 for additional Series C Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of that certain Series A Exchange Agreement among the Company and the holders identified therein (the “Series A Exchange” and, together with the Concurrent Sale, the “Concurrent Offering”).

 

Section 2.11   Shareholder Approval. The Holder understands and acknowledges that the issuance of a number of shares of Common Stock that is the greater of (a) 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding upon the conversion of the New Notes and/or upon payment of PIK interest thereon and (b) the number of shares of Common Stock then held by the largest holder of Common Stock requires shareholder approval.

 

Article III: Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors

 

The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby covenant as follows, and makes the following covenants, representations and warranties, each of which is true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such covenant, representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) at the Closing, to each Undersigned Entity and the Holders, and all such covenants, representations and warranties shall survive the Closing indefinitely.

 

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Section 3.1    Power and Authorization. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and has the requisite corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and the applicable Exchange Documents, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the Exchange contemplated hereby. No material consent, approval, order or authorization of, or material registration, declaration or filing with any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries (each, a “Governmental Entity”) is required on the part of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement and the applicable Exchange Documents, and the consummation by the Company of the Exchange, except as may be required under any state or federal securities laws or the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Company’s shares of common stock are traded.

 

Section 3.2    Valid and Enforceable Agreement; No Violations. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The execution of this Agreement and each other Exchange Document, and consummation of the Exchange, will not violate, conflict with or result in a breach of or default under (a) the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, (b) except with respect to any consents required under the Senior Credit Facilities (as defined below), any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any of their assets) are bound, or (c) any laws, regulations or governmental or judicial decrees, injunctions or orders applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, except for such violations, conflicts or breaches under clauses (b) and (c) above that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect (defined below). For purposes of this Section 3.2, “Exchange Documents” shall include the Commitment Letter dated July 9, 2020, by and between the Company and certain holders of the Series B Convertible Notes (including Annex A thereto, the “Commitment Letter”).

 

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Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, that, individually or in the aggregate, results, or would reasonably be likely to result, in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise) or in the earnings, prospects, business, properties, surplus or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined herein), taken as a whole; provided, however, that any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change arising out of or attributable to, directly or indirectly: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the pharmaceuticals industry in the US and Canada; (iii) changes in financial or securities markets in general; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; or (v) changes in applicable laws or accounting rules, including U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), in each case, shall not be deemed, either alone or in combination, to constitute a Material Adverse Effect; provided, further, that, notwithstanding the immediately preceding proviso, any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) and (v) immediately above shall only be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be likely to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition or change has a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared to other entities whose primary business is in the pharmaceuticals industry in the U.S. and Canada.

 

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Senior Credit Facilities” means the credit facilities under (i) that certain First Lien Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and ACF FINCO I LP, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and (ii) that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

 

Section 3.3    Authorization of the New Notes. The New Notes to be issued by the Company to the Holders under this Agreement will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, when issued will have been duly executed by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Exchange, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. Upon the Company’s delivery of the New Notes to the Holder (or any Undersigned Entity) pursuant to the Exchange, such New Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and shall be free and clear of all Liens created by the Company (other than any Permitted Lien (as defined in the Indenture)).

 

Section 3.4    Indenture. The Indenture (including the Guarantees) has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor and, on the Closing Date, will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

Section 3.5   Exemption from Registration. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Holders and each other Holder executing an Exchange Agreement, (a) the issuance of the New Notes in connection with the Exchange pursuant to this Exchange Agreement is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act; (b) the New Notes issued to the Holder and/or the Undersigned Entity (1) will be issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws concerning the issuance of the New Notes and (2) will be issued to the Holders without any transfer restrictions and will be part of an unrestricted CUSIP and issued through the facilities of DTC; and (c) the Indenture is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The New Notes, when issued, will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act, or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system, within the meaning of Rule 144A(d)(3)(i) under the Securities Act. For the purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, the Company acknowledges that, assuming the accuracy of each Holder’s representations and warranties hereunder, the holding period of the Holder’s New Notes may be tacked onto the holding period of the Old Notes and the Company agrees not to take a position contrary thereto.

 

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Section 3.6    Validity of Underlying Common Stock. The New Notes will, at the Closing, be convertible into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (the “Conversion Shares”) in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Upon execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Company, the Conversion Shares will be duly authorized and reserved by the Company for issuance upon conversion of the New Notes and, when issued upon conversion of the New Notes in accordance with the terms of the New Notes and the Indenture, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares will not be subject to any preemptive, participation, rights of first refusal or other similar rights in effect as of the Closing Date. For the purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, the Company acknowledges that, assuming the accuracy of each Holder’s representations and warranties hereunder, the holding period of the Conversion Shares may be tacked onto the holding period of the Old Notes and the New Notes and the Company agrees not to take a position contrary thereto. The Conversion Shares will be issued to the Holders through the facilities of DTC without any transfer restrictions and will be part of an unrestricted CUSIP.

 

Section 3.7    Listing Approval. At the Closing, the Conversion Shares shall be approved for listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, subject to the notice of issuance.

 

Section 3.8    Disclosure. On or before the first Business Day following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a publicly available press release or file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing all material terms of the Exchange (to the extent not previously publicly disclosed).

 

Section 3.9    Investment Company Act.  The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor are not and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

 

Section 3.10  Organization and Qualification of the Company’s Subsidiaries. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries (which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose voting stock having by the terms thereof power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporations at the time owned by the Company directly or indirectly and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in which the Company directly or indirectly has more than 50% voting equity interest at the time, in each case of clauses (a) and (b) that provides or is required to provide a guarantee of the Company’s obligations in respect of the New Notes (each, a “Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Subsidiaries”)) is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has the power and authority (corporate or other) to own its property and to conduct its business and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens granted to secure the Senior Credit Facilities).

 

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Section 3.11  Common Stock. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and were issued in compliance with applicable securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance, right of repurchase or forfeiture, subscription right or any similar right and none of the outstanding shares of Common Stock is subject to any right of first refusal. The description of the Common Stock conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Company’s reports filed under the Exchange Act with the SEC (collectively, “SEC Reports”).

 

Section 3.12   Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of its respective charter or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) or (b) after giving effect to the Exchange and the Concurrent Offering and the transactions contemplated thereby, will be in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.13  No Material Adverse Effect in Business. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, and other than effects on the business related primarily to COVID-19, since March 31, 2020 through the date hereof, (a) there has been no Material Adverse Effect, nor any development or event which would result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock and (c) there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 3.14  Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the SEC Reports, there is no legal or governmental action, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries (a) asserting the invalidity of any of the Exchange Documents or the Commitment Letter; (b) seeking to prevent the issuance of the New Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions provided for in the Exchange Documents; or (c) that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, any of the Exchange Documents.

 

Section 3.15  Possession of Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries have all requisite power and authority, and all authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses in the various states in which they do business, certificates and permits of and from regulatory or governmental officials, bodies and tribunals that are necessary to own or lease their respective properties (collectively, “Permits”), in each case, that are material to the Company taken as a whole. The Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Permits, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Permits or the failure of such Permits to be in full force and effect would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings by a Governmental Entity relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permits which, singly or in the aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 3.16   Title to Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by them and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims or defects, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the SEC Reports or (B) would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases of real property of the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties described in the SEC Reports, are in full force and effect, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed as of the date hereof to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

Section 3.17   Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries own, license or otherwise have rights in all United States and foreign patents, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary rights necessary for the conduct of their business as currently carried on and as proposed to be carried on, in each case, as described in the SEC Reports (collectively and together with any applications or registrations for the foregoing, the “Intellectual Property”). Except as specifically described in the SEC Reports, (a) no third parties have obtained rights to any such Intellectual Property from the Company, other than licenses granted in the ordinary course and rights that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement or misappropriation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (e) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company has, or any of its products, product candidates or services described in the SEC Reports that infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates, or would infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate, upon the commercialization of such products, product candidates or services described in the SEC Reports, any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right of others, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (f) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no patent or patent application that contains claims that cover or may cover any Intellectual Property described in the SEC Reports as being owned by or licensed to the Company, or that is necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted or contemplated, or that interferes with the issued or pending claims of any such Intellectual Property; (g) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no prior art or public or commercial activity of which the Company is aware that may form a reasonable basis to render any patent held by the Company invalid or any patent application held by the Company unpatentable that has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and (h) the Company has not committed any act or omitted to undertake any act for which the effect of such commission or omission would reasonably be expected to render the Intellectual Property invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, except to the extent such invalidity or unenforceability would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of the rights of any person or third party. There are no outstanding options, licenses or agreements of a material nature relating to the Intellectual Property owned by the Company that are required to be described in the SEC Reports and are not described therein as so required.

 

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Section 3.18   Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor disputes with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exist or, to the knowledge of the Company, are imminent that would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.19   Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) in compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (e) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Reports fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, since March 31, 2020, there has been (x) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (y) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. As disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, as of March 31, 2020, the Company’s management, with participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out evaluations of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act, and based upon that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2020, the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to accomplish their objectives at the reasonable assurance level.

 

Section 3.20   Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, in each case, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

 

Section 3.21   Financial Statements. The audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the period ended December 31, 2019 (together with the related schedules and notes thereto, the “Audited Financial Statements”) contained in the Company’s Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2019 have been prepared, and fairly present, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities, equity, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company at the respective dates and for the respective periods (as the case may be) indicated, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout such period (except as specified therein). The unaudited interim financial statements of the Company as of and for the period ended March 31, 2020 (“Interim Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements) contained in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2020 have been prepared in conformity with GAAP and present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein. Since the respective dates of the Financial Statements contained in the Company’s SEC Reports, there has been no change which could, or any development that would, reasonably be expected to (a) have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) adversely affect the issuance or validity of the New Notes or (c) adversely affect the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Exchange Documents.

 

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Section 3.22  No Undisclosed Liabilities. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor do not have any material liabilities, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, and due or to become due, including any liability for taxes (and there is no past or present fact, situation, circumstance, condition or other basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, charge, complaint, claim or demand against the Company giving rise to any such liability), except (a) for liabilities set forth in the Financial Statements; and (b) normal fluctuation in the amount of the liabilities referred to in clause (a) above occurring in the ordinary course of business of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements.

 

Section 3.23  Payment of Taxes. All U.S. federal income tax returns of the Company and its Subsidiaries required by applicable law to be filed have been filed and all material taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, (i) as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company or (ii) where the failure to pay such taxes would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.24  Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, or affiliate acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA. The Company and its Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

Section 3.25  Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

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Section 3.26   OFAC. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is an individual or entity currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”). Except as permitted by U.S. and other applicable law, the Company is not located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the New Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other individual or entity, to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

Section 3.27   Cybersecurity. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, (a) to the knowledge of the Company, there has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have been notified in writing of, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no presently existing event or condition that would result in, any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards reasonably designed to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data as required by applicable law. The Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws or statutes and all applicable judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and applicable contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except for such noncompliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.28   No Finder’s Fees. Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as otherwise previously disclosed to each of the Undersigned Entities, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor have paid, or are a party to any contract or agreement to pay, to any person or entity any compensation for soliciting another to consummate the Exchange and there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor for a commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the Exchange.

 

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Section 3.29   No Integration. None of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy, sold or offered to sell any security which is or would be integrated with the Exchange pursuant to the Securities Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or the interpretations thereof by the SEC.

 

Section 3.30   Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any Governmental Entity is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture in connection with the Exchange and the Concurrent Offering, issuance and sale of the New Notes, other than (a) the filing of a notice of listing of additional shares and related materials with the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and (b) any filings under the Exchange Act, which have been or will be made when and how required.

 

Section 3.31   Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has audited the Company’s Audited Financial Statements included in the SEC Reports, are registered independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

Section 3.32   Compliance with Law. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, none of the Company nor its Subsidiaries have been advised in writing that the Company and its Subsidiaries are not conducting business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are conducting business, including, without limitation, all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations, except, in each case, where failure to be so in compliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company is, and since January 1, 2018 has been, in compliance in all material respects with the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act, and the applicable regulations administered thereunder by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the Public Health Service Act and any other similar applicable law administered by the FDA or other comparable Governmental Entity responsible for regulation of the development, clinical testing, manufacturing, sale, marketing, distribution and importation or exportation of drug and biopharmaceutical products of similar nature to those developed by the Company (each, a “Drug Regulatory Agency”), except, in each case, for any noncompliance, either individually or in the aggregate, which would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, no investigation, claim, suit, proceeding, audit or other action by any Governmental Entity is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company which (a) has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company, any acquisition of material property by the Company or the conduct of business by the Company in any material respect as currently conducted, (b) is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on the Company’s ability to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under any Exchange Document or (c) is reasonably likely to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering in any material respect with the offer and sale of the New Notes. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened with respect to an alleged material violation by the Company of the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act and the FDA regulations adopted thereunder, the Public Health Service Act or any other similar law administered or promulgated by any Drug Regulatory Agency. All clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of, or sponsored by, the Company, or in which the Company or its current products or product candidates have participated, were and, if still pending, are being, conducted in all material respects in accordance with applicable standard medical and scientific research procedures and in compliance in all material respects with the applicable regulations of any applicable Drug Regulatory Agency and other applicable law. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold all required governmental authorizations issuable by any Drug Regulatory Agency necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company as currently conducted, and development, clinical testing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and importation or exportation, as currently conducted, of any of its products or product candidates.

 

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Section 3.33   Related Party Transactions. There are no relationships between or among the Company, on the one hand, and its affiliates, officers or directors on the other hand, or between any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and its affiliates, officers or directors on the other hand, that are required to be described under applicable securities laws in the SEC Reports, that is not so described in such filings.

 

Section 3.34  Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement or other relationship between the Company or any Subsidiary and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that (a) is required to have been described under applicable securities laws in the SEC Reports that is not so disclosed or (b) otherwise would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no such transactions, arrangements or other relationships with the Company or any Subsidiary that may create material contingencies or liabilities that have not been otherwise disclosed by the Company in the SEC Reports as required by applicable law.

 

Section 3.35   Environmental Matters. There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by the Company or any Subsidiary (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their predecessors in interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case, (a) in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or (b) that would require remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except, in each of the cases of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), where such violation or remedial action would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind into such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company or any Subsidiary which, in each case, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.36   Nasdaq Listing. The shares of Common Stock are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Except as described in the SEC Reports, (a) the Company has not received any delisting notice relating to the shares of Common Stock listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and (b) the Company is in compliance with the applicable current listing and governance rules and requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

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Article IV: Conditions to Closing.

 

Section 4.1     Conditions to the Undersigned Entities’ and Holders’ Obligations. The obligations of each Undersigned Entity and each Holder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Article III, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made as of the Closing, and to the timely performance by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, of their respective covenants and obligations hereunder, and to the satisfaction or waiver prior to or at the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a) The Company shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) the New Notes, along with accrued and unpaid interest due on the Old Notes, to each Holder in the principal amounts set forth on Exhibit A hereto, and in accordance with the delivery terms set forth in Article I.

 

(b) The Company shall have paid the expenses as required by Section 5.2 hereof.

 

(c) The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall satisfy their obligations under Section 3 of the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

Section 4.2     Conditions to the Company’s and Subsidiary Guarantors’ Obligations. The obligations of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Article II, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made as of the Closing, and to the timely performance by each Undersigned Entity and each Holder, as applicable, of the their covenants and obligations hereunder, and to the satisfaction or waiver prior to or at the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a) The Holders shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) the Old Notes to the Company in the principal amounts set forth on Exhibit A hereto, and in accordance with the delivery terms set forth in Article I.

 

The obligation of the Company to deliver the New Notes and accrued and unpaid interest is further subject to (a) in the case of the Restricted Old Notes, the prior receipt by the Company of a valid DWAC withdrawal conforming with the aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes to be exchanged by such Holder in connection with the Exchange through the DWAC program, (b) in the case of the Unrestricted Old Notes, the delivery to the Trustee of the Physical Notes (as defined in the Indenture) representing such Unrestricted Old Notes to be exchanged hereunder, (c) in the case of the Restricted New Notes, a valid the Restricted New Notes DWAC deposit through the DWAC program, and (d) in the case of the Unrestricted New Notes, the issuance by the Trustee of one or more Physical Notes representing such Unrestricted New Notes, in each case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Article V: Certain Covenants

 

Section 5.1     Further Assurances. The parties hereto agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, to file, or cause to be filed, all documents and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Exchange on their account, including preparing and filing as promptly as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary filings, consents, waivers, approvals, and authorizations.

 

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Section 5.2     Costs and Expenses.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, the Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the New Notes to the Holders (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance of New Notes to the Holders, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (iv) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the documented and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the New Notes, and (v) all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel to the Undersigned Entities and the Holders (including, but not limited to, due diligence expenses and fees and disbursements of two law firms (one being special regulatory counsel)), in each case, incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and any related documentation.

 

Section 5.3     Shareholder Approval. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, within 75 days following the Closing Date, to establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Company Stockholders Meeting”) solely for the purpose of obtaining the requisite shareholder approval to issue to any Holder or group of related Holders shares of Common Stock under the New Notes exceeding the greater of (i) 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, including upon the conversion of the New Notes and upon payment of PIK interest thereon and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock then held by the largest holder of Common Stock (“Shareholder Approval”); provided, that such Company Stockholders Meeting shall in no event be later than October 31, 2020. The Company will take all reasonable actions necessary to secure the Shareholder Approval.

 

Section 5.4     Covenant Survival. The obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, under this Article V shall survive the payment or transfer of any New Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the New Notes, and the termination of this Agreement.

 

Article VI: Miscellaneous

 

Section 6.1    Entire Agreement. This Agreement and any documents and agreements executed in connection with the Exchange embody the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous oral or written agreements, representations, warranties, contracts, correspondence, conversations, memoranda and understandings between or among the parties or any of their agents, representatives or affiliates relative to such subject matter, including, without limitation, any term sheets, emails or draft documents.

 

Section 6.2    Construction. For purposes of this Agreement, the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the singular is used herein, the same shall include the plural, and whenever the plural is used herein, the same shall include the singular, where appropriate. The term “including” means “including but not limited to.” The word “or” shall not be exclusive. Whenever used in this Agreement, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and Exhibits shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections and Subsections and Paragraphs of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Any reference herein to any statute, agreement or document, or any section thereof, shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be a reference to such statute, agreement, document or section as amended, modified or supplemented (including any successor section) and in effect from time to time. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meaning when used in any Exhibit, Schedule, certificate or other documents attached hereto or made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that, except as specifically provided herein, they may pursue judicial remedies at law or in equity in the event of a dispute with respect to the interpretation or construction of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the provisions hereof without the aid of any canon, custom or rule of law requiring or suggesting construction against the party causing the drafting of the provision in question.

 

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Section 6.3    Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed in accordance with and governed by the substantive laws of the State of New York, without reference to its choice of law rules.

 

Section 6.4    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart or other signature hereon delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed for all purposes as constituting good and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party.

 

Section 6.5    Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or delivered: (i) when delivered personally; (ii) one business day following deposit with a recognized overnight courier service, provided such deposit occurs before the deadline imposed by that service for overnight delivery or (iii) when transmitted, if sent by electronic mail, provided confirmation of receipt tis received by send and the notice is sent by an additional method provided under this Agreement, in each case to the parties hereto as follows:

 

If to a Holder, to the address set forth on such Holder’s signature page to this Agreement, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

180 Maiden Lane

New York, New York 10038

Attention: Brett Lawrence and Joanne Lau

Email:     blawrence@stroock.com

jlau@stroock.com

 

If to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor:

 

Teligent, Inc.

105 Lincoln Avenue, PO Box 687

Buena, New Jersey 08310

Attention: Timothy B. Sawyer, President and Chief Executive Officer

Email:     tsawyer@teligent.com

 

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

 

K&L Gates LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Whitney J. Smith

Email:     whitney.smith@klgates.com

 

and

 

K&L Gates LLP

300 South Tryon Street, 10th Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Sean M. Jones

Email:     sean.jones@klgates.com

 

Any party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose.

 

Section 6.6     Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be declared invalid or unenforceable by any regulatory body or court having jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.7     No Third-Party Beneficiary. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the parties, their successors and permitted assigns, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

 

Section 6.8     Suits. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or based upon, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may be instituted in any state or federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York (each, a “New York Court”), and each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have, to the laying of venue of any such proceeding and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such legal suit, action or proceeding. Each party hereby waives irrevocably any immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled or become entitled (including sovereign immunity, immunity to pre-judgment attachment, post-judgment attachment and execution), in any legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of, or based upon, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, that is instituted in any New York Court. Process in any such legal suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.

 

Section 6.9     WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Each party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, THE SECURITIES or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 6.10  Survival. All representations, warranties and covenants contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the New Notes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

COMPANY

 

Teligent, Inc.  
   
By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer  
Name: Timothy B. Sawyer  
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President  

 

 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

Teligent Pharma, Inc.  

 

   
By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer  
Name: Timothy B. Sawyer  
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President  
     
   
IGEN, Inc.  
   
By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer  
Name: Timothy B. Sawyer  
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President  
     
   
Teligent Canada Inc.  
   
By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer  
Name: Timothy B. Sawyer  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

“UNDERSIGNED ENTITY”:

(in its capacities described in the first paragraph hereof)

 

SILVERBACK ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

By: /s/ Robert Barron  
Name: Robert Barron  
Title: Portfolio Manager  

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

  NANTAHALA CAPITAL PARTNERS II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
       
  By: Nantahala Capital Management, LLC
  Its General Partner  
       
  By: /s/ Daniel Mack  
  Name: Daniel Mack  
  Title: Manager  

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

  NANTAHALA CAPITAL PARTNERS SI, LP
   
  By: Nantahala Capital Management, LLC
  Its Investment Manager  
     
  By: /s/ Daniel Mack  
  Name: Daniel Mack  
  Title: Manager  

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

  BLACKWELL PARTNERS LLC - SERIES A, solely
  with respect to the portion of its assets for which Nantahala Capital Management, LLC acts as its Investment Manager  
     
 

By: Nanthala Capital Management, LLC

Its Investment Manager

 
     
  By: /s/ Daniel Mack  
  Name: Daniel Mack  
  Title: Manager  

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

SILVER CREEK CS SAV, L.L.C., solely

with respect to the portion of its assets for which Nantahala Capital Management, LLC acts as its Investment Manager

 
       
 

By: Nantahala Capital Management, LLC

Its Investment Manage

 
       
  By: /s/ Daniel Mack  
  Name: Daniel Mack  
  Title: Manager  

 

[Signature Page to Exchange Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

“UNDERSIGNED ENTITY”:

(in its capacities described in the first paragraph hereof)

 

 

/s/ Laurence Lytton_____________________    

Name:   Laurence Lytton

 

[Signature Page to Exchange Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

Execution Version

 

AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 20, 2020 (this “Amendment”), is by and among TELIGENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), its Subsidiaries signatory hereto, the lenders from time to time party hereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), ACF FINCO I LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). For purposes of this Amendment, all terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein, including but not limited to those terms used in the recitals hereto, shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below).

WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent, Lenders, Borrower and other Credit Parties have entered into financing arrangements pursuant to which the Lenders (or Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders) have made and may make Loans and provide other financial accommodations to Borrower as set forth in (i) the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2018, as amended by that certain Consent and Amendment No. 1 to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2020 and effective as of December 31, 2019 (as in effect prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”, and as the same is further amended by this Amendment and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among the Administrative Agent, Lenders, Borrower and other Credit Parties and (ii) the other Credit Documents, including, without limitation, this Amendment;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower plans to enter into the Third Lien Note Documents (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) with certain holders of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes and certain of the holders of the 2023 Convertible Notes, in connection with, among other things, the issuance and sale of Third Lien Notes that will result in net cash proceeds of not less than $10,000,000 for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (the transactions contemplated by the Third Lien Note Documents are referred to herein collectively as the “Third Lien Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) Section 10.01(b) of the Credit Agreement an Event of Default has occurred due to the Credit Parties’ failure to disclose a complete and accurate Schedule 7.31 in respect of all material Registrations held by each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, (ii) Section 10.01(c) of the Credit Agreement an Event of Default has occurred due to the Borrower’s failure to comply with the covenant set forth in Section 9.01(n) with respect to the incurrence of a one-time unsecured loan under and in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36) (as added to the Small Business Act by Section 1102 of the CARES Act) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, and applicable rules and regulations (as amended from time to time, the “Cares Act”), (iii) Section 10.01(c) of the Credit Agreement an Event of Default has occurred due to the Credit Parties’ failure to comply with the covenant set forth in Section 8.01(g) of the Credit Agreement with respect to the delivery of written notice by an Authorized Officer of a Credit Party specifying the nature of any Default or Event of Default, including the period of existence thereof and what action such Credit Party proposes to take, upon such Authorized Officer’s knowledge of such Default or Event of Default and (iv) Section 10.01(c) of the Credit Agreement an Event of Default has occurred due to the Credit Parties’ failure to comply with the covenant set forth in Section 9.13(c) of the Credit Agreement from July 16, 2020 through the date hereof (such Event of Defaults are hereinafter referred to as the “Specified Defaults”); and

 

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WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (i) waive the Specified Defaults, (ii) consent to the Third Lien Transaction and (iii) amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, as provided more fully herein.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual agreements and covenants contained in the Credit Agreement and herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Subject to the conditions to effectiveness set forth in Section 3 hereof, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties in Section 2 hereof, pursuant to Section 12.01 of the Credit Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as set forth below in this Section 1.

 

1.01.       The Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety (inclusive of Schedule 7.31 but exclusive of all other schedules and exhibits thereto) with the document attached hereto as Annex I.

 

Section 2. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party, jointly and severally, hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent as follows, which representations and warranties are continuing and shall survive the execution and delivery hereof:

 

2.01        No Default. At and as of the date of this Amendment and both prior to and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default (other than the Specified Defaults) is continuing.

 

2.02       Representations and Warranties True and Correct. At and as of the date of this Amendment and both prior to and after giving effect to this Amendment, each of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents is true and correct in all material respects (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

2.03       Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and carry out the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the performance of the Amended Credit Agreement. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered this Amendment, and this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement constitute the valid and binding agreements of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

 

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2.04       No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party of this Amendment and the performance of the Amended Credit Agreement, and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not (i) contravene any applicable provision of any material Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority, (ii) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party (other than Permitted Liens and Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to (A) the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage or deed of trust, or (B) any other Material Contracts Obligation, in the case of either clause (ii)(A) or (ii)(B), to which any Credit Party is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound, or (iii) violate any provision of the Organization Documents of any Credit Party, except with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention or default (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (ii), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3. Conditions. This Amendment shall not become effective until each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Required Lenders):

 

3.01       The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each Credit Party signatory hereto and each other relevant party to this Amendment;

 

3.02       The representations and warranties contained in Section 2 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, as though made on such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date);

 

3.03       (i) The Third Lien Transaction shall have been consummated (or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with the execution hereof) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Third Lien Note Documents and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of the Borrower’s receipt of net proceeds of at least $10,000,000 from the Third Lien Transaction in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;

 

3.04       The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate for each Credit Party party to the Amendment, dated as of the date hereof, duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party party to the Amendment as to:

 

(i)                 resolutions of each such Person’s board of managers/directors (or other managing body, in the case of a Person that is not a corporation) then in full force and effect expressly and specifically authorizing, to the extent relevant, all aspects of this Amendment applicable to such Person and the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment to be executed by such Person;

 

(ii)              the incumbency and signatures of its Authorized Officers and any other of its officers, managing member or general partner, as applicable, authorized to act with respect to this Amendment to be executed by such Person;

 

(iii)            each such Person’s Organization Documents, as amended, modified or supplemented as of the date hereof, with the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation certified by the appropriate officer or official body of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person; and

 

(iv)             certificates of good standing with respect to each Credit Party, each dated within a recent date prior to the date hereof, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer or official body of the jurisdiction of organization of such Credit Party, which certificate shall indicate that such Credit Party is in good standing in such jurisdiction.

 

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3.06       The Administrative Agent shall have received, for its own account, the fees, costs and expenses due and payable to it pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof and Section 12.05 of the Amended Credit Agreement (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) for which invoices have been presented prior to the date hereof; and

 

3.07       The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of the Amendment No. 5 to Second Lien Credit Agreement duly executed by the Second Lien Agent, each Credit Party signatory thereto and each other relevant party thereto.

 

3.08       The Administrative Agent shall have received a Transfer Letter (as defined in the applicable Security Documents) executed in blank covering each pending or issued Drug Application (as defined in the Security Agreement) existing after the Closing Date if a Transfer Letter with respect thereto shall not have heretofore been delivered.

 

3.09       The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed version of the Third Lien Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by the Third Lien Agent, the Second Lien Agent, the Administrative Agent and each other relevant party thereto.

 

3.10       The Administrative Agent shall have received counterpart of the Amended and Restated Canadian Security Agreement between the Administrative Agent and Teligent Canada, Inc.

 

Section 4. Waiver. Effective as of the date hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, Administrative Agent and the Lenders signatory hereto hereby waive the Specified Defaults. The waiver contained in this Section 4 is a limited waiver and (i) shall only be relied upon and used for the specific purpose set forth herein, (ii) shall not constitute nor be deemed to constitute a waiver, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, of (a) any Default or Event of Default or (b) any term or condition of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) shall not constitute nor be deemed to constitute a consent by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to anything other than the specific purpose set forth herein and (iv) shall not constitute a custom or course of dealing among the parties hereto.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

5.01       Fees and Expenses. The Borrower agrees and acknowledges that all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel, shall be paid by the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent.

 

5.02       No Waiver or Modification. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of compliance with any term or condition contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or constitute a course of conduct or dealing among the parties. The Administrative Agent and Lenders reserve all rights, privileges and remedies under the Credit Documents. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents remain unmodified and in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 

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5.03       Credit Document. This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document under and as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement. All references in the Credit Documents to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

5.04       Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE UNDER, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT (AT LAW OR IN EQUITY), TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

5.05       Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or in electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) by electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

5.06       Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.

 

5.07       Binding Effect; Assignment. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

5.08       Integration. This Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement, and the other Credit Documents incorporate all negotiations of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and are the final expression and agreement of the parties hereto and thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement, and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any party hereto or thereto relative to the subject matter hereof or thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein.

 

5.09       Reaffirmation. Each Credit Party as debtor, grantor, pledgor, guarantor, assignor, or in any other similar capacity in which such Credit Party grants liens or security interests in its property or otherwise acts as accommodation party or guarantor, as the case may be, hereby (i) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each Credit Document to which it is a party (after giving effect hereto) and (ii) to the extent such Credit Party granted liens on or security interests in any of its property pursuant to any such Credit Document as security for or otherwise guaranteed the Borrower’s Obligations under or with respect to the Credit Documents, ratifies and reaffirms such guarantee and grant of security interests and liens and confirms and agrees that such security interests and liens hereafter secure all of the Obligations as amended hereby.

 

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5.10       Release of Claims. In consideration of the Lenders’ and Administrative Agent’s agreements contained in this Amendment, each Credit Party hereby irrevocably releases and forever discharges the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants and attorneys (each, a “Released Person”) of and from any and all claims, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings or demands, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law of any kind or character, known or unknown, which such Credit Party ever had or now has against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Released Person which relates, directly or indirectly, to any acts or omissions prior to the date hereof of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Released Person relating to the Amended Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document.

 

5.11       Electronic Signatures. Section 12.02(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER: TELIGENT, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
    Name:  Timothy B. Sawyer
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer and President
 
   
GUARANTORS: IGEN, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer 
    Name:  Timothy B. Sawyer
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer and President
   
  TELIGENT PHARMA, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer 
    Name:  Timothy B. Sawyer
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer and President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND A LENDER: ACF FINCO I LP,
  a Delaware limited partnership
   
  By: /s/ Oleh Szczupak
  Name: Oleh Szczupak
  Title: Authorized Signer

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

LENDERS: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION,
 

a Maryland corporation

   
  By: /s/ Scott Lern
    Name: Scott Lern
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  CION ARES DIVERSIFIED CREDIT FUND
   
  By: /s/ Scott Lern
    Name: Scott Lern
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  ARES CENTRE STREET PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
   
  By: Ares Centre Street GP, Inc., as general partner
   
  By: /s/ Scott Lern
    Name: Scott Lern
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  ARES CREDIT STRATEGIES INSURANCE DEDICATED FUND SERIES INTERESTS OF THE SALI MULTI-SERIES FUND, L.P.
   
  By: Ares Capital Management LLC, its investment manager
   
   
  By: /s/ Scott Lern
    Name: Scott Lern
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  ARES COMMERCIAL FINANCE,
   
  By: Ares Commercial Finance GP LP, its general partner
  By: ACF GP LLC, its general partner
   
   
  By: /s/ Oleh Szczupak
    Name: Oleh Szczupak
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX I

 

CONFORMED COPY INCORPORATING

AMENDMENT NO. 1 THROUGH AMENDMENT NO. 3

 

FIRST LIEN REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

TELIGENT, INC.,
as Borrower,

 

Certain Subsidiaries thereof, as Guarantors,

 

The Lenders
from Time to Time Party Hereto,

 

and

 

ACF FINCO I LP,
as Administrative Agent,

 

Dated as of December 13, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article I             Definitions 1
   
Section 1.01 Defined Terms 1
Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions 41
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms and Determination 42
Section 1.04 Rounding 43
Section 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, etc 43
Section 1.06 Times of Day 43
Section 1.07 Timing of Payment of Performance 43
Section 1.08 Corporate Terminology 43
Section 1.09 UCC Definitions 43
     
Article II             Amount and Terms of Loans 44
   
Section 2.01 Revolving Credit; Note 44
Section 2.02 Overadvances 44
Section 2.03 Protective Advances 45
Section 2.04 Reserves 46
Section 2.05 Borrowing Procedures; Settlement 46
Section 2.06 Collections 50
Section 2.07 Crediting of Funds 50
Section 2.08 Maintenance of Loan Account; Records of Administrative Agent 52
Section 2.09 Payments; Termination of Loans 52
Section 2.10 Interest 53
Section 2.11 Conversions and Continuations 54
Section 2.12 Pro Rata Borrowings 54
Section 2.13 Interest Periods 55
Section 2.14 Increased Costs, Illegality, etc 55
Section 2.15 Compensation 58
Section 2.16 Change of Lending Office 58
Section 2.17 Notice of Certain Costs 58
     
Article III             [RESERVED] 59
     
Article IV             Fees and Commitment Terminations 59
     
Section 4.01 Fees 59
Section 4.02 Mandatory Termination of Commitments 59
Section 4.03 Field Examination Fees; Appraisals 59
     
Article V             Payments 59
     
Section 5.01 Voluntary Prepayments; Termination of Commitments 59
Section 5.02 Mandatory Prepayments 60
Section 5.03 [Reserved] 62
Section 5.04 Net Payments 62
Section 5.05 Computations of Interest and Fees 64

 

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Article VI             Conditions Precedent 65
     
Section 6.01 Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension 65
Section 6.02 Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions 69
     
Article VII             Representations, Warranties and Agreements 70
     
Section 7.01 Corporate Status 70
Section 7.02 Corporate Power and Authority 70
Section 7.03 No Violation 71
Section 7.04 Litigation, Labor Controversies, etc 71
Section 7.05 Use of Proceeds; Regulations U and X 71
Section 7.06 Approvals, Consents, etc 71
Section 7.07 Investment Company Act 71
Section 7.08 Full Disclosure 72
Section 7.09 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect 72
Section 7.10 Tax Returns and Payments 73
Section 7.11 Compliance with ERISA 73
Section 7.12 Capitalization and Subsidiaries 74
Section 7.13 Intellectual Property; Licenses, etc 74
Section 7.14 Environmental 74
Section 7.15 Ownership of Properties 75
Section 7.16 No Default 75
Section 7.17 Solvency 76
Section 7.18 [Intentionally Omitted] 76
Section 7.19 Compliance with Laws; Authorizations 76
Section 7.20 Contractual or Other Restrictions 76
Section 7.21 Transaction Documents 76
Section 7.22 Collective Bargaining Agreements 76
Section 7.23 Insurance 77
Section 7.24 Evidence of Other Indebtedness 77
Section 7.25 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts 77
Section 7.26 Foreign Assets Control Regulations; Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Practices 77
Section 7.27 Patriot Act 78
Section 7.28 Status as Senior Debt; Second Lien Loan Documents 78
Section 7.29 Flood Insurance 79
Section 7.30 Location of Collateral; Equipment List 79
Section 7.31 Regulatory Matters 79
Section 7.32 Third Lien Note Documents 83
     
Article VIII             Affirmative Covenants 83
     
Section 8.01 Financial Information, Reports, Notices and Information 83
Section 8.02 Books, Records and Inspections 89
Section 8.03 Maintenance of Insurance 89
Section 8.04 Payment of Taxes 90
Section 8.05 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance with Laws, etc 90
Section 8.06 Environmental Compliance 91
Section 8.07 ERISA 92
Section 8.08 Maintenance of Property and Assets 93
Section 8.09 End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters 93

 

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Section 8.10 Use of Proceeds 93
Section 8.11 Further Assurances; Additional Guarantors and Grantors 93
Section 8.12 Bank Accounts 95
Section 8.13 [Intentionally Omitted] 96
Section 8.14 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account 96
Section 8.15 Post-Closing 96
Section 8.16 Interest Payment Election 96
Section 8.17 Maximum Cash Amount 96
     
Article IX             Negative Covenants 97
     
Section 9.01 Limitation on Indebtedness 97
Section 9.02 Limitation on Liens 99
Section 9.03 Consolidation, Merger, etc 101
Section 9.04 Permitted Dispositions 101
Section 9.05 Investments 103
Section 9.06 Restricted Payments, etc 104
Section 9.07 Modification of Certain Agreements 105
Section 9.08 Sale and Leaseback 105
Section 9.09 Transactions with Affiliates 105
Section 9.10 Restrictive Agreements, etc 105
Section 9.11 Hedging Transactions 106
Section 9.12 Changes in Business 106
Section 9.13 Financial Performance Covenant 106
Section 9.14 Disqualified Capital Stock 107
Section 9.15 Removal of Collateral 107
Section 9.16 Voluntary Prepayments of Material Indebtedness; Scheduled Interest Payments on the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes 107
     
Article X             Events of Default 108
     
Section 10.01 Listing of Events of Default 108
Section 10.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default 112
     
Article XI             The Administrative Agent 112
     
Section 11.01 Appointment 112
Section 11.02 Delegation of Duties 112
Section 11.03 Exculpatory Provisions 112
Section 11.04 Reliance by Agents 113
Section 11.05 Notice of Default 113
Section 11.06 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders 113
Section 11.07 Indemnification 113
Section 11.08 Agent in Its Individual Capacity 114
Section 11.09 Successor Agents 114
Section 11.10 Agents Generally 114
Section 11.11 Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments 114
Section 11.12 Agency for Perfection 115
Section 11.13 Authorization to File Proof of Claim 115
Section 11.14 Credit Bids 116
Section 11.15 Binding Effect 116

 

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Article XII             Miscellaneous 116
     
Section 12.01 Amendments and Waivers 116
Section 12.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies 118
Section 12.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies 119
Section 12.04 Survival of Representations and Warranties 119
Section 12.05 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification 120
Section 12.06 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments 120
Section 12.07 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances 125
Section 12.08 Securitization 125
Section 12.09 Adjustments; Set-off 126
Section 12.10 Counterparts 127
Section 12.11 Severability 127
Section 12.12 Integration 127
Section 12.13 GOVERNING LAW 127
Section 12.14 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers 127
Section 12.15 Acknowledgments 128
Section 12.16 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL 128
Section 12.17 Confidentiality 128
Section 12.18 Press Releases, etc 130
Section 12.19 Releases of Guarantees and Liens 130
Section 12.20 USA Patriot Act 131
Section 12.21 No Fiduciary Duty 131
Section 12.22 Authorized Officers 132
Section 12.23 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions 132

 

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SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.01(a)   Commitments
Schedule 1.01(b)   Immaterial Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(c)   Material Contracts
Schedule 7.04   Litigation
Schedule 7.12   Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures/Partnerships
Schedule 7.15   Real Property
Schedule 7.22   Collective Bargaining Agreements
Schedule 7.23   Insurance
Schedule 7.24   Evidence of Indebtedness
Schedule 7.25   Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
Schedule 7.30   Location of Collateral; Equipment List
Schedule 7.31   Regulatory Matters
Schedule 9.02   Liens
Schedule 12.02   Addresses for Notices
Schedule 12.06   2023 Convertible Note holders, 2023 PIK Convertible Note holders and Affiliates

 

EXHIBITS  
   
Exhibit A-1 Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit C-1 Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit N-1 Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit N-2 Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation
Exhibit R-1 Form of Note
Exhibit P-1 Form of Perfection Certificate

 

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FIRST LIEN REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS FIRST LIEN REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 13, 2018, is among TELIGENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), its Subsidiaries signatory hereto as guarantors or hereafter designated as Guarantors pursuant to Section 8.11, the lenders from time to time party hereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), and ACF FINCO I LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ACF”), as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower enter into this Agreement and that Lenders extend loans to Borrower under a revolving credit facility to support Borrower’s working capital needs and for other purposes as described in this Agreement. Lenders are willing to extend such loans to Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower previously issued the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes, having the terms, tenor, amount and other provisions set forth in an Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2019, by and among the Borrower, as issuer, the Guarantors, as subsidiary guarantors, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower and certain of the holders of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes and certain holders of the 2023 Convertible Notes desire that, on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, (i) such holders shall exchange their outstanding 2023 PIK Convertible Notes and 2023 Convertible Notes, as applicable in each case, for Third Lien Convertible Notes (as defined herein) and (ii) such holders of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes shall purchase additional Third Lien Convertible Notes for cash, in each case on the terms and conditions set forth in the Third Lien Note Documents.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I

 

Definitions

 

Section 1.01        Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.01 unless the context otherwise requires:

 

2019 Convertible Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 3.75% senior notes due 2019.

 

2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase” shall mean the Borrower’s repurchase, redemption, defeasance, purchase or repayment at maturity of all or any portion of the 2019 Convertible Notes, whether by tender offer, open-market purchases or otherwise.

 

 

 

 

2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account” shall mean a deposit account of Borrower maintained with Disbursement Bank that shall be subject to Administrative Agent’s and First Lien Agent’s sole dominion and control.

 

2023 Convertible Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 4.75% senior notes due 2023.

 

2023 PIK Convertible Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 7.0% / 8.0% PIK Convertible Senior Notes due 2023.

 

ABR” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next highest 1/16 of 1%) equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of one percentage point (c) the Eurodollar Rate with a term of one month plus one percentage point, and (d) (i) from the Closing Date until the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date, 2.00% per annum and (ii) from and including the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date, 2.50% per annum. Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Loans maintained as ABR Loans will take effect simultaneously with each change in the ABR.

 

ABR Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest at ABR, as provided in Section 2.10(a).

 

Acceptable Appraisal” shall mean, with respect to an appraisal of Inventory, Equipment or Real Property, the most recent appraisal of such property received by Administrative Agent (a) from an appraisal company satisfactory to Administrative Agent, (b) the scope and methodology (including, to the extent relevant, any sampling procedure employed by such appraisal company) of which are satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (c) the results of which are satisfactory to Administrative Agent, in each case, in Administrative Agent's Permitted Discretion.

 

ACF” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean a questionnaire completed by each Lender, in a form approved by the Administrative Agent, in which such Lender, among other things, (a) designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Credit Parties and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with such Lender’s compliance procedures and Applicable Laws, including federal and state securities laws and (b) designates an address, facsimile number, electronic mail address and/or telephone number for notices and communications with such Lender.

 

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified; provided, that, no Secured Party shall be an Affiliate of any Credit Party solely by reason of the provisions of the Credit Documents. The term “Control” means either (a) the power to vote, or the beneficial ownership of, 10% or more of the voting Capital Stock of such Person or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

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Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” shall mean October 31, 2019.

 

Amendment No. 2 Closing Date shall mean April 6, 2020.

 

Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” shall mean December 31, 2019.

 

Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” shall mean July 20, 2020.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean any and all laws, rules or regulations relating to corruption or bribery, including, but not limited to, the FCPA and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010.

 

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall mean any and all laws, rules or regulations relating to money laundering or terrorism financing, including (a) 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957; and (b) the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311 et seq., as amended by the PATRIOT Act, and its implementing regulations.

 

Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall mean any laws relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes, import/export licensing, money laundering or bribery, all as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

 

Applicable Laws” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the common law and any federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or Products or to which such Person or any of its Property or Products is subject. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Applicable Laws” shall include FATCA and any intergovernmental agreements with respect thereto between the United States and another jurisdiction.

 

Applicable Margin” shall mean (a) from the Closing Date until the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date, a percentage per annum equal to, with respect to Loans, (i) that are Eurodollar Loans, 3.75 percentage points and (ii) that are ABR Loans, 2.75 percentage points and (b) from and including the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date to the Maturity Date, a percentage per annum equal to, with respect to Loans, (i) that are Eurodollar Loans, 5.50 percentage points and (ii) that are ABR Loans, 4.50 percentage points.

 

Approved Fund” shall mean 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, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.

 

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Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.

 

Attributable Indebtedness” shall mean, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.

 

Authorized Officer” shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, or any other senior financial officer (to the extent that such senior financial officer is designated as such in writing to the Administrative Agent by such Credit Party) of such Credit Party.

 

“Availability” shall mean as of any date of determination, the amount that the Borrower is entitled to borrow as Loans under this Agreement.

 

Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.

 

Blocked Account” shall mean an account established by Administrative Agent that shall (x) initially on the Closing Date be subject to the Credit Parties’ control and (y) subsequently, during any Cash Dominion Period, be subject to Administrative Agent’s sole dominion and control (including, but not limited to the sole power of withdrawal during any such Cash Dominion Period).

 

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

 

Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors (or other similar body) of Borrower.

 

Borrower” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Borrowing” shall mean and include the incurrence of one Type of Loan on a given date (or resulting from conversions on a given date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided, that ABR Loans incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans).

 

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Borrowing Base” shall mean, at any time, an amount equal to:

 

(a)               the lesser of:

 

(i)                 Total Commitment, and

 

(ii)               the sum of:

 

(A)              an amount not to exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the aggregate amount of the result of Eligible Receivables less the Dilution Reserve, if any, at such time; plus

 

(B)              the least of (1) sixty percent (60%) of the Value of Eligible Inventory at such time, (2) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory, (3) Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($12,500,000.00), and (4) fifty percent (50%) of clause (a)(ii)(A) of the definition of Borrowing Base; plus

 

(C)              the lesser of (1) eighty-five percent (85%) of the appraised Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Equipment, and (2) Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($7,500,000.00); plus

 

(D)              the lesser of (1) thirty-five percent (35%) of the Fair Market Value of Eligible Real Property as such Fair Market Value is identified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Real Property at such time, and (2) Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($17,500,000.00);

 

less

(b)               without duplication of any Reserves accounted for pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above, the aggregate amount of all Reserves in effect at such time.

 

Borrowing Base Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(e)(i).

 

Borrowing Capacity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

Budget” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(e).

 

Business Day” shall mean (a) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that shall be in the City of New York a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close, and (b) any day that is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank Eurodollar market.

 

Canadian Subsidiary” shall mean Teligent Canada.

 

Canadian Security Documents” shall mean (i) that certain Canadian Security Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2019, by and among the Canadian Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time and (ii) that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2019, by and among the Canadian Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Capital Stock” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations, units or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, membership interests in a limited liability company, partnership interests of a limited partnership, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligations” shall mean, as applied to any Person, all obligations under Capitalized Leases of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as liabilities on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capitalized Leases” shall mean, as applied to any Person, all leases of property that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases on the balance sheet of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; provided, that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cash Dominion Period” shall mean the period (a) commencing (i) on any day that Excess Availability is less than an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Commitments, at any time or (ii) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, and (b) continuing until (i) to the extent that the Cash Dominion Period has occurred due to clause (a)(i) of this definition, for the previous ninety (90) consecutive calendar days, Excess Availability at all times has been greater than or equal to an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Commitments, and (ii) to the extent that the Cash Dominion Period has occurred due to clause (a)(ii) of this definition, such Event of Default is cured, waived or no longer exists for a period of at least thirty (30) days.

 

Cash Equivalents” shall mean:

 

(a)               any direct obligation of (or unconditional guarantee by) the United States (or any agency or political subdivision thereof, to the extent such obligations are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(b)               commercial paper maturing not more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of issue and issued by (i) a corporation (other than an Affiliate of any Credit Party) organized under the laws of any state of the United States or of the District of Columbia and, at the time of acquisition thereof, rated A-1 or higher by S&P or P-1 or higher by Moody’s, or (ii) any Lender (or its holding company);

 

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(c)              any certificate of deposit, time deposit or bankers acceptance, maturing not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after its date of issuance, which is issued by either: (i) a bank organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) which has, at the time of acquisition thereof, (A) a credit rating of P2 or higher from Moody’s or A or higher from S&P and (B) a combined capital and surplus greater than $500,000,000, or (ii) a Lender;

 

(d)              any repurchase agreement having a term of thirty (30) days or less entered into with any Lender or any commercial banking institution satisfying, at the time of acquisition thereof, the criteria set forth in clause (c)(i) which (i) is secured by a fully perfected security interest in any obligation of the type described in clause (a), and (ii) has a market value at the time such repurchase agreement is entered into of not less than 100% of the repurchase obligation of such Lender or commercial banking institution thereunder;

 

(e)              money market and mutual funds investing primarily in assets described in clauses (a) through (d) of this definition.

 

CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.

 

Change of Control” shall mean an event or series of events by which: (a) any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder) shall acquire ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of Capital Stock of the Borrower representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Stock of the Borrower; (b) Borrower ceases to own one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of Igen, Inc. (other than as a result of a transaction permitted by Section 9.03 or 9.04); (c) Igen, Inc. ceases to own one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of Teligent Pharma, Inc. (other than as a result of a transaction permitted by Section 9.03 or 9.04), in each instance in clauses (b) and (c), free and clear of all Liens, rights, options, warrants or other similar agreements or understandings, other than Liens in favor of Administrative Agent), (d) during any period of 24 consecutive months commencing on or after the Closing Date, the occurrence of a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of Borrower such that a majority of the members of such Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or (e) a “change of control” (however so defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement or Third Lien Note Documents, as applicable) shall occur.

 

Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Environmental Claims”.

 

Closing Date” shall mean December 13, 2018.

 

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect at the date of this Agreement, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

 

Collateral” shall mean any assets of any Credit Party or other collateral upon which Administrative Agent has been granted a Lien in connection with this Agreement.

 

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Collateral Sale” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.14.

 

Collections” shall mean all cash, checks, credit card slips or receipts, notes, instruments, and other items of payment (including insurance proceeds, proceeds of cash sales, rental proceeds, and tax refunds) of the Credit Parties.

 

Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on and after the Closing Date, on Schedule 1.01(a) as such Lender’s “Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Commitment, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to terms hereof. The amount of the Commitments as of the date hereof is $25,000,000.

 

Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate duly completed and executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.

 

Confidential Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.17.

 

Connection Income Taxes” shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for a specified period, an amount determined for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to

 

(f)                Consolidated Net Income,

 

plus

 

(g)               to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of, without duplication, amounts for:

 

(i)               Consolidated Interest Expense (net of interest income),

 

(ii)              provisions for Taxes based on income,

 

(iii)            total depreciation expense,

 

(iv)             total amortization expense,

 

(v)              other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any such non cash item (x) to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period or (y) relating to a write-down, write off or reserve with respect to Receivables),

 

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(vi)             losses on asset sales, disposals or abandonments, including derivative liabilities or losses related to the 2023 Convertible Notes (other than (i) of current assets and (ii) asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business),

 

(vii)          fees and expenses incurred in connection with (i) the consummation of the Transactions on the Closing Date, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 and (ii) the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of, and any amendment, waiver, supplement or modification to this Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000, in each case, to the extent disclosed to Administrative Agent,

 

(viii)        fees and expenses incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, a permitted Disposition or the refinancing or redemption of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 9.01(b) to the extent disclosed to Administrative Agent, provided, to the extent such transactions have not been consummated, in an amount not greater than $1,000,000 in the aggregate,

 

(ix)             foreign exchange losses,

 

(x)               legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with litigation and arbitration matters as agreed from time to time by the Company and Administrative Agent,

 

(xi)             fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with NASDAQ listing standards, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, and

 

(xii)          losses attributed to failure to supply penalties in an amount not to exceed (i) $2,000,000 for such losses incurred for the twelve-month period ending on December 31, 2019 and (ii) $0 for any losses after December 31, 2019;

 

minus

 

(h)               to the extent included in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of, without duplication, amounts for:

 

(i)                 other non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item in any prior period),

 

(ii)              gains on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than (A) of current assets and (B) asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business),

 

(iii)            foreign exchange gains;

 

(iv)             extraordinary gains and income; and

 

(v)               gains related to the 2023 Convertible Notes;

 

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provided; however, for purposes of determining the Total Net Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be determined on a Pro Forma Basis;

 

provided; further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA that is attributable to revenues from customers located in countries other than the United States and Canada shall not exceed 15% of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any specified period, except to the extent such revenues are actually distributed to the Borrower or any other Credit Party.

 

Consolidated Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any specified period, the sum of, without duplication, all expenditures made, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, that are or should be reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or have a useful life of more than one year.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any specified period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of: (a) all interest in respect of Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the interest component of any payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations) accrued or capitalized during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) plus (b) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) in respect of Hedging Obligations relating to interest during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period). For the avoidance of doubt, the total interest expense of the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) shall be excluded herein so long as such Indebtedness is outstanding, unless not forgiven by the applicable Governmental Authority relevant thereto or Quaint Oak Bank, as applicable.

 

Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any specified period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, after deduction of all expenses, taxes, and other proper charges, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (i) the income (or loss) of any Person (other than consolidated Subsidiaries of Borrower) in which any Person (other than Borrower or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to Borrower or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries by such Person during such specified period, (ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a consolidated Subsidiary of Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with Borrower or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries or such Person’s assets are acquired by Borrower or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries, and (iii) the income of any consolidated Subsidiary of Borrower (other than a Credit Party) to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that consolidated Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that consolidated Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any income resulting from the forgiveness or cancellation of any Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income.

 

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Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean the consolidated total assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP as of the date of the financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 8.01 hereunder.

 

Consolidated Total Net Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of all Funded Debt less the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents subject to a Control Agreement (not to exceed $10,000,000). For the avoidance of doubt, the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) shall not constitute Consolidated Total Net Debt so long as such Indebtedness is outstanding, unless not forgiven by the applicable Governmental Authority relevant thereto or Quaint Oak Bank, as applicable.

 

Contingent Liability” shall mean, for any Person, any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person guarantees, endorses or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by direct or indirect agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to, or otherwise to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss) the Indebtedness of any other Person (other than by endorsements of instruments in the course of collection), or guarantees the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the Capital Stock of any other Person. The amount of any Person’s obligation under any Contingent Liability shall (subject to any limitation set forth therein) be deemed to be the outstanding principal amount of the debt, obligation or other liability guaranteed thereby.

 

Continuing Director” shall mean (a) any member of the Board of Directors who was a director (or comparable manager) of Borrower on the Closing Date, and (b) any individual who becomes a member of the Board of Directors after the Closing Date if such individual was approved, appointed or nominated for election to the Board of Directors by a majority of the Continuing Directors, but excluding any such individual originally proposed for election in opposition to the Board of Directors in office at the Closing Date in an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors (or comparable managers) of Borrower and whose initial assumption of office resulted from such contest or the settlement thereof.

 

Control” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Affiliate”.

 

Control Agreement” shall mean a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, executed and delivered by the applicable Credit Party, Administrative Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary or bank, which agreement is sufficient to give Administrative Agent “control” over each of such Credit Party’s securities accounts, deposit accounts or investment property, as the case may be.

 

Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Control Agreements, the Fee Letter, the Guarantee Agreement, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Perfection Certificate, any Notes issued by the Borrower hereunder, the Third Lien Subordination Agreement, any intercreditor or subordination agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent with respect to this Agreement, and any other agreement entered into now, or in the future, by any Credit Party, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent or Lender, on the other hand, in connection with this Agreement.

 

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Credit Extension” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan.

 

Credit Party” shall mean the Borrower, each of the Guarantors and each other Person that becomes a Credit Party hereafter pursuant to the execution of joinder documents.

 

Default” shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(c).

 

Defaulting Lender” shall mean, subject to Section 2.05(d), any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to (i) fund any portion of the Loans required to be funded by it hereunder for three (3) or more Business Days unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower, or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) or more Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent 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), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (ii) had 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 capacity, (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (iv) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.

 

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“Dilution” shall mean, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the experience of the immediately prior 12 months, that is the result of dividing the amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits or other dilutive items with respect to Borrower’s Receivables during such period, by (b) Borrower’s gross sales with respect to Receivables during such period.

 

Dilution Reserve” means, as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Receivables to the extent of any Dilution.

 

Disbursement Bank” shall mean Pacific Western Bank.

 

Disposition” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any sale, transfer, lease, contribution, division or other conveyance (including by way of merger) of, or the granting of options, warrants or other rights to, any of such Person’s or their respective Subsidiaries’ assets (including Receivables and Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) to any other Person in a single transaction or series of transactions.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a Change of Control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Total Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock) (except as a result of a Change of Control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Total Commitments), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest Maturity Date; provided, that if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Holding Company” any Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist of equity interests in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries.

 

Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the Applicable Laws of the United States, any state, territory, protectorate or commonwealth thereof, or the District of Columbia.

 

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Drug Application” shall mean a pending or approved new drug application, an abbreviated new drug application or a biologic license application, including a section 351(k) application, or an investigational new drug exemption, for any Teligent Product, as appropriate, as those terms are defined in the Food Drug Cosmetic Act and any and all Intellectual Property relating thereto, solely as applied to the Product covered thereunder.

 

EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;

 

EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

“Eligible Equipment” shall mean Equipment owned by any Credit Party that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Equipment made in the Credit Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Administrative Agent in Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to the Credit Parties’ business or assets of which the Administrative Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date, including the results of any audit or appraisal performed by Administrative Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. An item of Equipment shall not be included in Eligible Equipment if:

 

(a)       such Credit Party does not have good title to such Equipment;

 

(b)       such Credit Party does not have the right to subject such Equipment to a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;

 

(c)       such Equipment is not subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent free and clear of all other Liens of any nature whatsoever (except for Permitted Liens which do not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent);

 

(d)       the full purchase price for such Equipment has not been paid by such Credit Party;

 

(e)       such Equipment is not located on premises (i) owned by a Credit Party, or (ii) leased by a Credit Party where the lessor has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement;

 

(f)       such Equipment is not in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) or is not used or held for use by the Credit Parties in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(g)       such Equipment is subject to any agreement which restricts the ability of the Credit Parties to use, sell, transport or dispose of such Equipment or which restricts the Administrative Agent’s ability to take possession of, sell or otherwise dispose of such Equipment; or

 

(g)       such Equipment constitutes a “fixture” under the applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which such Equipment is located.

 

“Eligible Inventory” shall mean Inventory consisting of first quality finished goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business of any Credit Party that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Inventory made in the Credit Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Administrative Agent in Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to the Credit Parties’ business or assets of which Administrative Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date, including the results of any audit or appraisal performed by Administrative Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. For purposes of determining the amount to be advanced against Inventory in calculating the Borrowing Base, the “Value” of Inventory shall mean the lesser of cost or the fair market value of such Inventory. An item of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory if:

 

(a)       such Credit Party does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto;

 

(b)       such Credit Party does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or through a bailee or agent of such Credit Party);

 

(c)       it is not located at one of the locations in the continental United States or Canada (other than Quebec) set forth on Schedule 7.30 (unless in-transit from one such location to another such location);

 

(d)       it is In-Transit Inventory;

 

(e)       it is located on real property leased by a Credit Party or in a contract warehouse, in each case, unless it is subject to a satisfactory landlord or warehousemen agreement executed by the lessor or warehouseman, as the case may be (provided, however, the Credit Parties shall have 60 days subsequent to the Closing Date (or such later date approved by the Administrative Agent) in which to obtain a landlord or warehousemen agreement for its leased or third party warehouse locations and Inventory at such leased or warehouse locations which would otherwise be “Eligible Inventory” but for such requirement shall be deemed to be “Eligible Inventory” during such period, subject to any Reserves in Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion);

 

(f)       it is the subject of a bill of lading or other document of title;

 

(g)       it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent free and clear of all other Liens of any nature whatsoever (except for Permitted Liens which do not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent) (provided, however, the Credit Parties shall have 60 days subsequent to the Closing Date (or such later date approved by the Administrative Agent) in which to join the Canadian Subsidiary as a Credit Party with a valid and perfect first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent in compliance with the terms herein and any Inventory held by the Canadian Subsidiary which would otherwise be “Eligible Inventory” but for such requirement shall be deemed to be “Eligible Inventory” during such period, subject to any Reserves in Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion);

 

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(h)       it consists of goods returned or rejected by customers;

 

(i)       it consists of goods that are obsolete or slow moving, restrictive or custom items, work-in-process, raw materials, or goods that constitute spare parts, packaging supplies, labels and shipping materials, maintenance items, supplies used or consumed in a Credit Party’s business, bill and hold goods, defective goods, “seconds,” or Inventory acquired on consignment;

 

(j)       it shall have been in a Credit Party’s possession or control for a period of more than twelve (12) calendar months;

 

(k)       it is subject to a claim, lien or security interest (other than a Permitted Lien);

 

(l)       it is produced in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and subject to the “hot goods” provisions contained in Title 29 U.S.C. §215;

 

(m)       it is not salable in the United States or Canada;

 

(n)       if it is represented or covered by any Certificate of Title, Instrument, Document or Chattel Paper, a Credit Party is not the sole owner of each such Certificate Of Title, Instrument, Document or Chattel Paper (in the possession of a Credit Party), or it has been sold, assigned or otherwise transferred, and or it is subject to any claim, lien or security interest;

 

(o)       it is subject to third party trademark, licensing or other proprietary rights, unless the Administrative Agent is satisfied in its Permitted Discretion that such Inventory can be freely sold by Administrative Agent on and after the occurrence of an Event of a Default despite such third party rights;

 

(p) it has not received FDA or Health Canada approval or it has previously received the applicable approval but such approval has been revoked, or if otherwise does not meet all standards imposed by any applicable Governmental Authority in all material respects, including with respect to its production, acquisition or importation (as the case may be); or

 

(q)       Administrative Agent shall have determined in its Permitted Discretion that it is unacceptable due to age, type, category, quality and/or quantity.

 

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Eligible Real Property” shall mean Real Property owned in fee by a Credit Party that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Real Property made in the Credit Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to the Credit Parties’ business or assets of which Administrative Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date, including any field examination or appraisal performed by or received by the Administrative Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. An item of Real Property shall not be included in Eligible Real Property if:

 

(a)       it is not identified on Schedule 7.15 to the Agreement as of the Closing Date,

 

(b)       a Credit Party does not have good, valid, and marketable fee title thereto,

 

(c)       it is not Real Property with respect to which Administrative Agent has received (i) mortgagee title insurance policies issued by a title insurance company reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent in amounts reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent assuring Administrative Agent that the Mortgages on such Real Property are valid and enforceable first priority mortgage Liens on such Real Property free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, (ii) ALTA surveys in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, (iii) phase-I environmental site reports if required by Section 8.14(a); and (iv) flood certifications (and, if applicable, acceptable flood insurance and FEMA form acknowledgements of insurance),

 

(d)       an Acceptable Appraisal of such item of Real Property has not been completed,

 

(e)       it is not Mortgaged Property subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent’s Lien, or

 

(g)       it is subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens of the type described in Section 9.02 (a), (d), (f), (g), (h) or (n).

 

Eligible Receivable” shall mean each Receivable: for which the Records and accounts are located at the Credit Parties’ facilities where such Records are maintained as described in Schedule 7.30; arising out of a sale in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business; relating to a sale made by a Credit Party to a Person that is not an Affiliate of such Credit Party; that is not in dispute; with respect to which each representation with respect to Eligible Receivables set forth in this Agreement is accurate, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Administrative Agent in Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to the Credit Parties’ business or assets of which the Administrative Agent has become aware after the Closing Date, including the results of any audit performed by Administrative Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Receivables shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash. Eligible Receivables shall not include the following:

 

(a)       more than one hundred twenty (120) consecutive calendar days has passed from the original invoice date for such Receivable; or

 

(b)       [intentionally omitted]; or

 

(c)       [intentionally omitted]; or

 

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(d)       the Account Debtor (i) has filed a case for bankruptcy or reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code, or (ii) has had filed against it any case under the Bankruptcy Code, or (iii) has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) has failed, suspended business operations, become insolvent, (v) has had a receiver or a trustee appointed for all or a significant portion of its assets or affairs, or (vi) has provided notice, or the Administrative Agent has received notice, of an imminent insolvency proceeding of such Account Debtor; or

 

(e)       the Account Debtor is a supplier to or creditor of the Credit Parties; or

 

(f)       the Account Debtor has or asserts any right of offset with respect to any Receivable or asserts any claim or counterclaim against a Credit Party with respect to any Receivable (but such Receivable shall only be ineligible to the extent of such offset, claim or counterclaim); or

 

(g)       Borrower is not the sole owner of the Receivable; Borrower has sold, assigned or otherwise transferred all or any portion thereof; or any portion of the Receivable is subject to any claim, lien or security interest (other than a Permitted Lien); or

 

(h)       the sale giving rise to such receivable is to an Account Debtor domiciled outside of the continental United States and Canada; or

 

(i)       fifty percent (50%) or more of the Receivables of any Account Debtor and/or its Affiliates is ineligible, then all the Receivables of such Account Debtor and its Affiliates shall be treated as ineligible; or

 

(j)       any portion of the Eligible Receivables of the Account Debtor and/or its Affiliates exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the total amount of all Eligible Receivables, then the amount of such excess shall be treated as ineligible; or

 

(k)       such Receivable relates to a sale of goods or services to the United States of America, or to a Governmental Authority, unless Borrower assigns its right to payment of such Receivable to Administrative Agent in compliance with the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended; or

 

(l)       such Receivable relates to a sale of goods or services to any State of the United States of America, or to any Governmental Authority, unless Borrower assigns its right to payment of such Receivable to Administrative Agent in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations or administrative or judicial determinations relating to the assignment (in whole or in part) of any agreement or contract pursuant to which such sale was made; or

 

(m)       the goods or services covered by such Receivable were shipped to the customer or performed for the customer, as applicable, prior to or after the date of the invoice giving rise to such Receivable, or such Receivable consists of a sale to an Account Debtor: on consignment; on any bill and hold basis; on any guaranteed sale, sale or return, sale on approval or other repurchase or return basis; on any billing in advance of shipment or performance or other “pre-billing” basis; or under any payment plan, scheduled installment plan, or other extended payment terms basis, or such Receivable consists of milestone or progress billing or is subject to percentage of completion accounting; or

 

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(n)       the Account Debtor is located in a state in which a Credit Party is deemed to be doing business under the laws of such state and such state denies creditors access to its courts in the absence of such Credit Party’s qualification to transact business in such state or of Borrower’s filing of any reports with such state, unless such Credit Party has qualified as a foreign corporation authorized to do business in such state and has filed all required reports; or

 

(o)       such Receivable is evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any kind which has not been assigned or endorsed and delivered to Administrative Agent, or such Receivable has been reduced to judgment; or

 

(p)       such Receivable arises from a sale of goods or services to an individual who is purchasing such goods primarily for personal, family or household purposes; or

 

(q)       Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, believes that collection of such Receivable is insecure or that such Receivable may not be paid by reason of the Account Debtor’s financial inability to pay; or

 

(r)       Administrative Agent does not have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in such Receivable (except for Permitted Liens which do not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent).

 

Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory, adjudicatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, fines, penalties, requests for information, inquiries, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by the Credit Parties in the ordinary course of such Person’s business) or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law, any Hazardous Material (including any exposure to any Hazardous Material), or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (“Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial, investigation, monitoring or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any Person seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from the presence, Release of, or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to human health, public safety or the environment, pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

Environmental Law” shall mean any federal, state, foreign, regional, county or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, and code now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, decree or judgment, relating to the protection of human health, safety or the environment or natural resources, including laws relating to the Release, threat of Release, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, presence, production, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, labeling or handling of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, including the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Clean Air Act and CERCLA, and other similar state and local statutes, and any regulations promulgated thereto.

 

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ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

 

ERISA Affiliate” shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) that, together with any Credit Party or a Subsidiary thereof, is, or within the last six (6) years was, treated as a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived pursuant to applicable regulations), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each case whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code), (e) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, and Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the cessation of operations at a facility of Holdings, the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA, (h) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to its withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (i) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability on it or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA.

 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

 

Eurodollar Loan” shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.

 

Eurodollar Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan for any Interest Period, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) (i) from the Closing Date until the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date, 1.00% per annum and (ii) from and including the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date to the Maturity Date, 1.50% per annum and (b) an amount equal to (i) the rate per annum appearing on Bloomberg Professional Service Page BBAN1 offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) business days prior to the first day of such interest period for a term comparable thereto; multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate. If for any reason the rate referred to in clause (b)(i) is not available, for any such interest period, such rate will be (x) a comparable successor or alternative interbank rate for deposits in Dollars that it, at such time, broadly accepted by the loan market in lieu of the Eurodollar Rate and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower or (y) solely if no such broadly accepted comparable successor interbank rate exists at such time, a successor or alternative index rate as the Agent may reasonably determine in light of prevailing market practices and is reasonably acceptable to the Borrower; provided that, to the extent a successor or alternative index rate cannot be agreed upon in accordance with clause (x) or (y) above within five (5) Business Days after the Eurodollar Rate becomes unavailable, all Loans hereunder will be deemed to be ABR Loans (and shall bear interest accordingly) for purposes of the definition of “Applicable Margin” and Section 2.10, until such time as an alternative rate can be agreed upon in accordance with clause (x) or (y).

 

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Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Article X.

 

“Excess Availability” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to Qualified Cash plus Availability, minus the aggregate amount, if any, of all trade payables of Borrower and its Subsidiaries aged in excess of historical levels with respect thereto and all book overdrafts of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of historical practices with respect thereto, in each case as determined by Administrative Agent in Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion.

 

Excluded Account” means each deposit or securities accounts constituting (a) a zero balance account that sweeps on a daily basis into a deposit account subject to a Control Agreement, (b) a deposit account used solely to fund payroll obligations, health benefit or employee benefit obligations, trust fund Tax obligations, escrow arrangements, trust accounts or holding third-party insurance funds or funds owned by Persons other than the Credit Parties, (c) any other deposit or securities account so long as with respect to this clause (c), the aggregate amount on deposit in all such accounts does not exceed $750,000 at any one time, (d) a deposit account into which an Account Debtor makes payment under Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE or any other health program operated by or financed in whole or in part by any foreign or domestic federal, state or local government so long as funds on deposit in such deposit account are transferred on each Business Day to an account subject to a Control Agreement or (e) a deposit account holding solely funds pledged as cash collateral to the extent permitted under Section 9.02(o).

 

Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (i) any Foreign Subsidiary or Domestic Holding Company, in each case solely to the extent that the inclusion of such Person as a Guarantor may result (or may be reasonably likely to result) in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Borrower and notified in writing to the Administrative Agent and (ii) each Immaterial Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, none of Teligent OU, a private limited company organized in Tallin, Republic of Estonia, Teligent Luxembourg S.a.r.l., a société a responsabilité limitée formed in Luxembourg, and Teligent Canada, a company formed in the province of British Columbia, shall constitute Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

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Excluded Taxes” shall mean with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income, franchise or similar Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income (i) by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender, any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Non-U.S. Lender at the time such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office, unless such designation was at the request of the Borrower), except to the extent that such Non-U.S. Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 5.04(a), (d) Taxes imposed by reason of the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to comply with its obligations under Section 5.04(b) and Section 5.04(c), or to the extent that such documentation fails to establish a complete exemption from applicable withholding Taxes, other than, in either case, due to a change in Applicable Laws after the Closing Date, and (e) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing Notes” shall mean the 2019 Convertible Notes and the 2023 Convertible Notes.

 

Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the fair market value of Borrower’s Eligible Real Property that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly sale in a 12-month marketing period of such Eligible Real Property net of all associated costs and expenses of such sale, such value to be as specified in the most recent Acceptable Appraisal of Real Property.

 

FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

FCPA” shall mean the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

FDA” shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor thereto.

 

FDA Trigger Amount” shall mean $2,500,000, which such amount shall be increased to $5,000,000 if at any time, when tested, the revenue of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Test Period measured at the end of the most recently ended two consecutive fiscal quarters is greater than $100,000,000).

 

Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to: (a) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next succeeding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; or (b) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

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Fee Letter” shall mean, collectively, the (i) Amended and Restated Fee Letter dated as of the Closing Date by and between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the First Lien Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, (ii) Amendment Fee Letter dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date by and between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the First Lien Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and (iii) Amendment No. 2 Fee Letter dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date by and between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Fees” shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in, Section 4.01 or the Fee Letter.

 

Financial Advisor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.

 

Financial Advisor Engagement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.

 

Financial Performance Covenants” shall mean the covenants set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Flood Hazard Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Flood Insurance Requirements”.

 

Flood Insurance Laws” shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and (v) the Biggert –Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, as now or hereafter in effect of any successor statute thereto, in each case, together with all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, implementing  or interpreting any of the foregoing, as amended or modified from time to time.

 

Flood Insurance Requirements” shall mean (i) a completed “life of loan” Federal Emergency Management Standard Flood Hazard Determination as to whether such real property is in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards (a “Flood Hazard Property”) and (ii) if such real property is a Flood Hazard Property, evidence as to (A) whether the community in which such real property, or as applicable, the leasehold interest of such Credit Party in such real property, is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (B) the applicable Credit Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Administrative Agent (1) as to the fact that such real property is a Flood Hazard Property and (2) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (C) copies of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program (or private insurance endorsed to cause such private insurance to be fully compliant with the federal law as regards private placement insurance applicable to the National Flood Insurance Program, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower) or a declaration page, application accompanied by proof of premium payment for such policies, or such other documentation as is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, with confirmation of such satisfaction of such Lender to be made in writing (which, for purposes of such confirmation, shall include email) and such confirmation shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, in each case, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries evidencing such flood insurance coverage in such amounts and with such deductibles as required by Flood Insurance Laws or as the Administrative Agent may request (but no less than required by applicable Flood Insurance Laws) and naming the Administrative Agent and its successors and/or assigns as sole loss payee on behalf of the Lenders.

 

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Foreign Security Instrument” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.15(e)(i).

 

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of a Credit Party that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Funded Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, all then outstanding Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, of the type described in clauses (a), (b), (d) and (f) of the defined term “Indebtedness”. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) shall not constitute Funded Debt so long as such Indebtedness is outstanding, unless not forgiven by the applicable Governmental Authority relevant thereto or Quaint Oak Bank, as applicable.

 

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Credit Parties shall negotiate in good faith to effect such amendment and such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

 

Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States, any foreign country or any multinational authority, or any state, commonwealth, protectorate or political subdivision thereof, and any entity, body or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including the PBGC and other quasi-governmental entities established to perform such functions.

 

Guarantee Agreement” shall mean a Guarantee Agreement, executed and delivered by each Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

 

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Guarantee Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any Contingent Liability of such Person or other obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, that the term “Guarantee Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date, entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.

 

Guarantors” shall mean (a) each Person that is a Domestic Subsidiary on the Closing Date, (b) each Person that is a Foreign Subsidiary on the Closing Date, and (c) each Person that becomes a party to the Guarantee Agreement after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 8.11, in each case, other than any Excluded Subsidiary.

 

Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances”, “hazardous waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous waste”, “restricted hazardous waste”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”, or “pollutants”, or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance, which is classified, prohibited, limited or regulated by, or forming the basis of liability under any Environmental Law.

 

Hedge Termination Value” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Hedging Obligations, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedging Obligations, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Obligations have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedging Obligations, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Obligations (which may include any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

 

Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired under (a) any and all Hedging Transactions, (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Transactions and (c) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any Hedging Transactions and any and all substitutions for any Hedging Transactions.

 

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Hedging Transaction” of any Person shall mean (a) any transaction (including an agreement with respect to any such transaction) permitted under Section 9.11 now existing or hereafter entered into by such Person that is a rate swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, spot transaction, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending transaction, or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

Historical Financial Statements” shall mean (a) audited consolidated financial statements of Borrower for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 as filed on March 15, 2017 with the SEC pursuant to an annual report on Form 10-K and December 31, 2017 as filed on March 19, 2018 with the SEC pursuant to an annual report on Form 10-K and (b) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the fiscal year to date periods ended March 31, 2018 as filed on May 15, 2018 with the SEC pursuant to a quarterly report on Form 10-Q, June 30, 2018 as filed on December 12, 2018 with the SEC pursuant to a quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A and September 30, 2018 as filed on December 12, 2018 with the SEC pursuant to a quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

 

Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, each Subsidiary of the Borrower that has been designated by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as an “Immaterial Subsidiary” for purposes of this Agreement; provided, that, (a) for purposes of this Agreement, at no time shall (i) the Consolidated Total Assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries at the last day of the most recent Test Period be equal to or exceed 2.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries at such date or (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period of all Immaterial Subsidiaries equal or exceed 2.5% of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the Borrower shall not designate any new Immaterial Subsidiary if such designation would not comply with the provisions set forth in clause (a) above, and (c) if clause (a) shall not be satisfied at any time, then all such Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be non-Immaterial Subsidiaries unless and until the Borrower shall redesignate one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries as non-Immaterial Subsidiaries, in each case in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, and, as a result thereof, clause (a) shall be satisfied. Each Immaterial Subsidiary existing as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 1.01(b).

 

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In-Transit Inventory” shall mean Inventory that is being shipped or otherwise transported to a Credit Party from a point of origin within the continental United States or Canada or is being shipped or otherwise transported to a Credit Party from a point of origin outside of the continental United States or Canada.

 

Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(i)                 all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money and all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

 

(j)                 the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions which may have been reimbursed) available under all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;

 

(k)               the Hedge Termination Value of all Hedging Obligations of such Person;

 

(l)                 all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, including earn-out obligations (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and (ii) to the extent such obligation is not due at any time prior to the date that is six months after the latest Maturity Date, any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP);

 

(m)             indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

 

(n)               all Attributable Indebtedness;

 

(o)               all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock; and

 

(p)               all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing,

 

provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (i) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranties or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (iii) endorsements of checks or drafts arising in the ordinary course of business, and (iv) preferred Capital Stock to the extent not constituting Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

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For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Net Debt. The amount of any net Hedging Obligations on any date shall be deemed to be the Hedge Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the fair market value of the property of such Person encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) shall not constitute Indebtedness so long as such Indebtedness is outstanding, unless not forgiven by the applicable Governmental Authority relevant thereto or Quaint Oak Bank, as applicable.

 

Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Administrative Agent and Second Lien Agent, and acknowledged by the Credit Parties, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

Investment” shall mean, relative to any Person, (a) any loan, advance or extension of credit made by such Person to any other Person, including the purchase by such first Person of any bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of any such other Person; (b) Contingent Liabilities in favor of any other Person; and (c) any Capital Stock or other investment held by such Person in any other Person. The amount of any Investment at any time shall be the original principal or capital amount thereof less all returns of principal or equity thereon made on or before such time and shall, if made by the transfer or exchange of property other than cash, be deemed to have been made in an original principal or capital amount equal to the fair market value of such property at the time of such Investment.

 

Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Letter of Directionshall mean that certain executed letter of direction from Borrower addressed to Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, directing the disbursement on the Closing Date of the proceeds of the Loans made on such date.

 

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment for collateral purposes, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance, and any easement, right-of-way, license, restriction (including zoning restrictions), defect, exception or irregularity in title or similar charge or encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof); provided, that in no event shall an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business or any precautionary UCC filings made pursuant thereto by an applicable lessor or lessee, be deemed to be a Lien.

 

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Liquidity” shall mean, at any time, Availability, plus unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of any Credit Party that is on deposit in deposit accounts or in securities accounts, or any combination thereof, and which such deposit accounts and/or securities accounts are the subject of a Control Agreement.

 

Loan” shall mean, individually, any Loan made by any Lender hereunder, and collectively, the Loans made by the Lenders hereunder. “Loan” shall include any Swingline Loan, Overadvance and Protective Advance.

 

Loan Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

 

Master Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Hedging Transaction”.

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) a material adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), operations, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, (c) a material impairment in the Secured Parties’ ability to enforce their rights or remedies hereunder or under any of the other Credit Documents, or (d) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their payment and other material obligations under the Credit Documents to which they are parties.

 

Material Contractshall mean, as to any Person, (i) each contract or agreement to which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving aggregate annual consideration payable to or by such Person or such Subsidiary of $1,500,000 or more (other than customer contracts), and (ii) all other contracts or agreements, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. A reasonably detailed description of each Material Contract is set forth on Schedule 1.01(c) as of the Closing Date and as of the last date such Schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d).

 

Material Real Property” shall mean any Real Property that has a fair market value in excess of $1,500,000, as reasonably determined by the Borrower based on information available to it.

 

Maturity Date” shall mean September 30, 2022.

 

Maximum Cash Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.17.

 

Minimum Borrowing Amount” shall mean $100,000.

 

Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

 

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Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage or a deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed or other security document entered into by any applicable Credit Party and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in respect of any Real Property owned by such Credit Party, in such form as agreed between such Credit Party and the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Mortgaged Property” shall mean each parcel of Real Property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 8.11(d).

 

Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA to which any Credit Party, any Subsidiary of a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes, is making, is obligated, or within the last six (6) years has been obligated, to make contributions, or with respect to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party has any liability, actual or contingent.

 

Net Orderly Liquidation Value” shall mean, with respect to Inventory or Equipment of any Credit Party, the orderly liquidation value thereof as determined in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent by an appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, net of all costs of liquidation thereof.

 

Net Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Net Revenue” means, for any period, (a) Credit Parties’ gross revenues during such period, less (b)(i) trade, quantity and cash discounts allowed by a Credit Party, (ii) discounts, refunds, rebates, charge backs, retroactive price adjustments and any other allowances which effectively reduce net selling price, (iii) product returns and allowances, (iv) allowances for shipping or other distribution expenses, (v) set-offs and counterclaims, and (vi) any other similar and customary deductions used by a Credit Party in determining net revenues, all, in respect of (a) and (b), as determined in accordance with GAAP and in the ordinary course of business (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, revenues from extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual events).

 

Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.07(b).

 

Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

 

Non-U.S. Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b).

 

Note” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

Notice of Borrowing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

 

Notice of Conversion or Continuation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

 

Obligations” shall mean all Loans, advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing by any Credit Party to any Lender, Agent, or any other Person required to be indemnified hereunder, that arise under any Credit Document, whether or not for the payment of money, whether arising by reason of an extension of credit, loan, guaranty, indemnification or in any other manner, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired, including all fees, expenses and other amounts accruing during the pendency of any proceeding of the type described in Section 10.01(h), whether or not allowed in such proceeding.

 

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Organization Documents” shall mean, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and, if applicable, any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

Other Connection Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan).

 

Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible recording, filing or similar Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies (but excluding any Tax, charge or levy that constitutes an Excluded Tax) arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.

 

Overadvance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

 

Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.06(c)(i).

 

Participant Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.06(c)(iii).

 

Patriot Act” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.20.

 

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

 

Pension Plan” shall mean any single-employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, and subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or Sections 302 or 303 of ERISA, that is or was within any of the preceding six plan years sponsored, maintained or contributed to (or to which there is or was an obligation to contribute or to make payments) by any Credit Party, Subsidiary of a Credit Party or an ERISA Affiliate thereof, or respect of which any Credit Party, Subsidiary of a Credit Party or an ERISA Affiliate thereof incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

 

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Perfection Certificate” shall mean, individually and collectively, the certificates, substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1 or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, delivered by the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent.

 

Permits” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any permit, approval, clearance, authorization, license, registration, certificate, concession, grant, franchise, variance or permission from, and any other contractual obligations with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or Products or to which such Person or any of its property or Products is subject, including without limitation all Registrations.

 

Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by a Credit Party of (i) all or substantially all of the assets of a target, which assets are located in the United States or (ii) 100% of the Capital Stock of a target organized under the laws of any State in the United States or the District of Columbia, in each case, to the extent that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(q)               the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including any new Subsidiary) shall execute and deliver the agreements, instruments and other documents required by Section 8.11;

 

(r)               such acquisition shall not be hostile and shall have been approved by the board of directors (or other similar body) and/or the stockholders or other equityholders of the target;

 

(s)               no Event of Default shall then exist or would exist after giving effect thereto;

 

(t)                 the average daily Excess Availability for the immediately preceding ninety (90) day period is not less than $5,000,000, and after giving effect to such proposed acquisition (including payment of the purchase price in accordance with clause (e) below), the Borrower shall have a minimum pro forma Excess Availability as of the date of consummation of such acquisition (after giving effect to the funding of all Loans and use of cash as of such date) of not less than $5,000,000;

 

(u)              the total consideration paid or payable for Permitted Acquisitions shall be funded solely with internally generated cash or net proceeds from an issuance of Capital Stock or Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(j); and

 

(v)              the pro forma Target Adjusted EBITDA of the target of each such acquisition, on a cumulative basis for the immediately preceding four fiscal quarters, shall be no less than $0.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing and the definition of Borrowing Base, no Accounts, Inventory, Equipment or Real Property acquired in an Acquisition permitted hereunder shall be included in the Borrowing Base unless the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, determines that such Accounts, Inventory, Equipment and Real Property conform to standards of eligibility established in accordance with this Agreement through completion of such audits, evaluations and appraisals thereof as Agent shall require (which appraisals, evaluations and audits shall be conducted at the expense of the Borrower and in form, scope and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion).

 

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Permitted Discretion” shall mean, in connection with a determination to be made by Administrative Agent under this Agreement, or in connection with an election by Administrative Agent to take or refrain from taking an action under this Agreement, Administrative Agent may make such determination, or elect to take or not take such action, as applicable, in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable business judgment from the perspective of a secured asset based lender.

 

Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.02.

 

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness issued or incurred (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) to refinance, refund, extend, renew or replace existing Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries permitted hereunder (the “Refinanced Indebtedness”); provided, that the original principal amount of such refinancing, refunding, extending, renewing or replacing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Refinanced Indebtedness plus the amount of any interest, premiums or penalties required to be paid thereon plus fees and expenses associated therewith.

 

Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.

 

PIK Interest” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

 

PIK Termination Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Plan” shall mean a Pension Plan or a Multiemployer Plan.

 

Pledged Stock” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.

 

Prepayment Premium” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(d).

 

Prepayment Premium Event” shall mean any termination or reduction in whole of Commitments (with a corresponding prepayment in whole of the Loans) or any acceleration of the Loans for any reason and at any time, including, without limitation, whether such reduction or termination or acceleration is (i) voluntary or mandatory, (ii) made when a Default or Event of Default is then outstanding, (iii) made in connection with a sale during any Event of Default or foreclosure upon the Collateral, (iv) the result of or subsequent to the acceleration of the Loans or the termination of the Commitments for any reason at any time, including, without limitation, as a result of the occurrence of any Event of Default and, in the case of insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, whether or not a claim for the Prepayment Premium is allowed in such proceeding, (v) made pursuant to, or as the consequence of, any regulatory or judicial enforcement or other actions from any Governmental Authority or (vi) made pursuant to, or as the consequence of, any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, whether or not a claim for the Prepayment Premium is allowed in such proceeding.

 

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Prime Rate” shall mean a variable per annum rate, as of any date of determination, equal to the rate as of such date published in The Wall Street Journal as being the “Prime Rate” (or, if more than one rate is published as the Prime Rate, then the highest of such rates). The Prime Rate will change as of the date of publication in The Wall Street Journal of a Prime Rate that is different from that published on the preceding Business Day. In the event that The Wall Street Journal shall, for any reason, fail or cease to publish the Prime Rate, the Administrative Agent shall choose a reasonably comparable index or source to use as the basis for the Prime Rate.

 

Products” shall mean any item or any service that is researched or developed, created, tested, packaged, labeled, distributed, manufactured, managed, performed, or otherwise used, offered, marketed, sold, or handled by or on behalf of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, whether marketed or in development.

 

Property” shall mean any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.

 

Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, for purposes of calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio:

 

(w)             Investments, acquisitions, mergers, consolidations and dispositions of any Subsidiary, line of business or division, that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person or any of its Subsidiaries acquired by, merged or consolidated with the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and incurrences of Indebtedness, and including increases in ownership of Subsidiaries, during the applicable reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the date of determination will be given pro forma effect, as if they had occurred on the first day of the applicable reference period;

 

(x)               any Person that is a Subsidiary on the date of determination will be deemed to have been a Subsidiary at all times during such reference period; and

 

(y)              any Person that is not a Subsidiary on the date of determination will be deemed not to have been a Subsidiary at any time during such reference period;

 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the good faith determination of the Borrower as set forth in an officers’ certificate, to reflect operating expense reductions (but not revenue increases) expected to result from the applicable pro forma event if such adjustments are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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Pro Rata Share” shall mean (a) with respect to any Commitment of any Lender at any time, a percentage, the numerator of which shall be such Lender’s Commitment (or if such Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, such Lender’s Loans), and the denominator of which shall be the sum of such Commitments of all Lenders (or if such Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, all Loans of all Lenders) and (b) with respect to all Commitments of any Lender at any time, the numerator of which shall be the sum of such Lender’s Commitment (or if such Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, such Lender’s Loans) and the denominator of which shall be the sum of all Lenders’ Commitments (or if such Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, all Loans funded under such Commitments).

 

Protective Advance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).

 

Public Health Laws” shall mean all Applicable Laws relating to the procurement, development, manufacture, production, analysis, distribution, dispensing, importation, exportation, use, handling, quality, sale, or promotion of any drug, medical device, food, dietary supplement, or other product (including, without limitation, any ingredient or component of the foregoing products) subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §301 et seq.), the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. §801 et seq., pharmacy laws, or consumer product safety laws and similar state laws, the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq., the Antikickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(b), the Civil Monetary Penalty Law, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7a, the Stark Law, 42 U.S.C. §1395nn, all laws relating to the disclosure of payments or other value to healthcare providers, including but not limited to the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, 42 C.F.R. §401-403, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. §1320d et seq., as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, and all other federal, state and local laws relating to the prevention of fraud and abuse, and the regulation of the Credit Party’s and its Subsidiaries’ Products and services to ensure they are not adulterated or misbranded.

 

Qualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Qualified Cash” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000, that is on deposit in deposit accounts or in securities accounts, or any combination thereof, and which such deposit accounts and/or securities accounts are the subject of a Control Agreement, and are maintained by a branch office of the bank or securities intermediary located within the United States (for the avoidance of doubt, the cash that is on deposit in the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account shall not be Qualified Cash).

 

Real Property” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all right, title and interest of such Person (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) in and to a parcel of real property owned, leased or operated by such Person together with, in each case, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures, equipment, personal property, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

 

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“Receivable” shall mean, with respect to each Credit Party, each (i) Account, (ii) Health-Care-Insurance Receivable, (iii) credit card receivable, (iv) right to payment under any contract, Document, Instrument, promissory note, Chattel Paper, or electronic chattel paper, (v) tax refund or right to receive any tax refund, (vi) bond or certificate owned or held by such Credit Party or held for the benefit of such Credit Party, (vi) right to payment for the sale, lease or license of any Inventory, Equipment or General Intangible, (vii) policy of insurance issued to or for the benefit of such Credit Party and each right to payment and Proceeds of such insurance, (viii) right to payment in connection with each Investment Property, Deposit Account, book account, credit or reserve, and (ix) form of obligation whatsoever owing to such Credit Party, together with all Instruments, Documents and Certificates of Title representing any of the foregoing, and all rights in any merchandise or Goods which any of the same may represent, all files and Records with respect to any collateral or security given by such Credit Party to Administrative Agent in the foregoing, together with all rights, title, security, Supporting Obligations and guarantees with respect to the foregoing, including any right of stoppage in transit, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired by such Credit Party or in which such Credit Party now has or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Refinanced Indebtedness” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.

 

Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.06(b)(v).

 

Registrations” shall mean all Permits and exemptions issued or allowed by any Governmental Authority (including but not limited to new drug applications, abbreviated new drug applications, biologics license applications, including section 351(k) applications, drug master files, investigational new drug applications, over-the-counter drug monograph, drug establishment and listing forms, device pre-market approval applications, device pre-market notifications, investigational device exemptions, product recertifications, manufacturing approvals and authorizations, CE Marks, pricing and reimbursement approvals, labeling approvals or their foreign equivalent, controlled substance registrations, marketing and promotion registrations, and wholesale distributor permits held by, or applied by contract to, any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, that are required for the research, development, testing, manufacture, distribution, promotion, marketing, storage, transportation, use and sale of the Products of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Regulatory Matters” shall mean, collectively, activities and Products that are subject to Public Health Laws.

 

Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing reserve requirements.

 

Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

 

Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

 

Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

 

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Release” shall mean a “release”, as such term has the meaning set forth in CERCLA.

 

Reportable Event” shall mean an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder (excluding any such event for which the notice requirement has been waived by the PBGC).

 

Required Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Lenders having or holding a majority of (a) the Total Commitment or (b) if the Total Commitment has been terminated, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans; provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

 

Reserves” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

 

Restricted Credit Party” shall mean Teligent OU, a private limited company organized in Tallin, Republic of Estonia, and any other Credit Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary and is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than Canada, in each case, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.

 

Restricted Credit Party Intercompany Investment Amount” shall mean at any time $1,000,000.

 

Restricted Payment” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) the declaration or payment of any dividend on, or the making of any payment or distribution on account of, or setting apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any class of Capital Stock of such Person or any warrants or options to purchase any such Capital Stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or the making of any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property, (b) the payment or prepayment of principal of, or premium or interest or any other amount in respect of, any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinate to the Obligations unless such payment is permitted under the terms of the subordination agreement applicable thereto and (c) any payment in respect of earn-out obligations.

 

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Second Lien Agent” shall mean Ares Capital Corporation, or any successor “Administrative Agent” as such term is defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Second Lien Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement of even date herewith among the Borrower, Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and the other credit parties thereto, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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Second Lien Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness under the Second Lien Loan Documents.

 

Second Lien Initial Term Loan” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Initial Term Loans set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Second Lien Lenders” shall mean “Lenders” as such term is defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Second Lien Loan Documents” shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement and all agreements, documents and instruments at any time executed and/or delivered by any Credit Party or any other Person with, to or in favor of the Second Lien Agent, the Second Lien Lenders, or any of them, in connection therewith or related thereto, as all of the foregoing now exist or may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

 

Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Credit Party under the Credit Documents and (d) any successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

Security Agreement” shall mean a Security Agreement, by and among each Credit Party and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Security Documents” shall mean, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Canadian Security Documents, any Mortgage and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 8.11 or pursuant to any of the Security Documents to secure any of the Obligations.

 

Settlement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(c)(i).

 

“Settlement Account” means Agent’s account at BMO Harris Bank N.A., Chicago, IL 60603, Account Name: ACF FINCO I LP Concentration Account; Account No. 3098704, ABA No. 071000288, or such other account as Agent may advise Borrower.

 

Settlement Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(c)(i).

 

Solvency Certificate” shall mean a solvency certificate dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person, at any date, that (a) the sum of such Person’s debt (including Contingent Liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Person’s present assets, (b) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on such date, (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur debts including current obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise), and (d) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under Applicable Laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any Contingent Liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).

 

Statutory Reserve Rate” shall mean, for any day as applied to any Eurodollar Loan, a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages that are in effect on that day (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves), expressed as a decimal, as prescribed by the Board and to which the Administrative Agent is subject, for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

Subordinated Intercompany Note” shall mean that certain subordinated intercompany note, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, executed by each of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries on the date hereof.

 

Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose Voting Stock having by the terms thereof power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% voting equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of a Credit Party.

 

Swingline Loan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(i).

 

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Target Adjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for any specified period, an amount determined for any Person equal to (a) the consolidated net income (or deficit) of such Person, after deduction of all expenses, taxes, and other proper charges, determined in accordance with GAAP after eliminating all extraordinary nonrecurring items of income, plus (b) without duplication and to the extent deducted in arriving at the consolidated net income of such Person, the sum of, without duplication, amounts for (i) total interest expense, (ii) provisions for Taxes based on income, (iii) total depreciation expense, (iv) total amortization expense, and (v) any other non- cash charges and expenses, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, deducted in arriving at the consolidated net income of such Person (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period or amortization of an item that was paid in a prior period), minus (c) without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at the consolidated net income of such Person, amounts for non-cash gains (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any prior period).

 

Taxes” shall mean all income, stamp or other taxes, duties, levies, imposts, charges, assessments, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, enacted, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, and all interest, penalties, additions to tax or similar liabilities with respect thereto.

 

Teligent Product” shall mean any Product owned exclusively by Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries.

 

Test Period” shall mean, for any date of determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Borrower most recently ended as of such date of determination.

 

Third Lien Agent” shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent under the Third Lien Note Documents.

 

Third Lien Convertible Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023.

 

Third Lien Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness under the Third Lien Note Documents.

 

Third Lien Indenture” shall mean, in respect of the Third Lien Convertible Notes, the Indenture, dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, as issuer, the Guarantors, as subsidiary guarantors, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

 

Third Lien Note Documents” shall mean the Third Lien Indenture, the Third Lien Subordination Agreement, Note Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Third Lien Indenture) and Note Exchange Agreement (as defined in the Third Lien Indenture), each as dated on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date by and between the Credit Parties and the Third Lien Noteholders and/or Third Lien Agent, as applicable, or any of them, in connection therewith or related thereto, as all of the foregoing now exist or may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Third Lien Subordination Agreement.

 

Third Lien Noteholders” shall mean the holders of Third Lien Indebtedness.

 

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Third Lien Subordination Agreement” shall mean the Subordination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Administrative Agent, Second Lien Agent, the Third Lien Agent and acknowledged by the Credit Parties and Third Lien Noteholders, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Total Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Commitments. On the Closing Date, the Total Commitment shall be $25,000,000 as set forth on Schedule 1.01(a).

 

Total Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of the last day of any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Transaction Documents” shall mean each of the documents executed and/or delivered in connection with the Transactions, including without limitation, the Credit Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents.

 

Transactions” shall mean collectively, the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents.

 

Type” shall mean, as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan.

 

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

 

Unasserted Contingent Obligations” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.

 

Unfunded Current Liability” of any Pension Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under such Pension Plan as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715: Compensation - Retirement Benefits, as in effect on the date hereof, exceeds the fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plan allocable to such accrued benefits.

 

U.S.” and “United States” shall mean the United States of America.

 

Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, shares of such Person’s Capital Stock having the right to vote for the election of directors (or Persons acting in a comparable capacity) of such Person under ordinary circumstances.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Section 1.02        Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:

 

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(a)               The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

 

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

 

(c)               Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.

 

(d)               The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

 

(e)               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.

 

(f)                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”.

 

(g)               Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

 

Section 1.03        Accounting Terms and Determination. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Historical Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. No change in the accounting principles used in the preparation of any financial statement hereafter adopted by the Borrower shall be given effect for purposes of measuring compliance with any provisions of Article IX unless the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders agree to modify such provisions to reflect such changes in GAAP and, unless such provisions are modified, all financial statements, Compliance Certificates and similar documents provided hereunder shall be provided together with a reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set forth therein before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. 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 in Article IX shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10 or 470-20 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party at “fair value.” A breach of any Financial Performance Covenant shall be deemed to have occurred as of the last day of the relevant specified measurement period, regardless of when the financial statements reflecting such breach are delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 1.04        Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained or complied with by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

 

Section 1.05        References to Agreements, Laws, etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other Material Contracts shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.

 

Section 1.06        Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

 

Section 1.07        Timing of Payment of Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

Section 1.08        Corporate Terminology. Any reference to officers, shareholders, stock, shares, directors, boards of directors, corporate authority, articles of incorporation, bylaws or any other such references to matters relating to a corporation made herein or in any other Credit Document with respect to a Person that is not a corporation shall mean and be references to the comparable terms used with respect to such Person.

 

Section 1.09        UCC Definitions. When used in this Agreement, the following terms have the same definitions as provided in Article 9 of the UCC, but for convenience in this Agreement the first letter of all such terms shall be capitalized : “Accession”, “Account”, “Account Debtor”, “Authenticate” (and all derivations thereof), “Certificate Of Title”, “Chattel Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claim”, “Deposit Account”, “Document”, “Equipment”, “General Intangible”, “Goods”, “Health-Care-Insurance Receivable”, “Instrument”, “Inventory”, “Investment Property”, “Letter-Of-Credit Right”, “Obligor”, “Proceeds” (as specifically defined in Section 9-102(64) of the UCC), “Record”, “Secondary Obligor”, “Secured Party”, “Software” and “Supporting Obligation”.

 

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Article II

 

Amount and Terms of Loans

 

Section 2.01        Revolving Credit; Note. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation Section 6.02 hereof, on Borrower’s request prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, each Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) that it shall make revolving loans to Borrower at any one time outstanding not to exceed the lesser of (a) such Lender’s Commitment and (b) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing Base as reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower to the Administrative Agent (such lesser amount on an aggregate basis, the “Borrowing Capacity”); provided, that, it is understood and agreed that, on the Closing Date, the Borrowing Capacity shall be $25,000,000. The maximum principal amount of any Loan (including Swingline Loans) shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount of the Borrowing Capacity less the aggregate amount of all Loans then outstanding. Within the limits of the Borrowing Capacity, and subject to terms and conditions of this Agreement, prior to the Maturity Date, Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow the principal amount of the Loans. To the extent requested by any Lender, Borrower’s obligation to pay the principal of, and interest on, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Loans made to Borrower shall be evidenced by an Authenticated promissory note in favor of such Lender in form and content as attached to this Agreement in the form of Exhibit R-1 (any such note, a “Note”). For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, no Lender shall have any obligations to make additional Loans to the Borrower under this Section 2.01.

 

Section 2.02        Overadvances.

 

(a)               Lenders shall not be required to make any Loan at any time in a principal amount that would, when aggregated with the amount of the Obligations then outstanding, exceed the Borrowing Capacity. If the Obligations of Borrower to Lenders incurred hereunder exceed the Borrowing Capacity for any reason (the amount of such excess to be referred to as an “Overadvance”), then (i) such Overadvance will constitute a Loan for purposes of this Agreement, (ii) payment of such Overadvance will be secured by the Collateral, (iii) subject to paragraph (b) below, Borrower shall immediately repay the amount of such Overadvance without notice or demand by Administrative Agent or any Lender, and (iv) each Lender may in such Lender’s sole discretion refrain from making any additional Loans until the Overadvance has been repaid to Lenders in full.

 

(b)               Any contrary provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, the Lenders hereby authorize Administrative Agent, and Administrative Agent may, but is not obligated to, knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Loans to the Borrower notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists or thereby would be created, so long as (A) after giving effect to such Loans, the outstanding Obligations do not exceed the Borrowing Capacity by more than 10% of the Commitments, and (B) after giving effect to such Loans, the outstanding Obligations (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or expenses) do not exceed the Commitments. In the event Administrative Agent obtains actual knowledge that the outstanding amount of Loans exceeds the amounts permitted by the immediately foregoing provisions, regardless of the amount of, or reason for, such excess, Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders as soon as practicable (and prior to making any (or any additional) intentional Overadvances (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or expenses) unless Administrative Agent determines that prior notice would result in imminent harm to the Collateral or its value, in which case Administrative Agent may make such Overadvances and provide notice as promptly as practical thereafter), and the Lenders thereupon shall, together with Administrative Agent, jointly determine the terms of arrangements that shall be implemented with Borrower intended to reduce, within a reasonable time, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans to the Borrower to an amount permitted by the preceding sentence. In such circumstances, if any Lender objects to the proposed terms of reduction or repayment of any Overadvance, the terms of reduction or repayment thereof shall be implemented according to the determination of the Required Lenders. The foregoing provisions are meant for the benefit of the Lenders and Administrative Agent and are not meant for the benefit of the Borrower. Each Lender shall be obligated to settle with Administrative Agent as provided in Section 2.05(c) for the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any unintentional Overadvances by Administrative Agent reported to such Lender, any intentional Overadvances made as permitted under this Section 2.02(b), and any Overadvances resulting from the charging to the Loan Account of interest, fees, or expenses.

 

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Section 2.03        Protective Advances.

 

(a)               Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document notwithstanding, Administrative Agent hereby is authorized by the Borrower and the Lenders, from time to time in Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, (A) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, or (B) at any time that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.02 are not satisfied, to make Loans to, or for the benefit of, the Borrower on behalf of the Lenders that Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or (2) to enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations (any of the Loans described in this Section 2.03(a) shall be referred to as “Protective Advances”).

 

(b)               Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance shall be deemed to be a Loan hereunder and, prior to Settlement therefor, all payments on the Protective Advances and Overadvances shall be payable to Administrative Agent solely for its own account. The Protective Advances and Overadvances shall be repayable on demand, secured by Administrative Agent’s Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Loans. The ability of Administrative Agent to make Protective Advances is separate and distinct from its ability to make Overadvances and its ability to make Overadvances is separate and distinct from its ability to make Protective Advances. For the avoidance of doubt, the limitations on Administrative Agent’s ability to make Protective Advances do not apply to Overadvances and the limitations on Administrative Agent’s ability to make Overadvances do not apply to Protective Advances. The provisions of this Section 2.03(b) are for the exclusive benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit any Borrower in any way.

 

(c)               Each Lender shall be obligated to settle with Administrative Agent as provided in Section 2.05(c) for the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Protective Advances.

 

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Section 2.04        Reserves. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.01, Administrative Agent may at any time establish one or more reserves which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the Dilution Reserve, royalty reserves, and reserves relating to intercompany markups (“Reserves”) as Administrative Agent may deem appropriate in Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion. The amount of any Reserve established by the Administrative Agent shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or circumstance or fact that is the basis for such Reserve and shall not be duplicative of any other Reserve established and currently maintained. Upon establishment or increase in any Reserve, Administrative Agent agrees to make itself available to discuss same, and the Borrower may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or circumstance no longer exists, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion. A Reserve may limit the Borrowing Capacity, reduce the Borrowing Base (by reduction of an advance rate set forth in the Borrowing Base or otherwise), or otherwise restrict Borrower’s ability to borrow under the terms of this Agreement. Administrative Agent shall endeavor to notify Borrower promptly after the establishment of any Reserve; provided, however, under no circumstance shall the delivery or receipt of any such notice constitute a condition to Administrative Agent’s establishment of any Reserve. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the foregoing, Administrative Agent may in Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion (but Administrative Agent shall have no obligation in any circumstance to) increase, reduce or release any Reserve that was previously established under this Section 2.04.

 

Section 2.05        Borrowing Procedures; Settlement.

 

(a)               Borrower shall request each Loan by delivering an Authenticated Notice of Borrowing in the form of Exhibit N-1 (a “Notice of Borrowing”) to Administrative Agent (a) by facsimile, or (b) by electronic transmission including, without limitation, e-mail. The Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (B) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (C) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans and, if Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. Borrower must verify Administrative Agent’s receipt of each Notice of Borrowing by telephone confirmation or, upon Borrower’s request, by Borrower’s receipt of confirming e-mail from Administrative Agent. With respect to each Notice of Borrowing, each Lender agrees that Administrative Agent may in Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, but Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to, make such requested Loan to the Borrower on behalf of the Lenders as a Swingline Loan. Upon receipt of a Notice of Borrowing, Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion shall do either of the following:

 

(i)                 in Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, advance the amount of the proposed Loan to the Borrower disproportionately (a “Swingline Loan”) out of the Administrative Agent’s own funds on behalf of Lenders, which advance shall be on the Funding Date specified in the relevant Notice of Borrowing, and thereby elect settlement in accordance with clause (c) below such that, upon such settlement, each Lender’s share of the outstanding Loans (including the amount of any such Swingline Loan settled on such date) equals its Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Loans; or

 

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(ii)              promptly notify each Lender by facsimile, electronic mail or other similar from of transmission of the requested Loan and the proposed Funding Date, and thereupon each Lender shall remit to, so that Administrative Agent shall have received prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the proposed Funding Date, in immediately available funds, the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Loan.

 

(b)               Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, with proceeds of Swingline Loans or amounts received from the Lenders, Administrative Agent shall deliver the amount of the Loan requested in the Notice of Borrowing for credit to any account of Borrower (other than a payroll account) at a bank in the United States of America as Borrower may specify in writing (or, in the Letter of Direction, dated as of the date hereof) by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) on the same day of Administrative Agent’s receipt of the Notice of Borrowing if Administrative Agent verifies that the Notice of Borrowing was received by Administrative Agent on or before 11 a.m. Eastern Time on a Business Day, or (ii) on the Business Day immediately following Administrative Agent’s receipt of the Notice of Borrowing if Administrative Agent verifies that the Notice of Borrowing was received by Administrative Agent after 11 a.m. Eastern Time on a Business Day, or Administrative Agent verifies that the Notice of Borrowing was received by Administrative Agent on any day that is not a Business Day. Administrative Agent shall charge to the Loan Account the actual amount of usual and customary fees for the wire transfer of each Loan. All Swingline Loans made under Section 2.5(a)(i) shall be subject to Settlement in accordance with Section 2.05(c) below; it being understood that all payments on any such Swingline Loans shall be payable solely to Administrative Agent until Settlement thereof shall have occurred. For the avoidance of doubt, all Swingline Loans constitute Loans and Loans hereunder and constitute a utilization of the Borrowing Capacity.

 

(c)               It is agreed that each Lender’s funded portion of the Loans is intended by the Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Loans. Such agreement notwithstanding, Administrative Agent and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of Borrower) that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, settlement among the Lenders as to the Loans (including Swingline Loans, Overadvances and Protective Advances) shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(i)                 Administrative Agent shall request settlement (“Settlement”) with the Lenders on a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by Administrative Agent (1) for itself, with respect to the outstanding Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) and (2) with respect to Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s collections or payments received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement (the date of such requested Settlement being the “Settlement Date”). Such notice of a Settlement Date shall include a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) for the period since the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein: (y) if the amount of the Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) made by a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender exceeds such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) as of a Settlement Date, then Administrative Agent shall, by no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a deposit account of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances), and (z) if the amount of the Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) made by a Lender is less than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) as of a Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Settlement Date transfer in immediately available funds to the Settlement Account, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon transfer of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances). If any such amount is not made available to Administrative Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover for its account such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at an equivalent rate as the rate accruing in respect of ABR Loans. Settlement shall occur under this Section 2.05(c) notwithstanding that the conditions precedent to making Loans under Article 4 have not been satisfied or the Commitments shall have terminated at such time.

 

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(ii)              In determining whether a Lender’s balance of the Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) is less than, equal to, or greater than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) as of a Settlement Date, Administrative Agent shall, as part of the relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of payments actually received in good funds by Administrative Agent with respect to the principal, interest and fees payable by the Borrower and allocable to the Lenders hereunder, and proceeds of Collateral.

 

(iii)            Between Settlement Dates, Administrative Agent may pay over to the Lenders any collections or payments received by Administrative Agent that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Loans, for application to Swingline Loans, Protective Advances or Overadvances. During the period between Settlement Dates, with respect to any Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) that Administrative Agent has funded since the prior Settlement Date, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to interest on the daily amount of such Loans at an equivalent rate as the rate accruing in respect of ABR Loans.

 

(iv)             Anything in this Section 2.05(c) to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to refrain from remitting settlement amounts to the Defaulting Lender and, instead, shall be entitled to elect to implement the provisions set forth in Section 2.05(d).

 

(v)               Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to settle pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the failure of any condition in Section 6.02 to be satisfied, or any reduction or termination of the Commitments or a reduction in the Borrowing Capacity, and that each such Settlement payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

 

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(d)               Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any payments made by the Borrower to Administrative Agent for the Defaulting Lender’s benefit or any collections or proceeds of Collateral that would otherwise be remitted hereunder to the Defaulting Lender, and, in the absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Administrative Agent shall transfer any such payments (i) first, to Administrative Agent to the extent of any Loans (including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances) that were made by Administrative Agent and that were required to be, but were not, repaid by the Defaulting Lender, (ii) second, to each non-Defaulting Lender ratably in accordance with their Commitments (but, in each case, only to the extent that such Defaulting Lender’s portion of a Loan (or other funding obligation) was funded by such other non-Defaulting Lender), (iii) to an account maintained by Administrative Agent, the proceeds of which shall be retained by Administrative Agent and may be made available to be re-advanced to or for the benefit of the Borrower as if such Defaulting Lender had made its portion of Loans (or other funding obligations) hereunder, and (iv) from and after the date on which all other Obligations have been paid in full, to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.07(a)(viii). Subject to the foregoing and the provisions in Section 2.18, Administrative Agent may hold and, in its sole discretion, re-lend to the Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to the Credit Documents (including the calculation of Pro Rata Share in connection therewith). The provisions of this Section 2.05(d) shall remain effective with respect to such Defaulting Lender until the earlier of (y) the date on which the non-Defaulting Lenders, Administrative Agent, and Borrower shall have waived, in writing, the application of this Section 2.05(d) to such Defaulting Lender, or (z) the date on which such Defaulting Lender makes payment of all amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, pays to Administrative Agent all amounts owing by Defaulting Lender in respect of the amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, and, if requested by Administrative Agent, provides adequate assurance of its ability to perform its future obligations hereunder. The operation of this Section 2.05(d) shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the performance by the Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder to Administrative Agent or to the Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender. Any failure by a Defaulting Lender to fund amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this Agreement and shall entitle the Borrower, at its option, upon written notice to Administrative Agent, to arrange for a substitute Lender to assume the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, such substitute Lender to be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent. In connection with the arrangement of such a substitute Lender, the Defaulting Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder, and agrees to execute and deliver a completed form of Assignment Agreement in favor of the substitute Lender (and agrees that it shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such document if it fails to do so) subject only to being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations; provided, however, that any such assumption of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of Administrative Agent’s, any Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or remedies against any such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to such failure to fund. In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.05(d) and any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.05(d) shall control and govern.

 

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(e)               It is understood that (i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligation to make any Loan (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder.

 

(f)                The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Loans shall be in multiples of $100,000 and, in each case, shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount with respect thereto. More than one Borrowing may be incurred on any date; provided, that at no time shall there be outstanding more than 2 Borrowings of Eurodollar Loans under this Agreement.

 

Section 2.06        Collections.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 8.12, the Credit Parties shall instruct all their respective Account Debtors paying Receivables of the Credit Parties to a deposit account of a Credit Party that is subject to a Control Agreement.

 

(b)               Subject to Section 8.12, during any Cash Dominion Period, each Credit Party shall deliver all Proceeds of Collateral in its possession to a deposit account subject to a Control Agreement promptly after receipt.

 

(c)               Subject to Section 8.12, during any Cash Dominion Period, Credit Parties shall cause Persons processing or collecting any credit card payments or Proceeds of Receivables on behalf of Credit Parties to deliver such payments or Proceeds to a deposit account subject to a Control Agreement promptly, but not less frequently than once every week.

 

Section 2.07        Crediting of Funds.

 

(a)               During any Cash Dominion Period, on each Business Day, Administrative Agent shall withdraw available funds from the Blocked Account, deposit such funds in the Settlement Account, and credit available funds received in the Settlement Account to the payment of the Obligations. Whether or not a Cash Dominion Period is in effect, Administrative Agent shall credit to the payment of the Obligations any other form of funds received by Administrative Agent in the Settlement Account for which Administrative Agent has received notice that such funds are collected and available to Administrative Agent (i) on the same day of Administrative Agent’s receipt of such notice if such notice is received by Administrative Agent on or before 2 p.m. Eastern Time on a Business Day, and (ii) on the Business Day immediately following Administrative Agent’s receipt of such notice if such notice is received by Administrative Agent after 2 p.m. Eastern Time on a Business Day, or if such notice is received by Administrative Agent on a day that is not a Business Day. It is understood and agreed that transfer of funds from the Blocked Account to the Settlement Account may take up to two Business Days. Aggregate principal and interest payments shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each Lender) and payments of fees and expenses (other than fees or expenses that are for Administrative Agent’s separate account) shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of Obligation to which a particular fee relates.

 

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(b)               All payments and proceeds of Collateral received by Administrative Agent shall be applied, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to reduce the Loans outstanding (and thereafter to Borrower or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law). At any time that an Event of Default is continuing, all payments and proceeds of Collateral will be applied in the following order:

 

(i)                 First, to pay any expenses or indemnities then due to Administrative Agent under Section 12.05 of this Agreement, until paid in full;

 

(ii)              Second, to pay any expenses or indemnities then due to Lenders under the Credit Documents, on a ratable basis, until paid in full;

 

(iii)            Third, to pay any fees then due to Administrative Agent (for its separate account) under the Credit Documents, until paid in full;

 

(iv)             Fourth, to pay any fees then due to Lenders then due to Lenders under the Credit Documents, on a ratable basis, until paid in full;

 

(v)               Fifth, ratably to pay interest due in respect of the Protective Advances and Swingline Loans, until paid in full;

 

(vi)             Sixth, ratably to pay the principal amount of all Protective Advances and Swingline Loans until paid in full;

 

(vii)          Seventh, ratably to pay interest due in respect of the Loans (other than Protective Advances and Swingline Loans), until paid in full;

 

(viii)        Eighth, ratably to pay the principal amount of all Loans (other than Protective Advances and Swingline Loans) until paid in full;

 

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(ix)          Ninth, to pay all other Obligations other than Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders, ratably to each Person entitled to such amounts, until paid in full;

 

(x)           Tenth, to pay all Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders, ratably to each Person entitled to such amounts, until paid in full; and

 

(xi)          Eleventh, to the Borrower or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.

 

(c)           All funds credited to the payment of the Obligations in accordance with clause (b) above are conditional upon final payment to Administrative Agent in cash or solvent credits of the items giving rise to such funds. If any item credited to the payment of the Obligations is not paid to Administrative Agent (or payment thereof is rescinded or required to be returned by the Administrative Agent), the amount of any credit given for such item shall be charged to the balance of the Obligations whether or not the item is returned.

 

Section 2.08       Maintenance of Loan Account; Records of Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent shall maintain an account on its books in the name of Borrower (the “Loan Account”) on which Borrower will be charged with all Loans made by Administrative Agent or the Lenders to Borrower or for Borrower’s account and with all other payment Obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and other amounts payable in accordance with Section 12.05. In accordance with Section 2.06(a), the Loan Account will be credited with all payments received by Administrative Agent from any Credit Party or for Borrower’s account. Administrative Agent shall render statements regarding the Loan Account to Borrower, including principal, interest, fees, an itemization of all charges and expenses, and other amounts owing in accordance with Section 12.05, and such statements, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrower and the Lenders unless, within 30 days after receipt thereof by Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in any such statements. No failure of Administrative Agent to render any Record or in making any annotation shall affect the obligation of Borrower to pay and perform the Obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. This Section 2.08 and Section 12.06(c)(iii) shall be construed so that the Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code.

 

Section 2.09     Payments; Termination of Loans. (a) On the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in cash the entire outstanding principal balance of the Loans, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, plus all fees, costs, expenses and other amounts payable to Administrative Agent and Lenders in connection with the Loans, plus all other Obligations payable to Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. No Lender shall be obligated to make or continue to extend any Loan or continue any Loan to Borrower hereunder after the Maturity Date. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by Borrower on account of principal, interest, fees and other amounts payable hereunder are not subject to counterclaim, set-off, rights of rescission, or any other defense. Subject to Section 5.04, and except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, rights of rescission, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Secured Parties entitled thereto.

 

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Section 2.10       Interest. (a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin plus the ABR in effect from time to time.

 

(b)          The unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time plus the relevant Eurodollar Rate.

 

(c)           From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon notice by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower (or automatically while any Event of Default under Section 10.01(a) or Section 10.01(h) exists), the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all Loans and all other due and unpaid Obligations, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, at the rate described in Section 2.10(a) or Section 2.10(b), as applicable, plus two (2) percentage points per annum (the “Default Rate”). All such interest shall be payable on demand of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders and in cash.

 

(d)          Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof and shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2018, (ii) in respect of each Eurodollar Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, and (iii) in respect of each Loan (except, other than in the case of prepayments, any Loans that are ABR Loans), on any prepayment (on the amount prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand.

 

(e)           All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.05.

 

(f)           The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

 

(g)          In no event shall the interest rate or rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable. Agent, Borrower and the Lenders, in executing and delivering this Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated within it; provided, that anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if such rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrower is and shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum amount as is allowed by law, and payment received from Borrower in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.

 

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Section 2.11       Conversions and Continuations. (a) The Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount of the outstanding principal amount of Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided, that (i) no partial conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into Eurodollar Loans if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed conversion and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversion, (iii) Eurodollar Loans may not be continued as Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period in excess of one month if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.05(f). Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York time) at least three Business Days (or one Business Day in the case of a conversion into ABR Loans) (and in either case on not more than five Business Days) prior to such proposed conversion or continuation, in the form of Exhibit N-2 (each, a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued into and, if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall give each Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Loans.

 

(b)          If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any Eurodollar Loans for an Interest Period in excess of one month and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically continued on the last day of the current Interest Period into Eurodollar Loans with an Interest Period of one month. If, upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in Section 2.11(a), the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.

 

Section 2.12       Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders on the basis of their then-applicable Pro Rata Share of the Commitments. It is understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder.

 

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Section 2.13        Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion or Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans (in the case of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto) or prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the third Business Day (and in any event, on not more than five Business Days’ notice) prior to the expiration of an Interest Period applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrower shall have, by giving the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) the right to elect the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower, be a one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) month period:

 

(a)           the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;

 

(b)          if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

 

(c)           if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, that if any Interest Period in respect of a Eurodollar Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; and

 

(d)          the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any Eurodollar Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date of such Loan.

 

Section 2.14      Increased Costs, Illegality, etc. (a) In the event that (x) in the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent or (y) in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) below, any Lender, in each case, shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):

 

(i)           on any date for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period that (A) deposits in the principal amounts of the Loans comprising any Eurodollar Loan are not generally available in the relevant market or (B) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the interbank Eurodollar market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of Eurodollar Rate; or

 

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(ii)          at any time, after the later of the Closing Date and the date such entity became a Lender hereunder, that such Lender shall incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any Eurodollar Loans (excluding all Taxes except any Other Connection Taxes that are not Connection Income Taxes) because of (A) any change since the date hereof in any Applicable Law (or in the interpretation or administration thereof and including the introduction of any new Applicable Law), such as, for example, without limitation, a change in official reserve requirements (but excluding changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender), and/or (B) other circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market or the position of such Lender in such market; or

 

(iii)         at any time, that the making or continuance of any Eurodollar Loan has become unlawful by compliance by such Lender in good faith with any Applicable Law (or would conflict with any such Applicable Law not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the date hereof that materially and adversely affects the interbank Eurodollar market,

 

then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall promptly give notice (if by telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (A) in the case of clause (i) above, Eurodollar Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower, and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to Eurodollar Loans that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, (B) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, within 5 days after receipt of written demand therefor, such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) and (C) in the case of clause (iii) above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in Section 2.14(b) as promptly as possible and, in any event, within the time period required by law.

 

(b)          At any time that any Eurodollar Loan is affected by the circumstances described in (i) Section 2.14(a)(ii), the Borrower may either (A) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel said Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(ii) or (B) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan; provided, that if more than one Lender is so affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.14(b) or (ii) Section 2.14(a)(iii), (A) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, such Borrowing shall automatically be deemed cancelled and rescinded and (B) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, each such Eurodollar Loan shall automatically be converted into an ABR Loan; provided, that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.14(b).

 

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(c)           If, after the later of the date hereof, and that date such entity becomes a Lender hereunder, the adoption of any Applicable Law regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by a Lender or its parent with any request or directive made or adopted after such date regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, association, central bank or comparable agency, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or its parent’s capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender’s commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or its parent’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then within 5 days after written demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law as in effect on the date hereof. Each Lender (on its own behalf), upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.14(c), will, as promptly as practicable upon ascertaining knowledge thereof, give written notice thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts. The failure to give any such notice, with respect to a particular event, within the time frame specified in Section 2.17, shall not release or diminish any of the Borrower’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.14(c) for amounts accrued or incurred after the date of such notice with respect to such event.

 

(d)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a change in Applicable Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

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(e)          This Section 2.14 shall not apply to Taxes to the extent duplicative of Section 5.04.

 

Section 2.15       Compensation. If (a) any payment of principal of a Eurodollar Loan is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to Section 2.09, 2.11, 2.14, 5.01 or 5.02, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Article X or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing (except with respect to a revocation as provided in Section 2.14), (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a Eurodollar Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation, (d) any Eurodollar Loan is not continued as a Eurodollar Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of a Eurodollar Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment pursuant to Section 5.01 or 5.02, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue, failure to prepay, reduction or failure to reduce, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund or maintain such Eurodollar Loan.

 

Section 2.16      Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.14(a)(ii), 2.14(a)(iii), 2.14(b) or 5.04 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; provided, that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section. Nothing in this Section 2.16 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Section 2.14 or 5.04.

 

Section 2.17      Notice of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Section 2.14, 2.15, or 5.04 is given by any Lender more than one hundred twenty (120) days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, tax or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Section 2.14, 2.15, or 5.04, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower.

 

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Article III

 

[RESERVED]

 

Article IV

 

Fees and Commitment Terminations

 

Section 4.01        Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, all the Fees set forth in the Fee Letter.

 

Section 4.02        Mandatory Termination of Commitments. The Total Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Maturity Date.

 

Section 4.03        Field Examination Fees; Appraisals. Borrower shall be liable for and promptly reimburse Administrative Agent for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses associated with periodic, field examinations and appraisals of Collateral performed by Administrative Agent and/or Administrative Agent’s sub-agents, all as deemed necessary by Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided, that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall not be liable for or shall not be required to reimburse Administrative Agent for such fees, costs or expenses with respect to more than two (2) field examinations and two (2) appraisals for each of Receivables, Inventory, Equipment, and Real Property in any calendar year (which, for the avoidance of doubt, Administrative Agent may elect not to require in its sole discretion). Borrower acknowledges and agrees that during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower shall be liable for and shall reimburse Administrative Agent for all fees, costs and expenses of all field examinations and appraisals conducted by Administrative Agent and/or its agents, without limit and regardless of the number of field examinations or appraisals conducted by Administrative Agent or its agents in any calendar year. Administrative Agent agrees to provide Borrower with a copy of the report for any such field examination or appraisal so long as such report exists and, if requested, Borrower executes and deliver to Administrative Agent a non-reliance letter in satisfactory form.

 

Article V

 

Payments

 

Section 5.01        Voluntary Prepayments; Termination of Commitments.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 5.01(d) below and the other terms and conditions set forth in this Section 5.01, the Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, from time to time without premium or penalty.

 

(b)               When making a voluntary partial prepayment, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of (i) its intent to make such prepayment, (ii) the amount of such prepayment and (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which such prepayment will be made, no later than (A) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, 2:00 p.m. (New York time) three (3) Business Days prior to, and (B) in the case of ABR Loans, 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date of such prepayment, and such prepayment shall promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the relevant Lenders, as the case may be.

 

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(c)               Each voluntary partial prepayment of any Loans shall be in a multiple of $50,000 and in aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000; provided, that no partial prepayment of Eurodollar Loans outstanding under a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding Eurodollar Loans outstanding under such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount for Eurodollar Loans.

 

(d)               The Borrower may at any time terminate the Commitments upon payment in full of the Obligations subject to the terms of this Section 5.01(d). In connection with any such termination, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate the Commitments at least fifteen (15) days prior to the effective date of such termination, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable (except that any notice of termination may specify a condition that such termination is contingent upon the occurrence of a refinancing transaction or other contingent event, in which event such notice will be subject to such refinancing transaction or other contingency) and any termination of the Commitments shall be permanent and subject to payment of any Prepayment Premium. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, any termination of the Commitments and each other Prepayment Premium Event shall be subject to the following call protection (the “Prepayment Premium”):

 

(i)                 after the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date but on or before October 6, 2021, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid plus all interest on the principal amount being prepaid that has accrued through the prepayment date plus a premium equal to 2.0% of the Commitment;

 

(ii)              after October 6, 2021 but on or prior to October 6, 2022, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid plus all interest on the principal amount being prepaid that has accrued through the prepayment date plus a premium equal to 1.0% of the Commitment; and

 

(iii)            thereafter, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid plus all interest on the principal amount being prepaid that has accrued through the prepayment date.

 

Section 5.02        Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(a)               Repayment of Loans. If on any date the aggregate amount of the Loans exceeds the lesser of (i) the Total Commitment as then in effect and (ii) the Borrowing Base then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date the principal amount of Loans in an amount equal to such excess.

 

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(b)               Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(i)                 Concurrently with the receipt by any Credit Party of any proceeds from any Disposition pursuant to Section 9.04(k), the Borrower shall be permitted to retain the Net Proceeds therefrom until Liquidity equals (but does not exceed) $9,500,000, and thereafter, apply any remaining Net Proceeds to prepay the Loans in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Proceeds from such Disposition, to be applied as set forth in Section 5.02(c).

 

(ii)              In addition to the requirements set forth in (b)(i) above, until the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), amounts otherwise required to be prepaid pursuant to Sections 5.02(a) – (c) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement shall instead be required to be paid under the terms of this Agreement (unless waived by the Administrative Agent) as if such provisions were fully set forth herein, provided, that any references set forth therein to “Term Loans” shall be deemed to be a reference to the Loans hereunder.

 

(iii)            For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent (x) no Loans are outstanding or (y) any such mandatory prepayment of the Obligations (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, a mandatory prepayment arising under Section 5.2(b)(i) hereof) arising from the same circumstances requiring the prepayment of the Second Lien Indebtedness hereunder is waived by the Administrative Agent, no mandatory prepayment shall be required under this Agreement and shall instead be applied to the prepayment of the Second Lien Indebtedness to the extent required under the Second Lien Loan Documents.

 

(c)               Application to Loans. Subject to Section 2.07(b), with respect to each prepayment of Loans elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01 or required by Section 5.02, the Borrower may designate (i) the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made and (ii) the Loans to be prepaid; provided, that (A) Eurodollar Loans may be designated for prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.02 only on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto unless all Eurodollar Loans with Interest Periods ending on such date of required prepayment and all ABR Loans have been paid in full; and (B) subject to 2.05(d), each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Loans. In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.15. Any prepayment made pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall not result in a permanent reduction in any of the Commitments.

 

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Section 5.03        [Reserved].

 

Section 5.04        Net Payments.

 

(a)               Subject to the following sentence, all payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any current or future Taxes (including Other Taxes) other than Excluded Taxes. If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) are required to be withheld from any amounts payable under this Agreement, the Borrower shall increase the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes, including any such Non-Excluded Taxes payable in respect of additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 5.04(a)) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement. Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter, the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Secured Party, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt (or other evidence acceptable to such Lender, acting reasonably) received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental Taxes, interest, costs or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. The agreements in this Section 5.04(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(b)               Each Lender that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall:

 

(i)                 deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two copies of either (A) in the case of Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (together with a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), (B) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or (C) to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-9, the certificate described in (A) above, if applicable, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-U.S. Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Lender will provide the documents set forth in (A) above on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner, in each case properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on payments by the Borrower under this Agreement;

 

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(ii)              deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such form or certification (or any applicable successor form) promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender; and

 

(iii)            obtain such extensions of time for filing and complete such forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, unless in any such case any change in treaty, law or regulation has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required that renders any such form inapplicable or would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Lender so advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in which case such Lender shall not be required to provide any form under subparagraphs (i) or (ii) above. Each Person that shall become a Participant pursuant to Section 12.06 or a Lender pursuant to Section 12.06 shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be required to provide all the forms and statements required pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or Section 5.04(c), as applicable; provided, that in the case of a Participant such Participant shall furnish all such required forms and statements to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

 

(c)               Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided, that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.

 

(d)               The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent and each Lender within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes paid by each Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest, additions to tax and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or by each Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)               If a payment made to a Lender 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 the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender 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 clause (iv), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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(f)                If any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of a Tax for which an additional payment has been made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04 or Section 12.05 of this Agreement, then such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the Borrower for such amount (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 5.04 and Section 12.05 with respect to the Tax giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (including any Taxes imposed on the receipt of such refund) and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender 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.

 

(g)               Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 5.04 shall use its reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and requirements under Applicable Laws) to change the jurisdiction of its lending office if such a change would reduce any such additional amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue) and would not, in the reasonable determination of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

(h)               Each party’s obligations under this Section 5.04 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Loans and Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Credit Document.

 

Section 5.05        Computations of Interest and Fees. All interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring during the period for which such interest or fee is payable over a year comprised of (a) 365 (or 366 as appropriate) days in the case of ABR Loans and (b) 360 days in all other cases. Payments due on a day that is not a Business Day shall (except as otherwise required by Section 2.13(c)) be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing interest and fees in connection with that payment.

 

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Article VI

 

Conditions Precedent

 

Section 6.01        Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension. The making of the initial Credit Extension is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or before the Closing Date:

 

(a)               Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following documents, duly executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party and each other relevant party:

 

(i)                 this Agreement;

 

(ii)              the Fee Letter;

 

(iii)            the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(iv)             the Guarantee Agreement;

 

(v)               the Security Agreement;

 

(vi)             each Note requested by any Lender;

 

(vii)          the Mortgage in respect of the Real Property set forth on Schedule 7.15;

 

(viii)        the Notice of Borrowing, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(ix)             the Letter of Direction and flow of funds, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(x)               the Subordinated Intercompany Note; and

 

(xi)             each other Credit Document.

 

(b)               Collateral. (i) To the extent required under the Security Documents, all Capital Stock of each Subsidiary of each Credit Party shall have been pledged to the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)              [reserved].

 

(iii)            The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a search of the UCC filings (or equivalent filings), in addition to tax Lien, judgment Lien, bankruptcy and litigation searches made with respect to each Credit Party, together with copies of the financing statements and other filings (or similar documents) disclosed by such searches, and accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated in any such financing statement and other filings (or similar document) are Permitted Liens or have been released or will be released substantially simultaneously with the initial Credit Extensions hereunder.

 

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(iv)             The Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the appropriate UCC (or equivalent) financing statements for filing in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral.

 

(c)               Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received executed legal opinion of K&L Gates LLP, counsel to the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, which opinion shall be addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)               Second Lien Loan Documents.

 

(i)                 The Administrative Agent shall have received executed copies of the Second Lien Loan Documents, which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(ii)              The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that, substantially simultaneously with the initial Credit Extension hereunder, the Second Lien Credit Agreement shall have been executed and delivered and the Second Lien Lenders shall have funded the Second Lien Initial Term Loan in connection therewith.

 

(e)               Legal and Collateral Due Diligence. The Administrative Agent shall have completed its legal and collateral due diligence, including a satisfactory review of regulatory due diligence and a satisfactory review of the terms of the Existing Notes.

 

(f)                Phase I Report. The Administrative Agent shall have received a phase-I environmental report with respect to each parcel composing the owned Real Property located in New Jersey (the environmental consultants retained for such reports, the scope of the reports, and the results thereof of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent).

 

(g)               Officer’s Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate for each Credit Party, dated the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by such Credit Party’s General Counsel, other duly authorized officer, managing member or general partner, as applicable, as to:

 

(i)                 resolutions of each such Person’s board of managers/directors (or other managing body, in the case of a Person that is not a corporation) then in full force and effect expressly and specifically authorizing, to the extent relevant, all aspects of the Credit Documents and the other Transaction Documents applicable to such Person and the execution, delivery and performance of each Credit Document and each other Transaction Document, in each case, to be executed by such Person;

 

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(ii)              the incumbency and signatures of its Authorized Officers and any other of its officers, managing member or general partner, as applicable, authorized to act with respect to each Credit Document to be executed by such Person;

 

(iii)            each such Person’s Organization Documents, as amended, modified or supplemented as of Closing Date, with the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation certified by the appropriate officer or official body of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person;

 

(iv)             (A) certificates of good standing with respect to each Credit Party, each dated within a recent date prior to the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer or official body of the jurisdiction of organization of such Credit Party, which certificate shall indicate that such Credit Party is in good standing in such jurisdiction, and (B) certificates of good standing with respect to each Credit Party, each dated within a recent date prior to the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions where such Credit Party is qualified to do business as a foreign entity and conducts material business operations, which certificates shall indicate that such Credit Party is in good standing in such jurisdictions,

 

which certificates shall provide that each Secured Party may conclusively rely thereon until it shall have received a further certificate of a General Counsel, other duly authorized officer, managing member or general partner, as applicable, of any such Person canceling or amending the prior certificate of such Person as provided in Section 8.01(k).

 

(h)               Other Documents and Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following documents and certificates, each of which shall be dated the Closing Date and properly executed by an Authorized Officer of each applicable Credit Party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:

 

(i)                 a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, certifying as to such items as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, including without limitation:

 

(A)             the consummation of the Transactions, all in accordance with Applicable Laws and the Transaction Documents;

 

(B)              the receipt of all required approvals and consents of all Governmental Authorities and other third parties with respect to the consummation of the Transactions (if any) and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; and

 

(C)              the names of each of the officers and directors of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date.

 

(ii)              a Perfection Certificate of each Credit Party.

 

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(i)                Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower, on behalf of the Credit Parties, confirming the Solvency of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Transactions.

 

(j)               Financial Information. The Administrative Agent shall have received (or in the case of clause (i) below, made available to the Administrative Agent through the materials filed with the SEC) the following documents and reports (each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent):

 

(i)               the Historical Financial Statements;

 

(ii)              the forecasted financial projections of the Credit Parties (including adjustments to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and projections for Consolidated Capital Expenditures) for the fiscal years 2018-2020 as of the Closing Date along with a pro forma balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries giving effect to the Transactions; and

 

(iii)             a detailed sources and uses statement which reflects (A) the sources of all funds to be used by the Credit Parties to consummate the Transactions and to pay all transaction expenses incurred in connection therewith (including the fees, costs and expenses due and payable pursuant to the Fee Letter, Sections 4.01 and 12.05) and (B) all uses of such funds, which sources and uses shall be attached as an exhibit to the Notice of Borrowing delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a).

 

(k)              Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance, together with the endorsements thereto, in each case, as to the insurance required by Section 8.03, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

 

(l)                Payment of Outstanding Indebtedness. (A) On the Closing Date, the Credit Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries shall have no outstanding Indebtedness other than the Loans hereunder and the Indebtedness (if any) listed on Schedule 7.24, and the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all documentation and instruments evidencing the discharge of all Indebtedness paid off in connection with the Transactions on the Closing Date, and (B) all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) securing payment of any such Indebtedness shall have been released and the Administrative Agent shall have received pay-off letters and all form UCC-3 termination statements and other instruments as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection therewith. The terms, maturity and subordination of any indebtedness listed on Schedule 7.24 shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(m)             Material Adverse Effect. There has been no Material Adverse Effect, since December 31, 2017.

 

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(n)              Fees and Expenses. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received, for its own respective account, (i) all fees and expenses due and payable to such Person under the Fee Letter, and (ii) the reasonable fees, costs and expenses due and payable to such Person pursuant Sections 4.01 and 12.05 (including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) for which invoices have been presented at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

 

(o)              Patriot Act Compliance. The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least 5 Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by banking regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, rules and regulations, and any required Patriot Act compliance, the results of which are satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

 

(p)              No Adverse Actions. The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that there is no action or proceeding before any court or Governmental Authority, litigation or investigation, pending or threatened in writing against the Borrower or any other Credit Party, or any of their respective Subsidiaries wherein an unfavorable judgment, decree or order would (w) prevent the consummation of any of the Transactions, (x) declare unlawful any of the Transactions, (y) reasonably be expected to cause any of the Transactions to be rescinded, or (z) result in damages owing by ACF in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(q)              Background Checks. The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory background checks on key members of the Borrower.

 

(r)               Borrowing Base Certificate. Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an audit of Eligible Receivables and an Acceptable Appraisal of the Eligible Inventory, Equipment and Real Property, in each case the results of which shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent and (ii) an acceptable Borrowing Base Certificate executed by the Chief Financial officer of the Borrower.

 

(s)              2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) satisfactory evidence of the formation of the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account and (ii) a Control Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for such 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account.

 

Section 6.02        Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions.

 

(a)              No Default; Representations and Warranties. The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedent that at the time of each such Credit Extension and also after giving effect thereto, and in the case of the Credit Extensions on the Closing Date, both before and after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) all representations and warranties made by each Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of the initial Credit Extensions to occur on the Closing Date, in which case all representations and warranties made by each Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all respects), in each case, with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Extension (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided, that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on such respective dates, and (iii) no injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order of any nature restricting or prohibiting, directly or indirectly, such Credit Extension shall have been issued and remain in force by any Governmental Authority against the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Lender. The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Extension shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all the applicable conditions specified above are satisfied as of that time.

 

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(b)              Borrowing Base Certificate. Prior to the making of each Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received an executed Borrowing Base Certificate.

 

(c)              Notice of Borrowing. Prior to the making of each Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the requirements of Section 2.05(a).

 

(d)              Maximum Cash Amount. After giving effect to the making of any such Loan, the Credit Parties’ book cash is not in excess of the Maximum Cash Amount.

 

Article VII

Representations, Warranties and Agreements

 

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, make the Loans as provided for herein, the Credit Parties make the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date and as of the date of making of each Loan thereafter, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:

 

Section 7.01        Corporate Status. Each Credit Party and each of their Subsidiaries (a) is a duly organized or formed and validly existing corporation or other registered entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and (b) has duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where it does business or owns assets, except where the failure to be so qualified, authorized or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.02        Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered the Credit Documents and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and such Transaction Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

 

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Section 7.03        No Violation. None of (a) the execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, (b) the consummation of the Transactions, or (c) the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby on the relevant dates therefor will (i) contravene any applicable provision of any material Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority, (ii) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party (other than Permitted Liens and Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to, (A) the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage or deed of trust (for the avoidance of doubt, including but not limited to, the Second Lien Loan Documents or Third Lien Note Documents, as applicable), or (B) any other Material Contracts, in the case of either clause (A) and (B) to which any Credit Party is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or (iii) violate any provision of the Organization Documents any Credit Party, except with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention or default (but not the creation of Liens) referred to in clauses (ii)(A) or (ii)(B), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.04        Litigation, Labor Controversies, etc. There is no litigation, action, proceeding or labor controversy (including without limitation, strikes, lockouts or slowdowns) against the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened in writing (a) except as disclosed in Schedule 7.04 and other matters that could not reasonably be expected to (x) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (y) result in monetary judgments or relief, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $1,000,000, or (b) which purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Credit Document, any Transaction Document or the Transactions.

 

Section 7.05        Use of Proceeds; Regulations U and X. The proceeds of the Loans are intended to be and shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in and permitted by Section 8.10. No Credit Party is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Credit Extension will be used to purchase or carry margin stock or otherwise for a purpose which violates, or would be inconsistent with Regulation U or Regulation X. No Credit Party and no Subsidiary of any Credit Party owns any margin stock.

 

Section 7.06       Approvals, Consents, etc. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person, and no consent or approval under any contract or instrument (other than (a) those that have been duly obtained or made and which are in full force and effect, or if not obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) the filing of UCC financing statements and other equivalent filings for foreign jurisdictions) is required for the consummation of the Transactions or the due execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of any Credit Document to which it is a party, or for the due execution, delivery or performance of the other Transaction Documents, in each case by any of the parties thereto. There does not exist any judgment, order, injunction or other restraint issued or filed with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the consummation of the Transactions, the making of any Credit Extension or the performance by the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries of their Obligations under the Credit Documents.

 

Section 7.07        Investment Company Act. No Credit Party is, or will be after giving effect to the Transactions and the transactions contemplated under the Credit Documents, an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

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Section 7.08        Full Disclosure.

 

(a)              In connection with the execution of this Agreement and the Transactions, Credit Parties have disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect. None of the factual information and data (taken as a whole) at any time furnished by any Credit Party, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the representations and warranties, reports, exhibits or otherwise in the Credit Documents but excluding the Budget, any pro forma financial information or projections, which are subject to the requirements of clause (b) below) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the Transactions contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading, in each case, at the time such information was provided in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished.

 

(b)              The Budget, pro forma financial information and projections provided pursuant to this Agreement were prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Credit Parties to be reasonable at the time made in light of then current market conditions, it being recognized by the Agents and the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts , are subject to uncertainties and contingencies, and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections are not guaranties of financial performance and may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.

 

Section 7.09        Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect.

 

(a)              The Historical Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Credit Parties at the respective dates of such information and for the respective periods covered thereby, subject in the case of unaudited financial information, to changes resulting from normal year end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes. The Historical Financial Statements and all of the balance sheets, all statements of income and of cash flow and all other financial information furnished pursuant to Section 8.01 have been and will for all periods following the Closing Date be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. All of the financial information furnished pursuant to Section 8.01 presents fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Credit Parties at the respective dates of such information and for the respective periods covered thereby, subject in the case of unaudited financial information, to changes resulting from normal year end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes.

 

(b)              There are no material liabilities of any Credit Party of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances which could reasonably be expected to result in any such liabilities, other than those liabilities provided for or disclosed in the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 8.01.

 

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(c)               Since December 31, 2017, there has been no circumstance, event or occurrence, and no fact is known to the Credit Parties that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.10        Tax Returns and Payments. Each Credit Party has filed all applicable federal and state income Tax returns and all other material Tax returns, domestic and foreign, required to be filed by them and has paid all material Taxes and assessments payable by them that have become due, other than those not yet delinquent or being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and by proper proceedings which stay the enforcement of any Lien as to which such Credit Party has maintained adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 7.11        Compliance with ERISA. Each Pension Plan is in compliance with ERISA, the Code and any Applicable Law; no Reportable Event has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur) with respect to any Pension Plan; each Pension Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service for all required amendments regarding its qualification thereunder that considers the law changes incorporated in the plan sponsor’s most recently expired remedial amendment cycle determined under the provisions of Rev. Proc. 2007-44, and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter which would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. To the knowledge of the Credit Parties, (i) no Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization or in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 4241 or 4245 of Title IV of ERISA (or is reasonably likely to be insolvent or in reorganization), and no written notice of any such insolvency or reorganization has been given to any of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (ii) no Pension Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (iii) no Pension Plan has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, including, without limitation, any obligation to make any required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA), (or is reasonably likely to do so); (iv) no failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan when due has occurred; (v) none of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or is reasonably expected to incur) any liability to or on account of a Plan pursuant to Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code or has been notified in writing that it will incur any liability under any of the foregoing Sections with respect to any Plan; (vi) no proceedings have been instituted (or are reasonably likely to be instituted) to terminate or to reorganize any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, and no written notice of any such proceedings has been given to any of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; and (vii) no Lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of any of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate exists (or is reasonably likely to exist) nor have the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate been notified in writing that such a Lien will be imposed on the assets of any of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate on account of any Plan. No Pension Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that exceeds $1,000,000. No employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of §3(1) or §3(2)(B) of ERISA of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries, provides benefit coverage subsequent to termination of employment except as required by Title I, Subtitle B, Part 6 of ERISA or applicable state insurance laws. No liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA has been, or is reasonably expected to be, incurred. With respect to any Foreign Plan, (a) all employer and employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan have been made or, if applicable, accrued in accordance with normal accounting practices; (b) the accrued benefit obligations of each Foreign Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Foreign Plan) with respect to all current and former participants do not exceed the assets of such Foreign Plan; (c) each Foreign Plan that is required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing and applicable regulatory authorities; and (d) each Foreign Plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law and regulations and with the terms of such Foreign Plan.

 

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Section 7.12        Capitalization and Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.12 as of the Closing Date and as of the last date such Schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d), no Credit Party and no Subsidiary of any Credit Party (a) has any Subsidiaries or (b) is engaged in any joint venture or partnership with any other Person. All of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens except those created under the Credit Documents. All such securities were issued in compliance with all Applicable Laws concerning the issuance of securities. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.12, there are no pre-emptive or other outstanding rights to purchase, options, warrants or similar rights or agreements (other than stock options granted to employees) pursuant to which any Credit Party may be required to issue, sell, repurchase or redeem any of its Capital Stock or any Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 7.13        Intellectual Property; Licenses, etc. Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the material trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses. To the knowledge of each Credit Party, neither the use of such intellectual property, nor any slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed by such Credit Party, or any of such Credit Party’s Subsidiaries, infringes upon any intellectual property rights held by any other Person. Except as specifically set forth on Schedule 7.04 and as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of such Credit Party threatened in writing.

 

Section 7.14        Environmental. (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Credit Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Environmental Laws in all jurisdictions in which the Credit Parties or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, are currently doing business (including obtaining, maintaining in full force and effect, and complying with all Permits required under Environmental Laws to operate the business of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries as currently conducted); (ii) none of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries is subject to any Environmental Claim or any other liability under any Environmental Law that is pending or, to the knowledge of such Credit Party, threatened in writing; (iii) to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, there are no conditions relating to the formerly owned Real Property that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Environmental Claim against any of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries and (iv) no Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Claims has attached to any Real Property of any of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries.

 

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(b)              None of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported, Released or disposed of Hazardous Materials at, from, on or under any currently or formerly owned Real Property, facility relating to its business, or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, any other location, in each case, in a manner that could reasonably be expected to give rise to an Environmental Claim that could result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)              Each Credit Party has made available to the Administrative Agent copies of all existing material environmental assessment reports, assessments, reviews, audits, correspondence and other documents and data that have a material bearing on actual or potential Environmental Claims or compliance with Environmental Laws, in each case to the extent such reports, assessments, reviews, audits and documents and data are in their possession or reasonable control.

 

(d)              This Section 7.14 contains the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Credit Parties with respect to matters arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, Environmental Claims, Hazardous Materials, Releases, or any other environmental, health, or safety matters.

 

Section 7.15        Ownership of Properties. Set forth on Schedule 7.15 is a list of all of the Real Property owned or leased by any of the Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and as of the last date such Schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d), indicating in each case whether the respective property is owned or leased, the identity of the owner or lessor and the location of the respective property. Each Credit Party owns (a) in the case of owned Real Property, good, indefeasible and marketable fee simple title to such Real Property, (b) in the case of owned personal property, good and valid title to such personal property, and (c) in the case of leased Real Property or personal property, valid, subsisting, marketable, insurable and enforceable (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws applicable to creditors’ rights generally and by generally applicable equitable principles, whether considered in an action at law or in equity) leasehold interests (as the case may be) in such leased property, in each case, free and clear in each case of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens.

 

Section 7.16        No Default. None of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to, or a party to, any Material Contract (copies of which have been received by the Administrative Agent) (other than any such Material Contract in respect of Indebtedness) that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, none of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any Material Contract in respect of Indebtedness the breach of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continue or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

 

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Section 7.17        Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

 

Section 7.18        [Intentionally Omitted].

 

Section 7.19        Compliance with Laws; Authorizations. Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a) has complied and is complying with all Applicable Laws and (b) is in possession of and has all requisite Registrations, governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required under Applicable Laws, and (c) to the extent due and owing has fully paid all applicable user fees, to operate its business and relating to the Credit Party’s Products as currently conducted except, in each case, to the extent that failure to do so could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.20        Contractual or Other Restrictions. Other than the Credit Documents and to the extent permitted by Section 9.10, no Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement or arrangement or subject to any Applicable Law that limits its ability to pay dividends to, or otherwise make Investments in or other payments to any Credit Party, that limits its ability to grant Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent or that otherwise limits its ability to perform the terms of the Credit Documents.

 

Section 7.21        Transaction Documents. All representations and warranties of (a) the Credit Parties set forth in the Transaction Documents and (b) to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, of each other Person (other than Lenders) party to the Transaction Documents, were true and correct in all material respects as of the time as of which such representations and warranties were made and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as if such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (unless such representation or warranty is given as of a specific date). No default or event of default has occurred and is continuing under any Transaction Document. Each Transaction Document is in full force and effect, enforceable against each of the parties thereto (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws applicable to creditors’ rights generally and by generally applicable equitable principles, whether considered in an action at law or in equity), no Transaction Document has been amended or modified except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date or otherwise in accordance with Section 9.07 and no waiver or consent has been granted under any such document, except in accordance with Section 9.07. There are no agreements, contracts or other arrangements entered into by any Credit Party or Subsidiary of any Credit Party for the payment of fees, compensation or other similar amounts to any employee or member of the management of any Credit Party.

 

Section 7.22       Collective Bargaining Agreements. Set forth on Schedule 7.22 is a list and description (including dates of termination) of all collective bargaining or similar agreements between or applicable to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any union, labor organization or other bargaining agent in respect of the employees of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof or as of the last date such schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d).

 

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Section 7.23        Insurance. The properties of each Credit Party are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies which are not Affiliates of any Credit Party against loss and damage in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by Persons of comparable size and of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and owning similar properties in the general locations where such Credit Party operates, in each case as described on Schedule 7.23 as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Section 7.24        Evidence of Other Indebtedness. Schedule 7.24 is a complete and correct list of each credit agreement, loan agreement, indenture, purchase agreement, guarantee, letter of credit or other arrangement providing for or otherwise relating to any Indebtedness or any extension of credit (or commitment for any extension of credit) to, any Credit Party outstanding on the Closing Date which will remain outstanding after the Closing Date (other than this Agreement and the other Credit Documents), and the aggregate principal or face amount outstanding or that may become outstanding under each such arrangement as of the Closing Date is correctly described in Schedule 7.24.

 

Section 7.25        Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. Set forth in Schedule 7.25 is a list of all of the deposit accounts and securities accounts of each Credit Party, including, with respect to each bank or securities intermediary at which such accounts are maintained by such Credit Party (a) the name and location of such Person and (b) the account numbers of the deposit accounts or securities accounts maintained with such Person, in each case, as of the Closing Date and as of the last date such Schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d).

 

Section 7.26        Foreign Assets Control Regulations; Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Practices. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary of each Credit Party is (x) in compliance with all U.S. economic sanctions laws, executive orders and implementing regulations (“Sanctions”) as promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), and (y) in compliance in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act and all regulations issued pursuant to it. No Credit Party and no Subsidiary or Affiliate of a Credit Party (i) is a Person designated by the U.S. government on the list of the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN List”) with which a U.S. Person cannot deal with or otherwise engage in business transactions, (ii) is a Person who is otherwise the target of U.S. economic sanctions laws such that a U.S. Person cannot deal or otherwise engage in business transactions with such Person or (iii) is controlled by (including without limitation, by virtue of such Person being a director or owning voting shares or interests), or acts, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of, any Person or entity on the SDN List or a foreign government that is the target of U.S. economic sanctions prohibitions such that the entry into, or performance under, this Agreement or any other Credit Document would be prohibited under U.S. law. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary of each Credit Party is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws. None of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof, nor to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, agent, employee, or other person acting on behalf of a Credit Party or any Subsidiary, has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation in any material respect of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary of a Credit Party has instituted and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote compliance with Applicable Anti-Corruption laws.

 

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Section 7.27        Patriot Act. The Credit Parties, each of their Subsidiaries and each of their controlled Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with (a) the Trading with the Enemy Act, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (b) the Patriot Act and (c) other federal or state laws relating to “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, rules and regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used directly or indirectly for any payments to any government official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

 

Section 7.28        Status as Senior Debt; Second Lien Loan Documents.

 

(a)               The Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” or “First Lien Debt” or any similar designation under and as defined in any agreement governing the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the lien subordination provisions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement are legally valid and enforceable against the parties thereto, subject to customary exceptions.

 

(b)               As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy of the Second Lien Loan Documents (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith).

 

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Section 7.29        Flood Insurance. Borrower and its Subsidiaries maintain, if available, fully paid flood hazard insurance on all Real Property that is located in a special flood hazard area and that constitutes Collateral, on such terms and in such amounts as required by Flood Insurance Laws or as otherwise reasonably required by the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 7.30        Location of Collateral; Equipment List. Schedule 7.30 lists:

 

(a)               all places at which Records relating to the Collateral, including, but not limited to, all Documents and Instruments relating to Receivables and Inventory, are maintained by Borrower or by any other Person;

 

(b)               except for In-Transit Inventory, all places where Credit Parties maintain, or will maintain, Inventory, and whether the premises are owned or leased by Credit Parties or whether the premises are the premises of a warehouseman, bailee or other third party, and if owned by a third party, the name and address of such third party; and

 

(c)               subject to Section 9.15, all places where the Credit Parties’ equipment is located and whether the premises are owned or leased by Credit Parties or whether the premises are the premises of a warehouseman, bailee or other third party, and if owned by a third party, the name and address of such third party.

 

Section 7.31        Regulatory Matters.

 

(a)               Schedule 7.31 sets forth, as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, a complete and correct list of all material Registrations held by each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries. Such listed material Registrations are the only material Registrations that are required for the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses as presently or previously conducted or as proposed to be conducted. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries has, and it and its Products are in conformance with, all Registrations required to conduct its respective businesses as now or currently proposed to be conducted except where the failure to have such Registrations would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, neither the FDA nor other Governmental Authority has provided notice of or is considering limiting, suspending, revoking or otherwise restricting such Registrations or changing the regulatory status or marketing classification or labeling or other material parameter affecting the Products of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, there is no false or misleading information or significant omission in any Product application or other submission to the FDA or other Governmental Authority administering Public Health Laws. The Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed, in all material respects, their obligations under each material Registration, and, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, no event has occurred or condition or state of facts exists which would constitute a breach or default, or would cause revocation, modification, suspension, or termination of any such Registration. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, no event has occurred or condition or state of facts exists which would present potential product liability related, in whole or in part, to Regulatory Matters. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, any third party that is a manufacturer or contractor for the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries is in compliance with all material Registrations required by the FDA or comparable Governmental Authority and all Public Health Laws insofar as they reasonably pertain to the Products of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, except to the extent that failure to be in such compliance would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)               All Products researched, developed, investigated, manufactured, prepared, assembled, packaged, tested, labeled, distributed, sold or marketed by or on behalf of the Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries that are subject to Public Health Laws, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, have been and are being researched, developed, investigated, manufactured, prepared, assembled, packaged, tested, labeled, distributed, sold and marketed in compliance with the Public Health Laws or any other Applicable Law, including, without limitation, clinical and non-clinical testing, product approval or clearance, current good manufacturing practices, labeling, advertising and promotion, record-keeping, establishment registration and listing, and adverse event reporting, and all other required importation and distribution requirements, except to the extent that failure to be in such compliance would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)               No Credit Party nor its Subsidiaries is subject to any material obligation arising under an administrative or regulatory action, proceeding, investigation or inspection by or on behalf of a Governmental Authority, warning letter, notice of violation letter, untitled letter, consent decree, request for information or any other notice or communication, response or commitment made to or with a Governmental Authority with respect to Regulatory Matters, and Public Health Laws, and, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, no such obligation has been threatened in writing. There is no, and there is no act, omission, event, or circumstance of which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries has knowledge that would reasonably be expected to give rise to or lead to, any civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, demand, claim, complaint, hearing, investigation, demand letter, warning letter, FDA Form 483, penalty, fine, reprimand, sanction, data integrity review, proceeding or request for information pending against any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, and, to each Credit Party’s and its Subsidiary’s knowledge, no Credit Party nor its Subsidiaries has any liability (whether actual or contingent) for failure to comply with any Public Health Laws. There has not been any violation of any Public Health Laws by any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries in its Product research or development efforts, testing submissions, record keeping, importation, and reports to the FDA, DEA or any other Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to require or lead to investigation, corrective action or enforcement, regulatory or administrative action that would reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and each of their respective Subsidiaries, there are no civil or criminal proceedings relating to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any officer, director or employee of any Credit Party or Subsidiary of any Credit Party that involve an alleged violation of any Public Health Law.

 

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(d)               As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor its Subsidiaries is undergoing any inspection related to Regulatory Matters, or any other Governmental Authority investigation, except as set forth on Schedule 7.31; nor are there any uncompleted corrective or preventative actions resulting from any FDA cGMP inspections related to a Product during the period of the last three calendar years.

 

(e)               During the period of three calendar years immediately preceding the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary of any Credit Party has introduced into commercial distribution any Products manufactured by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party or distributed any products on behalf of another manufacturer that were upon their shipment by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries knowingly adulterated or misbranded in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 331. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary of any Credit Party has received any notice of communication from any Governmental Authority alleging material noncompliance with any Applicable Law. No Product has been seized, withdrawn, recalled (voluntary or otherwise), detained, or subject to a suspension (other than in the ordinary course of business) relating to research, testing, manufacturing, distribution, or commercialization activity, and there are no facts or circumstances reasonably likely to cause (i) the seizure, denial, withdrawal, recall (voluntary or otherwise), detention, public health notification, safety alert or suspension of manufacturing or other activity relating to any Product; (ii) a change in the labeling of any Product suggesting a compliance or safety issue or risk; or (iii) a termination, seizure or suspension of manufacturing, researching, distributing or marketing of any Product. No proceedings in the United States or any other jurisdiction seeking the withdrawal, recall (voluntary or otherwise), revocation, suspension, import detention, or seizure of any Product are pending or threatened in writing against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(f)                No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary of any Credit Party nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees or, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, agents or contractors (i) have been excluded or debarred from any federal healthcare program (including without limitation Medicare or Medicaid) or any other federal program or (ii) have received notice from the FDA or any other Governmental Authority with respect to debarment or disqualification of any Person that would reasonably be expected to have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary of any Credit Party nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees or, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, agents or contractors have been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which (x) debarment is mandated or permitted by 21 U.S.C. § 335a or (y) such Person could be excluded or otherwise deemed ineligible from participating in the federal health care programs under Section 1128 of the Social Security Act or any similar law. No officer and to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, no employee or agent of any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, has (A) made any untrue statement of material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or any other Governmental Authority; (B) failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Governmental Authority; or (C) committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that would reasonably be expected to provide the basis for the FDA or any other Governmental Authority to invoke its policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities,” as set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991); or (D) been investigated by FDA or any other Governmental Authority, including but not limited to the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, or the Department of Justice, for data or healthcare program fraud. Neither Credit Party or any of its subsidiaries, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, or, to their knowledge, contractors, have made or offered any payment, gratuity, or other thing of value that is prohibited by any Applicable Law to personnel of the FDA or any other Governmental Authority.

 

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(g)               [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(h)               Except as set forth on Schedule 7.31: (i) each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries and, to their knowledge, their respective contract manufacturers are, and have been for the past three calendar years, in compliance with, and each Product in current commercial distribution has been and is imported, researched, manufactured, tested, processed, prepared, packaged, labeled, marketed, stored and held in compliance with, the current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations set forth in 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211, as applicable, (ii) each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries has been and is in compliance with the written standard operating procedures, record-keeping and reporting requirements implemented by Credit Party or its subsidiaries or required by the FDA or any comparable Governmental Authority pertaining to the Product, including but not limited to reporting of adverse events involving the Products, (iii) all Products are and have been labeled, promoted, marketed, and advertised in accordance with their Registration and approved labeling, and (iv) each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries’ establishments are registered with the FDA and each Product is listed with the FDA under the applicable FDA regulations except, in each case, to the extent that failure to be in such compliance would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)                 There are no civil, criminal, or administrative actions, suits, demands, claims, hearings, notices of violation, investigations, proceedings, demand letters, or other communications relating to any alleged hazard or alleged defect in design, manufacture, materials, or workmanship, including, without limitation, any failure to warn or alleged breach of express or implied warranty or representation, relating to any Product provided by the Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, or alleging that any Products are otherwise unsafe or ineffective for their intended use, that are presently pending or threatened in writing. Since January 1, 2013, neither any Credit Party nor its Subsidiaries have made any modification to any Product because of warranty, product liability, regulatory, or other claims or communications concerning alleged hazards or defects in such product, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j)                 The Credit Party and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, documents, applications, notices, Permits, and copies of any contracts required by any Applicable Laws to be filed or furnished to any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the FDA, DEA and state agencies, except where the failure to so timely file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such reports, documents, applications, notices, Permits, and copies of any contracts were complete and correct in all respects on the date filed (or were corrected in or supplemented by a subsequent filing such that no liability exists in respect to the Credit Party or its Subsidiaries with respect to such filings or lack thereof), except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 7.32        Third Lien Note Documents.

 

(a)               As of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy of the Third Lien Note Documents (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith).

 

Article VIII

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

The Credit Parties hereby covenant and agree that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Total Commitments have been terminated and the Loans and all other Obligations incurred hereunder (other than Unasserted Contingent Obligations) are paid in full in accordance with the terms of this Agreement:

 

Section 8.01        Financial Information, Reports, Notices and Information. The Credit Parties will furnish each Agent for further distribution to each Lender copies of the following financial statements, reports, notices and information, provided, that as to any information contained in materials filed with the SEC, the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under Sections 8.01(b) and (c) below):

 

(a)               Monthly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, (i) (x) unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such month, and (y) unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such month and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, in each case, including in comparative form the figures for the corresponding month in the preceding fiscal year of Borrower, and year-to-date portion of, the immediately preceding fiscal year of Borrower, (ii) a schedule of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the year-to-date portion of such fiscal year ending concurrently with such month, including, in comparative form Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the same year-to-date period in the immediately preceding fiscal year and (iii) a monthly Liquidity forecast in a form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, together with a certification from an Authorized Officer of Borrower, that Borrower is in compliance with the minimum Liquidity requirement set forth in Section 9.13(c) in a form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.

 

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(b)               Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of Borrower, (i)(A) unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter, and (B) unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter, in each case, and for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year of Borrower and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, including (in each of clause (A) and (B)), in comparative form to the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter in, and year-to-date portion of, the immediately preceding fiscal year of Borrower, certified as complete and correct by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, (ii) a schedule of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (A) for the year-to-date portion of such fiscal year of Borrower ending concurrently with such fiscal quarter, including, in comparative form for the same year-to-date period in the immediately preceding fiscal year of Borrower and (B) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2019, for the Test Period ending concurrently with such fiscal quarter, including, in comparative form for the Test Period immediately preceding such reported period, and (iii) a management discussion and analysis (with reasonable detail and specificity) of the results of operations for the fiscal periods reported, including, in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter in, and year-to-date portion of, the immediately preceding fiscal year of Borrower, and a comparison to projections for such fiscal quarter, and period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year of Borrower and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter.

 

(c)               Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of the fiscal year of Borrower ending December 31, 2019 and within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower thereafter, (i) copies of the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year, such consolidated statements to be audited and certified accompanied by a report and unqualified opinion of Deloitte or another independent firm of certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (which report and opinion shall (x) state that such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years and (y) not be subject to any “going concern” exception (except with respect to the opinion delivered in connection with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019) or any qualifications or exception as to the scope of the audit), together with a management discussion and analysis (with reasonable detail and specificity) of the results of operations for the fiscal periods reported and (ii) a schedule of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such fiscal year, including, in comparative form for the same year to date period in the immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

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(d)               Compliance Certificates. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial information pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) above, a Compliance Certificate, executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, (i) showing compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants and stating that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or, if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred, specifying the details of such Default or Event of Default and the actions taken or to be taken with respect thereto) and containing the applicable certifications set forth in Section 7.09 with respect thereto, (ii) specifying any change in the identity of the Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Subsidiaries identified to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be, (iii) including a written supplement substantially in the form of Schedules 1-5, as applicable, to the Security Agreement with respect to any assets and property acquired by any Credit Party after the date hereof or since the date of the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate, as applicable, all in reasonable detail, and (iv) to the extent applicable, a written supplement updating Schedules 1.01(b), 1.01(c) (including delivery of copies of (a)(x) each Material Contract entered into since the Closing Date or the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate, as applicable, and (y) each material amendment or modification of any Material Contract entered into since the Closing Date or the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate, as applicable), 7.12, 7.15, 7.22, 7.23, 7.25 and 7.30 (it being agreed that Borrower may deliver at any time and from time to time written supplements to any such Schedules to make the representations and warranties set forth herein or in the Security Agreement, as applicable, true and correct) and each such written supplement shall be deemed to immediately and automatically amend such Schedule as then in effect.

 

(e)               Collateral Reporting. Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent, or shall cause to be delivered to Administrative Agent:

 

(i)                 Borrowing Base Certificates. A satisfactorily completed and authenticated certificate in the form of Exhibit B (a “Borrowing Base Certificate”) together with accompanying sales journals, cash receipts journals and detailed sales credit reports (a) contemporaneously with each request for a Loan and (b) on a monthly basis (within thirty (30) days after the end of each month). In addition, Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent with each Borrowing Base Certificate a report showing in reasonable detail all sales to Account Debtors (i) on consignment or on approval, under all bill and hold, guaranteed sale, sale or return, billing in advance of shipment, and other “pre-billing” arrangements, and (ii) under all payment plans, scheduled installment plans, extended payment terms or on any other repurchase or return basis. Borrower shall also furnish to Administrative Agent adjusted trial balances for the Borrower’s top customers as well as any aging provided by the Borrower’s third-party logistics provider. On Administrative Agent’s request, Borrower shall also furnish to Administrative Agent (i) copies of invoices to customers and related shipping and delivery receipts or warehouse receipts for all Inventory covered by each such invoice and (ii) any additional reports deemed necessary and requested by Administrative Agent as determined in Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion.

 

(ii)              A/R and A/P Aging; Perpetual Inventory Report; Bank Statements; Equipment. Monthly, concurrently with the delivery of the Borrowing Base Certificate under 8.01(e)(i), (A) a detailed report of Borrower’s agings of accounts receivable and accounts payable (each, based on the respective invoice dates), (B) a reconciliation to the general ledger with respect to Gross to Net Receivables, accounts payable, Inventory and Equipment, (C) copies of monthly bank statements showing the cash balances of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (D) a perpetual inventory report and (E) a detailed report regarding Borrower’s Equipment, specifying the net book value thereof.

 

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(iii)            Ineligible Collateral. Monthly, concurrently with the delivery of the Borrowing Base Certificate under 8.01(e)(i), a report showing (A) Borrower’s Receivables that are not Eligible Receivables, (B) Borrower’s Inventory that is not Eligible Inventory, including, but not limited to, an analysis of all Inventory of Borrower for which the Value of each item of such Inventory exceeds the average Value of such item for the preceding twelve (12) consecutive calendar months, (C) Borrower’s Equipment that is not Eligible Equipment and (D) Borrower’s Real Property that is not Eligible Real Property.

 

(iv)             Physical Inventory Report. Annually within fifteen (15) calendar days of the end of each fiscal year, prepared as of such fiscal year end, a report of Borrower’s physical inventory audit conducted as of such date.

 

(f)                Budget. Within thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of each fiscal year of Borrower, commencing with its fiscal year 2019, the forecasted financial projections for the then current fiscal year and the next succeeding fiscal year (on a month-by-month basis, as well as for each following fiscal year to the last Maturity Date, on an annual basis), in each case (including projections for Consolidated Capital Expenditures, a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow, projected changes in financial position and projected income and a description of the underlying assumptions applicable thereto), in each case, as customarily prepared by management of the Credit Parties for their internal use consistent in scope with the financial statements provided pursuant to Section 8.01(c), setting forth the principal assumptions on which such projections are based (such projections and the projections delivered as of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.01(j)(ii), collectively, the “Budget”).

 

(g)               Defaults. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the applicable Credit Parties propose to take with respect thereto or (ii) the occurrence of a breach or non-performance of, or any default under, any other Material Contracts of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, or any violation of, or non-compliance with any Applicable Laws, in each case, which would reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)               Other Litigation. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower of (i) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation, action, proceeding or labor controversy or proceeding affecting any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party or its respective property (A) in which the amount of damages claimed is $1,000,000 or more, (B) which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) which purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Credit Document, any other Transaction Document or (D) in which the relief sought is an injunction or other stay of the performance of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any Transaction Document or any other document or instrument referred to in Section 9.07, or (ii) the occurrence of any material adverse development with respect to any litigation, action, proceeding or labor controversy described in Schedule 7.04, and, in each case together with a statement of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, and what actions the applicable Credit Parties propose to take with respect thereto, and, to the extent the Administrative Agent requests, copies of all documentation related thereto.

 

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(i)                 Transaction Documents. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after any Credit Party obtains knowledge of the occurrence of a breach or default or notice of termination by any party under, or material amendment entered into by any party to, any Transaction Document or any other document or instrument referred to in Section 9.07, a statement of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of such breach or default or notice of termination and the actions taken or to be taken with respect thereto and, if applicable, a copy of such amendment.

 

(j)                 Management Letters. Promptly upon, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after, receipt thereof, copies of all “management letters” submitted to any Credit Party by the independent public accountants referred to in Section 8.01(c) in connection with each audit made by such accountants.

 

(k)               Corporate Information. Promptly upon, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after, becoming aware of any additional corporate or limited liability company information or division information of the type delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(f), or of any change to such information delivered on or prior to the Closing Date or pursuant to this Section 8.01 or otherwise under the Credit Documents, a certificate, certified to the extent of any change from a prior certification, from the secretary, assistant secretary, managing member or general partner of such Credit Party notifying the Administrative Agent of such information or change and attaching thereto any relevant documentation in connection therewith.

 

(l)                 Other Information. With reasonable promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender may reasonably request in writing from time to time.

 

(m)             Insurance Report. Substantially concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 8.01(c), a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to insurance policies maintained by the Credit Parties, as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender may reasonably request in writing from time to time.

 

(n)               Customer and Vendor Lists. On each June 30 and December 31 a list of all of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ customers and vendors, including the addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers of each customer and vendor as of such date.

 

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(o)               FDA Notices. Promptly, and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after an Authorized Officer becomes aware thereof, notify and provide copies to the Administrative Agent of any notice and related correspondence that (i) the FDA or any other similar Governmental Authority is limiting, suspending or revoking any material Registration, changing the Product Approval, manufacturing process or facilities, distribution pathway or parameters, or label or labeling of the Products of the Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, or considering any of the foregoing; (ii) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries becoming subject to any administrative or regulatory action, including FDA application integrity review, Form FDA 483 observation or other inspection-related or audit documents, warning letter, untitled letter, notice of violation letter, penalty, fine, sanction or reprimand, or other notice, response or commitment made to or with the FDA or any comparable Governmental Authority, or any Product of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries being seized, withdrawn, recalled (voluntarily or otherwise), detained, or subject to a suspension of manufacturing, or the commencement of any proceedings in the United States or any other jurisdiction seeking the withdrawal, recall (voluntary or otherwise), suspension, import detention, or seizure of any Product are pending or threatened in writing against the Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries; and (iii) any voluntary withdrawal or recall of any Product by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount of $500,000 or which would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)               2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Documentation. Promptly, and in any event not later than three (3) Business Days after each 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase, (i) cause the 2019 Convertible Notes so repurchased to be delivered to the trustee and cancelled and (ii) provide all information and documentation available to the Borrower relating to such 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase and such cancellation to the Administrative Agent.

 

(q)               Cash Flow Forecast. Commencing in the week of April 6, 2020, on or prior to the close of business on the Wednesday of such week and each week thereafter, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a thirteen-week cash flow forecast detailing cash receipts and cash disbursements as of the end of the prior week, and, commencing with the second such forecast, a variance analysis against the immediately preceding forecast, all in reasonable detail and duly certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as having been prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed to be fair and reasonable in light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecast.

 

(r)                Indebtedness Notices. Promptly after (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of) the receipt or delivery thereof, the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of all executed amendments, waivers, consents, material notices (including any notice of default) and material correspondence which the Borrower or any such Subsidiary sends or receives in respect of its material Indebtedness (including, but not limited to, the 2023 Convertible Notes, the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes, the Third Lien Note Documents and the Second Lien Credit Agreement).

 

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Section 8.02        Books, Records and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Credit Parties or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent to visit and inspect any of its properties (to the extent authorized pursuant to any leases for such properties), to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom (subject to applicable confidentiality agreements or undertakings and copyright laws), and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors and officers (provided, that an authorized representative of the Credit Parties shall allowed to be present and that any such inspection of properties shall not include any invasive or physically intrusive environmental sampling), all at the expense of the Credit Parties and (unless an Event of Default then exists) as often as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request at reasonable times during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice to the Credit Parties; provided that during any calendar year, absent the continuation of an Event of Default, reasonable expenses of a reasonable number of people in connection with only one (1) inspection by Administrative Agent shall be at the Borrower’s expense and reimbursable under this Agreement. Any information obtained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 8.02 may be shared with the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the request of such Secured Party.

 

Section 8.03        Maintenance of Insurance.

 

(a)               The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in its reasonable business judgment) are financially sound and reputable at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in businesses similar to those engaged in by the Credit Parties; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent for further delivery to the Lenders, upon written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried, including (i) endorsements to (A) all “All Risk” policies naming the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as loss payee and (B) all general liability and other liability policies naming the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured and (ii) legends providing that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in insurance coverage thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof.

 

(b)               Within forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent copies of each insurance policy (or binders in respect thereof), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(c)               Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain, if available, fully paid flood hazard insurance on all owned or leased Real Property that is located in a special flood hazard area and that constitutes Collateral, on such terms and in such amounts as required by Flood Insurance Laws or as otherwise reasonably required by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent evidence of the renewal (and payment of renewal premiums therefor) of all such policies prior to the expiration or lapse thereof, and (iii) furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any redesignation of any such owned or leased improved Real Property into or out of a special flood hazard area.

 

Section 8.04        Payment of Taxes. The Credit Parties will pay and discharge, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material Taxes payable by them that have become due, other than those not yet delinquent or being diligently contested in good faith and by proper proceedings which stay the enforcement of any Lien as to which such Credit Party has maintained adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 8.05        Maintenance of Existence; Compliance with Laws, etc.

 

(a)               Each Credit Party will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, (a) preserve and maintain in full force and effect its organizational existence and good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation as applicable, except as permitted by Section 9.03, and (b) preserve and maintain its good standing under the laws of each state or other jurisdiction where such Person is required to be so qualified, to do business as a foreign entity except, in the case of this clause (b) where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)               Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all Applicable Laws and Permits (including without limitation, all Registrations) of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it, its business or its Products, except where such failures to comply would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries shall comply with all material Public Health Laws and their implementation by any applicable Governmental Authority and all lawful requests of any Governmental Authority applicable to its Products. All Products developed, manufactured, tested, distributed or marketed by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that are subject to the jurisdiction of the FDA or comparable Governmental Authority shall be developed, tested, manufactured, distributed and marketed in compliance with the Public Health Laws and any other Applicable Laws, including, without limitation, product approval or premarket notification, good manufacturing practices, labeling, advertising, record-keeping, and adverse event reporting, and have been and are being tested, investigated, distributed, marketed, and sold in compliance with Public Health Laws and all other Applicable Laws.

 

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Section 8.06        Environmental Compliance.

 

(a)               Each Credit Party will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, use and operate all of its and their facilities and Real Property in compliance with all Environmental Laws, keep all necessary permits, approvals, certificates, licenses and other authorizations relating to environmental matters in effect and remain in compliance therewith, and handle all Hazardous Materials in compliance with all Environmental Laws, and keep its and their Real Property free of any Lien imposed by any Environmental Law, in each case, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)               The Borrower will promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent upon any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof becoming aware of: (i) any violation by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Environmental Law which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any proceeding against or investigation of any Credit Party under any Environmental Law, including a written request for information or a written notice of violation or potential environmental liability from any Governmental Authority or any other Person, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the occurrence or discovery of a new Release or new threat of a Release (or discovery of any Release or threat of a Release previously undisclosed by any Credit Party to Administrative Agent) at, on, under or from any of the Real Property of any Credit Party or any facility or assets therein in excess of reportable or allowable standards or levels under any Environmental Law, or under circumstances, or in a manner or amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) any Environmental Claim arising or existing on or after the Closing Date which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)               In the event of a Release of any Hazardous Material on any Real Property of any Credit Party which could reasonably be expected to result in material liability on the part of any Credit Party under any Environmental Law, such Credit Party, upon discovery thereof, shall take all necessary steps to initiate and expeditiously complete all response, corrective and other action to mitigate and resolve any such violation or potential liability in accordance with and to the extent required of such Credit Party under Environmental Law, and shall keep the Administrative Agent informed on a regular basis of their actions and the results of such actions; provided, however, that no Credit Party (or its respective Subsidiaries) shall be required to undertake any such response, corrective action or other action to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.

 

(d)               Each Credit Party shall provide the Administrative Agent with copies of any material demand, request for information, notice, submittal, documentation or correspondence received or provided by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries from or to any Governmental Authority or other Person under any Environmental Law. Such notice, submittal or documentation shall be provided to the Administrative Agent promptly and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days after such material is provided to any Governmental Authority or third party.

 

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(e)               At the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall obtain and provide, at its sole expense, an environmental site assessment (including, without limitation, the results of any groundwater or other testing, conducted at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request) concerning any Real Property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, conducted by an environmental consulting firm approved by the Administrative Agent indicating, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, the likely presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the potential cost of any required action in connection with any Hazardous Materials on, at, under or emanating from such Real Property; provided, that such request may be made only if (i) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default, or (ii) circumstances exist that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent could be expected to result in a material violation of or material liability under any Environmental Law on the part of any Credit Party or its respective Subsidiaries; provided further, if the Borrower fails to provide the same within ninety (90) days after such request was made, the Administrative Agent may but is under no obligation to conduct the same, and the Credit Parties shall grant and hereby do grant to the Administrative Agent and its agents access to such Real Property and specifically grants the Administrative Agent an irrevocable non-exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants, to undertake such an assessment, all at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense.

 

Section 8.07        ERISA. (a) Promptly after any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any of the following events (including such events previously disclosed or exempt from disclosure hereunder, to the extent the liability therefor remains outstanding), the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, that such Credit Party, such Subsidiary or such ERISA Affiliate is required or proposes to take, together with any notices (required, proposed or otherwise) given to or filed with or by such Credit Party, such Subsidiary, such ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, a Plan participant (other than notices relating to an individual participant’s benefits) or the Plan administrator and all documentation with respect thereto: that a Reportable Event has occurred; that a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA) has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur) or an application is to be made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard (including any required installment payments) or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412, 430 or 431 of the Code with respect to a Plan; the failure to make a required contribution to any Plan if such failure is sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 303(k) or 4068 of ERISA or under Section 430(k) of the Code; that a Pension Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability has been or is to be terminated, reorganized or partitioned under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); the taking of any action with respect to a Plan which would reasonably be expected to result in the requirement that any Credit Party furnish a bond or other security to the PBGC or such Plan; that a proceeding has been instituted against a Credit Party, a Subsidiary thereof or an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; or that the PBGC has notified any Credit Party, any Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate of its intention to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; or the occurrence of any event with respect to any Plan which could result in the incurrence by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party of any material liability (including any contingent or secondary liability), fine or penalty.

 

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(b)               Promptly following any request therefor, copies of any documents or notices described in Sections 101(f), 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate may reasonably request with respect to any Plan; provided, that if any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Plan, the applicable Credit Party, the applicable Subsidiary(ies) or the ERISA Affiliate(s) shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof.

 

Section 8.08        Maintenance of Property and Assets. Each Credit Party will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, maintain, preserve, protect and keep its properties and assets in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted and subject to dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 9.04), and make necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and will maintain and renew as necessary all licenses, permits and other clearances necessary to use and occupy such properties and assets, in each case so that the business carried on by such Person may be properly conducted at all times, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 8.09        End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters. The Credit Parties will, for financial reporting purposes, cause (a) each of their, and each of their Subsidiaries’, fiscal years to end on December 31 of each year and (b) each of their and each of their Subsidiaries’, fiscal quarters to end on dates consistent with such fiscal year-end; provided, that the Credit Parties may change their, and each of their respective Subsidiaries’, fiscal year end (and change the end of the fiscal quarters in a corresponding manner) upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 8.10        Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used for (a) refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to Section 9.01(b) (other than with respect to the 2023 Convertible Notes), (b) paying fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions, which fees and expenses shall be paid on the Closing Date, and (c) working capital requirements and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement. The Credit Parties shall not use the proceeds of any Credit Extension made hereunder, or use or allow its respective directors, officers, employees and agents to use, the proceeds of any extension of credit (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Person on the SDN List or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party

 

Section 8.11        Further Assurances; Additional Guarantors and Grantors.

 

(a)               The Credit Parties will and will cause their Subsidiaries to execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust (excluding leasehold deeds of trust) and other documents), which may be required under any Applicable Law, or which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Agreement, any Mortgage or any other Security Document, all at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower.

 

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(b)           Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Guarantee Agreement and the Security Agreement, as applicable, the Credit Parties will promptly upon the formation or acquisition thereof (and in any event within thirty (30) days after the formation, division or acquisition thereof (or such later date as agreed by the Administrative Agent)) cause any direct or indirect Subsidiary formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date to execute (i) a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement in the form of Annex I to the Guarantee Agreement or a guarantee in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (ii) a supplement to the Security Agreement in the form of Annex I to the Security Agreement, or a security agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent; provided, however, that no Excluded Subsidiary shall be required to execute the documentation described in clauses (i) and (ii) above.

 

(c)            Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Agreement, the Credit Parties (i) will promptly upon the formation or acquisition thereof (and in any event within thirty (30) days after the formation or acquisition thereof (or such later date as agreed by the Administrative Agent)) pledge to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all the Capital Stock of each Subsidiary Administrative held by such Credit Party in each case, formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date; provided, however, that, with respect to any pledge of the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or Domestic Holding Company , such pledge shall be limited to 65% of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock and 100% of the outstanding non-voting Capital Stock of each Foreign Subsidiary and Domestic Holding Company to the extent that providing greater than such amount would result in adverse tax consequences to the Credit Parties, and (ii) will promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent any promissory notes executed after the Closing Date evidencing Indebtedness of any Credit Party or Subsidiary of any Credit Party that is owing to any other Credit Party or any other promissory notes executed after the Closing Date evidencing Indebtedness in excess of $250,000 owing to the Credit Parties.

 

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(d)            Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in any applicable Security Document, if any fee simple interest in Material Real Property is acquired by any Credit Party after the Closing Date, the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the applicable Obligations and will take, and cause the other Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and/or perfect such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in this Section 8.11, all at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower within 60 days after the acquisition of such Material Real Property (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree). Any Mortgage delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be accompanied by (A) a policy or policies (or unconditional binding commitment thereof) of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid Lien (with the priority described therein) on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 9.02, together with such endorsements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (B) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of local counsel to the applicable Credit Party(ies) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. In addition to the obligations set forth in Section 8.03(a), the Credit Parties shall, in connection with the grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of any Mortgage with respect to any Real Property, (X) provide at least twenty (20) days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of the contemplated pledge of such Real Property as Collateral, (Y) the Borrower shall provide each of the documents and determinations required by the Real Property Flood Insurance Requirements and (Z) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Administrative Agent shall not enter into, accept or record (and no Credit Party shall be required to grant) any mortgage in respect of such Real Property until the Administrative Agent shall have received written confirmation (which shall, for purposes hereunder, include email) from each Lender that flood insurance compliance has been completed by such Lender with respect to such Real Property (such written confirmation not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  Any increase, extension or renewal of this Agreement shall be subject to flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent determines that the cost of creating or perfecting any Lien on any property is excessive in relation to the practical benefits afforded to the Lenders thereby, then such property may be excluded from the Collateral for all purposes of the Credit Documents.

 

(f)             For the avoidance of doubt, for all purposes under this Section 8.11, the formation and acquisition of a Person shall be deemed to include any formations and acquisitions by division; provided that compliance with the requirements of this Section 8.11 shall not cure any Default or Event of Default for the occurrence of such division.

 

(g)            From and after the Closing Date, any Drug Applications and comparable applications required outside of the United States submitted after the Closing Date for Teligent Products shall be held exclusively by Borrower or a Guarantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary, unless prohibited by applicable law or otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 8.12       Bank Accounts.

 

(a)            Within 30 days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree), the Borrower shall establish and deliver to Administrative Agent a Control Agreement with respect to each of the Credit Parties’ respective securities accounts, deposit accounts and investment property set forth on Schedule 7.25 (other than Excluded Accounts); provided, that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Credit Parties may establish new deposit accounts or securities accounts so long as, prior to the time such account is established: (i) the Credit Parties have delivered to the Administrative Agent and Administrative Agent an amended Schedule 7.25 including such account and (ii) the Credit Parties have delivered to Administrative Agent a Control Agreement with respect to such account (other than any Excluded Account).

 

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(b)            If, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any of the Credit Parties receive or otherwise have dominion over or control of any Collections or other amounts, the Borrower shall hold, and shall cause each other Credit Party to hold, such Collections and amounts in trust for the Administrative Agent and shall not commingle such Collections with any other funds of any Credit Party or other Person or deposit such Collections in any account other than those accounts set forth on Schedule 7.25 (unless otherwise instructed by the Administrative Agent).

 

Section 8.13       [Intentionally Omitted].

 

Section 8.14       2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account. $14,399,036.01 from the proceeds of the Loans shall be deposited in the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account and the Administrative Agent authorizes and agrees to direct the Second Lien Agent to direct the Disbursement Bank to release the funds deposited in the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account upon satisfaction of the release conditions as set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the release of proceeds of the Loans from the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account shall be subject to no conditions other than as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence and the Administrative Agent shall direct the Second Lien Agent to direct the Disbursement Bank to release such funds on the date of satisfying such conditions.

 

Section 8.15     Post-Closing. The Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Administrative Agent, within thirty (30) days after the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date (or such later date approved by Administrative Agent), Control Agreements for each deposit account listed on Schedule 7.25 (other than for any Excluded Account or any other such account for which a Control Agreement has already been delivered) hereto (which such schedule shall be complete in all respects as of the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date), in each case in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and duly executed by the parties thereto, to the extent Control Agreements are not already in place.

 

Section 8.16      Interest Payment Election. If at any time the Borrower has the option to pay interest on the Second Lien Indebtedness in the form of PIK Interest (as opposed to paying such interest in cash), the Borrower shall make such election and make all such interest payments in the form of PIK Interest.

 

Section 8.17      Maximum Cash Amount. If at any point after the Amendment No. 2 Closing Date, the Credit Parties’ have book cash in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Maximum Cash Amount”), Borrower shall, within one (1) Business Day, apply such amounts in excess of the Maximum Cash Amount to repay the Obligations, to be applied in accordance with Section 5.02(c); provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the determination of the Maximum Cash Amount shall not take into account (and the Borrower shall have no obligation to prepay the Obligations with) any proceeds of Third Lien Indebtedness.

 

Section 8.18          Financial Advisor.

 

(a)            Financial Advisor Engagement.   Berkeley Research Group, LLC or another third-party advisor reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders (the “Financial Advisor”) shall be retained by Borrower with reporting responsibilities and access rights of the Lenders described in subsection (c) below and other terms reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, no later than July 24, 2020, to perform operations consulting, due diligence and managerial support (the “Financial Advisor Engagement”). The Financial Advisor Engagement may not be terminated without written consent of the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)           Updates.   At the request of the Administrative Agent on not more than a weekly basis, the Borrower and the Financial Advisor shall conduct a telephonic meeting, to be attended by management representative(s) of the Borrower, the Financial Advisor and the Lenders, during which the Borrower and the Financial Advisor shall present to Lenders on the work done and planned to be done by the Financial Advisor and the results and projected results of such work.

 

(c)           Financial Advisor Access.   The Credit Parties shall (i) provide access on its properties (including remote access as may be requested) to the Financial Advisor as frequently as the Financial Advisor reasonably determines to be appropriate in order to perform the agreed scope of work in the Financial Advisor’s engagement letter; (ii) make the Credit Parties’ directors, officers, employees and advisors available for meetings and discussions with Lenders and/or the Financial Advisor, at such times as shall be reasonably requested; (iii) permit the Financial Advisor to conduct monitoring and evaluations of the Borrower’s finances, financial condition, business and operations in order to perform the agreed scope of work in the Financial Advisor’s engagement letter; (iv) furnish information when reasonably requested and permit the Financial Advisor to inspect and obtain copies (including electronic data), as available, from the Borrower’s books and records in order to perform the agreed scope of work in the Financial Advisor’s engagement letter; (v) provide timely updates to the Financial Advisor on any changes in the business or expected financial performance that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the affairs of the Borrower; and (vi) authorize the Financial Advisor to conduct meetings and discussions with Lenders as reasonably requested by Lender; provided (A) such meetings and discussions shall not consume more than two hours of the Financial Advisor’s time in any week, (B) the Financial Advisor shall be required to keep the Borrower fully and promptly informed about the specifics of any such meetings and discussions, (C) Lenders shall not be entitled to instruct the Financial Advisor to provide any services or scope of work not authorized in writing by the Borrower or to modify any services or scope of work requested by the Borrower, without the prior written consent of the Borrower, such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and (D) the Borrower shall be entitled to review and comment on any written materials that are to be shared by the Financial Advisor to Lenders.

 

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Article IX

 

Negative Covenants

 

Each Credit Parties hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Total Commitments have been terminated and the Loans and all other Obligations incurred hereunder (other than Unasserted Contingent Obligations) are paid in full in accordance with the terms of this Agreement:

 

Section 9.01      Limitation on Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee, suffer to exist or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise with respect to any Indebtedness, except for:

 

(a)            Indebtedness in respect of the Obligations;

 

(b)            Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date which is identified in Schedule 7.24 and which is not otherwise permitted by this Section 9.01, and, except with respect to any 2019 Convertible Notes, Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof;

 

(c)            unsecured Indebtedness (i) incurred in the ordinary course of business of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries in respect of open accounts extended by suppliers on normal trade terms in connection with purchases of goods and services which are not overdue for a period of more than ninety (90) days or, if overdue for more than ninety (90) days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such Credit Party or Subsidiary and (ii) in respect of performance, surety or appeal bonds, bid bonds and similar obligations provided in the ordinary course of business, but excluding (in each case) Indebtedness incurred through the borrowing of money or Contingent Liabilities in respect thereof;

 

(d)            Indebtedness (i) evidencing the deferred purchase price of newly acquired property or incurred to finance the acquisition, replacement or construction of any property of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries (pursuant to purchase money mortgages or otherwise, whether owed to the seller or a third party), provided, that such Indebtedness is incurred within one hundred twenty (120) days after such acquisition, replacement or construction of such property, and (ii) Capitalized Lease Liabilities, and, with respect to each of clause (i) and (ii), Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof; provided, that the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this clause (d) shall not at any time exceed $2,500,000;

 

(e)            Intercompany Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.05;

 

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(f)             Contingent Liabilities of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeals bonds, bid bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations;

 

(g)            Guarantee Obligations of any Credit Party in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder; provided that if such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee Obligation shall be subordinated to the same extent;

 

(h)            Hedging Obligations not prohibited by Section 9.11;

 

(i)             Second Lien Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Second Lien Cap Amount (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement);

 

(j)             unsecured Indebtedness arising in connection with Permitted Acquisitions (including, without limitation, seller notes and earnouts) incurred after the PIK Termination Date, provided, that (i) the maximum amount of Indebtedness shall not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate or represent more than twenty percent (20%) of the purchase price for any Permitted Acquisition, (ii) all such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and Second Lien Indebtedness on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Second Lien Agent, and (iii) the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition shall not exceed 4.50:1.00;

 

(k)            Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business to finance insurance policy premiums;

 

(l)             Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, returned items, employee credit card programs and other similar services in connection with cash management and deposit accounts;

 

(m)           Letters of credit and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof in favor of suppliers, landlords and other counterparties at any one time outstanding not to exceed $2,000,000 and Permitted Refinancings thereof;

 

(n)            other unsecured Indebtedness not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

 

(o)            Indebtedness of the Credit Parties in respect of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes, in an amount not to exceed $806,173;

 

(p)            Third Lien Indebtedness, to the extent subject to the Third Lien Subordination Agreement; and

 

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(q)            the unsecured loan funded to Teligent Pharma, Inc. by Quaint Oak Bank and deposited in a newly-opened segregated deposit account to be maintained by Teligent Pharma, Inc., into which all unsecured loan proceeds, and for purposes of clarification, no other funds, will be deposited, as is guaranteed under paragraph (36) of Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) as added by Section 1102 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136), and all regulations and guidance issued by any Governmental Authority with respect thereto, as in effect from time to time constituting the Paycheck Protection Program, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,349,094.12.

 

Section 9.02     Limitation on Liens. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of any such Person (including its Capital Stock), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following (collectively, the “Permitted Liens”):

 

(a)            Liens securing the Obligations;

 

(b)            Liens existing as of the Closing Date and disclosed in Schedule 9.02 securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(b) (other than the Existing Notes) and any renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that no such Lien shall (1) secure Indebtedness under any Existing Notes or (2) encumber any additional property and the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Lien shall not be increased (as such Indebtedness may be permanently reduced subsequent to the Closing Date) except to the extent permitted by Section 9.01(b);

 

(c)            Liens securing Capitalized Lease Liabilities and Liens securing Indebtedness of the type permitted under Section 9.01(d)(i); provided, that (i) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of the applicable property at the time of such acquisition, replacement or construction and (ii) such Lien secures only the assets that are the subject of the Indebtedness referred to in such clause and proceeds thereof;

 

(d)            Liens arising by operation of law in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, suppliers, laborers and landlords and other similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts not overdue or being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been established on its books;

 

(e)            Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits, or to secure performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases or other similar obligations (other than for borrowed money) entered into in the ordinary course of business or to secure obligations on surety, bid, appeal or performance bonds;

 

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(f)             judgment Liens not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.01(f);

 

(g)            easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the value or use of the property to which such Lien is attached and other Liens on any Real Property subject to a Mortgage that are identified in any title insurance policy issued in favor of the Administrative Agent;

 

(h)            Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet due and payable or the non-payment of which is permitted by Section 7.10;

 

(i)             Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any contractual, statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies covering deposit or securities accounts (including funds or other assets credited thereto) or other funds maintained with a depository institution or securities intermediary, so long as the applicable provisions of Section 8.12 have been complied with, in respect of such deposit accounts (other than Excluded Accounts);

 

(j)             Non-exclusive licenses, leases and sublicenses, and subleases granted by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party or leases or subleases by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so licensed, sublicensed, leased, or subleased;

 

(k)            Liens that are customary rights of set-off relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness;

 

(l)             Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (or similar filings under other applicable law) regarding operating leases or consignment or bailee arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)           Liens in favor of the Borrower or any other Credit Party securing intercompany Indebtedness permitted under the Credit Documents so long as any such Liens on the Collateral are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower;

 

(n)            Liens securing Second Lien Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 9.01(i), to the extent such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(o)            Cash collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(m) in an amount not to exceed 110% of the amount of such Indebtedness;

 

(p)            Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business; and

 

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(q)           Liens securing Third Lien Indebtedness to be incurred pursuant to Section 9.01(p), provided that such Liens shall be subject to the Third Lien Subordination Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.02, commencing on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the Credit Parties and each its Subsidiaries shall not in any event license in any manner any assets (including intellectual property) without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

 

Section 9.03      Consolidation, Merger, etc. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, liquidate or dissolve, consolidate with, or merge into or with, any other Person or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any Person (or any division thereof) except Permitted Acquisitions, provided, that (a) any Credit Party or Subsidiary of any Credit Party may liquidate or dissolve voluntarily into, and may merge with and into, the Borrower (so long as the Borrower is the surviving entity), (b) any Guarantor may liquidate or dissolve voluntarily into, and may merge with and into any Credit Party, (c) any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may liquidate or dissolve voluntarily into, and may merge with and into any other Subsidiary, (d) the assets or Capital Stock of any Credit Party may be purchased or otherwise acquired by any other Credit Party, (e) the assets or Capital Stock of any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may be purchased or otherwise acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Party and (f) any Subsidiary of any Credit Party may file a certificate of division, adopt a plan of division or otherwise take any action to effectuate a division pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or any analogous action taken pursuant to Applicable Law with respect to any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity) so long as such surviving Person shall have complied with the requirements of Section 8.11 within the time periods set forth therein.

 

Section 9.04      Permitted Dispositions. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make a Disposition, or enter into any agreement to make a Disposition, of such Credit Party’s or such other Person’s assets (including Receivables and Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) to any Person in one transaction or a series of transactions unless such Disposition:

 

(a)            is in the ordinary course of its business and is of obsolete or worn out property or property no longer used or useful in its business;

 

(b)            is a sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)            is the leasing, subleasing or licensing, as lessor, of real or personal property no longer used or useful in such Person’s business or otherwise in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)            is a sale or disposition of equipment to the extent that such equipment is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement equipment, or the proceeds of such Dispositions are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of similar replacement equipment, all in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(e)               is otherwise permitted by Section 9.02(j) or 9.03;

 

(f)                is a Disposition of property by one Credit Party (other than a Restricted Credit Party) to another Credit Party (other than a Restricted Credit Party);

 

(g)               is a Disposition of property by a non-Credit Party or a Restricted Credit Party to a Credit Party if the purchase price of said property is not higher than its fair market value;

 

(h)               is a Disposition of property by a non-Credit Party or a Restricted Credit Party to a non-Credit Party or Restricted Credit Party;

 

(i)                 is a Disposition of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice (and not for financing purposes);

 

(j)                 is the lapse, abandonment or other Disposition of intellectual property that is in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries no longer economically practicable or commercially desirable to maintain or necessary for the conduct of the business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

 

(k)               is a Disposition of (i) all or substantially all of the Canadian business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or the Equity Interests in Teligent Canada so long as (x) the purchase price therefor is not less than an amount separately agreed by the Company and Administrative Agent and (y) not less than at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneously with such Disposition or (ii) at the time of such Disposition, (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (y) not less than at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneously with such Disposition and (z) the aggregate fair market value of all assets so sold shall not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate; or

 

(l)                 is a Disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents,

 

provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Credit Party, or shall any Credit Party permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) directly or indirectly, issue, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries, except (1) to qualify directors if required by applicable law or (2) pursuant to clause (f) or (g) above or (ii) to file a certificate of division, adopt a plan of division or otherwise take any action to effectuate a division pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or any analogous action taken pursuant to Applicable Law with respect to any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.04, commencing on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the Credit Parties and each its Subsidiaries shall not utilize clauses (k)(ii) and shall not in any event license in any manner any assets (including intellectual property) without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

 

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Section 9.05       Investments. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, make, incur, assume or permit to exist any Investment in any other Person, except:

 

(a)               Investments existing on the Closing Date and identified in Schedule 7.12;

 

(b)               Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(c)               Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)               Investments by way of contributions to capital or purchases of Capital Stock (i) outstanding as of the date hereof and (ii) hereafter (x) by any Credit Party in any other Credit Party (other than a Restricted Credit Party), (y) by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party and (z) by a Credit Party in any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or that is a Restricted Credit Party so long as at the time of the Investment pursuant to this clause (z) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the aggregate amount of such Investments, together with the aggregate amount of Investments pursuant to Section 9.05(g)(z), shall not exceed the Restricted Credit Party Intercompany Investment Amount;

 

(e)               Investments constituting (i) Receivables arising, (ii) trade debt granted, or (iii) deposits made in connection with the purchase price of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)                Investments consisting of any deferred portion of the sales price received by any Credit Party in connection with any Disposition permitted under Section 9.04;

 

(g)               Investments consisting of intercompany loans, other extensions of credit or other Investments (i) outstanding as of the date hereof and (ii) hereafter (x) by a Credit Party to any other Credit Party (other than Restricted Credit Parties), (y) by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to a Credit Party or another Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or (z) by a Credit Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or that is a Restricted Credit Party so long as at the time of such Investment pursuant to this clause (z), no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the aggregate amount of all such Investments, together with the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to of Section 9.05(d)(ii)(z), does not exceed the Restricted Credit Party Intercompany Investment Amount at any one time outstanding; provided, that, any intercompany Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) above: (1) shall be evidenced by one or more promissory notes in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed and delivered in pledge to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and shall not be forgiven or otherwise discharged for any consideration other than and to the extent of repayment in cash; and (2) shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the subordination terms set forth therein;

 

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(h)               Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;

 

(i)                 the maintenance of deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business so long as the applicable provisions of Section 8.12 have been complied with in respect of such deposit accounts;

 

(j)                 Investments consisting of intercompany loans, other extensions of credit or other Investments (i) outstanding as of the date hereof and (ii) hereafter (x) by a Credit Party to any other Credit Party (other than Restricted Credit Parties) or (y) by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to a Credit Party or another Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party; provided, that, any intercompany Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) above: (1) shall be evidenced by one or more promissory notes in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed and delivered in pledge to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and shall not be forgiven or otherwise discharged for any consideration other than and to the extent of repayment in cash; and (2) shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the subordination terms set forth therein;

 

(k)               Investments in any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received in a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 9(j); and

 

(l)                 loans and advances to current or former employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors in the ordinary course of business or in connection with relocations, indemnification, or reimbursement in respect of liabilities relating to them serving in any such capacity, including business travel and entertainment expenses, not to exceed $150,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.

 

Section 9.06        Restricted Payments, etc. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payment, or make any deposit for any Restricted Payment, other than:

 

(a)               payments by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or its direct parent so long as such parent is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

(b)               Restricted Payments by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to pay dividends with respect to its Capital Stock payable solely in additional shares of its common stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock);

 

(c)               regularly scheduled, non-accelerated payments with respect to Indebtedness subordinated to the Obligations (including, without limitation, seller notes and earnout obligations) permitted by Section 9.01(j) to the extent expressly permitted by the applicable subordination agreement or such other subordination terms with respect thereto;

 

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(d)               conversion of the 2019 Convertible Notes, the 2023 Convertible Notes, the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes and the Third Lien Convertible Notes into equity interests of the Borrower in accordance with the terms thereof; and

 

(e)               conversion of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes into the Third Lien Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Section 9.07        Modification of Certain Agreements. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification of, or enter into any forbearance from exercising any rights with respect to the terms or provisions contained in (a) any of Second Lien Loan Documents except to the extent permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) any of the Organization Documents if such amendment, modification or change would (i) require any mandatory redemption date of any Capital Stock, (ii) require any cash dividends or other payments in cash to be made earlier than the Maturity Date, (iii) in the case of a Credit Party, modify any name, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number or federal identification number unless at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice shall be given to the Administrative Agent or (iv) otherwise be materially adverse to the interests of the Agents or the Lenders in any respect, or (c) any document, agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any Indebtedness that has been subordinated to the Obligations in right of payment or any Liens that have been subordinated in priority to the Liens of the Administrative Agent (including the Third Lien Note Documents) unless such amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification is permitted under the terms of the subordination agreement applicable thereto, or (d) any Material Contract, except to the extent that such amendment, modification or change could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender.

 

Section 9.08        Sale and Leaseback. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any agreement or arrangement providing for the sale or transfer by it of any property (now owned or hereafter acquired) to a Person and the subsequent lease or rental of such property or other similar property from such Person.

 

Section 9.09        Transactions with Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or cause or permit to exist any arrangement, transaction or contract (including for the purchase, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of services) with any Affiliate except (a) on fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to such Credit Party or such Subsidiary than it could obtain in an arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, (b) any transaction expressly permitted under Section 9.03, Section 9.05(d), Section 9.05(g) or Section 9.06, (c) customary fees to, and indemnifications of, non-officer directors of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, (d) the payment of reasonable and customary compensation and indemnification arrangements and benefit plans for officers and employees of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (e) transactions solely among Credit Parties.

 

Section 9.10        Restrictive Agreements, etc. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement (other than a Transaction Document) prohibiting:

 

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(a)               the creation or assumption by any Credit Party of any Lien upon its properties, revenues or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired;

 

(b)               the ability of such Person to amend or otherwise modify any Credit Document; or

 

(c)               the ability of such Person to make any payments, directly or indirectly, to the Credit Parties, including by way of dividends, advances, repayments of loans, reimbursements of management and other intercompany charges, expenses and accruals or other returns on investments.

 

The foregoing prohibitions shall not apply to (i) agreements entered into in connection with the Second Lien Credit Agreement or Third Lien Note Documents, as applicable, or (ii) customary restrictions of the type described in clause (a) above (which do not prohibit the Credit Parties from complying with or performing the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents) which are contained in any agreement, (A) governing any Indebtedness permitted by Section 9.01(d) as to assets financed with the proceeds of such Indebtedness, (B) for the creation or assumption of any Lien on the sublet or assignment of any leasehold interest of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business, (C) for the assignment of any contract entered into by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or (D) for the transfer of any asset pending the close of the sale of such asset pursuant to a Disposition permitted under this Agreement;

 

Section 9.11        Hedging Transactions. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Transaction, except (a) Hedging Transactions entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which such Credit Party or such Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Capital Stock) and (b) Hedging Transactions entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rate, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of such Credit Party or such Subsidiary.

 

Section 9.12        Changes in Business. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any business other than the businesses the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are engaged in as of the date hereof and other businesses that are reasonably related thereto or reasonable extensions thereof.

 

Section 9.13        Financial Performance Covenant. The Credit Parties will not permit:

 

(a)               Minimum Net Revenue. The Net Revenue of the Credit Parties on a consolidated basis to be less than the corresponding amount set forth in the Net Revenue Level column for the corresponding Test Period as set forth in the below chart:

 

Test Period   Net Revenue Level  
4 quarters ending June 30, 2020   $ 52,827,300  
4 quarters ending September 30, 2020   $ 45,163,200  
4 quarters ending December 31, 2020   $ 41,622,400  

 

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(b)               Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA. The Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last day of each Test Period set forth below, to be less than the amount set forth below opposite such measurement date

 

Test Period   Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA  
4 quarters ending June 30, 2021   $ (3,122,500 )
4 quarters ending September 30, 2021   $ 10,500,000  
4 quarters ending December 31, 2021   $ 10,500,000  
4 quarters ending March 31, 2022   $ 10,500,000  
4 quarters ending June 30, 2022   $ 11,000,000  
4 quarters ending September 30, 2022   $ 13,000,000  

 

(c)               Minimum Liquidity. The Liquidity of the Credit Parties on a consolidated basis to be less than $3,000,000 at any time.

 

Section 9.14        Disqualified Capital Stock. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue any Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Section 9.15        Removal of Collateral. No Credit Party shall remove, or cause or permit to be removed, any of the Collateral from the premises where such Collateral is currently located and described in Schedule 7.30 (as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with the Security Agreement), except in connection with (a) dispositions permitted under Section 9.04, and (b) off-site repairs of Equipment in the ordinary course of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ business as conducted on the Closing Date.

 

Section 9.16        Voluntary Prepayments of Material Indebtedness; Scheduled Interest Payments on the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes.

 

(a)               No Credit Party shall make any voluntary prepayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or purchase of 2019 Convertible Notes unless such prepayment is funded from the proceeds of (w) the Term Loans funded on the Closing Date, (x) the DDTL A Facility, (y) the issuance of Capital Stock or (z) the proceeds of all or any portion of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes.

 

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(b)               No Credit Party shall make any voluntary prepayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or purchase of the 2023 Convertible Notes, the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes or the Third Lien Convertible Notes except solely to the extent such voluntary prepayment is made solely in shares of Capital Stock and no cash payment is made.

 

(c)               Borrower shall not elect to make any payments of interest on the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes in cash if and to the extent that Borrower has the right to make such election pursuant to the indenture, promissory note or other agreements, instruments and documents governing the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes as in effect on the date hereof.

 

(d)               No Credit Party shall make any voluntary prepayment of the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q); provided that, the foregoing shall not prohibit the return of any unused proceeds thereof.

 

Article X

 

Events of Default

 

Section 10.01    Listing of Events of Default. Each of the following events or occurrences described in this Section 10.01 shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

 

(a)               Non-Payment of Obligations. The Borrower shall default in the payment of:

 

(i)                 any principal of any Loan when such amount is due; or

 

(ii)              any interest on any Loan when such amount is due and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after such amount is due; or

 

(iii)            any fee described in Article IV or any other monetary Obligation under the Credit Documents when such amount is due and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after such amount is due.

 

(b)               Breach of Warranty. Any representation or warranty of any Credit Party made or deemed to be made in any Credit Document (including any certificates delivered pursuant to Article VI) which, by its terms, is subject to a materiality qualifier, is or shall be incorrect in any respect when made or deemed to have been made or any other representation or warranty of any Credit Party made or deemed to be made in any Credit Document (including any certificates delivered pursuant to Article VI) is or shall be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to have been made.

 

(c)               Non-Performance of Certain Covenants and Obligations. Any Credit Party shall default in the due performance or observance of any of its obligations under (i) Section 8.01(a) – (d), Section 8.01(e)(i)-(iii), Section 8.01(g), 8.01 (q), 8.02 (other than to the limited extent such Section requires books and records to be kept in accordance with GAAP which shall instead be subject to Section 10.01(d)), Section 8.03, Section 8.05(a), Section 8.10, Section 8.11(b), Section 8.11(c), Section 8.12, 8.15, 8.16, 8.17, Article IX or the Fee Letter (other than any payment obligations under the Fee Letter which shall instead be subject to Section 10.01(a)(iii)) or (ii) Section 8.01(e)(iv), Section 8.01(f), Section 8.01(h), Section 8.01(o) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after the earlier of (x) any officer of any Credit Party shall first have knowledge thereof or (y) any Credit Party receives written notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in respect thereof.

 

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(d)               Non-Performance of Other Covenants and Obligations. Any Credit Party shall default in the due performance and observance of any obligation contained in any Credit Document executed by it (other than as specified in Section 10.01(a), Section 10.01(b) or Section 10.01(c)), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) Business Days after the earlier of (i) any officer of any Credit Party shall first have knowledge thereof or (ii) any Credit Party receives written notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in respect thereof.

 

(e)               Default on Other Indebtedness. (i) A default shall occur in the payment of any amount when due (subject to any applicable grace period or cure period), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of any principal or stated amount of, or interest or fees on, any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Credit Party, or Subsidiary of any Credit Party having a principal or stated amount, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $1,500,000, or a default shall occur in the performance or observance of any obligation or condition with respect to any such Indebtedness if the effect of such default is to accelerate the maturity of such Indebtedness or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness, or any trustee or agent for such holders, to cause or declare such Indebtedness to become immediately due and payable or (ii) a default shall occur (after expiration of any available grace or cure periods) in the performance or observance of any obligation or condition with respect to any Indebtedness which has been subordinated (whether as to payment or Lien priority) to the Obligations or the Administrative Agent’s Liens or any such Indebtedness shall be required to be or prepaid, redeemed, purchased or defeased, or require an offer to purchase or defease such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its expressed maturity.

 

(f)                Judgments. Any judgment or order for the payment of money individually or in the aggregate in excess of $1,000,000 (exclusive of any amounts fully covered by insurance (less any applicable deductible) and as to which the insurer has been notified of the claim and has not disputed coverage) shall be rendered against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and such judgment shall not have been vacated or discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within thirty (30) days after the entry thereof or enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order.

 

(g)               Plans. An ERISA Event occurs that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)               Bankruptcy, Insolvency, etc. Any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall:

 

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(i)                 become insolvent or generally fail to pay, or admit in writing its inability or unwillingness generally to pay, its debts as they become due;

 

(ii)              apply for, consent to, or acquiesce in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for any substantial part of the assets or other property of any such Person, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

 

(iii)            in the absence of such application, consent or acquiesce to or permit or suffer to exist, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for a substantial part of the property of any thereof, and such trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days; provided, that each Credit Party hereby expressly authorizes each Secured Party to appear in any court conducting any relevant proceeding during such 60-day period to preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Credit Documents;

 

(iv)             permit or suffer to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect thereof, and, if any such case or proceeding is not commenced by such Person, such case or proceeding shall be consented to or acquiesced in by such Person, or shall result in the entry of an order for relief or shall remain for sixty (60) days undismissed; provided, that each Credit Party hereby expressly authorizes each Secured Party to appear in any court conducting any such case or proceeding during such 60-day period to preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Credit Documents; or

 

(v)               take any action authorizing, or in furtherance of, any of the foregoing.

 

(i)                 Impairment of Security, etc. Any Credit Document or any Lien granted thereunder with respect to any portion of the Collateral (except (i) in accordance with its terms or (ii) with respect to immaterial assets), in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of any Credit Party thereto, or any Credit Party or any other Person shall contest in writing such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability; or, except as permitted under any Credit Document, any Lien on the Collateral (except with respect to immaterial assets) shall cease to be a perfected Lien (other than as a result of the Administrative Agent’s failure to take any action within its control).

 

(j)                 Change of Control. Any Change of Control shall occur.

 

(k)               Restraint of Operations; Loss of Assets. If any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party is enjoined, restrained, or in any way prevented by court order or other Governmental Authority from continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business affairs or if any material portion of any Credit Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets is attached, seized, subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or is levied upon, or comes into the possession of any third Person and the same is not discharged before the earlier of 30 days after the date it first arises or 5 days prior to the date on which such property or asset is subject to forfeiture by such Credit Party or the applicable Subsidiary.

 

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(l)                 Damage; Casualty. Any event occurs, whether or not insured or insurable, as a result of which revenue-producing activities cease or are substantially curtailed at facilities of the Credit Parties generating more than 35% of the Borrower’s consolidated revenues for the fiscal year preceding such event and such cessation or curtailment continues for more than forty-five (45) days.

 

(m)             Subordination and Intercreditor Agreements, Intercreditor Agreement and Third Lien Subordination Agreement. (i) The subordination provisions of the Third Lien Subordination Agreement or of any other subordination agreement or any subordination provisions governing any subordinated Indebtedness shall for any reason be revoked or invalidated, or otherwise cease to be in full force and effect, or any Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party shall contest in writing the validity or enforceability thereof or deny in writing that it has any further liability or obligation thereunder, or the Obligations, for any reason shall not have the priority contemplated by such subordination provisions (other than as a result of the Administrative Agent’s failure to take any action within its control) or (ii) any lien subordination or any other material provision of the Intercreditor Agreement or Third Lien Subordination Agreement, as applicable, shall for any reason be revoked or invalidated, or otherwise cease to be in full force and effect, or any Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party shall contest in writing the validity or enforceability thereof or deny in writing that it has any further liability or obligation thereunder.

 

(n)               FDA Matters. (i) The FDA or any other Governmental Authority initiates enforcement action including but not limited to any inspection against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any suppliers that causes such Credit Party or Subsidiary to recall, withdraw, remove or discontinue manufacturing, shipping or marketing any of its Products the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in aggregate liability and expense to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries of the FDA Trigger Amount or more or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the FDA requires Credit Party or its Subsidiaries to modify the label or labeling of any Product as a result of a safety or compliance risk, or seeks to restrict in any way, the distribution of any of Credit Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ Products, which would reasonably be expected, in the aggregate to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) the FDA or any other Governmental Authority issues a warning letter or other communication to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Regulatory Matter which if not promptly resolved would reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries conducts a mandated or voluntary recall or market withdrawal which could reasonably be expected to result in aggregate liability and expense to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries of the FDA Trigger Amount or more; or (v) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries enters into a settlement agreement with the FDA or any other Governmental Authority that results in aggregate liability as to any single or related series of transactions, incidents or conditions, of the FDA Trigger Amount or more, or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 10.02    Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default shall occur for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may, and upon the direction of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower (a) permanently reduce the Commitment in whole or in part or (b) declare all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and other Obligations to be due and payable and the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) to be terminated, whereupon the full unpaid amount of such Loans and other Obligations which shall be so declared due and payable shall be and become immediately due and payable, without further notice, demand or presentment, and the Commitments shall terminate. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity or pursuant to any Credit Documents.

 

Article XI

 

The Administrative Agent

 

Section 11.01    Appointment. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) hereby appoints ACF as its Administrative Agent under and for purposes of each Credit Document and hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to act on behalf of such Lender (or, if applicable, each other Secured Party) under each Credit Document and, in the absence of other written instructions from the Lenders pursuant to the terms of the Credit Documents received from time to time by the Administrative Agent, to exercise such powers hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as may be incidental thereto. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or other Secured Party, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 11.02    Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

 

Section 11.03    Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for any failure of any Credit Party or other Person to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law. The Administrative Agent 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 Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.

 

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Section 11.04    Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, electronic mail, 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 Credit Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other requisite Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans and all other Secured Parties.

 

Section 11.05    Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder, except with respect to any Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders unless the Administrative Agent has received 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 the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement); provided, that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as the Administrative Agent shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Secured Parties.

 

Section 11.06    Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender or any other Secured Party. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any other Secured Party, 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 Credit Parties and their Affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any other Secured Party, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit 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 Credit Parties and their Affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender or any other Secured Party with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.

 

Section 11.07    Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to their respective Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section 11.07 (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 Total Credit Exposure 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 the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents, any Specified Hedging Agreement 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 the Administrative Agent 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 the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 11.07 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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Section 11.08    Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms “Lender”, “Lenders”, “Secured Party” and “Secured Parties” shall include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity.

 

Section 11.09    Successor Agents. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent, upon twenty (20) days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default 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 (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring Administrative Agent), powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring Administrative Agent), powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no applicable successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is twenty (20) days following such retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, such retiring Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective (except that in the case of any Collateral held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under any of the Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent will continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After an Agent’s resignation as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article XI shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

Section 11.10    Agents Generally. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.

 

Section 11.11    Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments.

 

(a)               Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of the Administrative Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request of Administrative Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any deposit accounts of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries now or hereafter maintained with such Lender. Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to do so in writing by Administrative Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings to enforce any Credit Document against any Credit Party or to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.

 

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(b)               Subject to Section 12.09, if, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) payments from the Administrative Agent in excess of such Lender’s pro rata share of all such distributions by the Administrative Agent, such Lender promptly shall (A) turn the same over to the Administrative Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Administrative Agent, or in immediately available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the Lenders in accordance with their pro rata shares; provided, that to the extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party, but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in connection with the recovery of the excess payment.

 

Section 11.12    Agency for Perfection. Administrative Agent hereby appoints each other Secured Party as its agent (and each Secured Party hereby accepts such appointment) for the purpose of perfecting the Administrative Agent’s Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 7 or Article 8, as applicable, of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable state can be perfected only by possession or control. Should any Secured Party obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Secured Party shall notify Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Administrative Agent’s request therefor shall deliver possession or control of such Collateral to Administrative Agent or in accordance with Administrative Agent’s instructions.

 

Section 11.13    Authorization to File Proof of Claim. In case of the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding with respect to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable or whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand therefor) shall be entitled: (i) to file and prove a claim in such proceeding for the full amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for reimbursement under Section 12.05) allowed in such proceeding; and (ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any trustee, liquidator or another similar official in any such proceedings is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations of the Credit Party hereunder or the rights of any Lender, or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 11.14    Credit Bids. Each Credit Party and each Secured Party hereby irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent, based upon the written instruction of the Required Lenders, to bid and purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted (i) by the Administrative Agent under the provisions of the Code, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the Code (ii) under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363, 365 and/or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code or (iii) by the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise, including a foreclosure sale) in accordance with applicable law (clauses (i), (ii) an (iii), a “Collateral Sale”); and in connection with any Collateral Sale based upon the written instruction of Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may accept non-cash consideration, including debt and equity securities issued by such acquisition vehicle under the direction or control of the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent may offset all or any portion of the Obligations against the purchase price of such Collateral. Each Secured Party hereby agrees that, except as otherwise provided in any Credit Documents, or with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, it will not take any enforcement action, accelerate obligations under any Credit Documents, or exercise any right that it might otherwise have under applicable law to credit bid at foreclosure sales, UCC sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral.

 

Section 11.15    Binding Effect. Each Secured Party, by accepting the benefits of the Credit Documents, agrees that (i) any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if expressly required hereby, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents, (ii) any action taken by the Administrative Agent in reliance upon the instructions of Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Secured Parties.

 

Article XII

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 12.01    Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12.01. The Required Lenders may, or, with the consent of the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, may, from time to time, (a) enter into with the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, that no such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification shall directly:

 

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(i)                 (A) reduce or forgive any portion of any Loan or extend the final expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the stated interest rate (it being understood that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or amend Section 2.10(c), or (B) reduce or forgive any portion or extend the date for the payment, of any interest or fee payable hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or (C) amend or modify any provisions of Section 12.09(b) or any other provision that provides for the pro rata nature of disbursements by or payments to Lenders, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(ii)              amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 12.01 or reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the term “Required Lenders” or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 9.03), in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(iii)            increase the aggregate amount of any Commitment of any Lender without the consent of such Lender;

 

(iv)             amend, modify or waive any provision of Article XI applicable to the Administrative Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent;

 

(v)               release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Guarantee Agreement (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantee Agreement), or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Agreement and the Mortgages (except as expressly permitted thereby and in Section 12.19), in each case without the prior written consent of each Lender;

 

(vi)             amend Section 2.10 so as to permit Interest Period intervals greater than six months if not agreed to by all applicable Lenders; or

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein:

 

(i)                 this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower (x) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement 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 Credit Documents with the Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders;

 

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(ii)              no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended, and amounts payable to such Lender hereunder may not be permanently reduced without the consent of such Lender (other than reductions in fees and interest in which such reduction does not disproportionately affect such Lender);

 

(iii)            schedules to this Agreement and the Security Agreement may be amended or supplemented by the delivery of a Compliance Certificate in accordance with, and solely to the extent set forth in, Section 8.01(d); and

 

(iv)             this Agreement and any other Credit Document may be amended solely with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment is delivered in order to (x) correct or cure ambiguities, errors, omissions, defects, (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature or (z) correct or cure incorrect cross references or similar inaccuracies in this Agreement or the applicable Credit Document, in each case with regards to clauses (x) through (z), the correction of which is not adverse to the interest of any Lender. Guarantees, collateral documents, security documents, intercreditor agreements, and related documents executed in connection with this Agreement may be amended, modified, terminated or waived, and consent to any departure therefrom may be given, without the consent of any Lender if such amendment, modification, waiver or consent is given in order to cause such guarantee, collateral document, security document, intercreditor agreement or related document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Any such amendment shall become effective without any further consent of any other party to such Credit Document.

 

Section 12.02    Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.

 

(a)               General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by electronic transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, e-mailed or delivered to the applicable address or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

 

(i)                 if to the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, to the address, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 12.02 or to such other address, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

 

(ii)              if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent.

 

All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three (3) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of Section 12.02(c)), when delivered; provided, that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person.

 

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(b)               Effectiveness of Electronic Documents and Signatures. Credit Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by e-mail or other electronic communication. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on all Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

(c)               Reliance by the Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Notices of Borrowing) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Credit Party even if (i) such notices were not made 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 the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

 

Section 12.03    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit 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.

 

Section 12.04    Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in the other Credit Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.

 

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Section 12.05    Payment of Expenses; Indemnification. The Borrower agrees, subject to any limitations set forth in the Fee Letter, (a) to pay or reimburse the Agents for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of, and any amendment, waiver, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel (and, to the extent necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction and, if reasonably required, one regulatory counsel) to the Agents and the Second Lien Agent (unless the Agents and the Second Lien Agent are not affiliated), (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Agents for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents and the Lenders and other third party advisors to the Agents, and (c) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender and the Agents and their respective Related Parties from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, and reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever, including reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel, arising as a result of the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law on the part of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any actual or alleged presence of Hazardous Materials as a result of the operations of each Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, including at any of their Real Property (all the foregoing in this clause (c), collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”); provided, that the Credit Parties shall have no obligation hereunder to the Agents or any Lender nor any of their Related Parties with respect to indemnified liabilities arising from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified or one of their Related Parties; (ii) disputes among the Agents, the Lenders and/or their transferees; or (iii) diminution in value of any Real Property of any Credit Party resulting from the presence of Hazardous Materials existing at such Real Property on or before the Closing Date. The agreements in this Section 12.05 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder and termination of this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against any Lender, the Administrative Agent and their respective Related Parties, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Lender, no Agent nor any of their respective Related Parties shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

Section 12.06    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, except that (i) except as set forth in Section 9.03, no Credit Party may 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 any Credit Party without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 12.06. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 12.06) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (a) any Lender shall be permitted to pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of such Lender’s rights hereunder including, but not limited to, any Loans (without the consent of, or notice to or any other action by, any other party hereto) to secure the obligations of such Lender or any of its Affiliates to any Person providing any loan, letter of credit or other extension of credit to or for the account of such Lender or any of its Affiliates and any agent, trustee or representative of such Person and (b) the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of their respective rights hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, including, but not limited to, rights to payment (without the consent of, or notice to or any other action by, any other party hereto), to secure the obligations of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates to any Person providing any loan, letter of credit or other extension of credit to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates and any agent, trustee or representative of such Person.

 

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(b)               (i)          Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (other than to a Defaulting Lender or to the Borrower or to any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, an “Eligible 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 (which consent in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of 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 provided further, that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for any assignment hereunder.

 

(ii)             Assignments shall be subject to the consent of 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.

 

(iii)            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, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents, which consent, in each case, shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 10.01(a), (c) (solely in respect of a breach of Section 8.01(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), or Section 9.13) or Section 10.01(h) has occurred and is continuing; and provided further, that contemporaneous assignments to a single assignee made by affiliated Lenders or related Approved Funds and contemporaneous assignments by a single assignor to affiliated Lenders or related Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above;

 

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(B)             each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided, that this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Commitments or Loans;

 

(C)             the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided, that only one such fee shall be payable in connection with simultaneous assignments to two or more Approved Funds; and

 

(D)            the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(E)             No Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder to any of the Credit Parties.

 

In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to such assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee (by its execution and delivery of the applicable Assignment and Acceptance to the Administrative Agent) and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full Pro Rata Share of all Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

(iv)             Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section 12.06, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.04 and 12.05); provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 12.06 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 12.06.

 

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(v)               The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose on behalf of the Borrower (but not as an agent, fiduciary or for any other purposes), shall maintain a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Total Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). Further, the Register shall contain the name and address of the Administrative Agent and the lending office through which each such Person acts under this Agreement. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register, as in effect at the close of business on the preceding Business Day, shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(vi)             Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)(i) of this Section 12.06, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless and until it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

 

(vii)          Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, (i) no Person identified on Schedule 12.06 as a holder of 2023 Convertible Notes, 2023 PIK Convertible Notes or other unsecured Indebtedness nor (ii) any Affiliate of any Person identified on Schedule 12.06 to the extent such Affiliate is either (x) identified as such in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (y) readily identifiable on the basis of such Affiliate’s name, in each case, shall be permitted to acquire Loans hereunder by means of exchanging such holder’s 2023 Convertible Notes, 2023 PIK Convertible Notes or such other unsecured Indebtedness (or any similar exchange transaction) for Loans hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not prohibit assignments of Loans to Persons identified on Schedule 12.06 and their Affiliates in a transaction not involving an exchange of 2023 Convertible Notes, 2023 PIK Convertible Notes or other unsecured Indebtedness for Loans hereunder.

 

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(c)               (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided, that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument 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 or any other Credit Document; provided, that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (i) of the first proviso to Section 12.01. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 12.06, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.04, the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 12.06. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.09(b) as though it were a Lender, provided, that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 12.09(a) as though it were a Lender.

 

(ii)             A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Non-U.S. Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.04 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 5.04 as though it were a Lender.

 

(iii)           Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Lender’s obligations hereunder (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall not have any responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

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Section 12.07    Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.

 

(a)             The Borrower, at its sole cost and expense, shall be permitted to replace any Lender (or any Participant), other than an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, that (i) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 or 5.04, or (ii) is affected in the manner described in Section 2.14(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken, provided, that (A) such replacement does not conflict with any Applicable Law, (B) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (C) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts (other than any disputed amounts) pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 or 5.04, as the case may be, owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (D) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (E) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.06 (except that such replaced Lender shall not be obligated to pay any processing and recordation fee required pursuant thereto) and (F) 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.

 

(b)             If any Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination, which pursuant to the terms of Section 12.01 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected or the Required Lenders and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then, provided that no Default or Event of Default then exists, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent), at its own cost and expense, to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans and Commitments to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, provided, that: (i) all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment and (ii) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 12.06 (except that such Non-Consenting Lender shall not be obligated to pay any processing and recordation fee required pursuant thereto).

 

Section 12.08    Securitization. The Credit Parties hereby acknowledge that the Lenders and their Affiliates may securitize the Loans (a “Securitization”) through the pledge of the Loans as collateral security for loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or through the sale of the Loans or the issuance of direct or indirect interests in the Loans to their controlled Affiliates, which loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or direct or indirect interests will be rated by Moody’s, S&P or one or more other rating agencies. The Credit Parties shall, to the extent commercially reasonable, cooperate with the Lenders and their Affiliates to effect any and all Securitizations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Securitization shall release the Lender party thereto from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any pledgee, secured party or any other party to such Securitization for such Lender as a party hereto and no change in ownership of the Loans may be effected except pursuant to Section 12.06.

 

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Section 12.09    Adjustments; Set-off. (a) If any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.01(h), 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 Loans or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall (i) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and (ii) purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loans, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, that (x) 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 and (y) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (1) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05(d) and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (2) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.

 

Each Credit Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Credit Party in the amount of such participation.

 

(b)             After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the extent consented to by Administrative Agent, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Credit Party, any such notice being expressly waived by the Credit Parties 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) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), 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 branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

 

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Section 12.10    Counterparts. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be executed by one or more of the parties thereto on any number of separate counterparts (including by electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 12.11    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. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.11, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law), as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

 

Section 12.12    Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any party hereto or thereto relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

 

Section 12.13    GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE THEREIN) AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 12.14    Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)              agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any Affiliate of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;

 

(b)               consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

 

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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 the applicable party at its respective address set forth on Schedule 12.02 or on Schedule 1.01(a) 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 or shall limit any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or their respective properties in the courts of any jurisdiction;

 

(e)             waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, all rights of rescission, setoff, counterclaims, and other defenses in connection with the repayment of the Obligations; and

 

(f)              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 12.14 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

Section 12.15    Acknowledgments. Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)             it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;

 

(b)            neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Credit Parties arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

 

(c)             no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Credit Parties and the Lenders.

 

Section 12.16    WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE CREDIT PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

Section 12.17    Confidentiality. Each Agent and Lender shall hold all Confidential Information confidential in accordance with its customary procedure for handling confidential information of this nature and (in the case of a Lender that is a bank) in accordance with safe and sound banking practices; provided, that Confidential Information may be disclosed by the Administrative Agent or Lender:

 

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(a)            as required by any governmental agency or representative thereof (including, without limitation, public disclosures by the Administrative Agent, Lender, or any of their Related Parties required by the SEC or any other governmental or regulatory authority);

 

(b)             pursuant to legal process;

 

(c)             in connection with the enforcement of any rights or exercise of any remedies by the Administrative Agent or Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document;

 

(d)            to the Administrative Agent’s or Lender’s attorneys, professional advisors, independent auditors or Affiliates,

 

(e)             in connection with:

 

(i)              the establishment of any special purpose funding vehicle with respect to the Loans,

 

(ii)             any Securitization permitted under Section 12.08;

 

(iii)           any prospective assignment of, or participation in, its rights and obligations pursuant to Section 12.06, to prospective assignees or Participants, as the case may be;

 

(iv)            any Hedging Transaction entered into or proposed to be entered into in connection with the Loans made hereunder, to actual or proposed direct or indirect contractual counterparties; and

 

(v)             any actual or proposed credit facility for loans, letters of credit or other extensions of credit to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or Lender or any of its Affiliates, to any Person providing or proposing to provide such loan, letter of credit or other extension of credit or any agent, trustee or representative of such Person; or

 

(f)              with the consent of the Borrower;

 

provided, that in the case of clause (e) hereof, the Person to whom Confidential Information is so disclosed is advised of and has been directed to comply with the provisions of this Section 12.17.

 

For purposes of this Section, “Confidential Information” means all information received from a Credit Party or any Subsidiary, whether directly or from a Credit Party or a Subsidiary’s managers, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, or other advisors, relating to the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Agents or any Secured Party on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by or on behalf of such Credit Party or any Subsidiary.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any Affiliate thereof is hereby expressly permitted by the Credit Parties to refer to any Credit Party and any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with any promotion or marketing undertaken by the Administrative Agent, Lender or Affiliate and, for such purpose, the Administrative Agent, Lender or Affiliate may utilize any trade name, trademark, logo or other distinctive symbol associated with such Credit Party or such Subsidiary or any of their businesses and (B) any information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by the Administrative Agent or Lender) shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section 12.17.

 

EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION 12.17) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE CREDIT PARTIES 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 CREDIT PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE CREDIT PARTIES 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.

 

Section 12.18    Press Releases, etc. Each Credit Party will not, and will not permit any of its respective Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to publish any press release or other similar public disclosure or announcements (including any marketing materials) regarding this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Transaction Documents, or any of the Transactions, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

Section 12.19    Releases of Guarantees and Liens. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Secured Party (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Secured Party except as expressly required by Section 12.01) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Credit Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 12.01, (ii) upon request by Borrower, to release any Guarantor that has become an Excluded Subsidiary, provided, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (iii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.

 

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(b)          At such time as (i) the Loans and the other Obligations (other than Unasserted Contingent Obligations) shall have been paid in full and (ii) the Commitments have been terminated, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all pledges and obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Credit Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

 

(c)          Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any guarantee obligations pursuant to this Section 12.19. In each case as specified in this Section 12.19, the Administrative Agent will (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrower’s request and expense, (i) execute and deliver any termination statements, lien releases, discharges of security interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable form) as are reasonably necessary to release, as of record, the Administrative Agent’s Liens and all notices of security interests and liens previously filed by the Administrative Agent and (ii) deliver all possessory collateral in the Administrative Agent’s possession, custody or control to the Borrower (or the Borrower’s designee), and (iii) execute and deliver to the applicable Credit Party such other documents as such Credit Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral or obligation from the assignment, lien or security interest granted under the Security Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Credit Documents and this Section 12.19.

 

Section 12.20    USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Credit Parties, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act. Each Credit Party agrees to provide all such information to the Lenders upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, whether with respect to any Person who is a Credit Party on the Closing Date or who becomes a Credit Party thereafter.

 

Section 12.21    No Fiduciary Duty. Each Credit Party, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Credit Parties, their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their respective Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.

 

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Section 12.22     Authorized Officers. The execution of any certificate requirement hereunder by an Authorized Officer shall be considered to have been done solely in such Authorized Officer’s capacity as an officer of the applicable Credit Party (and not individually). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely and act on any certificate, notice or other document delivered by or on behalf of any Person purporting to be an Authorized Officer of a Credit Party and shall have no duty to inquire as to the actual incumbency or authority of such Person.

 

Section 12.23    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit 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 party hereto 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 Credit 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.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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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.

 

BORROWER: TELIGENT, INC., a Delaware corporation
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
OTHER GUARANTORS: [__________],
  a [________]  
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND A LENDER: ACF FINCO I LP, a Delaware limited partnership
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
LENDER: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation  
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  CION ARES DIVERSIFIED CREDIT FUND
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  ARES CENTRE STREET PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
  By: Ares Centre Street GP, Inc., as general partner
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

 

  SALI FUND MANAGEMENT
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  ARES COMMERCIAL FINANCE,
  By: Ares Commercial Finance GP LP, its general partner
  By: ACF GP LLC, its general partner
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.5

 

Execution Version

 

AMENDMENT NO. 5

TO SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 20, 2020 (this “Amendment”), is by and among TELIGENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), its Subsidiaries signatory hereto, the lenders from time to time party hereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (“ARCC”), as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). For purposes of this Amendment, all terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein, including but not limited to those terms used in the recitals hereto, shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent, Lenders, Borrower and other Credit Parties have entered into financing arrangements pursuant to which the Lenders (or Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders) have made and may make Loans and provide other financial accommodations to Borrower as set forth in (i) the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2018, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2019 and effective as of June 29, 2019, as amended by that certain Consent and Amendment No. 3 to Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 4 to Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2020 and effective as of December 31, 2019 (as in effect prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”, and as the same is further amended by this Amendment and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among the Administrative Agent, Lenders, Borrower and other Credit Parties and (ii) the other Credit Documents, including, without limitation, this Amendment;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower plans to enter into the Third Lien Note Documents (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) with certain holders of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes and certain of the holders of the 2023 Convertible Notes, in connection with, among other things, the issuance and sale of Third Lien Notes that will result in net cash proceeds of not less than $10,000,000 for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (the transactions contemplated by the Third Lien Note Documents are referred to herein collectively as the “Third Lien Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) Section 10.01(b) of the Credit Agreement an Event of Default has occurred due to the Credit Parties’ failure to disclose a complete and accurate Schedule 7.31 in respect of all material Registrations held by each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, (ii) Section 10.01(c) of the Credit Agreement an Event of Default has occurred due to the Borrower’s failure to comply with the covenant set forth in Section 9.01(n) with respect to the incurrence of a one-time unsecured loan under and in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36) (as added to the Small Business Act by Section 1102 of the CARES Act) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, and applicable rules and regulations (as amended from time to time, the “Cares Act”), (iii) Section 10.01(c) of the Credit Agreement an Event of Default has occurred due to the Credit Parties’ failure to comply with the covenant set forth in Section 8.01(g) of the Credit Agreement with respect to the delivery of written notice by an Authorized Officer of a Credit Party specifying the nature of any Default or Event of Default, including the period of existence thereof and what action such Credit Party proposes to take, upon such Authorized Officer’s knowledge of such Default or Event of Default and (iv) Section 10.01(c) of the Credit Agreement an Event of Default has occurred due to the Credit Parties’ failure to comply with the covenant set forth in Section 9.13(c) of the Credit Agreement from July 16, 2020 through the date hereof (such Event of Defaults are hereinafter referred to as the “Specified Defaults”); and

 

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WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (i) waive the Specified Defaults, (ii) consent to the Third Lien Transaction and (iii) amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, as provided more fully herein.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual agreements and covenants contained in the Credit Agreement and herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Subject to the conditions to effectiveness set forth in Section 3 hereof, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties in Section 2 hereof, pursuant to Section 12.01 of the Credit Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as set forth below in this Section 1.

 

1.01.      The Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety (inclusive of Schedule 7.31 but exclusive of all other schedules and exhibits thereto) with the document attached hereto as Annex I.

 

Section 2. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party, jointly and severally, hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent as follows, which representations and warranties are continuing and shall survive the execution and delivery hereof:

 

2.01       No Default. At and as of the date of this Amendment and both prior to and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default (other than the Specified Defaults) is continuing.

 

2.02       Representations and Warranties True and Correct. At and as of the date of this Amendment and both prior to and after giving effect to this Amendment, each of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents is true and correct in all material respects (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

2.03       Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and carry out the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the performance of the Amended Credit Agreement. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered this Amendment, and this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement constitute the valid and binding agreements of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

 

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2.04       No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party of this Amendment and the performance of the Amended Credit Agreement, and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not (i) contravene any applicable provision of any material Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority, (ii) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party (other than Permitted Liens and Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to (A) the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage or deed of trust, or (B) any other Material Contracts Obligation, in the case of either clause (ii)(A) or (ii)(B), to which any Credit Party is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound, or (iii) violate any provision of the Organization Documents of any Credit Party, except with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention or default (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (ii), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3. Conditions. This Amendment shall not become effective until each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Required Lenders):

 

3.01       The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each Credit Party signatory hereto and each other relevant party to this Amendment;

 

3.02       The representations and warranties contained in Section 2 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, as though made on such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date);

 

3.03       (i) The Third Lien Transaction shall have been consummated (or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with the execution hereof) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Third Lien Note Documents and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of the Borrower’s receipt of net proceeds of at least $10,000,000 from the Third Lien Transaction in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;

 

3.04       The Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Amendment No. 5 Warrants executed by Borrower and each Warrant Holder;

 

3.05       The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate for each Credit Party party to the Amendment, dated as of the date hereof, duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party party to the Amendment as to:

 

(i)                 resolutions of each such Person’s board of managers/directors (or other managing body, in the case of a Person that is not a corporation) then in full force and effect expressly and specifically authorizing, to the extent relevant, all aspects of this Amendment and Amendment No. 5 Warrants applicable to such Person and the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and Amendment No. 5 Warrants, in each case, to be executed by such Person;

 

(ii)              the incumbency and signatures of its Authorized Officers and any other of its officers, managing member or general partner, as applicable, authorized to act with respect to this Amendment and Amendment No. 5 Warrants to be executed by such Person;

 

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(iii)            each such Person’s Organization Documents, as amended, modified or supplemented as of the date hereof, with the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation certified by the appropriate officer or official body of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person; and

 

(iv)             certificates of good standing with respect to each Credit Party, each dated within a recent date prior to the date hereof, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer or official body of the jurisdiction of organization of such Credit Party, which certificate shall indicate that such Credit Party is in good standing in such jurisdiction.

 

3.06       The Administrative Agent shall have received, for its own account, the fees, costs and expenses due and payable to it pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof and Section 12.05 of the Amended Credit Agreement (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) for which invoices have been presented prior to the date hereof; and

 

3.07       The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of the Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement duly executed by the First Lien Agent, each Credit Party signatory thereto and each other relevant party thereto.

 

3.08       The First Lien Agent shall have received a Transfer Letter (as defined in the applicable Security Documents) executed in blank covering each pending or issued Drug Application (as defined in the Security Agreement) existing after the Closing Date if a Transfer Letter with respect thereto shall not have heretofore been delivered.

 

3.09       The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed version of the Third Lien Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by the Third Lien Agent, the First Lien Agent, the Administrative Agent and each other relevant party thereto.

 

3.10       The Administrative Agent shall have received counterpart of the Amended and Restated Canadian Security Agreement between the Administrative Agent and Teligent Canada, Inc.

 

Section 4. Waiver. Effective as of the date hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, Administrative Agent and the Lenders signatory hereto hereby waive the Specified Defaults. The waiver contained in this Section 4 is a limited waiver and (i) shall only be relied upon and used for the specific purpose set forth herein, (ii) shall not constitute nor be deemed to constitute a waiver, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, of (a) any Default or Event of Default or (b) any term or condition of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) shall not constitute nor be deemed to constitute a consent by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to anything other than the specific purpose set forth herein and (iv) shall not constitute a custom or course of dealing among the parties hereto.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

5.01       Fees and Expenses. The Borrower agrees and acknowledges that all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel, shall be paid by the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent.

 

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5.02        No Waiver or Modification. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of compliance with any term or condition contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or constitute a course of conduct or dealing among the parties. The Administrative Agent and Lenders reserve all rights, privileges and remedies under the Credit Documents. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents remain unmodified and in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 

5.03       Credit Document. This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document under and as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement. All references in the Credit Documents to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

5.04        Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE UNDER, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT (AT LAW OR IN EQUITY), TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

5.05        Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or in electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) by electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

5.06        Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.

 

5.07        Binding Effect; Assignment. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

5.08        Integration. This Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement, and the other Credit Documents incorporate all negotiations of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and are the final expression and agreement of the parties hereto and thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement, and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any party hereto or thereto relative to the subject matter hereof or thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein.

 

5.09        Reaffirmation. Each Credit Party as debtor, grantor, pledgor, guarantor, assignor, or in any other similar capacity in which such Credit Party grants liens or security interests in its property or otherwise acts as accommodation party or guarantor, as the case may be, hereby (i) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each Credit Document to which it is a party (after giving effect hereto) and (ii) to the extent such Credit Party granted liens on or security interests in any of its property pursuant to any such Credit Document as security for or otherwise guaranteed the Borrower’s Obligations under or with respect to the Credit Documents, ratifies and reaffirms such guarantee and grant of security interests and liens and confirms and agrees that such security interests and liens hereafter secure all of the Obligations as amended hereby.

 

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5.10        Release of Claims. In consideration of the Lenders’ and Administrative Agent’s agreements contained in this Amendment, each Credit Party hereby irrevocably releases and forever discharges the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants and attorneys (each, a “Released Person”) of and from any and all claims, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings or demands, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law of any kind or character, known or unknown, which such Credit Party ever had or now has against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Released Person which relates, directly or indirectly, to any acts or omissions prior to the date hereof of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Released Person relating to the Amended Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or the Amendment No. 5 Warrants.

 

5.11        Electronic Signatures. Section 12.02(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER: TELIGENT, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
  Name:  Timothy B. Sawyer
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President
   
GUARANTORS: IGEN, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
    Name:  Timothy B. Sawyer
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President
   
  TELIGENT PHARMA, INC.
   
  By:    /s/ Timothy B. Sawyer
    Name:   Timothy B. Sawyer
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND A LENDER: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION,
  a Maryland corporation
   
  By: /s/ Scott Lern 
    Name: Scott Lern
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

LENDERS: ACF FINCO I LP,
  a Delaware limited partnership
   
  By:    /s/ Oleh Szczupak
    Name: Oleh Szczupak
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  CION ARES DIVERSIFIED CREDIT FUND
   
  By: /s/ Scott Lern
    Name: Scott Lern
    Title: Authorized Signatory
 
  ARES CENTRE STREET PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
   
  By: Ares Centre Street GP, Inc., as general partner
   
  By: /s/ Scott Lern
    Name: Scott Lern
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
   
  ARES CREDIT STRATEGIES INSURANCE DEDICATED FUND SERIES INTERESTS OF THE SALI MULTI-SERIES FUND, L.P.
   
  By: Ares Capital Management LLC, its investment manager
   
  By: /s/ Scott Lern
    Name: Scott Lern
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  ARES COMMERCIAL FINANCE,
   
  By: Ares Commercial Finance GP LP, its general partner
  By: ACF GP LLC, its general partner
   
  By: /s/ Oleh Szczupak
    Name: Oleh Szczupak
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX I

 

CONFORMED COPY INCORPORATING

AMENDMENT NO. 1 THROUGH AMENDMENT NO. 5

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 13, 2018 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG TELIGENT, INC., ACF FINCO I LP, AS FIRST LIEN AGENT AND ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION AS SECOND LIEN AGENT, AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS PARTY OR THAT MAY BECOME PARTY THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

 

SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

TELIGENT, INC.,
as Borrower,

 

Certain Subsidiaries thereof, as Guarantors,

 

The Lenders
from Time to Time Party Hereto,

 

and

 

ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Administrative Agent,

 

Dated as of December 13, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article I           Definitions     2  
             
Section 1.01   Defined Terms     2  
Section 1.02   Other Interpretive Provisions     37  
Section 1.03   Accounting Terms and Determination     37  
Section 1.04   Rounding     38  
Section 1.05   References to Agreements, Laws, etc     38  
Section 1.06   Times of Day     38  
Section 1.07   Timing of Payment of Performance     38  
Section 1.08   Corporate Terminology     38  
Section 1.09   UCC Definitions     38  
Section 1.10   Collateral     38  
             
Article II           Amount and Terms of Credit Facilities     39  
             
Section 2.01   Loans     39  
Section 2.02   Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings     42  
Section 2.03   Notice of Borrowing     42  
Section 2.04   Disbursement of Funds     42  
Section 2.05   Payment of Loans; Evidence of Debt     43  
Section 2.06   Conversions and Continuations     44  
Section 2.07   Pro Rata Borrowings     45  
Section 2.08   Interest     45  
Section 2.09   Interest Periods     47  
Section 2.10   Increased Costs, Illegality, etc     47  
Section 2.11   Compensation     50  
Section 2.12   Change of Lending Office     50  
Section 2.13   Notice of Certain Costs     50  
Section 2.14   [Reserved]     50  
Section 2.15   Defaulting Lenders     50  
             
Article III           [RESERVED]     52  
             
Article IV           Fees and Commitment Terminations     52  
             
Section 4.01   Fees     52  
Section 4.02   Mandatory Termination of Commitments     52  
             
Article V           Payments     53  
             
Section 5.01   Voluntary Prepayments     53  
Section 5.02   Mandatory Prepayments     54  
Section 5.03   Payment of Obligations; Method and Place of Payment     56  
Section 5.04   Net Payments     57  
Section 5.05   Computations of Interest and Fees     60  
             
Article VI   Conditions Precedent     60  
             
Section 6.01   Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension     60  
Section 6.02   Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions     64  
             
Article VII            Representations, Warranties and Agreements     65  

 

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Section 7.01   Corporate Status     65  
Section 7.02   Corporate Power and Authority     65  
Section 7.03   No Violation     65  
Section 7.04   Litigation, Labor Controversies, etc     66  
Section 7.05   Use of Proceeds; Regulations U and X     66  
Section 7.06   Approvals, Consents, etc     66  
Section 7.07   Investment Company Act     66  
Section 7.08   Full Disclosure     67  
Section 7.09   Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect     67  
Section 7.10   Tax Returns and Payments     68  
Section 7.11   Compliance with ERISA     68  
Section 7.12   Capitalization and Subsidiaries     69  
Section 7.13   Intellectual Property; Licenses, etc     69  
Section 7.14   Environmental     69  
Section 7.15   Ownership of Properties     70  
Section 7.16   No Default     70  
Section 7.17   Solvency     71  
Section 7.18   [Intentionally Omitted]     71  
Section 7.19   Compliance with Laws; Authorizations     71  
Section 7.20   Contractual or Other Restrictions     71  
Section 7.21   Transaction Documents     71  
Section 7.22   Collective Bargaining Agreements     71  
Section 7.23   Insurance     72  
Section 7.24   Evidence of Other Indebtedness     72  
Section 7.25   Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts     72  
Section 7.26   Foreign Assets Control Regulations; Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Practices     72  
Section 7.27   Patriot Act     73  
Section 7.28   First Lien Loan Documents     73  
Section 7.29   Flood Insurance     73  
Section 7.30   Location of Collateral; Equipment List     73  
Section 7.31   Regulatory Matters     74  
Section 7.32   Third Lien Note Documents     77  
             
Article VIII            Affirmative Covenants     77  
             
Section 8.01   Financial Information, Reports, Notices and Information     77  
Section 8.02   Books, Records and Inspections     82  
Section 8.03   Maintenance of Insurance     82  
Section 8.04   Payment of Taxes     83  
Section 8.05   Maintenance of Existence; Compliance with Laws, etc     83  
Section 8.06   Environmental Compliance     83  
Section 8.07   ERISA     85  
Section 8.08   Maintenance of Property and Assets     85  
Section 8.09   End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters     86  
Section 8.10   Use of Proceeds     86  

 

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Section 8.11   Further Assurances; Additional Guarantors and Grantors     86  
Section 8.12   Bank Accounts     88  
Section 8.13   [Intentionally Omitted]     88  
Section 8.14   2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account     89  
Section 8.15   Post-Closing     89  
Section 8.16   Board Observation     91  
             
Article IX            Negative Covenants     92  
             
Section 9.01   Limitation on Indebtedness     92  
Section 9.02   Limitation on Liens     94  
Section 9.03   Consolidation, Merger, etc     96  
Section 9.04   Permitted Dispositions     96  
Section 9.05   Investments     97  
Section 9.06   Restricted Payments, etc     99  
Section 9.07   Modification of Certain Agreements     99  
Section 9.08   Sale and Leaseback     99  
Section 9.09   Transactions with Affiliates     100  
Section 9.10   Restrictive Agreements, etc     100  
Section 9.11   Hedging Transactions     100  
Section 9.12   Changes in Business     101  
Section 9.13   Financial Performance Covenant     101  
Section 9.14   Disqualified Capital Stock     102  
Section 9.15   Removal of Collateral     102  
Section 9.16   Voluntary Prepayments of Material Indebtedness; Scheduled Interest Payments on the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes,     102  
             
Article X            Events of Default     102  
             
Section 10.01   Listing of Events of Default     102  
Section 10.02   Remedies Upon Event of Default     106  
             
Article XI            The Administrative Agent     107  
             
Section 11.01   Appointment     107  
Section 11.02   Delegation of Duties     107  
Section 11.03   Exculpatory Provisions     107  
Section 11.04   Reliance by Agents     108  
Section 11.05   Notice of Default     108  
Section 11.06   Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders     109  
Section 11.07   Indemnification     109  
Section 11.08   Agent in Its Individual Capacity     110  
Section 11.09   Successor Agents     110  
Section 11.10   Agents Generally     110  
Section 11.11   Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments     110  
Section 11.12   Agency for Perfection     111  
Section 11.13   Authorization to File Proof of Claim     111  
Section 11.14   Credit Bids     112  
Section 11.15   Binding Effect     112  

 

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Article XII            Miscellaneous     112  
             
Section 12.01   Amendments and Waivers     112  
Section 12.02   Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies     114  
Section 12.03   No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies     115  
Section 12.04   Survival of Representations and Warranties     115  
Section 12.05   Payment of Expenses; Indemnification     116  
Section 12.06   Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments     116  
Section 12.07   Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances     120  
Section 12.08   Securitization     121  
Section 12.09   Adjustments; Set-off     121  
Section 12.10   Counterparts     122  
Section 12.11   Severability     122  
Section 12.12   Integration     122  
Section 12.13   GOVERNING LAW     122  
Section 12.14   Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers     123  
Section 12.15   Acknowledgments     123  
Section 12.16   WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL     124  
Section 12.17   Confidentiality     124  
Section 12.18   Press Releases, etc     126  
Section 12.19   Releases of Guarantees and Liens     126  
Section 12.20   USA Patriot Act     126  
Section 12.21   No Fiduciary Duty     127  
Section 12.22   Authorized Officers     127  
Section 12.23   Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions     127  

 

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SCHEDULES    
     
Schedule 1.01(a)   Commitments
Schedule 1.01(b)   Immaterial Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(c)   Material Contracts
Schedule 7.04   Litigation
Schedule 7.12   Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures/Partnerships
Schedule 7.15   Real Property
Schedule 7.22   Collective Bargaining Agreements
Schedule 7.23   Insurance
Schedule 7.24   Evidence of Indebtedness
Schedule 7.25   Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
Schedule 7.30   Location of Collateral; Equipment List
Schedule 7.31   Regulatory Matters
Schedule 9.02   Liens
Schedule 12.02   Addresses for Notices
Schedule 12.06   2023 Convertible Note holders, 2023 PIK Convertible Note holders and Affiliates
     
EXHIBITS    
     
Exhibit A-1   Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit D-1   Form of DDTL Note
Exhibit C-1   Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit N-1   Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit N-2   Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation
Exhibit T-1   Form of Term Loan Note
Exhibit P-1   Form of Perfection Certificate

 

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SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 13, 2018, is among TELIGENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), its Subsidiaries signatory hereto as guarantors or hereafter designated as Guarantors pursuant to Section 8.11, the lenders from time to time party hereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), and ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (“Ares”), as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (a) an initial term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 on the Closing Date (the “Initial Term Loan Facility”), (b) a delayed draw term loan facility (the “DDTL A Facility”) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $30,000,000 and (c) a delayed draw term loan facility (the “DDTL B Facility”, together with the DDTL A Facility, the “DDTL Facility”) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $15,000,000;

 

WHEREAS, (a) the proceeds of the Initial Term Loan Facility will be used (i) to finance the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase (as defined herein) and the repayment of other Indebtedness outstanding as of the date hereof (other than the 2023 Convertible Notes) and (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and such repurchase, redemption or repayment, in each case, to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement, (b) the proceeds of the DDTL A Facility will be used solely (i) to finance the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase and (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase and (c) the proceeds of the DDTL B Facility will be used for solely to finance the construction of the high speed injectable line (the “Line Project”) at the Borrower’s Buena, New Jersey facility;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower previously issued the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes, having the terms, tenor, amount and other provisions set forth in an Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2019, by and among the Borrower, as issuer, the Guarantors, as subsidiary guarantors, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower and certain of the holders of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes and certain holders of the 2023 Convertible Notes desire that, on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, (i) such holders shall exchange their outstanding 2023 PIK Convertible Notes and 2023 Convertible Notes, as applicable in each case, for Third Lien Convertible Notes (as defined herein) and (ii) such holders of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes shall purchase additional Third Lien Convertible Notes for cash, in each case on the terms and conditions set forth in the Third Lien Note Documents.

 

 

 

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I

 

Definitions

 

Section 1.01        Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.01 unless the context otherwise requires:

 

2019 Convertible Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 3.75% senior notes due 2019.

 

2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase” shall mean the Borrower’s repurchase, redemption, defeasance, purchase or repayment at maturity of all or any portion of the 2019 Convertible Notes, whether by tender offer, open-market purchases or otherwise.

 

2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account” shall mean a deposit account of Borrower maintained with Disbursement Bank that shall be subject to Administrative Agent’s and First Lien Agent’s sole dominion and control.

 

2023 Convertible Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 4.75% senior notes due 2023.

 

2023 PIK Convertible Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 7.0% / 8.0% PIK Convertible Senior Notes due 2023.

 

ABR” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next highest 1/16 of 1%) equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of one percentage point (c) the Eurodollar Rate with a term of one month plus one percentage point, and (d) (i) from the Closing Date until the Amendment No. 4 Closing Date, 2.00% per annum and (ii) from and including the Amendment No. 4 Closing Date, 2.50% per annum. Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Loans maintained as ABR Loans will take effect simultaneously with each change in the ABR.

 

ABR Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest at ABR, as provided in 2.08.

 

ACF” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean a questionnaire completed by each Lender, in a form approved by the Administrative Agent, in which such Lender, among other things, (a) designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Credit Parties and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with such Lender’s compliance procedures and Applicable Laws, including federal and state securities laws and (b) designates an address, facsimile number, electronic mail address and/or telephone number for notices and communications with such Lender.

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified; provided, that, no Secured Party shall be an Affiliate of any Credit Party solely by reason of the provisions of the Credit Documents. The term “Control” means either (a) the power to vote, or the beneficial ownership of, 10% or more of the voting Capital Stock of such Person or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” shall mean October 31, 2019.

 

Amendment No. 4 Closing Date shall mean April 6, 2020.

 

Amendment No. 4 Effective Date shall mean December 31, 2019.

 

Amendment No. 5 Effective Date” shall mean July 20, 2020.

 

Amendment No. 5 Warrants” shall mean the warrants issued to the Warrant Holder equal to 2.50% of the aggregate outstanding shares of common stock of Borrower.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean any and all laws, rules or regulations relating to corruption or bribery, including, but not limited to, the FCPA and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010.

 

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall mean any and all laws, rules or regulations relating to money laundering or terrorism financing, including (a) 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957; and (b) the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311 et seq., as amended by the PATRIOT Act, and its implementing regulations.

 

Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall mean any laws relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes, import/export licensing, money laundering or bribery, all as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

 

Applicable Laws” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the common law and any federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or Products or to which such Person or any of its Property or Products is subject. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Applicable Laws” shall include FATCA and any intergovernmental agreements with respect thereto between the United States and another jurisdiction.

 

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Applicable Margin” shall mean (a) from the Closing Date until the Amendment No. 4 Closing Date, a percentage per annum equal to, with respect to Loans, (i) that are Eurodollar Loans, 8.75 percentage points and (ii) that are ABR Loans, 7.75 percentage points and (b) from and including the Amendment No. 4 Closing Date to the Maturity Date, a percentage per annum equal to, with respect to Loans, (i) that are Eurodollar Loans, 13.00 percentage points and (ii) that are ABR Loans, 12.00 percentage points.

 

Approved Fund” shall mean 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, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.

 

Ares” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.

 

Attributable Indebtedness” shall mean, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.

 

Authorized Officer” shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, or any other senior financial officer (to the extent that such senior financial officer is designated as such in writing to the Administrative Agent by such Credit Party) of such Credit Party.

 

Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.

 

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

 

Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors (or other similar body) of Borrower.

 

Borrower” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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Borrowing” shall mean and include the incurrence of one Type of Loan on a given date (or resulting from conversions on a given date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period.

 

Budget” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(f).

 

Business Day” shall mean (a) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that shall be in the City of New York a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close, and (b) any day that is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank Eurodollar market.

 

Canadian Subsidiary” shall mean Teligent Canada.

 

Canadian Security Documents” shall mean (i) that certain Canadian Security Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2019, by and among each relevant Credit Party party thereto and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time and (ii) that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2019, by and among each relevant Credit Party party thereto and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Capital Stock” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations, units or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, membership interests in a limited liability company, partnership interests of a limited partnership, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligations” shall mean, as applied to any Person, all obligations under Capitalized Leases of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as liabilities on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capitalized Leases” shall mean, as applied to any Person, all leases of property that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases on the balance sheet of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; provided, that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cash Equivalents” shall mean:

 

(a)               any direct obligation of (or unconditional guarantee by) the United States (or any agency or political subdivision thereof, to the extent such obligations are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition thereof;

 

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(b)               commercial paper maturing not more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of issue and issued by (i) a corporation (other than an Affiliate of any Credit Party) organized under the laws of any state of the United States or of the District of Columbia and, at the time of acquisition thereof, rated A-1 or higher by S&P or P-1 or higher by Moody’s, or (ii) any Lender (or its holding company);

 

(c)               any certificate of deposit, time deposit or bankers acceptance, maturing not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after its date of issuance, which is issued by either: (i) a bank organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) which has, at the time of acquisition thereof, (A) a credit rating of P2 or higher from Moody’s or A or higher from S&P and (B) a combined capital and surplus greater than $500,000,000, or (ii) a Lender;

 

(d)               any repurchase agreement having a term of thirty (30) days or less entered into with any Lender or any commercial banking institution satisfying, at the time of acquisition thereof, the criteria set forth in clause (c)(i) which (i) is secured by a fully perfected security interest in any obligation of the type described in clause (a), and (ii) has a market value at the time such repurchase agreement is entered into of not less than 100% of the repurchase obligation of such Lender or commercial banking institution thereunder;

 

(e)               money market and mutual funds investing primarily in assets described in clauses (a) through (d) of this definition.

 

Cash Interest Payment Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(h).

 

Casualty Event” shall mean the damage, destruction or condemnation, as the case may be, of property of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.

 

Change of Control” shall mean an event or series of events by which: (a) any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder) shall acquire ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of Capital Stock of the Borrower representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Stock of the Borrower; (b) Borrower ceases to own one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of Igen, Inc. (other than as a result of a transaction permitted by Section 9.03 or 9.04); (c) Igen, Inc. ceases to own one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of Teligent Pharma, Inc. (other than as a result of a transaction permitted by Section 9.03 or 9.04), in each instance in clauses (b) and (c), free and clear of all Liens, rights, options, warrants or other similar agreements or understandings, other than Liens in favor of Administrative Agent), (d) during any period of 24 consecutive months commencing on or after the Closing Date, the occurrence of a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of Borrower such that a majority of the members of such Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or (e) a “change of control” (however so defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement or Third Lien Note Documents, as applicable) shall occur.

 

Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Environmental Claims”.

 

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Closing Date” shall mean December 13, 2018.

 

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect at the date of this Agreement, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

 

Collateral” shall mean any assets of any Credit Party or other collateral upon which Administrative Agent has been granted a Lien in connection with this Agreement.

 

Collateral Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement, any Foreign Security Instrument and each other document or agreement that creates or perfects any security interests granted by any of the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.

 

Collateral Sale” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.14.

 

Collections” shall mean all cash, checks, credit card slips or receipts, notes, instruments, and other items of payment (including insurance proceeds, proceeds of cash sales, rental proceeds, and tax refunds) of the Credit Parties.

 

Commitment” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Commitment, DDTL A Commitment, or DDTL B Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Commitments as of the date hereof is $95,000,000, as set forth on Schedule 1.01(a).

 

Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate duly completed and executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.

 

Confidential Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.17.

 

Connection Income Taxes” shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for a specified period, an amount determined for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to

 

(a)               Consolidated Net Income,

 

plus

 

(b)               to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of, without duplication, amounts for:

 

(i)             Consolidated Interest Expense (net of interest income),

 

(ii)            provisions for Taxes based on income,

 

(iii)            total depreciation expense,

 

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(iv)           total amortization expense,

 

(v)            other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any such non cash item (x) to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period or (y) relating to a write-down, write off or reserve with respect to Receivables),

 

(vi)           losses on asset sales, disposals or abandonments, including derivative liabilities or losses related to the 2023 Convertible Notes (other than (i) of current assets and (ii) asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business),

 

(vii)          fees and expenses incurred in connection with (i) the consummation of the Transactions on the Closing Date, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 and (ii) the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of, and any amendment, waiver, supplement or modification to this Agreement and the First Lien Agreement, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000, in each case, to the extent disclosed to Administrative Agent,

 

(viii)        fees and expenses incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, a permitted Disposition or the refinancing or redemption of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 9.01(b) to the extent disclosed to Administrative Agent, provided, to the extent such transactions have not been consummated, in an amount not greater than $1,000,000 in the aggregate,

 

(ix)            foreign exchange losses,

 

(x)            legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with litigation and arbitration matters as agreed from time to time by the Company and Administrative Agent,

 

(xi)           fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with NASDAQ listing standards, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, and

 

(xii)          losses attributed to failure to supply penalties in an amount not to exceed (i) $2,000,000 for such losses incurred for the twelve-month period ending on December 31, 2019 and (ii) $0 for any losses after December 31, 2019;

 

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(c)               to the extent included in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of, without duplication, amounts for:

 

(i)                 other non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item in any prior period),

 

(ii)            gains on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than (A) of current assets and (B) asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business),

 

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(iii)           foreign exchange gains;

 

(iv)          extraordinary gains and income; and

 

(v)           gains related to the 2023 Convertible Notes;

 

provided; however, for purposes of determining the Total Net Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be determined on a Pro Forma Basis;

 

provided; further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA that is attributable to revenues from customers located in countries other than the United States and Canada shall not exceed 15% of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any specified period, except to the extent such revenues are actually distributed to the Borrower or any other Credit Party.”

 

Consolidated Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any specified period, the sum of, without duplication, all expenditures made, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, that are or should be reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or have a useful life of more than one year.

 

Consolidated Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for a specified period, the excess (if any), of: (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, less (b) the sum for such period (without duplication and to the extent that the following amounts have not already been deducted in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period) of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense paid in cash, (ii) scheduled principal payments of the Term Loans or other Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (in respect of Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01 hereof) made during such period to the extent paid in cash (and not financed, other than with the proceeds of loans funded under the First Lien Credit Agreement), (iii) Taxes based on income paid in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (iv) Consolidated Capital Expenditures made in cash during such period (and not financed, other than with the proceeds of loans funded under the First Lien Credit Agreement), (v) any costs, expenses and/or charges described in clause (b)(vii) or clause (b)(viii) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” to the extent paid in the cash during such period, (vi) the purchase price paid in cash for all Permitted Acquisitions to the extent paid in cash (and not financed, other than with the proceeds of loans funded under the First Lien Credit Agreement) and (vii) increases (or minus decreases) in Consolidated Working Capital for such period.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any specified period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of: (a) all interest in respect of Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the interest component of any payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations) accrued or capitalized during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) plus (b) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) in respect of Hedging Obligations relating to interest during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period). For the avoidance of doubt, the total interest expense of the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) shall not be included herein so long as such Indebtedness is outstanding, unless not forgiven by the applicable Governmental Authority relevant thereto or Quaint Oak Bank, as applicable

 

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Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any specified period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, after deduction of all expenses, taxes, and other proper charges, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (i) the income (or loss) of any Person (other than consolidated Subsidiaries of Borrower) in which any Person (other than Borrower or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to Borrower or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries by such Person during such specified period, (ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a consolidated Subsidiary of Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with Borrower or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries or such Person’s assets are acquired by Borrower or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries, and (iii) the income of any consolidated Subsidiary of Borrower (other than a Credit Party) to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that consolidated Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that consolidated Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any income resulting from the forgiveness or cancellation of any Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income.

 

Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean the consolidated total assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP as of the date of the financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 8.01 hereunder.

 

Consolidated Total Net Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of all Funded Debt less the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents subject to a Control Agreement (not to exceed $10,000,000). For the avoidance of doubt, the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) shall not constitute Consolidated Total Net Debt so long as such Indebtedness is outstanding, unless not forgiven by the applicable Governmental Authority relevant thereto or Quaint Oak Bank, as applicable.

 

Consolidated Working Capital” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the excess of (a) the sum of all amounts (other than Cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date over (b) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date, including deferred revenue but excluding, without duplication, (i) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (ii) all Indebtedness consisting of the Loans and loans under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Third Lien Note Documents, as applicable, to the extent otherwise included therein, (iii) the current portion of interest and (iv) the current portion of current and deferred income Taxes.

 

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Contingent Liability” shall mean, for any Person, any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person guarantees, endorses or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by direct or indirect agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to, or otherwise to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss) the Indebtedness of any other Person (other than by endorsements of instruments in the course of collection), or guarantees the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the Capital Stock of any other Person. The amount of any Person’s obligation under any Contingent Liability shall (subject to any limitation set forth therein) be deemed to be the outstanding principal amount of the debt, obligation or other liability guaranteed thereby.

 

Continuing Director” shall mean (a) any member of the Board of Directors who was a director (or comparable manager) of Borrower on the Closing Date, and (b) any individual who becomes a member of the Board of Directors after the Closing Date if such individual was approved, appointed or nominated for election to the Board of Directors by a majority of the Continuing Directors, but excluding any such individual originally proposed for election in opposition to the Board of Directors in office at the Closing Date in an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors (or comparable managers) of Borrower and whose initial assumption of office resulted from such contest or the settlement thereof.

 

Control” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Affiliate”.

 

Control Agreement” shall mean a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, executed and delivered by the applicable Credit Party, Administrative Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary or bank, which agreement is sufficient to give the First Lien Agent or Administrative Agent “control” over each of such Credit Party’s securities accounts, deposit accounts or investment property, as the case may be.

 

Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Control Agreements, the Fee Letter, the Guarantee Agreement, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Perfection Certificate, any Notes issued by the Borrower hereunder, the Third Lien Subordination Agreement, any intercreditor or subordination agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent with respect to this Agreement, and any other agreement entered into now, or in the future, by any Credit Party, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent or Lender, on the other hand, in connection with this Agreement.

 

Credit Extension” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan.

 

Credit Facility” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Facility or DDTL Facility, as applicable, and collectively, the Initial Term Loan Facility and DDTL Facility.

 

Credit Party” shall mean the Borrower, each of the Guarantors and each other Person that becomes a Credit Party hereafter pursuant to the execution of joinder documents.

 

DDTL A Commitment” shall mean, (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01(a) as such Lender’s “DDTL A Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “DDTL A Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the DDTL A Commitment, in each case as the same (x) shall be permanently reduced each time there is a Delayed Draw Term Loan A draw by the amount of such Delayed Draw Term Loan A draw that such Lender funds and (y) may be otherwise changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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DDTL A Commitment Expiration Date” shall mean the date that is the first anniversary of the Closing Date..

 

DDTL A Facility” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

DDTL B Commitment” shall mean, (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01(a) as such Lender’s “DDTL B Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “DDTL B Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the DDTL B Commitment, in each case as the same (x) shall be permanently reduced each time there is a Delayed Draw Term Loan B draw by the amount of such Delayed Draw Term Loan B draw that such Lender funds and (y) may be otherwise changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

DDTL B Commitment Expiration Date” shall mean October 31, 2019.

 

DDTL B Facility” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

DDTL Commitment” shall mean the DDTL A Commitment or DDTL B Commitment.

 

DDTL Note” shall mean a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1.

 

Declined Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(j).

 

Default” shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(c).

 

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Defaulting Lender” shall mean, subject to Section 2.15, any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to (i) fund any portion of the Term Loans required to be funded by it hereunder for three (3) or more Business Days unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower, or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) or more Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent 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), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (ii) had 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 capacity, (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (iv) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.

 

Delayed Draw Term Loan A” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).

 

Delayed Draw Term Loan B” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).

 

Delayed Draw Term Loan” shall mean each of Delayed Draw Term Loan A and Delayed Draw Term Loan B.

 

Disbursement Bank” shall mean Pacific Western Bank.

 

Disposition” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any sale, transfer, lease, contribution, division or other conveyance (including by way of merger) of, or the granting of options, warrants or other rights to, any of such Person’s or their respective Subsidiaries’ assets (including Receivables and Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) to any other Person in a single transaction or series of transactions.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a Change of Control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock) (except as a result of a Change of Control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest Maturity Date; provided, that if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

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Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Holding Company” any Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist of equity interests in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries.

 

Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the Applicable Laws of the United States, any state, territory, protectorate or commonwealth thereof, or the District of Columbia.

 

Drug Application” shall mean a pending or approved new drug application, an abbreviated new drug application or a biologic license application, including a section 351(k) application, or an investigational new drug exemption, for any Teligent Product, as appropriate, as those terms are defined in the Food Drug Cosmetic Act and any and all Intellectual Property relating thereto, solely as applied to the Product covered thereunder.

 

EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;

 

EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory, adjudicatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, fines, penalties, requests for information, inquiries, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by the Credit Parties in the ordinary course of such Person’s business) or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law, any Hazardous Material (including any exposure to any Hazardous Material), or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (“Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial, investigation, monitoring or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any Person seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from the presence, Release of, or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to human health, public safety or the environment, pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

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Environmental Law” shall mean any federal, state, foreign, regional, county or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, and code now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, decree or judgment, relating to the protection of human health, safety or the environment or natural resources, including laws relating to the Release, threat of Release, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, presence, production, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, labeling or handling of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, including the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Clean Air Act and CERCLA, and other similar state and local statutes, and any regulations promulgated thereto.

 

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

 

ERISA Affiliate” shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) that, together with any Credit Party or a Subsidiary thereof, is, or within the last six (6) years was, treated as a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived pursuant to applicable regulations), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each case whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code), (e) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, and Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the cessation of operations at a facility of Holdings, the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA, (h) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to its withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (i) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability on it or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA.

 

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EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

 

Eurodollar Loan” shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.

 

Eurodollar Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan for any Interest Period, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) (i) from the Closing Date until the Amendment No. 4 Closing Date, 1.00% per annum and (ii) from and including the Amendment No. 4 Closing Date to the Maturity Date, 1.50% per annum and (b) an amount equal to (i) the rate per annum appearing on Bloomberg Professional Service Page BBAN1 offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) business days prior to the first day of such interest period for a term comparable thereto; multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate. If for any reason the rate referred to in clause (b)(i) is not available, for any such interest period, such rate will be (x) a comparable successor or alternative interbank rate for deposits in Dollars that it, at such time, broadly accepted by the loan market in lieu of the Eurodollar Rate and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower or (y) solely if no such broadly accepted comparable successor interbank rate exists at such time, a successor or alternative index rate as the Agent may reasonably determine in light of prevailing market practices and is reasonably acceptable to the Borrower; provided that, to the extent a successor or alternative index rate cannot be agreed upon in accordance with clause (x) or (y) above within five (5) Business Days after the Eurodollar Rate becomes unavailable, all Loans hereunder will be deemed to be ABR Loans (and shall bear interest accordingly) for purposes of the definition of “Applicable Margin” and Section 2.10, until such time as an alternative rate can be agreed upon in accordance with clause (x) or (y).

 

Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Article X.

 

“Excess Availability” shall have the meaning set forth in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Excluded Account” means each deposit or securities accounts constituting (a) a zero balance account that sweeps on a daily basis into a deposit account subject to a Control Agreement, (b) a deposit account used solely to fund payroll obligations, health benefit or employee benefit obligations, trust fund Tax obligations, escrow arrangements, trust accounts or holding third-party insurance funds or funds owned by Persons other than the Credit Parties, (c) any other deposit or securities account so long as with respect to this clause (c), the aggregate amount on deposit in all such accounts does not exceed $750,000 at any one time, (d) a deposit account into which an Account Debtor makes payment under Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE or any other health program operated by or financed in whole or in part by any foreign or domestic federal, state or local government so long as funds on deposit in such deposit account are transferred on each Business Day to an account subject to a Control Agreement or (e) a deposit account holding solely funds pledged as cash collateral to the extent permitted under Section 9.02(o).

 

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Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (i) any Foreign Subsidiary or Domestic Holding Company, in each case solely to the extent that the inclusion of such Person as a Guarantor may result (or may be reasonably likely to result) in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Borrower and notified in writing to the Administrative Agent and (ii) each Immaterial Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, none of Teligent OU, a private limited company organized in Tallin, Republic of Estonia, Teligent Luxembourg S.a.r.l., a société a responsabilité limitée formed in Luxembourg, and Teligent Canada, a company formed in the province of British Columbia, shall constitute Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

Excluded Taxes” shall mean with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income, franchise or similar Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income (i) by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender, any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Non-U.S. Lender at the time such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office, unless such designation was at the request of the Borrower), except to the extent that such Non-U.S. Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 5.04(a), (d) Taxes imposed by reason of the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to comply with its obligations under Section 5.04(b) and Section 5.04(c), or to the extent that such documentation fails to establish a complete exemption from applicable withholding Taxes, other than, in either case, due to a change in Applicable Laws after the Closing Date, and (e) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing Notes” shall mean the 2019 Convertible Notes and the 2023 Convertible Notes.

 

FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

FCPA” shall mean the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

FDA” shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor thereto.

 

FDA Trigger Amount” shall mean $2,500,000, which such amount shall be increased to $5,000,000 if at any time, when tested, the revenue of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Test Period measured at the end of the most recently ended two consecutive fiscal quarters is greater than $100,000,000).

 

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Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to: (a) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next succeeding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; or (b) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

Fee Letter” shall mean, collectively, the (i) Amended and Restated Fee Letter dated as of the Closing Date by and between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the First Lien Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, (ii) Amendment Fee Letter dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date by and between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the First Lien Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Amendment Fee Letter”) and (iii) Amendment No. 2 Fee Letter dated as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date by and between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Financial Advisor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.17.

 

Financial Advisor Engagement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.17.

 

First Lien Agent” shall mean ACF FINCO I LP, or any successor “Administrative Agent” as such term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

First Lien Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain First Lien Revolving Credit Agreement of even date herewith among the Borrower, ACF FINCO I LP, as administrative agent, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and the other credit parties thereto, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

First Lien Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness under the First Lien Loan Documents.

 

First Lien Lenders” shall mean “Lenders” as such term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

First Lien Loan Documents” shall mean the First Lien Credit Agreement and all agreements, documents and instruments at any time executed and/or delivered by any Credit Party or any other Person with, to or in favor of the First Lien Agent, the First Lien Lenders, or any of them, in connection therewith or related thereto, as all of the foregoing now exist or may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Flood Hazard Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Flood Insurance Requirements”.

 

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Flood Insurance Laws” shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and (v) the Biggert –Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, as now or hereafter in effect of any successor statute thereto, in each case, together with all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, implementing  or interpreting any of the foregoing, as amended or modified from time to time.

 

Flood Insurance Requirements” shall mean (i) a completed “life of loan” Federal Emergency Management Standard Flood Hazard Determination as to whether such real property is in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards (a “Flood Hazard Property”) and (ii) if such real property is a Flood Hazard Property, evidence as to (A) whether the community in which such real property, or as applicable, the leasehold interest of such Credit Party in such real property, is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (B) the applicable Credit Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Administrative Agent (1) as to the fact that such real property is a Flood Hazard Property and (2) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (C) copies of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program (or private insurance endorsed to cause such private insurance to be fully compliant with the federal law as regards private placement insurance applicable to the National Flood Insurance Program, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower) or a declaration page, application accompanied by proof of premium payment for such policies, or such other documentation as is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, with confirmation of such satisfaction of such Lender to be made in writing (which, for purposes of such confirmation, shall include email) and such confirmation shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, in each case, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries evidencing such flood insurance coverage in such amounts and with such deductibles as required by Flood Insurance Laws or as the Administrative Agent may request (but no less than required by applicable Flood Insurance Laws) and naming the Administrative Agent and its successors and/or assigns as sole loss payee on behalf of the Lenders.

 

Foreign Security Instrument” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.15(e)(i).

 

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of a Credit Party that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Funded Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, all then outstanding Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, of the type described in clauses (a), (b), (d) and (f) of the defined term “Indebtedness”. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) shall not constitute Funded Debt so long as such Indebtedness is outstanding, unless not forgiven by the applicable Governmental Authority relevant thereto or Quaint Oak Bank, as applicable.

 

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GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Credit Parties shall negotiate in good faith to effect such amendment and such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

 

Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States, any foreign country or any multinational authority, or any state, commonwealth, protectorate or political subdivision thereof, and any entity, body or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including the PBGC and other quasi-governmental entities established to perform such functions.

 

Guarantee Agreement” shall mean a Guarantee Agreement, executed and delivered by each Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

 

Guarantee Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any Contingent Liability of such Person or other obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, that the term “Guarantee Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date, entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.

 

Guarantors” shall mean (a) each Person that is a Domestic Subsidiary on the Closing Date, (b) each Person that is a Foreign Subsidiary on the Closing Date, and (c) each Person that becomes a party to the Guarantee Agreement after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 8.11, in each case, other than any Excluded Subsidiary.

 

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Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances”, “hazardous waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous waste”, “restricted hazardous waste”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”, or “pollutants”, or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance, which is classified, prohibited, limited or regulated by, or forming the basis of liability under any Environmental Law.

 

Hedge Termination Value” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Hedging Obligations, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedging Obligations, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Obligations have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedging Obligations, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Obligations (which may include any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

 

Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired under (a) any and all Hedging Transactions, (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Transactions and (c) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any Hedging Transactions and any and all substitutions for any Hedging Transactions.

 

Hedging Transaction” of any Person shall mean (a) any transaction (including an agreement with respect to any such transaction) permitted under Section 9.11 now existing or hereafter entered into by such Person that is a rate swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, spot transaction, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending transaction, or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

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Historical Financial Statements” shall mean (a) audited consolidated financial statements of Borrower for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 as filed on March 15, 2017 with the SEC pursuant to an annual report on Form 10-K and December 31, 2017 as filed on March 19, 2018 with the SEC pursuant to an annual report on Form 10-K and (b) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the fiscal year to date periods ended March 31, 2018 as filed on May 15, 2018 with the SEC pursuant to a quarterly report on Form 10-Q, June 30, 2018 as filed on December 12, 2018 with the SEC pursuant to a quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A and September 30, 2018 as filed on December 12, 2018 with the SEC pursuant to a quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

 

Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, each Subsidiary of the Borrower that has been designated by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as an “Immaterial Subsidiary” for purposes of this Agreement; provided, that, (a) for purposes of this Agreement, at no time shall (i) the Consolidated Total Assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries at the last day of the most recent Test Period be equal to or exceed 2.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries at such date or (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period of all Immaterial Subsidiaries equal or exceed 2.5% of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the Borrower shall not designate any new Immaterial Subsidiary if such designation would not comply with the provisions set forth in clause (a) above, and (c) if clause (a) shall not be satisfied at any time, then all such Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be non-Immaterial Subsidiaries unless and until the Borrower shall redesignate one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries as non-Immaterial Subsidiaries, in each case in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, and, as a result thereof, clause (a) shall be satisfied. Each Immaterial Subsidiary existing as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 1.01(b).

 

Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(a)               all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money and all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

 

(b)               the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions which may have been reimbursed) available under all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;

 

(c)               the Hedge Termination Value of all Hedging Obligations of such Person;

 

(d)               all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, including earn-out obligations (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and (ii) to the extent such obligation is not due at any time prior to the date that is six months after the latest Maturity Date, any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP);

 

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(e)               indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

 

(f)                all Attributable Indebtedness;

 

(g)               all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock; and

 

(h)               all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing,

 

provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (i) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranties or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (iii) endorsements of checks or drafts arising in the ordinary course of business, and (iv) preferred Capital Stock to the extent not constituting Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Net Debt. The amount of any net Hedging Obligations on any date shall be deemed to be the Hedge Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the fair market value of the property of such Person encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q) shall not constitute Indebtedness so long as such Indebtedness is outstanding, unless not forgiven by the applicable Governmental Authority relevant thereto or Quaint Oak Bank, as applicable.

 

Initial Term Loan Facility” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Initial Term Loan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a)(x).

 

Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01(a) as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed all or a portion of the Initial Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same (x) shall be permanently reduced on the Closing Date upon the Initial Term Loan draw that such Lender funds and (y) may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Administrative Agent and First Lien Agent, and acknowledged by the Credit Parties, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.09.

 

Investment” shall mean, relative to any Person, (a) any loan, advance or extension of credit made by such Person to any other Person, including the purchase by such first Person of any bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of any such other Person; (b) Contingent Liabilities in favor of any other Person; and (c) any Capital Stock or other investment held by such Person in any other Person. The amount of any Investment at any time shall be the original principal or capital amount thereof less all returns of principal or equity thereon made on or before such time and shall, if made by the transfer or exchange of property other than cash, be deemed to have been made in an original principal or capital amount equal to the fair market value of such property at the time of such Investment.

 

Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Letter of Directionshall mean that certain executed letter of direction from Borrower addressed to Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, directing the disbursement on the Closing Date of the proceeds of the Loans made on such date.

 

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment for collateral purposes, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance, and any easement, right-of-way, license, restriction (including zoning restrictions), defect, exception or irregularity in title or similar charge or encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof); provided, that in no event shall an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business or any precautionary UCC filings made pursuant thereto by an applicable lessor or lessee, be deemed to be a Lien.

 

Line Project” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Liquidity” shall mean, at any time, Availability (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), plus unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of any Credit Party that is on deposit in deposit accounts or in securities accounts, or any combination thereof, and which such deposit accounts and/or securities accounts are the subject of a Control Agreement.

 

Loan” shall mean, individually, any Loan made by any Lender hereunder, and collectively, the Loans made by the Lenders hereunder. “Loan” shall include the Initial Term Loan and each Delayed Draw Term Loan.

 

Make-Whole Premium” shall mean, with respect to any prepayment of the Term Loans at any time on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the excess of (a) the sum of the present value of (i) 102% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans being prepaid as of such date of prepayment, plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Term Loans from the date of prepayment through and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date, which such present value shall be computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points over (b) the principal amount of the Term Loans being prepaid; provided that in no event shall the Make-Whole Premium be less than zero.

 

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Master Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Hedging Transaction”.

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) a material adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), operations, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, (c) a material impairment in the Secured Parties’ ability to enforce their rights or remedies hereunder or under any of the other Credit Documents, or (d) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their payment and other material obligations under the Credit Documents to which they are parties.

 

Material Contractshall mean, as to any Person, (i) each contract or agreement to which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving aggregate annual consideration payable to or by such Person or such Subsidiary of $1,500,000 or more (other than customer contracts), and (ii) all other contracts or agreements, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. A reasonably detailed description of each Material Contract is set forth on Schedule 1.01(c) as of the Closing Date and as of the last date such Schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d).

 

Material Real Property” shall mean any Real Property that has a fair market value in excess of $1,500,000, as reasonably determined by the Borrower based on information available to it.

 

Maturity Date” shall mean December 29, 2022.

 

Minimum DDTL A Borrowing Amount” shall mean $10,000,000.

 

Minimum DDTL B Borrowing Amount” shall mean $2,500,000.

 

Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

 

Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage or a deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed or other security document entered into by any applicable Credit Party and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in respect of any Real Property owned by such Credit Party, in such form as agreed between such Credit Party and the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Mortgaged Property” shall mean each parcel of Real Property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 8.11(d).

 

Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA to which any Credit Party, any Subsidiary of a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes, is making, is obligated, or within the last six (6) years has been obligated, to make contributions, or with respect to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party has any liability, actual or contingent.

 

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Net Proceeds” shall mean (a) in respect of a Disposition or Casualty Event, cash proceeds as and when received by the Person making a Disposition, as well as insurance proceeds and condemnation and similar awards received on account of a Casualty Event, net of: (i) in the event of a Disposition (w) the direct costs relating to such Disposition, (x) sales, use or other transaction Taxes actually paid, assessed or estimated by such Person (in good faith) to be payable in cash within the next 12 months in connection with such proceeds provided, that if, after the expiration of the twelve-month period, the amount of estimated or assessed Taxes, if any, exceeded the Taxes actually paid in cash in respect of proceeds from such Disposition, the aggregate amount of such excess shall constitute Net Proceeds under Section 5.02 and, subject to Section 5.02(k), be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Obligations in accordance with Section 5.02(f), (y) amounts required to be applied to pay principal, interest and prepayment premiums and penalties on Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) secured by a Lien on the asset which is the subject of such Disposition and (z) with respect to a Disposition, any escrow or reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of the applicable Disposition undertaken by any Credit Party or other liabilities in connection with such Disposition (provided that upon release of any such escrow or reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Proceeds) and (ii) in the event of a Casualty Event, (x) all of the costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, award or other payments, and (y) any amounts retained by or paid to parties having superior rights to such proceeds, awards or other payments and (b) in respect of any incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of equity, cash proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection therewith in favor of any Person not an Affiliate of a Borrower.

 

Net Revenue” means, for any period, (a) Credit Parties’ gross revenues during such period, less (b)(i) trade, quantity and cash discounts allowed by a Credit Party, (ii) discounts, refunds, rebates, charge backs, retroactive price adjustments and any other allowances which effectively reduce net selling price, (iii) product returns and allowances, (iv) allowances for shipping or other distribution expenses, (v) set-offs and counterclaims, and (vi) any other similar and customary deductions used by a Credit Party in determining net revenues, all, in respect of (a) and (b), as determined in accordance with GAAP and in the ordinary course of business (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, revenues from extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual events).

 

Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.07(b).

 

Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

 

Non-U.S. Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b).

 

Note” shall mean, as the context may require, a DDTL Note or a Term Loan Note.

 

Notice of Borrowing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).

 

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Notice of Conversion or Continuation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a).

 

November Interest Payment” shall mean the cash interest payment in respect of the 2023 Convertible Notes that is due and payable in November 2020.

 

Obligations” shall mean all Loans, advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing by any Credit Party to any Lender, Agent, or any other Person required to be indemnified hereunder, that arise under any Credit Document, whether or not for the payment of money, whether arising by reason of an extension of credit, loan, guaranty, indemnification or in any other manner, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired, including all fees, expenses and other amounts accruing during the pendency of any proceeding of the type described in Section 10.01(h), whether or not allowed in such proceeding.

 

Organization Documents” shall mean, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and, if applicable, any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

Other Connection Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan).

 

Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible recording, filing or similar Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies (but excluding any Tax, charge or levy that constitutes an Excluded Tax) arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.

 

Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.06(c)(i).

 

Participant Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.06(c)(iii).

 

Patriot Act” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.20.

 

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

 

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Pension Plan” shall mean any single-employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, and subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or Sections 302 or 303 of ERISA, that is or was within any of the preceding six plan years sponsored, maintained or contributed to (or to which there is or was an obligation to contribute or to make payments) by any Credit Party, Subsidiary of a Credit Party or an ERISA Affiliate thereof, or respect of which any Credit Party, Subsidiary of a Credit Party or an ERISA Affiliate thereof incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

 

Perfection Certificate” shall mean, individually and collectively, the certificates, substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1 or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, delivered by the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent.

 

Permits” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any permit, approval, clearance, authorization, license, registration, certificate, concession, grant, franchise, variance or permission from, and any other contractual obligations with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or Products or to which such Person or any of its property or Products is subject, including without limitation all Registrations.

 

Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by a Credit Party of (i) all or substantially all of the assets of a target, which assets are located in the United States or (ii) 100% of the Capital Stock of a target organized under the laws of any State in the United States or the District of Columbia, in each case, to the extent that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(a)               the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including any new Subsidiary) shall execute and deliver the agreements, instruments and other documents required by Section 8.11;

 

(b)               such acquisition shall not be hostile and shall have been approved by the board of directors (or other similar body) and/or the stockholders or other equityholders of the target;

 

(c)               no Event of Default shall then exist or would exist after giving effect thereto;

 

(d)               the average daily Excess Availability for the immediately preceding ninety (90) day period is not less than $5,000,000, and after giving effect to such proposed acquisition (including payment of the purchase price in accordance with clause (e) below), the Borrower shall have a minimum pro-forma Excess Availability as of the date of consummation of such acquisition (after giving effect to the funding of all Loans and use of cash as of such date) of not less than $5,000,000;

 

(e)               the total consideration paid or payable for Permitted Acquisitions shall be funded solely with internally generated cash or net proceeds from an issuance of Capital Stock or Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(j); and

 

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(f)                the pro forma Target Adjusted EBITDA of the target of each such acquisition, on a cumulative basis for the immediately preceding four fiscal quarters, shall be no less than $0.

 

Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.02.

 

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness issued or incurred (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) to refinance, refund, extend, renew or replace existing Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries permitted hereunder (the “Refinanced Indebtedness”); provided, that the original principal amount of such refinancing, refunding, extending, renewing or replacing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Refinanced Indebtedness plus the amount of any interest, premiums or penalties required to be paid thereon plus fees and expenses associated therewith.

 

Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.

 

PIK Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(f).

 

PIK Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(f).

 

PIK Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(f).

 

PIK Termination Date” shall mean March 31, 2021.

 

Plan” shall mean a Pension Plan or a Multiemployer Plan.

 

Prepayment Premium” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

 

Prime Rate” shall mean a variable per annum rate, as of any date of determination, equal to the rate as of such date published in The Wall Street Journal as being the “Prime Rate” (or, if more than one rate is published as the Prime Rate, then the highest of such rates). The Prime Rate will change as of the date of publication in The Wall Street Journal of a Prime Rate that is different from that published on the preceding Business Day. In the event that The Wall Street Journal shall, for any reason, fail or cease to publish the Prime Rate, the Administrative Agent shall choose a reasonably comparable index or source to use as the basis for the Prime Rate.

 

Products” shall mean any item or any service that is researched or developed, created, tested, packaged, labeled, distributed, manufactured, managed, performed, or otherwise used, offered, marketed, sold, or handled by or on behalf of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, whether marketed or in development.

 

Property” shall mean any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.

 

Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, for purposes of calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio:

 

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(a)               Investments, acquisitions, mergers, consolidations and dispositions of any Subsidiary, line of business or division, that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person or any of its Subsidiaries acquired by, merged or consolidated with the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and incurrences of Indebtedness, and including increases in ownership of Subsidiaries, during the applicable reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the date of determination will be given pro forma effect, as if they had occurred on the first day of the applicable reference period;

 

(b)               any Person that is a Subsidiary on the date of determination will be deemed to have been a Subsidiary at all times during such reference period; and

 

(c)               any Person that is not a Subsidiary on the date of determination will be deemed not to have been a Subsidiary at any time during such reference period;

 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the good faith determination of the Borrower as set forth in an officers’ certificate, to reflect operating expense reductions (but not revenue increases) expected to result from the applicable pro forma event if such adjustments are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Pro Rata Share” shall mean (a) with respect to the Initial Term Loan Commitment of any Lender at any time, a percentage, the numerator of which shall be the sum of such Lender’s unfunded Initial Term Loan Commitment, plus such Lender’s funded Initial Term Loans, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the unused Initial Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders, plus all funded Initial Term Loans of all Lenders, (b) with respect to the DDTL A Commitment of any Lender at any time, a percentage, the numerator of be the sum of such Lender’s unfunded DDTL A Commitment, plus such Lender’s funded Delayed Draw Term Loan A, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the DDTL A Commitment of all Lenders, plus all funded Delayed Draw Term Loan A of all Lenders or (c) with respect to the DDTL B Commitment of any Lender at any time, a percentage, the numerator of be the sum of such Lender’s unfunded DDTL B Commitment, plus such Lender’s funded Delayed Draw Term Loan B, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the DDTL B Commitment of all Lenders, plus all funded Delayed Draw Term Loan B of all Lenders.

 

Public Health Laws” shall mean all Applicable Laws relating to the procurement, development, manufacture, production, analysis, distribution, dispensing, importation, exportation, use, handling, quality, sale, or promotion of any drug, medical device, food, dietary supplement, or other product (including, without limitation, any ingredient or component of the foregoing products) subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §301 et seq.), the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. §801 et seq., pharmacy laws, or consumer product safety laws and similar state laws, the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq., the Antikickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(b), the Civil Monetary Penalty Law, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7a, the Stark Law, 42 U.S.C. §1395nn, all laws relating to the disclosure of payments or other value to healthcare providers, including but not limited to the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, 42 C.F.R. §401-403, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. §1320d et seq., as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, and all other federal, state and local laws relating to the prevention of fraud and abuse, and the regulation of the Credit Party’s and its Subsidiaries’ Products and services to ensure they are not adulterated or misbranded.

 

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Qualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Real Property” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all right, title and interest of such Person (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) in and to a parcel of real property owned, leased or operated by such Person together with, in each case, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures, equipment, personal property, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

 

Receivable” shall mean, with respect to each Credit Party, each (i) Account, (ii) Health-Care-Insurance Receivable, (iii) credit card receivable, (iv) right to payment under any contract, Document, Instrument, promissory note, Chattel Paper, or electronic chattel paper, (v) tax refund or right to receive any tax refund, (vi) bond or certificate owned or held by such Credit Party or held for the benefit of such Credit Party, (vi) right to payment for the sale, lease or license of any Inventory, Equipment or General Intangible, (vii) policy of insurance issued to or for the benefit of such Credit Party and each right to payment and Proceeds of such insurance, (viii) right to payment in connection with each Investment Property, Deposit Account, book account, credit or reserve, and (ix) form of obligation whatsoever owing to such Credit Party, together with all Instruments, Documents and Certificates of Title representing any of the foregoing, and all rights in any merchandise or Goods which any of the same may represent, all files and Records with respect to any collateral or security given by such Credit Party to Administrative Agent in the foregoing, together with all rights, title, security, Supporting Obligations and guarantees with respect to the foregoing, including any right of stoppage in transit, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired by such Credit Party or in which such Credit Party now has or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Refinanced Indebtedness” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.

 

Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.06(b)(iv).

 

Registrations” shall mean all Permits and exemptions issued or allowed by any Governmental Authority (including but not limited to new drug applications, abbreviated new drug applications, biologics license applications, including section 351(k) applications, drug master files, investigational new drug applications, over-the-counter drug monograph, drug establishment and listing forms, device pre-market approval applications, device pre-market notifications, investigational device exemptions, product recertifications, manufacturing approvals and authorizations, CE Marks, pricing and reimbursement approvals, labeling approvals or their foreign equivalent, controlled substance registrations, marketing and promotion registrations, and wholesale distributor permits held by, or applied by contract to, any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, that are required for the research, development, testing, manufacture, distribution, promotion, marketing, storage, transportation, use and sale of the Products of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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Regulatory Matters” shall mean, collectively, activities and Products that are subject to Public Health Laws.

 

Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing reserve requirements.

 

Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

 

Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

 

Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

 

Release” shall mean a “release”, as such term has the meaning set forth in CERCLA.

 

Reportable Event” shall mean an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder (excluding any such event for which the notice requirement has been waived by the PBGC).

 

Required Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Lenders having or holding a majority of (a) unused Commitments of Lenders plus (b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans; provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

 

Required Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(j).

 

Restricted Credit Party” shall mean Teligent OU, a private limited company organized in Tallin, Republic of Estonia, and any other Credit Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary and is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than Canada, in each case, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.

 

Restricted Credit Party Intercompany Investment Amount” shall mean at any time $1,150,000.

 

Restricted Payment” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) the declaration or payment of any dividend on, or the making of any payment or distribution on account of, or setting apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any class of Capital Stock of such Person or any warrants or options to purchase any such Capital Stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or the making of any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property, (b) the payment or prepayment of principal of, or premium or interest or any other amount in respect of, any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinate to the Obligations unless such payment is permitted under the terms of the subordination agreement applicable thereto and (c) any payment in respect of earn-out obligations.

 

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“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

 

Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Credit Party under the Credit Documents and (d) any successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

Security Agreement” shall mean a Security Agreement, by and among each Credit Party and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Security Documents” shall mean, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Canadian Security Documents, any Mortgage and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 8.11 or pursuant to any of the Security Documents to secure any of the Obligations.

 

Solvency Certificate” shall mean a solvency certificate dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person, at any date, that (a) the sum of such Person’s debt (including Contingent Liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Person’s present assets, (b) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on such date, (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur debts including current obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise), and (d) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under Applicable Laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any Contingent Liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).

 

Statutory Reserve Rate” shall mean, for any day as applied to any Eurodollar Loan, a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages that are in effect on that day (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves), expressed as a decimal, as prescribed by the Board and to which the Administrative Agent is subject, for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

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Subordinated Intercompany Note” shall mean that certain subordinated intercompany note, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, executed by each of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries on the date hereof.

 

Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose Voting Stock having by the terms thereof power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% voting equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of a Credit Party.

 

Target Adjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for any specified period, an amount determined for any Person equal to (a) the consolidated net income (or deficit) of such Person, after deduction of all expenses, taxes, and other proper charges, determined in accordance with GAAP after eliminating all extraordinary nonrecurring items of income, plus (b) without duplication and to the extent deducted in arriving at the consolidated net income of such Person, the sum of, without duplication, amounts for (i) total interest expense, (ii) provisions for Taxes based on income, (iii) total depreciation expense, (iv) total amortization expense, and (v) any other non-cash charges and expenses, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, deducted in arriving at the consolidated net income of such Person (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period or amortization of an item that was paid in a prior period), minus (c) without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at the consolidated net income of such Person, amounts for non-cash gains (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any prior period).

 

Taxes” shall mean all income, stamp or other taxes, duties, levies, imposts, charges, assessments, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, enacted, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, and all interest, penalties, additions to tax or similar liabilities with respect thereto.

 

Teligent Product” shall mean any Product owned exclusively by Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries.

 

Term Loan” shall mean the Initial Term Loan, Delayed Draw Term Loan A or Delayed Draw Term Loan B. For the avoidance of doubt, “Term Loan” shall include all interest and fees (including the Amendment PIK Fee (as defined in the Amendment Fee Letter)) that are paid in kind and added to the principal of the Term Loans.

 

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Term Loan Note” shall mean a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit T-1.

 

Test Period” shall mean, for any date of determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Borrower most recently ended as of such date of determination.

 

Third Lien Agent” shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent under the Third Lien Note Documents.

 

Third Lien Convertible Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 9.5% Series C Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023.

 

Third Lien Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness under the Third Lien Note Documents.

 

Third Lien Indenture” shall mean, in respect of the Third Lien Convertible Notes, the Indenture, dated as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, as issuer, the Guarantors, as subsidiary guarantors, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

 

Third Lien Note Documents” shall mean the Third Lien Indenture, the Third Lien Subordination Agreement, Note Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Third Lien Indenture) and Note Exchange Agreement (as defined in the Third Lien Indenture), each as dated on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date by and between the Credit Parties and the Third Lien Noteholders and/or Third Lien Agent, as applicable, or any of them, in connection therewith or related thereto, as all of the foregoing now exist or may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Third Lien Subordination Agreement.

 

Third Lien Noteholders” shall mean the holders of Third Lien Indebtedness.

 

Third Lien Subordination Agreement” shall mean the Subordination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Administrative Agent, Second Lien Agent, the Third Lien Agent and acknowledged by the Credit Parties and Third Lien Noteholders, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Total Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of the last day of any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Transaction Documents” shall mean each of the documents executed and/or delivered in connection with the Transactions, including without limitation, the Credit Documents and the First Lien Loan Documents.

 

Transactions” shall mean collectively, the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and the First Lien Loan Documents.

 

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Treasury Rate” shall mean as of any prepayment date, shall mean the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury Securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) which has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior such prepayment (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source or similar market data) most nearly equal to the period from such prepayment date to the second anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, however, that if the period from such prepayment date to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury Securities for which such yields are given.

 

Type” shall mean, as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan.

 

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

 

Unasserted Contingent Obligations” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.

 

Unfunded Current Liability” of any Pension Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under such Pension Plan as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715: Compensation - Retirement Benefits, as in effect on the date hereof, exceeds the fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plan allocable to such accrued benefits.

 

Unused DDTL A Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b).

 

Unused DDTL B Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(c).

 

U.S.” and “United States” shall mean the United States of America.

 

Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, shares of such Person’s Capital Stock having the right to vote for the election of directors (or Persons acting in a comparable capacity) of such Person under ordinary circumstances.

 

Warrant Holder” shall mean each of the Lenders hereunder.

 

Warrants” shall mean (i) the warrants issued to the Warrant Holder equal to 10.00% of the aggregate outstanding shares of common stock of Borrower and (ii) the Amendment No. 5 Warrants.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

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Section 1.02        Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:

 

(a)               The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

 

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

 

(c)               Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.

 

(d)               The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

 

(e)               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.

 

(f)                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”.

 

(g)               Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

 

Section 1.03        Accounting Terms and Determination. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Historical Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. No change in the accounting principles used in the preparation of any financial statement hereafter adopted by the Borrower shall be given effect for purposes of measuring compliance with any provisions of Article IX unless the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders agree to modify such provisions to reflect such changes in GAAP and, unless such provisions are modified, all financial statements, Compliance Certificates and similar documents provided hereunder shall be provided together with a reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set forth therein before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. 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 in Article IX shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10 or 470-20 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party at “fair value.” A breach of any Financial Performance Covenant shall be deemed to have occurred as of the last day of the relevant specified measurement period, regardless of when the financial statements reflecting such breach are delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 1.04        Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained or complied with by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

 

Section 1.05        References to Agreements, Laws, etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other Material Contracts shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.

 

Section 1.06        Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

 

Section 1.07        Timing of Payment of Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

Section 1.08        Corporate Terminology. Any reference to officers, shareholders, stock, shares, directors, boards of directors, corporate authority, articles of incorporation, bylaws or any other such references to matters relating to a corporation made herein or in any other Credit Document with respect to a Person that is not a corporation shall mean and be references to the comparable terms used with respect to such Person.

 

Section 1.09        UCC Definitions. When used in this Agreement, the following terms have the same definitions as provided in Article 9 of the UCC, but for convenience in this Agreement the first letter of all such terms shall be capitalized : “Accession”, “Account”, “Account Debtor”, “Authenticate” (and all derivations thereof), “Certificate Of Title”, “Chattel Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claim”, “Deposit Account”, “Document”, “Equipment”, “General Intangible”, “Goods”, “Health-Care-Insurance Receivable”, “Instrument”, “Inventory”, “Investment Property”, “Letter-Of-Credit Right”, “Obligor”, “Proceeds” (as specifically defined in Section 9-102(64) of the UCC), “Record”, “Secondary Obligor”, “Secured Party”, “Software” and “Supporting Obligation”.

 

Section 1.10        Collateral. With respect to any Collateral, until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), any obligation of the Credit Parties hereunder or under any other Credit Document with respect to the delivery, transfer or control of any Collateral, the notation of any lien, security interest or pledge on any certificate of title, bill of lading, share register or other document or record, the giving of any notice to any bailee or other Person, the execution of any instrument of transfer or similar document, the provision of voting rights or the obtaining of any consent of any Person shall be deemed to be satisfied if such Credit Party complies with the requirements of the similar provision of the applicable First Lien Indebtedness Documents. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the delivery or transfer of any Collateral to, or the control of any Collateral by, the First Lien Agent pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents shall satisfy any delivery, transfer or control requirement hereunder or under any other Credit Document.

 

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Article II

 

Amount and Terms of Credit Facilities

 

Section 2.01        Loans.

 

(a)               Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth:

 

(x) Each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment, severally agrees to make a term loan (collectively, the “Initial Term Loan”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in the amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender. $21,535,808.07 of the Initial Term Loan shall be deposited on the Closing Date and maintained in the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account, to be released pursuant to the conditions set forth herein.

 

(y) Each Lender having a DDTL A Commitment, severally agrees to make a term loan or loans (collectively, the “Delayed Draw Term Loan A”) to the Borrower on or before the DDTL A Commitment Expiration Date in the aggregate amount of the DDTL A Commitment of such Lender.

 

(z) Each Lender having a DDTL B Commitment, severally agrees to make a term loan or loans (collectively, the “Delayed Draw Term Loan B”) to the Borrower on or before the DDTL B Commitment Expiration Date in the aggregate amount of the DDTL B Commitment of such Lender.

 

(b)               Each of the Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01(a) may, at the option of the Borrower, (i) be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided, that all such Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term Loans of the same Type, and (ii) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

 

(c)               Each Lender, may at its option, make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Eurodollar Loan; provided, that (i) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Eurodollar Loan and (ii) in exercising such option, such Lender shall use its reasonable efforts to minimize any increased costs to the Borrower resulting therefrom.

 

(d)               Reductions in DDTL Commitments. Borrower may at any time upon at least two (2) Business Days' (or such shorter period as is acceptable to Administrative Agent) prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent permanently reduce any DDTL Commitment; provided that (i) such reductions shall be in an amount greater than or equal to $1,000,000 or, if less, the remaining amount of such DDTL Commitment and (ii) Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders holding such DDTL Commitment a reduction fee in an amount equal to 0.625% of the amount of the reduction of such DDTL Commitment. All reductions of a DDTL Commitment shall be allocated pro rata among all Lenders holding such DDTL Commitment.

 

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(e)               Delayed Draw Term Loan Conditions: Except in connection with a 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase constituting a payment at maturity at par,

 

(i)                 Delayed Draw Term Loan A Conditions. No Lender with a DDTL A Commitment shall be obligated to fund any Delayed Draw Term Loan A unless each of the following conditions have been satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement (in addition to all other conditions to the funding of Delayed Draw Term Loan A set forth in this Agreement):

 

a. no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Delayed Draw Term Loan A;

 

b. Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of the Borrower’s commitment to repurchase or redeem all or a portion of 2019 Convertible Notes pursuant to the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase and the amount of consideration to be paid therefor;

 

c. Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

d. Administrative Agent shall have received a pro forma balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries giving effect to the Delayed Draw Term Loan A; and

 

e. each of the conditions set forth in Section 6.02 shall have been satisfied (it being understood that all references to “the date of such Credit Extension” or similar language in Section 6.02 shall be deemed to refer to date of funding of the Delayed Draw Term Loan A).

 

(ii)              Delayed Draw Term Loan B Conditions. No Lender with a DDTL B Commitment shall be obligated to fund any Delayed Draw Term Loan B after the DDTL B Commitment Expiration Date and unless each of the following conditions have been satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement (in addition to all other conditions to the funding of Delayed Draw Term Loan B set forth in this Agreement):

  

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a. no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Delayed Draw Term Loan B;

 

b. Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

c. Administrative Agent shall have received a budget of the Line Project, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

d. Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of Board of Director approval for the Line Project (together with any and all documentation submitted in connection with such approval), as well as a detailed sources and uses, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent) and certification that the proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loan B shall be used solely for the DDTL Facility B Purposes in accordance with the budget for the Line Project, along with documents, including purchase orders, invoices or other demands for payment, each evidencing the amounts due and payable thereunder;

 

e. the trailing twelve-month revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be at least $65,000,000, as certified and reported pursuant to Section 8.01; and

 

f. each of the conditions set forth in Section 6.02 shall have been satisfied (it being understood that all references to “the date of such Credit Extension” or similar language in Section 6.02 shall be deemed to refer to the date of funding of the Delayed Draw Term Loan B).

 

(iii)            Terms. Each Delayed Draw Term Loan shall have the same pricing and maturity as the Initial Term Loan.

 

(iv)             Required Amendments. The Loans and Commitments established pursuant to this Section 2.01(e) shall constitute Term Loans and Commitments hereunder and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and ratably from the guarantees and security interests created by the applicable Collateral Documents. The Credit Parties shall take any actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure that the Liens and security interests granted by the applicable Collateral Documents continue to be perfected under the UCC or otherwise after giving effect to the establishment of any such new Loans and Commitments to the extent provided in any Collateral Documents. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may, in consultation with the Borrower, take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that all Delayed Draw Term Loans which are not separate tranches, when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans on a pro rata basis. This may be accomplished by requiring each outstanding Borrowing of Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans to be converted into a Borrowing of Term Loans that are ABR Loans on the date of each such Delayed Draw Term Loan, or by allocating a portion of each such Delayed Draw Term Loan to each outstanding Borrowing of Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans on a pro rata basis. Any conversion of Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans required by the preceding sentence shall be subject to Section 2.11.

 

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Section 2.02        Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of (i) Delayed Draw Term Loan A shall not be less than the Minimum DDTL A Borrowing Amount and (ii) Delayed Draw Term Loan B shall not be less than the Minimum DDTL B Borrowing Amount, as applicable. More than one Borrowing may be incurred on any date; provided, that at no time shall there be outstanding more than 4 Borrowings of Eurodollar Loans under this Agreement.

 

Section 2.03        Notice of Borrowing.

 

(a)               The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior written notice in the form of Exhibit N-1 (a “Notice of Borrowing”) (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) (i) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) at least three Business Days’ prior to each Borrowing of Term Loans which are to be initially Eurodollar Loans and (ii) prior to 12:00 noon (New York time) on the date of each Borrowing of Term Loans which are to be ABR Loans. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans to be made, (B) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be, in the case of Term Loans, the Closing Date) and (C) whether the Term Loans shall consist of ABR Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans and, if the Term Loans are to include Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Term Loans, of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

(b)               [Reserved].

 

(c)               Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any notice it may give hereunder by telephone, the Administrative Agent may act prior to receipt of written confirmation without liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. In each such case, the Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of the terms of any such telephonic notice.

 

Section 2.04        Disbursement of Funds.

 

(a)               No later than (i) 2:00 p.m. (New York time), in the case of each Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans for which a Notice of Borrowing has been timely delivered in accordance with Section 2.03 (other than for Borrowings on the Closing Date), each Lender will make available its Pro Rata Share, if any, of the Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below, and (ii) 5:00 p.m. (New York time), in the case of the making of the Initial Term Loan, if the conditions set forth in Article VI to the effectiveness of this Agreement are met prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Closing Date, each Lender will make available its Pro Rata Share of the Initial Term Loan in the manner provided below.

 

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(b)               Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower, under any Borrowing, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent will make available to the Borrower, by depositing $21,535,808.07 of the Initial Term Loan and all of the Delayed Draw Term Loan A in the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account, and in the case of the remaining Initial Term Loans and Delayed Draw Term Loan B or otherwise with the Administrative Agent’s consent, another account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing, the aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Administrative Agent has made available the same to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall promptly pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest, calculated in accordance with Section 2.08, applicable to ABR Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay interest to the Administrative Agent for the same (or a portion of the same) period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period.

 

(c)               Nothing in this Section 2.04 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder).

 

Section 2.05        Payment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

 

(a)               Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, on the Maturity Date, the aggregate amount of all outstanding Term Loans.

 

(b)               Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

 

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(c)               The Borrower agrees that from time to time on and after the Closing Date, upon the request to Administrative Agent by any Lender, at Borrower’s own expense, the Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender a Note, evidencing the Loans made by, and payable to such Lender or registered assigns in a maximum principal amount equal to such Lender’s applicable Initial Term Loan Commitment, DDTL A Commitment or DDTL B Commitment, as the case may be. The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 12.06(b)(iv), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.

 

(d)               The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 2.05 shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, that the failure of any Lender or Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or such subaccount, as applicable, 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.

 

Section 2.06        Conversions and Continuations. (a) The Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Delayed Draw Term Loan A or Minimum DDTL B Borrowing Amount, as applicable, of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any Eurodollar Loans as Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided, that (i) no partial conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum DDTL A Borrowing Amount or Minimum DDTL B Borrowing Amount, as applicable, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into Eurodollar Loans if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed conversion and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders in respect of the Credit Facility that is the subject of such conversion have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversion, (iii) Eurodollar Loans may not be continued as Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period in excess of one month if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders in respect of the Credit Facility that is the subject of such conversion have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this Section 2.06 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.02. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) at least three Business Days (or one Business Day in the case of a conversion into ABR Loans) (and in either case on not more than five Business Days) prior to such proposed conversion or continuation, in the form of Exhibit N-2 (each, a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued into and, if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall give each Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Loans.

 

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(b)               If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any Eurodollar Loans for an Interest Period in excess of one month and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders in respect of the Credit Facility that is subject of such continuation have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically continued on the last day of the current Interest Period into Eurodollar Loans with an Interest Period of one month. If, upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in Section 2.06(a), Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.

 

Section 2.07        Pro Rata Borrowings. Borrowing of the Initial Term Loan funded on the Closing Date under this Agreement shall be made by each Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment on the basis of its then-applicable Initial Term Loan Commitment. Each Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loan A under this Agreement shall be made by each Lender with a DDTL A Commitment on the basis of its then-applicable DDTL A Commitment. Each Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loan B under this Agreement shall be made by each Lender with a DDTL B Commitment on the basis of its then applicable DDTL B Commitment. It is understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder.

 

Section 2.08        Interest. (a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until repayment or prepayment thereof at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin plus the ABR in effect from time to time.

 

(b)               The unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until repayment or prepayment thereof at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time plus the relevant Eurodollar Rate.

 

(c)               From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon notice by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower (or automatically while any Event of Default under Section 10.01(a) or Section 10.01(h) exists), the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all Loans and all other due and unpaid Obligations, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, at the rate described in Section 2.08(a) or Section 2.08(b), as applicable, plus two (2) percentage points per annum (the “Default Rate”). All such interest at the Default Rate shall be payable on demand of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders and in cash.

 

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(d)               Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof and shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2018 (the “ABR Interest Payment Date”), (ii) in respect of each Eurodollar Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period (the “Eurodollar Interest Payment Date”), and (iii) in respect of each Loan, on any prepayment (on the amount prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand.

 

(e)               [reserved].

 

(f)                On each of the ABR Interest Payment Date or Eurodollar Interest Payment Date, as applicable, Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loans by, at Borrower’s option (upon advanced written notice to Administrative Agent, in form and substance as addressed below, and as permitted under the First Lien Loan Documents), either (x) paying all such accrued interest in cash or (y) (i) until the PIK Termination Date, paying all such accrued interest by increasing the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the applicable Term Loans by the amount of such accrued and unpaid interest on such Term Loans and (ii) after the PIK Termination Date paying all such accrued interest except the PIK Amount (as defined below) in cash and paying the PIK Amount by increasing the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans by the PIK Amount (any such amount that is added to the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans pursuant to subclauses (i) or (ii) under this clause (y), “PIK Interest”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, if any Credit Party pays any cash interest on the 2023 Convertible Notes or any other unsecured or junior lien notes (a “Cash Interest Payment Event”), then 100% of all accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loans shall thereafter be payable in cash when due; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Cash Interest Payment Event shall result from the making of the November Interest Payment by the Borrower if, after the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date and on or before any portion of the November Interest Payment is made, the Borrower either (x) issues equity or unsecured indebtedness that yields Net Proceeds to the Borrower of not less than $1,000,000 or (y) one or more holders of 2023 Convertible Notes agree to settle or compromise their right to receive cash interest (in each case for consideration other than cash) with respect to at least $1,000,000 of the November Interest Payment. “PIK Amount” shall mean a portion of the interest accruing on the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans at a rate of up to 4.25% per annum. On or prior to the first interest payment date after the (i) Closing Date and (ii) the PIK Termination Date, the Borrower shall deliver a written notice, which such notice may be in the form of electronic mail (the “PIK Notice”), to the Administrative Agent specifying whether the Borrower will elect to pay PIK Interest by increasing the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans in accordance with clause (y) of the first sentence above. On each subsequent interest payment date, unless a new PIK Notice has been delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such interest payment date, the Borrower is deemed to have made the election set forth in the most recently delivered PIK Notice. All accrued, but unpaid Interest shall be payable in cash on the Maturity Date.

 

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(g)               The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

 

Section 2.09        Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion or Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans (in the case of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto) or prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the third Business Day (and in any event, on not more than five Business Days’ notice) prior to the expiration of an Interest Period applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrower shall have, by giving the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) the right to elect the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower, be a one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) month period:

 

(a)               the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;

 

(b)               if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

 

(c)               if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, that if any Interest Period in respect of a Eurodollar Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; and

 

(d)               the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any Eurodollar Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date of such Loan.

 

Section 2.10        Increased Costs, Illegality, etc. (a) In the event that (x) in the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent or (y) in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) below, any Lender, in each case, shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):

 

(i)                 on any date for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period that (A) deposits in the principal amounts of the Loans comprising any Eurodollar Loan are not generally available in the relevant market or (B) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the interbank Eurodollar market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of Eurodollar Rate; or

 

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(ii)              at any time, after the later of the Closing Date and the date such entity became a Lender hereunder, that such Lender shall incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any Eurodollar Loans (excluding all Taxes except any Other Connection Taxes that are not Connection Income Taxes) because of (A) any change since the date hereof in any Applicable Law (or in the interpretation or administration thereof and including the introduction of any new Applicable Law), such as, for example, without limitation, a change in official reserve requirements (but excluding changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender), and/or (B) other circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market or the position of such Lender in such market; or

 

(iii)            at any time, that the making or continuance of any Eurodollar Loan has become unlawful by compliance by such Lender in good faith with any Applicable Law (or would conflict with any such Applicable Law not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the date hereof that materially and adversely affects the interbank Eurodollar market,

 

then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall promptly give notice (if by telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (A) in the case of clause (i) above, Eurodollar Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to Eurodollar Loans that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, (B) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall, pay to such Lender, within 5 days after receipt of written demand therefor, such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) and (C) in the case of clause (iii) above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in Section 2.10(b) as promptly as possible and, in any event, within the time period required by law.

 

(b)               At any time that any Eurodollar Loan is affected by the circumstances described in (i) Section 2.10(a)(ii), the Borrower may either (A) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel said Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (B) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan; provided, that if more than one Lender is so affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) or (ii) Section 2.10(a)(iii), (A) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, such Borrowing shall automatically be deemed cancelled and rescinded and (B) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, each such Eurodollar Loan shall automatically be converted into an ABR Loan; provided, that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).

 

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(c)               If, after the later of the date hereof, and that date such entity becomes a Lender hereunder, the adoption of any Applicable Law regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by a Lender or its parent with any request or directive made or adopted after such date regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, association, central bank or comparable agency, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or its parent’s capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender’s commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or its parent’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then within 5 days after written demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law as in effect on the date hereof. Each Lender (on its own behalf), upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will, as promptly as practicable upon ascertaining knowledge thereof, give written notice thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts. The failure to give any such notice, with respect to a particular event, within the time frame specified in Section 2.13, shall not release or diminish any of the Borrower’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) for amounts accrued or incurred after the date of such notice with respect to such event.

 

(d)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a change in Applicable Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

(e)               This Section 2.10 shall not apply to Taxes to the extent duplicative of Section 5.04.

 

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Section 2.11        Compensation. If (a) any payment of principal of a Eurodollar Loan is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.10, 5.01 or 5.02, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Article X or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing (except with respect to a revocation as provided in Section 2.10 or by reason of a Lender being a Defaulting Lender), (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a Eurodollar Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation, (d) any Eurodollar Loan is not continued as a Eurodollar Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of a Eurodollar Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment pursuant to Section 5.01 or 5.02, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue, failure to prepay, reduction or failure to reduce, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund or maintain such Eurodollar Loan.

 

Section 2.12        Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(b) or 5.04 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; provided, that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender provided in Section 2.10 or 5.04.

 

Section 2.13        Notice of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.04 is given by any Lender more than one hundred twenty (120) days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, tax or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.04, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower.

 

Section 2.14        [Reserved].

 

Section 2.15        Defaulting Lenders.

 

(a)               Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:

 

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(i)              Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 12.01.

 

(ii)              Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 5.02(f) or Article X or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 12.09), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding with respect to Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share. 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 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

(iii)            Certain Fees. A Lender that is a Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Unused DDTL A Commitment or Unused DDTL B Commitment Fee, as applicable, for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

 

(iv)             [reserved.

 

(v)              [reserved].

 

(b)                  Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase 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 Lenders to hold their respective Pro Rata Share of Loans, whereupon that 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 a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

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Article III

 

[RESERVED]

 

Article IV


Fees and Commitment Terminations

 

Section 4.01        Fees.

 

(a)               The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, all the Fees set forth in the Fee Letter.

 

(b)               The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender having a DDTL A Commitment a commitment fee (the “Unused DDTL A Commitment Fee”) calculated at the rate of 1.00% on the daily balance of the DDTL A Commitment of such Lender during each fiscal quarter or portion thereof from the Closing Date to the DDTL A Commitment Expiration Date. The Unused DDTL A Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of each January, April, July and October and on the DDTL A Commitment Expiration Date or any earlier date on which the DDTL A Commitments shall terminate.

 

(c)               The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender having a DDTL B Commitment a commitment fee (the “Unused DDTL B Commitment Fee”) calculated at the rate of 1.00% on the daily balance of the DDTL B Commitment during each fiscal quarter or portion thereof from the Closing Date to the DDTL B Commitment Expiration Date. The Unused DDTL B Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of each January, April, July and October and on the DDTL B Commitment Expiration Date or any earlier date on which the DDTL B Commitments shall terminate.

 

Section 4.02        Mandatory Termination of Commitments.

 

(a)               The Initial Term Loan Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Closing Date.

 

(b)               The DDTL A Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the DDTL A Commitment Expiration Date.

 

(c)               The DDTL B Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the DDTL B Commitment Expiration Date.

 

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Article V


Payments

 

Section 5.01        Voluntary Prepayments.

 

(a)               Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 5.01, the Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, from time to time subject to payment of the following Make-Whole Premium or prepayment premium (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Term Loans being prepaid) (the “Prepayment Premium”), as applicable, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being prepaid to the prepayment date. Each prepayment (x) made on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date shall be made subject to payment of the Make-Whole Premium and (y) made after the second anniversary of the Closing Date shall be subject to payment of the applicable Prepayment Premium set forth below:

 

Time Period Prepayment Premium
After the second anniversary, but on or prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date 2.0%
After the third  anniversary, but on or prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date 1.00%
After the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date 0.0%

 

(b)               When making a voluntary partial prepayment, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of (i) its intent to make such prepayment, (ii) the amount of such prepayment and (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which such prepayment will be made, no later than (A) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, 1:00 p.m. (New York time) three (3) Business Days prior to, and (B) in the case of ABR Loans, 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date of such prepayment, and such prepayment shall promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the relevant Lenders, as the case may be.

 

(c)               Each voluntary partial prepayment of any Loans shall be in a multiple of $500,000 and in aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000; provided, that no partial prepayment of Eurodollar Loans outstanding under a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding Eurodollar Loans outstanding under such Borrowing to an amount less than $500,000.

 

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(d)               With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.01, the Borrower may designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made; provided, that the Borrower pays any amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.11 with respect to prepayments of Eurodollar Loans made on any date other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period. In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11. Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the Loans so prepaid, through the date of such prepayment.

 

(e)                Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall be applied ratably to Term Loans.

 

Section 5.02        Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(a)               Concurrently with the receipt by any Credit Party of any proceeds from any Disposition pursuant to Section 9.04(k), the Borrower shall (i) (x) subject to compliance with Section 8.17 of the First Lien Credit Agreement, be permitted to retain such Net Proceeds until the Credit Parties have a maximum amount of Liquidity equal to $9,500,000 and (ii) thereafter, apply any remaining Net Proceeds to prepay the Loans in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Proceeds from such Disposition, to be applied as set forth in Section 5.02(f). Nothing in this Section 5.02(a) shall be construed to permit or waive any Default or Event of Default arising from any Disposition not permitted under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)               Concurrently with the receipt by any Credit Party of any Net Proceeds from any Casualty Event, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Proceeds, to be applied as set forth in Section 5.02(f).

 

(c)               Concurrently with the incurrence of any Indebtedness by any Credit Party (other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01), the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Proceeds, to be applied as set forth in Section 5.02(f). Nothing in this Section 5.02(c) shall be construed to permit or waive any Default or Event of Default arising from any incurrence of Indebtedness not permitted under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(d)               Substantially concurrently with any Change of Control, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in full, to be applied as set forth in Section 5.02(f).

 

(e)               Immediately upon any acceleration of the Maturity Date of any Loans pursuant to Section 10.02, the Borrower shall repay all the Loans and other Obligations, unless only a portion of all the Loans and other Obligations is so accelerated (in which case the portion so accelerated shall be so repaid).

 

(f)                Subject to Section 5.02(i), amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments and Commitment reductions made pursuant to this Section 5.02, other than under subsection (l) of this Section, shall be applied, first, to the prepayment of the Term Loans, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, until such Term Loans are repaid in full and, second, to the prepayment of any other outstanding Obligations. Each prepayment of the Loans under this Section 5.02, other than under subsection (l) of this Section, shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid and the Prepayment Premium or Make-Whole Premium, as applicable; notwithstanding the foregoing, from the Amendment No. 4 Closing Date until on or before December 13, 2020, each prepayment of the Loans made pursuant to Section 5.02(a) shall not be subject to the Make-Whole Premium, but shall instead be subject a prepayment fee of 2.00% on the principal amount prepaid.

 

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(g)               Subject to clause (j), each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be applied ratably to Term Loans.

 

(h)               Application to Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans required by this Section 5.02, the Borrower may designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made; provided, that the Borrower pays any amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.11 with respect to prepayments of Eurodollar Loans made on any date other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period. In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11.

 

(i)                 Application of Collateral Proceeds and Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.01, this Section 5.02 or any other provision of any Credit Document, (x) all payments (including, without limitation, prepayments) in respect of the Obligations after acceleration and (y) all proceeds of Collateral and other payments received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the exercise of remedies against the Collateral, applied as set forth in this clause (i), as follows:

 

(i)               first, ratably to pay any fees then due to the Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents and any costs or expense reimbursements of the Administrative Agent and any indemnities then due to the Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents, until paid in full,

 

(ii)              second, ratably, to pay any fees or premiums then due to any of the Lenders of any Term Loans until paid in full,

 

(iii)             third, ratably to pay any costs or expense reimbursements of Lenders of any Term Loans and indemnities then due to any of the Lenders of any Term Loans until paid in full,

 

(iv)             fourth, ratably to pay interest due in respect of the outstanding the Term Loans until paid in full,

 

(v)              fifth, ratably to pay the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans (in the inverse order of the maturity of the installments due thereunder) until the Term Loans are paid in full,

 

(vi)             sixth, to pay any other Obligations in respect of Term Loans,

 

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(vii)           seventh, to Borrower or such other Person entitled thereto under Applicable Law.

 

(j)                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender may reject all or a portion of its Pro Rata Share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of any class of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c), or (l) of this Section 5.02 by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 1:00 p.m. one (1) Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment (subject to extension by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion). Each Rejection Notice from a Lender shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory prepayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of such Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds may be retained by the Borrower.

 

(k)               Other Mandatory Prepayment Matters. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any other clause in this Section 5.02, until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) shall have occurred, the Borrower’s obligation to make the mandatory prepayments set forth in Section 5.02(a)-(c) hereof will be (A) reduced by an amount equal to any mandatory prepayment of the First Lien Indebtedness arising from the same circumstances requiring the prepayment of the Loans to the extent such mandatory prepayment is actually made to the holders of such First Lien Indebtedness and (B) deferred by an amount equal to any mandatory prepayment of the First Lien Indebtedness arising from the same circumstances requiring the prepayment of the Loans to the extent such mandatory prepayment is due but not yet made.

 

(l)                 On or prior to the earlier of (A) the fifth (5th) day after the delivery of annual financial statements for a fiscal year in accordance with Section 8.01(c) or (B) the ninety-fifth (95th) day of each year, in each case commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, the Borrowers shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to (x) fifty percent (50%) of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow (if any) for such fiscal year, to be applied as set forth in Section 5.02(f) less (y) all voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made during such fiscal year pursuant to Section 5.01, to be applied as set forth in Section 5.02(f).

 

Section 5.03        Payment of Obligations; Method and Place of Payment.

 

(a)               The obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under each other Credit Document are not subject to counterclaim, set-off, rights of rescission, or any other defense. Subject to Section 5.04, and except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, rights of rescission, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Secured Parties entitled thereto, as the case may be, not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds in Dollars to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by the Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York time), on such day) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or Fees ratably to the Secured Parties entitled thereto.

 

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(b)               For purposes of computing interest or fees, any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time), shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall continue to accrue during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.

 

Section 5.04        Net Payments.

 

(a)               Subject to the following sentence, all payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any current or future Taxes (including Other Taxes) other than Excluded Taxes. If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) are required to be withheld from any amounts payable under this Agreement, the Borrower shall increase the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes, including any such Non-Excluded Taxes payable in respect of additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 5.04(a)) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement. Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter, the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Secured Party, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt (or other evidence acceptable to such Lender, acting reasonably) received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental Taxes, interest, costs or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. The agreements in this Section 5.04(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(b)               Each Lender that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall:

 

(i)             deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two copies of either (A) in the case of Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (together with a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), (B) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or (C) to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-9, the certificate described in (A) above, if applicable, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-U.S. Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Lender will provide the documents set forth in (A) above on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner, in each case properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on payments by the Borrower under this Agreement;

 

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(ii)            deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such form or certification (or any applicable successor form) promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender; and

 

(iii)           obtain such extensions of time for filing and complete such forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, unless in any such case any change in treaty, law or regulation has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required that renders any such form inapplicable or would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Lender so advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in which case such Lender shall not be required to provide any form under subparagraphs (i) or (ii) above. Each Person that shall become a Participant pursuant to Section 12.06 or a Lender pursuant to Section 12.06 shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be required to provide all the forms and statements required pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) or Section 5.04(c), as applicable; provided, that in the case of a Participant such Participant shall furnish all such required forms and statements to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

 

(c)               Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided, that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.

 

(d)               The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent and each Lender within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes paid by each Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest, additions to tax and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or by each Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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(e)               If a payment made to a Lender 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 the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender 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 clause (iv), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

(f)                If any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of a Tax for which an additional payment has been made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.04 or Section 12.05 of this Agreement, then such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the Borrower for such amount (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 5.04 and Section 12.05 with respect to the Tax giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (including any Taxes imposed on the receipt of such refund) and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender 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.

 

(g)               Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 5.04 shall use its reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and requirements under Applicable Laws) to change the jurisdiction of its lending office if such a change would reduce any such additional amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue) and would not, in the reasonable determination of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

(h)               Each party’s obligations under this Section 5.04 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Loans and Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Credit Document.

 

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Section 5.05        Computations of Interest and Fees. All interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring during the period for which such interest or fee is payable over a year comprised of (a) 365 (or 366 as appropriate) days in the case of ABR Loans and (b) 360 days in all other cases. Payments due on a day that is not a Business Day shall (except as otherwise required by Section 2.09(c)) be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing interest and fees in connection with that payment.

 

Article VI

 

Conditions Precedent

 

Section 6.01        Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension. The making of the initial Credit Extension is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or before the Closing Date:

 

(a)               Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following documents, duly executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party and each other relevant party:

 

(i)              this Agreement;

 

(ii)             the Fee Letter;

 

(iii)            the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(iv)            the Guarantee Agreement;

 

(v)             the Security Agreement;

 

(vi)            each Note requested by any Lender;

 

(vii)           the Mortgage in respect of the Real Property set forth on Schedule 7.15;

 

(viii)          the Notice of Borrowing, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(ix)             the Letter of Direction and flow of funds, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(x)              the Subordinated Intercompany Note; and

 

(xi)            each other Credit Document.

 

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(b)               Collateral. (i) To the extent required under the Security Documents, all Capital Stock of each Subsidiary of each Credit Party shall have been pledged to the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)             [reserved].

 

(iii)            The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a search of the UCC filings (or equivalent filings), in addition to tax Lien, judgment Lien, bankruptcy and litigation searches made with respect to each Credit Party, together with copies of the financing statements and other filings (or similar documents) disclosed by such searches, and accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated in any such financing statement and other filings (or similar document) are Permitted Liens or have been released or will be released substantially simultaneously with the initial Credit Extensions hereunder.

 

(iv)          The Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the appropriate UCC (or equivalent) financing statements for filing in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral.

 

(c)               Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received executed legal opinion of K&L Gates LLP, counsel to the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, which opinion shall be addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)               First Lien Loan Documents.

 

(i)             The Administrative Agent shall have received executed copies of the First Lien Loan Documents, which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(ii)            The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that, substantially simultaneously with the initial Credit Extension hereunder, the First Lien Credit Agreement shall have been executed and delivered.

 

(e)               Legal and Collateral Due Diligence. The Administrative Agent shall have completed its legal and collateral due diligence, including a satisfactory review of regulatory due diligence and a satisfactory review of the terms of the Existing Notes.

 

(f)              Phase I Report. The Administrative Agent shall have received a phase-I environmental report with respect to each parcel composing the owned Real Property located in New Jersey (the environmental consultants retained for such reports, the scope of the reports, and the results thereof of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent).

 

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(g)          Officer’s Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate for each Credit Party, dated the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by such Credit Party’s General Counsel, other duly authorized officer, managing member or general partner, as applicable, as to:

 

(i)           resolutions of each such Person’s board of managers/directors (or other managing body, in the case of a Person that is not a corporation) then in full force and effect expressly and specifically authorizing, to the extent relevant, all aspects of the Credit Documents and the other Transaction Documents applicable to such Person and the execution, delivery and performance of each Credit Document and each other Transaction Document, in each case, to be executed by such Person;

 

(ii)         the incumbency and signatures of its Authorized Officers and any other of its officers, managing member or general partner, as applicable, authorized to act with respect to each Credit Document to be executed by such Person;

 

(iii)        each such Person’s Organization Documents, as amended, modified or supplemented as of Closing Date, with the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation certified by the appropriate officer or official body of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person;

 

(A)             certificates of good standing with respect to each Credit Party, each dated within a recent date prior to the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer or official body of the jurisdiction of organization of such Credit Party, which certificate shall indicate that such Credit Party is in good standing in such jurisdiction, and (B) certificates of good standing with respect to each Credit Party, each dated within a recent date prior to the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions where such Credit Party is qualified to do business as a foreign entity and conducts material business operations, which certificates shall indicate that such Credit Party is in good standing in such jurisdictions, which certificates shall provide that each Secured Party may conclusively rely thereon until it shall have received a further certificate of a General Counsel, other duly authorized officer, managing member or general partner, as applicable, of any such Person canceling or amending the prior certificate of such Person as provided in Section 8.01(k).

 

(h)          Other Documents and Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following documents and certificates, each of which shall be dated the Closing Date and properly executed by an Authorized Officer of each applicable Credit Party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:

 

(i)           a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, certifying as to such items as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, including without limitation:

 

(A)             the consummation of the Transactions, all in accordance with Applicable Laws and the Transaction Documents;

 

(B)             the receipt of all required approvals and consents of all Governmental Authorities and other third parties with respect to the consummation of the Transactions (if any) and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; and

 

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(C)             the names of each of the officers and directors of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date.

 

(ii)          a Perfection Certificate of each Credit Party.

 

(i)           Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower, on behalf of the Credit Parties, confirming the Solvency of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Transactions.

 

(j)           Financial Information. The Administrative Agent shall have received (or in the case of clause (i) below, made available to the Administrative Agent through the materials filed with the SEC) the following documents and reports (each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent):

 

(i)           the Historical Financial Statements;

 

(ii)          the forecasted financial projections of the Credit Parties (including adjustments to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and projections for Consolidated Capital Expenditures) for the fiscal years 2018-2020 as of the Closing Date along with a pro forma balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries giving effect to the Transactions; and

 

(iii)         a detailed sources and uses statement which reflects (A) the sources of all funds to be used by the Credit Parties to consummate the Transactions and to pay all transaction expenses incurred in connection therewith (including the fees, costs and expenses due and payable pursuant to the Fee Letter, Sections 4.01 and 12.05) and (B) all uses of such funds, which sources and uses shall be attached as an exhibit to the Notice of Borrowing delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a).

 

(k)          Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance, together with the endorsements thereto, in each case, as to the insurance required by Section 8.03, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

 

(l)           Payment of Outstanding Indebtedness. (A) On the Closing Date, the Credit Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries shall have no outstanding Indebtedness other than the Loans hereunder and the Indebtedness (if any) listed on Schedule 7.24, and the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all documentation and instruments evidencing the discharge of all Indebtedness paid off in connection with the Transactions on the Closing Date, and (B) all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) securing payment of any such Indebtedness shall have been released and the Administrative Agent shall have received pay-off letters and all form UCC-3 termination statements and other instruments as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection therewith. The terms, maturity and subordination of any indebtedness listed on Schedule 7.24 shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(m)         Material Adverse Effect. There has been no Material Adverse Effect, since December 31, 2017.

 

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(n)           Fees and Expenses. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received, for its own respective account, (i) all fees and expenses due and payable to such Person under the Fee Letter, and (ii) the reasonable fees, costs and expenses due and payable to such Person pursuant Sections 4.01 and 12.05 (including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) for which invoices have been presented at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

 

(o)           Patriot Act Compliance. The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least 5 Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by banking regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, rules and regulations, and any required Patriot Act compliance, the results of which are satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

 

(p)           No Adverse Actions. The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that there is no action or proceeding before any court or Governmental Authority, litigation or investigation, pending or threatened in writing against the Borrower or any other Credit Party, or any of their respective Subsidiaries wherein an unfavorable judgment, decree or order would (w) prevent the consummation of any of the Transactions, (x) declare unlawful any of the Transactions, (y) reasonably be expected to cause any of the Transactions to be rescinded, or (z) result in damages owing by ACF in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(q)           [reserved].

 

(r)           2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) satisfactory evidence of the formation of the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account and (ii) a Control Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for such 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account.

 

Section 6.02     Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions.

 

(a)           No Default; Representations and Warranties. The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedent that at the time of each such Credit Extension and also after giving effect thereto, and in the case of the Credit Extensions on the Closing Date, both before and after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) all representations and warranties made by each Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of the initial Credit Extensions to occur on the Closing Date, in which case all representations and warranties made by each Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all respects), in each case, with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Extension (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided, that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on such respective dates, and (iii) no injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order of any nature restricting or prohibiting, directly or indirectly, such Credit Extension shall have been issued and remain in force by any Governmental Authority against the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Lender. The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Extension shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all the applicable conditions specified above are satisfied as of that time.

 

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(b)           Notice of Borrowing. Prior to the making of each Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the requirements of Section 2.03.

 

Article VII

Representations, Warranties and Agreements

 

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, make the Loans as provided for herein, the Credit Parties make the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date and as of the date of making of each Loan thereafter, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:

 

Section 7.01    Corporate Status. Each Credit Party and each of their Subsidiaries (a) is a duly organized or formed and validly existing corporation or other registered entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and (b) has duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where it does business or owns assets, except where the failure to be so qualified, authorized or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.02     Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered the Credit Documents and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and such Transaction Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

 

Section 7.03     No Violation. None of (a) the execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, (b) the consummation of the Transactions, or (c) the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby on the relevant dates therefor will (i) contravene any applicable provision of any material Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority, (ii) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party (other than Permitted Liens and Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to, (A) the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage or deed of trust (for the avoidance of doubt, including but not limited to, the First Lien Loan Documents or Third Lien Note Documents, as applicable), or (B) any other Material Contracts, in the case of either clause (A) and (B) to which any Credit Party is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or (iii) violate any provision of the Organization Documents any Credit Party, except with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention or default (but not the creation of Liens) referred to in clauses (ii)(A) or (ii)(B), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 7.04     Litigation, Labor Controversies, etc. There is no litigation, action, proceeding or labor controversy (including without limitation, strikes, lockouts or slowdowns) against the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened in writing (a) except as disclosed in Schedule 7.04 and other matters that could not reasonably be expected to (x) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (y) result in monetary judgments or relief, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $1,000,000, or (b) which purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Credit Document, any Transaction Document or the Transactions.

 

Section 7.05      Use of Proceeds; Regulations U and X. The proceeds of the Loans are intended to be and shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in and permitted by Section 8.10. No Credit Party is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Credit Extension will be used to purchase or carry margin stock or otherwise for a purpose which violates, or would be inconsistent with Regulation U or Regulation X. No Credit Party and no Subsidiary of any Credit Party owns any margin stock.

 

Section 7.06     Approvals, Consents, etc. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person, and no consent or approval under any contract or instrument (other than (a) those that have been duly obtained or made and which are in full force and effect, or if not obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) the filing of UCC financing statements and other equivalent filings for foreign jurisdictions) is required for the consummation of the Transactions or the due execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of any Credit Document to which it is a party, or for the due execution, delivery or performance of the other Transaction Documents, in each case by any of the parties thereto. There does not exist any judgment, order, injunction or other restraint issued or filed with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the consummation of the Transactions, the making of any Credit Extension or the performance by the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries of their Obligations under the Credit Documents.

 

Section 7.07      Investment Company Act. No Credit Party is, or will be after giving effect to the Transactions and the transactions contemplated under the Credit Documents, an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

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Section 7.08      Full Disclosure.

 

(a)           In connection with the execution of this Agreement and the Transactions, Credit Parties have disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect. None of the factual information and data (taken as a whole) at any time furnished by any Credit Party, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the representations and warranties, reports, exhibits or otherwise in the Credit Documents but excluding the Budget, any pro forma financial information or projections, which are subject to the requirements of clause (b) below) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the Transactions contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading, in each case, at the time such information was provided in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished.

 

(b)           The Budget, pro forma financial information and projections provided pursuant to this Agreement were prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Credit Parties to be reasonable at the time made in light of then current market conditions, it being recognized by the Agents and the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts , are subject to uncertainties and contingencies, and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections are not guaranties of financial performance and may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.

 

Section 7.09     Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect.

 

(a)           The Historical Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Credit Parties at the respective dates of such information and for the respective periods covered thereby, subject in the case of unaudited financial information, to changes resulting from normal year end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes. The Historical Financial Statements and all of the balance sheets, all statements of income and of cash flow and all other financial information furnished pursuant to Section 8.01 have been and will for all periods following the Closing Date be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. All of the financial information furnished pursuant to Section 8.01 presents fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Credit Parties at the respective dates of such information and for the respective periods covered thereby, subject in the case of unaudited financial information, to changes resulting from normal year end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes.

 

(b)           There are no material liabilities of any Credit Party of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances which could reasonably be expected to result in any such liabilities, other than those liabilities provided for or disclosed in the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 8.01.

 

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(c)            Since December 31, 2017, there has been no circumstance, event or occurrence, and no fact is known to the Credit Parties that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.10      Tax Returns and Payments. Each Credit Party has filed all applicable federal and state income Tax returns and all other material Tax returns, domestic and foreign, required to be filed by them and has paid all material Taxes and assessments payable by them that have become due, other than those not yet delinquent or being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and by proper proceedings which stay the enforcement of any Lien as to which such Credit Party has maintained adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 7.11      Compliance with ERISA. Each Pension Plan is in compliance with ERISA, the Code and any Applicable Law; no Reportable Event has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur) with respect to any Pension Plan; each Pension Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service for all required amendments regarding its qualification thereunder that considers the law changes incorporated in the plan sponsor’s most recently expired remedial amendment cycle determined under the provisions of Rev. Proc. 2007-44, and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter which would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. To the knowledge of the Credit Parties, (i) no Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization or in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 4241 or 4245 of Title IV of ERISA (or is reasonably likely to be insolvent or in reorganization), and no written notice of any such insolvency or reorganization has been given to any of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (ii) no Pension Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (iii) no Pension Plan has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, including, without limitation, any obligation to make any required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA), (or is reasonably likely to do so); (iv) no failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan when due has occurred; (v) none of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or is reasonably expected to incur) any liability to or on account of a Plan pursuant to Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code or has been notified in writing that it will incur any liability under any of the foregoing Sections with respect to any Plan; (vi) no proceedings have been instituted (or are reasonably likely to be instituted) to terminate or to reorganize any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, and no written notice of any such proceedings has been given to any of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; and (vii) no Lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of any of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate exists (or is reasonably likely to exist) nor have the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate been notified in writing that such a Lien will be imposed on the assets of any of the Credit Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate on account of any Plan. No Pension Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that exceeds $1,000,000. No employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of §3(1) or §3(2)(B) of ERISA of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries, provides benefit coverage subsequent to termination of employment except as required by Title I, Subtitle B, Part 6 of ERISA or applicable state insurance laws. No liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA has been, or is reasonably expected to be, incurred. With respect to any Foreign Plan, (a) all employer and employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan have been made or, if applicable, accrued in accordance with normal accounting practices; (b) the accrued benefit obligations of each Foreign Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Foreign Plan) with respect to all current and former participants do not exceed the assets of such Foreign Plan; (c) each Foreign Plan that is required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing and applicable regulatory authorities; and (d) each Foreign Plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law and regulations and with the terms of such Foreign Plan.

 

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Section 7.12      Capitalization and Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.12 as of the Closing Date and as of the last date such Schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d), no Credit Party and no Subsidiary of any Credit Party (a) has any Subsidiaries or (b) is engaged in any joint venture or partnership with any other Person. All of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens except those created under the Credit Documents. All such securities were issued in compliance with all Applicable Laws concerning the issuance of securities. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.12, there are no pre-emptive or other outstanding rights to purchase, options, warrants or similar rights or agreements (other than stock options granted to employees) pursuant to which any Credit Party may be required to issue, sell, repurchase or redeem any of its Capital Stock or any Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 7.13     Intellectual Property; Licenses, etc. Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the material trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses. To the knowledge of each Credit Party, neither the use of such intellectual property, nor any slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed by such Credit Party, or any of such Credit Party’s Subsidiaries, infringes upon any intellectual property rights held by any other Person. Except as specifically set forth on Schedule 7.04 and as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of such Credit Party threatened in writing.

 

Section 7.14      Environmental. (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Credit Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Environmental Laws in all jurisdictions in which the Credit Parties or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, are currently doing business (including obtaining, maintaining in full force and effect, and complying with all Permits required under Environmental Laws to operate the business of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries as currently conducted); (ii) none of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries is subject to any Environmental Claim or any other liability under any Environmental Law that is pending or, to the knowledge of such Credit Party, threatened in writing; (iii) to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, there are no conditions relating to the formerly owned Real Property that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Environmental Claim against any of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries and (iv) no Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Claims has attached to any Real Property of any of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries.

 

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(b)           None of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported, Released or disposed of Hazardous Materials at, from, on or under any currently or formerly owned Real Property, facility relating to its business, or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, any other location, in each case, in a manner that could reasonably be expected to give rise to an Environmental Claim that could result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)           Each Credit Party has made available to the Administrative Agent copies of all existing material environmental assessment reports, assessments, reviews, audits, correspondence and other documents and data that have a material bearing on actual or potential Environmental Claims or compliance with Environmental Laws, in each case to the extent such reports, assessments, reviews, audits and documents and data are in their possession or reasonable control.

 

(d)           This Section 7.14 contains the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Credit Parties with respect to matters arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, Environmental Claims, Hazardous Materials, Releases, or any other environmental, health, or safety matters.

 

Section 7.15     Ownership of Properties. Set forth on Schedule 7.15 is a list of all of the Real Property owned or leased by any of the Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and as of the last date such Schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d), indicating in each case whether the respective property is owned or leased, the identity of the owner or lessor and the location of the respective property. Each Credit Party owns (a) in the case of owned Real Property, good, indefeasible and marketable fee simple title to such Real Property, (b) in the case of owned personal property, good and valid title to such personal property, and (c) in the case of leased Real Property or personal property, valid, subsisting, marketable, insurable and enforceable (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws applicable to creditors’ rights generally and by generally applicable equitable principles, whether considered in an action at law or in equity) leasehold interests (as the case may be) in such leased property, in each case, free and clear in each case of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens.

 

Section 7.16     No Default. None of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to, or a party to, any Material Contract (copies of which have been received by the Administrative Agent) (other than any such Material Contract in respect of Indebtedness) that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, none of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any Material Contract in respect of Indebtedness the breach of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continue or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

 

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Section 7.17     Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

 

Section 7.18     [Intentionally Omitted].

 

Section 7.19     Compliance with Laws; Authorizations. Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a) has complied and is complying with all Applicable Laws and (b) is in possession of and has all requisite Registrations, governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required under Applicable Laws, and (c) to the extent due and owing has fully paid all applicable user fees, to operate its business and relating to the Credit Party’s Products as currently conducted except, in each case, to the extent that failure to do so could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.20     Contractual or Other Restrictions. Other than the Credit Documents and to the extent permitted by Section 9.10, no Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement or arrangement or subject to any Applicable Law that limits its ability to pay dividends to, or otherwise make Investments in or other payments to any Credit Party, that limits its ability to grant Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent or that otherwise limits its ability to perform the terms of the Credit Documents.

 

Section 7.21    Transaction Documents. All representations and warranties of (a) the Credit Parties set forth in the Transaction Documents and (b) to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, of each other Person (other than Lenders) party to the Transaction Documents, were true and correct in all material respects as of the time as of which such representations and warranties were made and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as if such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (unless such representation or warranty is given as of a specific date). No default or event of default has occurred and is continuing under any Transaction Document. Each Transaction Document is in full force and effect, enforceable against each of the parties thereto (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws applicable to creditors’ rights generally and by generally applicable equitable principles, whether considered in an action at law or in equity), no Transaction Document has been amended or modified except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date or otherwise in accordance with Section 9.07, and no waiver or consent has been granted under any such document, except in accordance with Section 9.07. There are no agreements, contracts or other arrangements entered into by any Credit Party or Subsidiary of any Credit Party for the payment of fees, compensation or other similar amounts to any employee or member of the management of any Credit Party.

 

Section 7.22    Collective Bargaining Agreements. Set forth on Schedule 7.22 is a list and description (including dates of termination) of all collective bargaining or similar agreements between or applicable to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any union, labor organization or other bargaining agent in respect of the employees of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof or as of the last date such schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d).

 

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Section 7.23      Insurance. The properties of each Credit Party are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies which are not Affiliates of any Credit Party against loss and damage in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by Persons of comparable size and of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and owning similar properties in the general locations where such Credit Party operates, in each case as described on Schedule 7.23 as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Section 7.24      Evidence of Other Indebtedness. Schedule 7.24 is a complete and correct list of each credit agreement, loan agreement, indenture, purchase agreement, guarantee, letter of credit or other arrangement providing for or otherwise relating to any Indebtedness or any extension of credit (or commitment for any extension of credit) to, any Credit Party outstanding on the Closing Date which will remain outstanding after the Closing Date (other than this Agreement and the other Credit Documents), and the aggregate principal or face amount outstanding or that may become outstanding under each such arrangement as of the Closing Date is correctly described in Schedule 7.24.

 

Section 7.25      Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. Set forth in Schedule 7.25 is a list of all of the deposit accounts and securities accounts of each Credit Party, including, with respect to each bank or securities intermediary at which such accounts are maintained by such Credit Party (a) the name and location of such Person and (b) the account numbers of the deposit accounts or securities accounts maintained with such Person, in each case, as of the Closing Date and as of the last date such Schedule was required to be updated in accordance with Section 8.01(d).

 

Section 7.26     Foreign Assets Control Regulations; Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Practices. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary of each Credit Party is (x) in compliance with all U.S. economic sanctions laws, executive orders and implementing regulations (“Sanctions”) as promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), and (y) in compliance in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act and all regulations issued pursuant to it. No Credit Party and no Subsidiary or Affiliate of a Credit Party (i) is a Person designated by the U.S. government on the list of the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN List”) with which a U.S. Person cannot deal with or otherwise engage in business transactions, (ii) is a Person who is otherwise the target of U.S. economic sanctions laws such that a U.S. Person cannot deal or otherwise engage in business transactions with such Person or (iii) is controlled by (including without limitation, by virtue of such Person being a director or owning voting shares or interests), or acts, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of, any Person or entity on the SDN List or a foreign government that is the target of U.S. economic sanctions prohibitions such that the entry into, or performance under, this Agreement or any other Credit Document would be prohibited under U.S. law. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary of each Credit Party is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws. None of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof, nor to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, agent, employee, or other person acting on behalf of a Credit Party or any Subsidiary, has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation in any material respect of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary of a Credit Party has instituted and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote compliance with Applicable Anti-Corruption laws.

 

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Section 7.27    Patriot Act. The Credit Parties, each of their Subsidiaries and each of their controlled Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with (a) the Trading with the Enemy Act, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (b) the Patriot Act and (c) other federal or state laws relating to “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, rules and regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used directly or indirectly for any payments to any government official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

 

Section 7.28     First Lien Loan Documents.

 

(a)          As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy of the First Lien Loan Documents (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith).

 

Section 7.29    Flood Insurance. Borrower and its Subsidiaries maintain, if available, fully paid flood hazard insurance on all Real Property that is located in a special flood hazard area and that constitutes Collateral, on such terms and in such amounts as required by Flood Insurance Laws or as otherwise reasonably required by the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 7.30     Location of Collateral; Equipment List. Schedule 7.30 lists:

 

(a)          all places at which Records relating to the Collateral, including, but not limited to, all Documents and Instruments relating to Receivables and Inventory, are maintained by Borrower or by any other Person;

 

(b)          except for In-Transit Inventory (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), all places where Credit Parties maintain, or will maintain, Inventory, and whether the premises are owned or leased by Credit Parties or whether the premises are the premises of a warehouseman, bailee or other third party, and if owned by a third party, the name and address of such third party; and

 

(c)           subject to Section 9.15, all places where the Credit Parties’ equipment is located and whether the premises are owned or leased by Credit Parties or whether the premises are the premises of a warehouseman, bailee or other third party, and if owned by a third party, the name and address of such third party.

 

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Section 7.31     Regulatory Matters.

 

(a)           Schedule 7.31 sets forth, as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, a complete and correct list of all material Registrations held by each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries. Such listed material Registrations are the only material Registrations that are required for the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses as presently or previously conducted or as proposed to be conducted. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries has, and it and its Products are in conformance with, all Registrations required to conduct its respective businesses as now or currently proposed to be conducted except where the failure to have such Registrations would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, neither the FDA nor other Governmental Authority has provided notice of or is considering limiting, suspending, revoking or otherwise restricting such Registrations or changing the regulatory status or marketing classification or labeling or other material parameter affecting the Products of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, there is no false or misleading information or significant omission in any Product application or other submission to the FDA or other Governmental Authority administering Public Health Laws. The Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed, in all material respects, their obligations under each material Registration, and, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, no event has occurred or condition or state of facts exists which would constitute a breach or default, or would cause revocation, modification, suspension, or termination of any such Registration. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, no event has occurred or condition or state of facts exists which would present potential product liability related, in whole or in part, to Regulatory Matters. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, any third party that is a manufacturer or contractor for the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries is in compliance with all material Registrations required by the FDA or comparable Governmental Authority and all Public Health Laws insofar as they reasonably pertain to the Products of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, except to the extent that failure to be in such compliance would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           All Products researched, developed, investigated, manufactured, prepared, assembled, packaged, tested, labeled, distributed, sold or marketed by or on behalf of the Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries that are subject to Public Health Laws, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, have been and are being researched, developed, investigated, manufactured, prepared, assembled, packaged, tested, labeled, distributed, sold and marketed in compliance with the Public Health Laws or any other Applicable Law, including, without limitation, clinical and non-clinical testing, product approval or clearance, current good manufacturing practices, labeling, advertising and promotion, record-keeping, establishment registration and listing, and adverse event reporting, and all other required importation and distribution requirements, except to the extent that failure to be in such compliance would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)          No Credit Party nor its Subsidiaries is subject to any material obligation arising under an administrative or regulatory action, proceeding, investigation or inspection by or on behalf of a Governmental Authority, warning letter, notice of violation letter, untitled letter, consent decree, request for information or any other notice or communication, response or commitment made to or with a Governmental Authority with respect to Regulatory Matters, and Public Health Laws, and, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, no such obligation has been threatened in writing. There is no, and there is no act, omission, event, or circumstance of which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries has knowledge that would reasonably be expected to give rise to or lead to, any civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, demand, claim, complaint, hearing, investigation, demand letter, warning letter, FDA Form 483, penalty, fine, reprimand, sanction, data integrity review, proceeding or request for information pending against any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, and, to each Credit Party’s and its Subsidiary’s knowledge, no Credit Party nor its Subsidiaries has any liability (whether actual or contingent) for failure to comply with any Public Health Laws. There has not been any violation of any Public Health Laws by any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries in its Product research or development efforts, testing submissions, record keeping, importation, and reports to the FDA, DEA or any other Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to require or lead to investigation, corrective action or enforcement, regulatory or administrative action that would reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and each of their respective Subsidiaries, there are no civil or criminal proceedings relating to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any officer, director or employee of any Credit Party or Subsidiary of any Credit Party that involve an alleged violation of any Public Health Law.

 

(d)           As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor its Subsidiaries is undergoing any inspection related to Regulatory Matters, or any other Governmental Authority investigation, except as set forth on Schedule 7.31; nor are there any uncompleted corrective or preventative actions resulting from any FDA cGMP inspections related to a Product during the period of the last three calendar years.

 

(e)           During the period of three calendar years immediately preceding the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary of any Credit Party has introduced into commercial distribution any Products manufactured by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party or distributed any products on behalf of another manufacturer that were upon their shipment by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries knowingly adulterated or misbranded in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 331. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary of any Credit Party has received any notice of communication from any Governmental Authority alleging material noncompliance with any Applicable Law. No Product has been seized, withdrawn, recalled (voluntary or otherwise), detained, or subject to a suspension (other than in the ordinary course of business) relating to research, testing, manufacturing, distribution, or commercialization activity, and there are no facts or circumstances reasonably likely to cause (i) the seizure, denial, withdrawal, recall (voluntary or otherwise), detention, public health notification, safety alert or suspension of manufacturing or other activity relating to any Product; (ii) a change in the labeling of any Product suggesting a compliance or safety issue or risk; or (iii) a termination, seizure or suspension of manufacturing, researching, distributing or marketing of any Product. No proceedings in the United States or any other jurisdiction seeking the withdrawal, recall (voluntary or otherwise), revocation, suspension, import detention, or seizure of any Product are pending or threatened in writing against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(f)           No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary of any Credit Party nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees or, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, agents or contractors (i) have been excluded or debarred from any federal healthcare program (including without limitation Medicare or Medicaid) or any other federal program or (ii) have received notice from the FDA or any other Governmental Authority with respect to debarment or disqualification of any Person that would reasonably be expected to have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary of any Credit Party nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees or, to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, agents or contractors have been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which (x) debarment is mandated or permitted by 21 U.S.C. § 335a or (y) such Person could be excluded or otherwise deemed ineligible from participating in the federal health care programs under Section 1128 of the Social Security Act or any similar law. No officer and to the knowledge of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, no employee or agent of any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, has (A) made any untrue statement of material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or any other Governmental Authority; (B) failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Governmental Authority; or (C) committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that would reasonably be expected to provide the basis for the FDA or any other Governmental Authority to invoke its policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities,” as set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991); or (D) been investigated by FDA or any other Governmental Authority, including but not limited to the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, or the Department of Justice, for data or healthcare program fraud. Neither Credit Party or any of its subsidiaries, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, or, to their knowledge, contractors, have made or offered any payment, gratuity, or other thing of value that is prohibited by any Applicable Law to personnel of the FDA or any other Governmental Authority.

 

(g)           [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(h)          Except as set forth on Schedule 7.31: (i) each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries and, to their knowledge, their respective contract manufacturers are, and have been for the past three calendar years, in compliance with, and each Product in current commercial distribution has been and is imported, researched, manufactured, tested, processed, prepared, packaged, labeled, marketed, stored and held in compliance with, the current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations set forth in 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211, as applicable, (ii) each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries has been and is in compliance with the written standard operating procedures, record-keeping and reporting requirements implemented by Credit Party or its subsidiaries or required by the FDA or any comparable Governmental Authority pertaining to the Product, including but not limited to reporting of adverse events involving the Products, (iii) all Products are and have been labeled, promoted, marketed, and advertised in accordance with their Registration and approved labeling, and (iv) each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries’ establishments are registered with the FDA and each Product is listed with the FDA under the applicable FDA regulations except, in each case, to the extent that failure to be in such compliance would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)           There are no civil, criminal, or administrative actions, suits, demands, claims, hearings, notices of violation, investigations, proceedings, demand letters, or other communications relating to any alleged hazard or alleged defect in design, manufacture, materials, or workmanship, including, without limitation, any failure to warn or alleged breach of express or implied warranty or representation, relating to any Product provided by the Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, or alleging that any Products are otherwise unsafe or ineffective for their intended use, that are presently pending or threatened in writing. Since January 1, 2013, neither any Credit Party nor its Subsidiaries have made any modification to any Product because of warranty, product liability, regulatory, or other claims or communications concerning alleged hazards or defects in such product, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(j)          The Credit Party and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, documents, applications, notices, Permits, and copies of any contracts required by any Applicable Laws to be filed or furnished to any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the FDA, DEA and state agencies, except where the failure to so timely file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such reports, documents, applications, notices, Permits, and copies of any contracts were complete and correct in all respects on the date filed (or were corrected in or supplemented by a subsequent filing such that no liability exists in respect to the Credit Party or its Subsidiaries with respect to such filings or lack thereof), except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.32        Third Lien Note Documents.

 

(a)        As of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy of the Third Lien Note Documents (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith).

 

Article VIII

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

The Credit Parties hereby covenant and agree that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Commitments have been terminated and the Loans and all other Obligations incurred hereunder (other than Unasserted Contingent Obligations) are paid in full in accordance with the terms of this Agreement:

 

Section 8.01       Financial Information, Reports, Notices and Information. The Credit Parties will furnish each Agent for further distribution to each Lender copies of the following financial statements, reports, notices and information, provided, that as to any information contained in materials filed with the SEC, the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under Sections 8.01(b) and (c) below):

 

(a)         Monthly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, (i) (x) unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such month, and (y) unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such month and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, in each case, including in comparative form the figures for the corresponding month in the preceding fiscal year of Borrower, and year-to-date portion of, the immediately preceding fiscal year of Borrower, (ii) a schedule of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the year-to-date portion of such fiscal year ending concurrently with such month, including, in comparative form Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the same year-to-date period in the immediately preceding fiscal year and (iii) a monthly Liquidity forecast in a form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, together with a certification from an Authorized Officer of Borrower, that Borrower is in compliance with the minimum Liquidity requirement set forth in Section 9.13(c) in a form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.

 

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(b)        Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of Borrower, (i)(A) unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter, and (B) unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter, in each case, and for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year of Borrower and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, including (in each of clause (A) and (B)), in comparative form to the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter in, and year-to-date portion of, the immediately preceding fiscal year of Borrower, certified as complete and correct by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, (ii) a schedule of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (A) for the year-to-date portion of such fiscal year of Borrower ending concurrently with such fiscal quarter, including, in comparative form for the same year-to-date period in the immediately preceding fiscal year of Borrower and (B) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2019, for the Test Period ending concurrently with such fiscal quarter, including, in comparative form for the Test Period immediately preceding such reported period, and (iii) a management discussion and analysis (with reasonable detail and specificity) of the results of operations for the fiscal periods reported, including, in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter in, and year-to-date portion of, the immediately preceding fiscal year of Borrower, and a comparison to projections for such fiscal quarter, and period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year of Borrower and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter.

 

(c)         Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of the fiscal year of Borrower ending December 31, 2019 and within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower thereafter, (i) copies of the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year, such consolidated statements to be audited and certified accompanied by a report and unqualified opinion of Deloitte or another independent firm of certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (which report and opinion shall (x) state that such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years and (y) not be subject to any “going concern” exception (except with respect to the opinion delivered in connection with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019) or any qualifications or exception as to the scope of the audit), together with a management discussion and analysis (with reasonable detail and specificity) of the results of operations for the fiscal periods reported and (ii) a schedule of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such fiscal year, including, in comparative form for the same year to date period in the immediately preceding fiscal year

 

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(d)        Compliance Certificates. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial information pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) above, a Compliance Certificate, executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, (i) showing compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants and stating that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or, if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred, specifying the details of such Default or Event of Default and the actions taken or to be taken with respect thereto) and containing the applicable certifications set forth in Section 7.09 with respect thereto, (ii) specifying any change in the identity of the Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Subsidiaries identified to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be, (iii) including a written supplement substantially in the form of Schedules 1-5, as applicable, to the Security Agreement with respect to any assets and property acquired by any Credit Party after the date hereof or since the date of the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate, as applicable, all in reasonable detail, and (iv) to the extent applicable, a written supplement updating Schedules 1.01(b), 1.01(c) (including delivery of copies of (a)(x) each Material Contract entered into since the Closing Date or the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate, as applicable, and (y) each material amendment or modification of any Material Contract entered into since the Closing Date or the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate, as applicable), 7.12, 7.15, 7.22, 7.23, 7.25 and 7.30 (it being agreed that Borrower may deliver at any time and from time to time written supplements to any such Schedules to make the representations and warranties set forth herein or in the Security Agreement, as applicable, true and correct) and each such written supplement shall be deemed to immediately and automatically amend such Schedule as then in effect.

 

(e)         [Reserved].

 

(f)         Budget. Within thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of each fiscal year of Borrower, commencing with its fiscal year 2019, the forecasted financial projections for the then current fiscal year and the next succeeding fiscal year (on a month-by-month basis, as well as for each following fiscal year to the last Maturity Date, on an annual basis), in each case (including projections for Consolidated Capital Expenditures, a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow, projected changes in financial position and projected income and a description of the underlying assumptions applicable thereto), in each case, as customarily prepared by management of the Credit Parties for their internal use consistent in scope with the financial statements provided pursuant to Section 8.01(c), setting forth the principal assumptions on which such projections are based (such projections and the projections delivered as of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.01(j)(ii), collectively, the “Budget”).

 

(g)         Defaults. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the applicable Credit Parties propose to take with respect thereto or (ii) the occurrence of a breach or non-performance of, or any default under, any other Material Contracts of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, or any violation of, or non-compliance with any Applicable Laws, in each case, which would reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(h)               Other Litigation. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower of (i) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation, action, proceeding or labor controversy or proceeding affecting any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party or its respective property (A) in which the amount of damages claimed is $1,000,000 or more, (B) which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) which purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Credit Document, any other Transaction Document or (D) in which the relief sought is an injunction or other stay of the performance of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any Transaction Document or any other document or instrument referred to in Section 9.07, or (ii) the occurrence of any material adverse development with respect to any litigation, action, proceeding or labor controversy described in Schedule 7.04, and, in each case together with a statement of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, and what actions the applicable Credit Parties propose to take with respect thereto, and, to the extent the Administrative Agent requests, copies of all documentation related thereto.

 

(i)                 Transaction Documents. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after any Credit Party obtains knowledge of the occurrence of a breach or default or notice of termination by any party under, or material amendment entered into by any party to, any Transaction Document or any other document or instrument referred to in Section 9.07, a statement of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of such breach or default or notice of termination and the actions taken or to be taken with respect thereto and, if applicable, a copy of such amendment.

 

(j)                 Management Letters. Promptly upon, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after, receipt thereof, copies of all “management letters” submitted to any Credit Party by the independent public accountants referred to in Section 8.01(c) in connection with each audit made by such accountants.

 

(k)               Corporate Information. Promptly upon, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after, becoming aware of any additional corporate or limited liability company information or division information of the type delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(f), or of any change to such information delivered on or prior to the Closing Date or pursuant to this Section 8.01 or otherwise under the Credit Documents, a certificate, certified to the extent of any change from a prior certification, from the secretary, assistant secretary, managing member or general partner of such Credit Party notifying the Administrative Agent of such information or change and attaching thereto any relevant documentation in connection therewith.

 

(l)                 Other Information. With reasonable promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender may reasonably request in writing from time to time.

 

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(m)             Insurance Report. Substantially concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 8.01(c), a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to insurance policies maintained by the Credit Parties, as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender may reasonably request in writing from time to time.

 

(n)              Indebtedness Notices. Promptly after (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of) the receipt or delivery thereof, the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of all executed amendments, waivers,

 

consents, material notices (including any notice of default) and material correspondence which the Borrower or any such Subsidiary sends or receives in respect of its material Indebtedness (including, but not limited to, the 2023 Convertible Notes, the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes, the Third Lien Note Documents and the First Lien Credit Agreement).

 

(o)              FDA Notices. Promptly, and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after an Authorized Officer becomes aware thereof, notify and provide copies to the Administrative Agent of any notice and related correspondence that (i) the FDA or any other similar Governmental Authority is limiting, suspending or revoking any material Registration, changing the Product Approval, manufacturing process or facilities, distribution pathway or parameters, or label or labeling of the Products of the Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, or considering any of the foregoing; (ii) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries becoming subject to any administrative or regulatory action, including FDA application integrity review, Form FDA 483 observation or other inspection-related or audit documents, warning letter, untitled letter, notice of violation letter, penalty, fine, sanction or reprimand, or other notice, response or commitment made to or with the FDA or any comparable Governmental Authority, or any Product of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries being seized, withdrawn, recalled (voluntarily or otherwise), detained, or subject to a suspension of manufacturing, or the commencement of any proceedings in the United States or any other jurisdiction seeking the withdrawal, recall (voluntary or otherwise), suspension, import detention, or seizure of any Product are pending or threatened in writing against the Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries; and (iii) any voluntary withdrawal or recall of any Product by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount of $500,000 or which would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)              2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Documentation. Promptly, and in any event not later than three (3) Business Days after each 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase, (i) cause the 2019 Convertible Notes so repurchased to be delivered to the trustee and cancelled and (ii) provide all information and documentation available to the Borrower relating to such 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase and such cancellation to the Administrative Agent.

 

(q)              Cash Flow Forecast. Commencing in the week of April 6, 2020, on or prior to the close of business on the Wednesday of such week and each week thereafter, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a thirteen-week cash flow forecast detailing cash receipts and cash disbursements as of the end of the prior week, and, commencing with the second such forecast, a variance analysis against the immediately preceding forecast, all in reasonable detail and duly certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as having been prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed to be fair and reasonable in light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecast.

 

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Section 8.02        Books, Records and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Credit Parties or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent to visit and inspect any of its properties (to the extent authorized pursuant to any leases for such properties), to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom (subject to applicable confidentiality agreements or undertakings and copyright laws), and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors and officers (provided, that an authorized representative of the Credit Parties shall allowed to be present and that any such inspection of properties shall not include any invasive or physically intrusive environmental sampling), all at the expense of the Credit Parties and (unless an Event of Default then exists) as often as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request at reasonable times during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice to the Credit Parties; provided that during any calendar year, absent the continuation of an Event of Default, reasonable expenses of a reasonable number of people in connection with only one (1) inspection by Administrative Agent shall be at the Borrower’s expense and reimbursable under this Agreement. Any information obtained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 8.02 may be shared with the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the request of such Secured Party.

 

Section 8.03        Maintenance of Insurance.

 

(a)               The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in its reasonable business judgment) are financially sound and reputable at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in businesses similar to those engaged in by the Credit Parties; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent for further delivery to the Lenders, upon written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried, including (i) endorsements to (A) all “All Risk” policies naming the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as loss payee and (B) all general liability and other liability policies naming the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured and (ii) legends providing that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in insurance coverage thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof.

 

(b)              Within forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent copies of each insurance policy (or binders in respect thereof), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(c)               Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain, if available, fully paid flood hazard insurance on all owned or leased Real Property that is located in a special flood hazard area and that constitutes Collateral, on such terms and in such amounts as required by Flood Insurance Laws or as otherwise reasonably required by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent evidence of the renewal (and payment of renewal premiums therefor) of all such policies prior to the expiration or lapse thereof, and (iii) furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any redesignation of any such owned or leased improved Real Property into or out of a special flood hazard area.

 

Section 8.04      Payment of Taxes. The Credit Parties will pay and discharge, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material Taxes payable by them that have become due, other than those not yet delinquent or being diligently contested in good faith and by proper proceedings which stay the enforcement of any Lien as to which such Credit Party has maintained adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 8.05        Maintenance of Existence; Compliance with Laws, etc.

 

(a)               Each Credit Party will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, (a) preserve and maintain in full force and effect its organizational existence and good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation as applicable, except as permitted by Section 9.03, and (b) preserve and maintain its good standing under the laws of each state or other jurisdiction where such Person is required to be so qualified, to do business as a foreign entity except, in the case of this clause (b) where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)               Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all Applicable Laws and Permits (including without limitation, all Registrations) of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it, its business or its Products, except where such failures to comply would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries shall comply with all material Public Health Laws and their implementation by any applicable Governmental Authority and all lawful requests of any Governmental Authority applicable to its Products. All Products developed, manufactured, tested, distributed or marketed by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that are subject to the jurisdiction of the FDA or comparable Governmental Authority shall be developed, tested, manufactured, distributed and marketed in compliance with the Public Health Laws and any other Applicable Laws, including, without limitation, product approval or premarket notification, good manufacturing practices, labeling, advertising, record-keeping, and adverse event reporting, and have been and are being tested, investigated, distributed, marketed, and sold in compliance with Public Health Laws and all other Applicable Laws.

 

Section 8.06        Environmental Compliance.

 

(a)               Each Credit Party will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, use and operate all of its and their facilities and Real Property in compliance with all Environmental Laws, keep all necessary permits, approvals, certificates, licenses and other authorizations relating to environmental matters in effect and remain in compliance therewith, and handle all Hazardous Materials in compliance with all Environmental Laws, and keep its and their Real Property free of any Lien imposed by any Environmental Law, in each case, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)               The Borrower will promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent upon any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof becoming aware of: (i) any violation by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Environmental Law which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any proceeding against or investigation of any Credit Party under any Environmental Law, including a written request for information or a written notice of violation or potential environmental liability from any Governmental Authority or any other Person, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the occurrence or discovery of a new Release or new threat of a Release (or discovery of any Release or threat of a Release previously undisclosed by any Credit Party to Administrative Agent) at, on, under or from any of the Real Property of any Credit Party or any facility or assets therein in excess of reportable or allowable standards or levels under any Environmental Law, or under circumstances, or in a manner or amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) any Environmental Claim arising or existing on or after the Closing Date which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)               In the event of a Release of any Hazardous Material on any Real Property of any Credit Party which could reasonably be expected to result in material liability on the part of any Credit Party under any Environmental Law, such Credit Party, upon discovery thereof, shall take all necessary steps to initiate and expeditiously complete all response, corrective and other action to mitigate and resolve any such violation or potential liability in accordance with and to the extent required of such Credit Party under Environmental Law, and shall keep the Administrative Agent informed on a regular basis of their actions and the results of such actions; provided, however, that no Credit Party (or its respective Subsidiaries) shall be required to undertake any such response, corrective action or other action to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.

 

(d)               Each Credit Party shall provide the Administrative Agent with copies of any material demand, request for information, notice, submittal, documentation or correspondence received or provided by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries from or to any Governmental Authority or other Person under any Environmental Law. Such notice, submittal or documentation shall be provided to the Administrative Agent promptly and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days after such material is provided to any Governmental Authority or third party.

 

(e)               At the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall obtain and provide, at its sole expense, an environmental site assessment (including, without limitation, the results of any groundwater or other testing, conducted at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request) concerning any Real Property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, conducted by an environmental consulting firm approved by the Administrative Agent indicating, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, the likely presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the potential cost of any required action in connection with any Hazardous Materials on, at, under or emanating from such Real Property; provided, that such request may be made only if (i) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default, or (ii) circumstances exist that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent could be expected to result in a material violation of or material liability under any Environmental Law on the part of any Credit Party or its respective Subsidiaries; provided further, if the Borrower fails to provide the same within ninety (90) days after such request was made, the Administrative Agent may but is under no obligation to conduct the same, and the Credit Parties shall grant and hereby do grant to the Administrative Agent and its agents access to such Real Property and specifically grants the Administrative Agent an irrevocable non-exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants, to undertake such an assessment, all at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense.

 

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Section 8.07        ERISA. (a) Promptly after any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any of the following events (including such events previously disclosed or exempt from disclosure hereunder, to the extent the liability therefor remains outstanding), the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, that such Credit Party, such Subsidiary or such ERISA Affiliate is required or proposes to take, together with any notices (required, proposed or otherwise) given to or filed with or by such Credit Party, such Subsidiary, such ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, a Plan participant (other than notices relating to an individual participant’s benefits) or the Plan administrator and all documentation with respect thereto: that a Reportable Event has occurred; that a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA) has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur) or an application is to be made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard (including any required installment payments) or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412, 430 or 431 of the Code with respect to a Plan; the failure to make a required contribution to any Plan if such failure is sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 303(k) or 4068 of ERISA or under Section 430(k) of the Code; that a Pension Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability has been or is to be terminated, reorganized or partitioned under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); the taking of any action with respect to a Plan which would reasonably be expected to result in the requirement that any Credit Party furnish a bond or other security to the PBGC or such Plan; that a proceeding has been instituted against a Credit Party, a Subsidiary thereof or an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; or that the PBGC has notified any Credit Party, any Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate of its intention to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; or the occurrence of any event with respect to any Plan which could result in the incurrence by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party of any material liability (including any contingent or secondary liability), fine or penalty.

 

(b)               Promptly following any request therefor, copies of any documents or notices described in Sections 101(f), 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate may reasonably request with respect to any Plan; provided, that if any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Plan, the applicable Credit Party, the applicable Subsidiary(ies) or the ERISA Affiliate(s) shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof.

 

Section 8.08        Maintenance of Property and Assets. Each Credit Party will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, maintain, preserve, protect and keep its properties and assets in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted and subject to dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 9.04), and make necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and will maintain and renew as necessary all licenses, permits and other clearances necessary to use and occupy such properties and assets, in each case so that the business carried on by such Person may be properly conducted at all times, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 8.09        End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters. The Credit Parties will, for financial reporting purposes, cause (a) each of their, and each of their Subsidiaries’, fiscal years to end on December 31 of each year and (b) each of their and each of their Subsidiaries’, fiscal quarters to end on dates consistent with such fiscal year-end; provided, that the Credit Parties may change their, and each of their respective Subsidiaries’, fiscal year end (and change the end of the fiscal quarters in a corresponding manner) upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 8.10        Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Initial Term Loan shall be used (i) to finance the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase and the repayment of other Indebtedness outstanding as of the date hereof (other than the 2023 Convertible Notes) and (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and such repurchase, redemption or repayment, in each case, to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement. The proceeds of the DDTL A Facility shall be used (i) to finance the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase and (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase. The proceeds of the DDTL B Facility shall be used to finance the Line Project at the Borrower’s Buena, New Jersey facility. The Credit Parties shall not use the proceeds of any Credit Extension made hereunder, or use or allow its respective directors, officers, employees and agents to use, the proceeds of any extension of credit (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Person on the SDN List or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party.

 

Section 8.11        Further Assurances; Additional Guarantors and Grantors.

 

(a)               The Credit Parties will and will cause their Subsidiaries to execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust (excluding leasehold deeds of trust) and other documents), which may be required under any Applicable Law, or which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Agreement, any Mortgage or any other Security Document, all at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower.

 

(b)               Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Guarantee Agreement and the Security Agreement, as applicable, the Credit Parties will promptly upon the formation or acquisition thereof (and in any event within thirty (30) days after the formation, division or acquisition thereof (or such later date as agreed by the Administrative Agent)) cause any direct or indirect Subsidiary formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date to execute (i) a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement in the form of Annex I to the Guarantee Agreement or a guarantee in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (ii) a supplement to the Security Agreement in the form of Annex I to the Security Agreement, or a security agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent; provided, however, that no Excluded Subsidiary shall be required to execute the documentation described in clauses (i) and (ii) above.

 

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(c)               Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Agreement, the Credit Parties (i) will promptly upon the formation or acquisition thereof (and in any event within thirty (30) days after the formation or acquisition thereof (or such later date as agreed by the Administrative Agent)) pledge to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all the Capital Stock of each Subsidiary Administrative held by such Credit Party in each case, formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date; provided, however, that, with respect to any pledge of the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or Domestic Holding Company , such pledge shall be limited to 65% of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock and 100% of the outstanding non-voting Capital Stock of each Foreign Subsidiary and Domestic Holding Company to the extent that providing greater than such amount would result in adverse tax consequences to the Credit Parties, and (ii) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, will promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent any promissory notes executed after the Closing Date evidencing Indebtedness of any Credit Party or Subsidiary of any Credit Party that is owing to any other Credit Party or any other promissory notes executed after the Closing Date evidencing Indebtedness in excess of $250,000 owing to the Credit Parties.

 

(d)               Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in any applicable Security Document, if any fee simple interest in Material Real Property is acquired by any Credit Party after the Closing Date, the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the applicable Obligations and will take, and cause the other Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and/or perfect such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in this Section 8.11, all at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower within 60 days after the acquisition of such Material Real Property (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree). Any Mortgage delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be accompanied by (A) a policy or policies (or unconditional binding commitment thereof) of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid Lien (with the priority described therein) on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 9.02, together with such endorsements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (B) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of local counsel to the applicable Credit Party(ies) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. In addition to the obligations set forth in Section 8.03(a), the Credit Parties shall, in connection with the grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of any Mortgage with respect to any Real Property, (X) provide at least twenty (20) days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of the contemplated pledge of such Real Property as Collateral, (Y) the Borrower shall provide each of the documents and determinations required by the Real Property Flood Insurance Requirements and (Z) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Administrative Agent shall not enter into, accept or record (and no Credit Party shall be required to grant) any mortgage in respect of such Real Property until the Administrative Agent shall have received written confirmation (which shall, for purposes hereunder, include email) from each Lender that flood insurance compliance has been completed by such Lender with respect to such Real Property (such written confirmation not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  Any increase, extension or renewal of this Agreement shall be subject to flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender.

 

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(e)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent determines that the cost of creating or perfecting any Lien on any property is excessive in relation to the practical benefits afforded to the Lenders thereby, then such property may be excluded from the Collateral for all purposes of the Credit Documents.

 

(f)                For the avoidance of doubt, for all purposes under this Section 8.11, the formation and acquisition of a Person shall be deemed to include any formations and acquisitions by division; provided that compliance with the requirements of this Section 8.11 shall not cure any Default or Event of Default for the occurrence of such division.

 

(g)               From and after the Closing Date, any Drug Applications and comparable applications required outside of the United States submitted after the Closing Date for Teligent Products shall be held exclusively by Borrower or a Guarantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary, unless prohibited by applicable law or otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 8.12        Bank Accounts.

 

(a)               Within 30 days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree), the Borrower shall establish and deliver to Administrative Agent a Control Agreement with respect to each of the Credit Parties’ respective securities accounts, deposit accounts and investment property set forth on Schedule 7.25 (other than Excluded Accounts); provided, that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Credit Parties may establish new deposit accounts or securities accounts so long as, prior to the time such account is established: (i) the Credit Parties have delivered to the Administrative Agent and Administrative Agent an amended Schedule 7.25 including such account and (ii) the Credit Parties have delivered to Administrative Agent a Control Agreement with respect to such account (other than any Excluded Account).

 

(b)               If, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any of the Credit Parties receive or otherwise have dominion over or control of any Collections or other amounts, the Borrower shall hold, and shall cause each other Credit Party to hold, such Collections and amounts in trust for the Administrative Agent or First Lien Agent, as applicable and as subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, and shall not commingle such Collections with any other funds of any Credit Party or other Person or deposit such Collections in any account other than those accounts set forth on Schedule 7.25 (unless otherwise instructed by the Administrative Agent or First Lien Agent, as applicable and as subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement).

 

Section 8.13        [Intentionally Omitted].

 

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Section 8.14        2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account. $21,535,808.07 from the proceeds of the Initial Term Loan and, unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, all proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loan A shall be deposited in the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account and shall only be released by the Administrative Agent upon evidence of the Borrower’s intent to repurchase or redeem all or a portion of 2019 Convertible Notes pursuant to the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase and the amount of consideration therefor unless such 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase constitutes a payment at maturity, in which event no such condition shall apply. It is understood and agreed that the release of proceeds of the Initial Term Loan and Delayed Draw Term Loan A from the 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase Blocked Account shall be subject to no conditions other than as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence and the Administrative Agent shall direct the Disbursement Bank to release such funds on the date of satisfying such conditions.

 

Section 8.15        Post-Closing.

 

(a)               Landlord Agreements. Within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date (or such later date approved by Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to Administrative Agent a landlord agreement from each lessor of a leased location identified on Schedule 7.15, which agreements shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent.

 

(b)               Bailee Waivers. Within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date (or such later date approved by Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to Administrative Agent a bailee waiver for each location for which a bailee arrangement is in place, which agreements shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent.

 

(c)               Stock Certificates. Within three (3) Business Days following the Closing Date (or such later date approved by Administrative Agent), the First Lien Agent shall have received all existing certificates representing securities (if such securities are certificated securities for purposes of Article 8 of the UCC) pledged under the Security Agreement, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers endorsed in blank.

 

(d)               Transfer Letters. Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date (or such later date approved by Administrative Agent), the First Lien Agent shall have received a Transfer Letter (as defined in the Security Agreement) executed in blank covering each pending or issued Drug Application (as defined in the Security Agreement).

 

(e)               Certificate of Occupancy. Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date (or such later date approved by Administrative Agent), Borrower shall have received a certificate of occupancy from the applicable Governmental Authority in respect of its manufacturing facility in Buena, New Jersey.

 

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(f)                Foreign Collateral Documents. Within (i) sixty (60) days for each Credit Party organized under the laws of Canada (or a province thereof) and Luxembourg and (ii) ninety (90) days for each Credit Party organized under the laws of Estonia, in each case following the Closing Date (or such later date as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), shall deliver the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by an authorized officer of such applicable Credit Party and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(A)             a security agreement or similar agreement expressed to be governed by the laws of Canada (or a province thereof), Luxembourg or Estonia, as applicable (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, each a “Foreign Security Instrument”), with respect to which such Credit Party grants or conveys to the Administrative Agent a Lien in the present and future Collateral (or any similarly defined term set forth therein in such agreement) of such Credit Party on substantially similar terms as the Security Agreement but giving effect to any substantive or procedural legal requirements of the applicable jurisdiction, together with:

 

(B)              to the extent applicable, filings in form appropriate for filing in all jurisdictions that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under each Foreign Security Instrument, covering the Collateral described therein;

 

(C)              copies of applicable lien searches or equivalent reports, each of a recent date listing all effective lien notices or comparable documents (together with copies of such documents) that name any such Credit Party as debtor and that are filed in those jurisdictions in which any such Credit Party is organized or maintains its principal place of business, in each case, to the extent such searches or reports are available at a reasonable expense in such jurisdiction; and

 

(D)             a stock pledge expressed to be governed by the laws of Canada (or a province thereof), Luxembourg or Estonia, as applicable, with respect to which the parent of such Credit Party grants or coveys to the Administrative Agent a pledge in the stock (or local equivalent) of such Credit Party on substantially similar terms as the Security Agreement but giving effect to any substantive or procedural legal requirements of the applicable jurisdiction.

 

(g)               such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of authorized officers of each such Credit Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each such Credit Party and its authorized officers to act as an authorized officer in connection with the Foreign Security Instrument to which such Credit Party is a party; and

 

(h)               such other documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Credit Party is duly organized or formed, is validly existing and in good standing and qualified in its jurisdiction of organization or maintains its principal place of business.

 

(i)                 Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date (or such later date approved by Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent and Borrower shall have entered into an amendment to this Agreement providing for a customary mandatory prepayment of 50% of “Excess Cash Flow” of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (such definition and related terms to be agreed by Administrative Agent and Borrower), calculated and paid on an annual basis, commencing with Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. No such “Excess Cash Flow” prepayment shall be subject to any Prepayment Premium or other penalty.

 

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(j)                 Within three (3) Business Days following any 2019 Convertible Notes Repurchase constituting payment at maturity (or such longer period as may be agreed by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent a discharge from the trustee of the 2019 Convertible Notes evidencing such payment at maturity.

 

Section 8.16        Board Observation.

 

(a)               Meetings. Until such time as all Obligations incurred hereunder are paid in full in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Ares shall be entitled to have one of its employees (the “Ares Designee”) present (whether in person or by telephone) at all physical and telephonic meetings of the Board of Directors. The Ares Designee shall not be entitled to vote at such meetings. Ares may be excluded from certain confidential “closed sessions” of the Board of Directors would jeopardize the attorney client privilege, confidentiality provisions binding the Borrower or any other Credit Party or if information is being discussed at such meeting relates to any of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ strategy, negotiating positions or similar matters relating to any of the Lenders or directly relating to any refinancing or replacement of the Obligation.

 

(b)               Notices and other Information. The Borrower shall send to Ares at the same time such materials distributed by or to the members of any Board of Directors, all of the notices, information and other materials that are distributed to the members of the Board of Directors, including, without limitation, copies of the minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors and all notices, information and other materials that are distributed by or to the members of the Board of Directors with respect to the meetings of the Board of Directors, but excluding any notices, information or other materials distributed by or to members of the Board of Directors, if the Board of Directors determines that receipt of such materials by Ares would jeopardize the attorney client privilege, confidentiality provisions binding the Borrower or any other Credit Party or if information is being discussed at such meeting or disclosed in such materials relating to any of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ strategy, negotiating positions or similar matters relating to any of the Lenders or directly relating to any refinancing or replacement of the Obligations. Any material provided to stockholders of the Borrower in connection with any meetings of stockholders shall also be provided to Ares. Upon the request of Ares, Borrower shall refrain from sending such notices, information and other materials to Ares for so long as Ares, shall request.

 

(c)               Consent in lieu of Meetings. If the Borrower proposes to take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting of the Board of Directors, the Borrower, shall give notice thereof to Ares at the same time and in the same manner as notice is given to the members of the Board of Directors.

 

(d)               Expenses. Promptly upon receipt of a written demand (including documentation supporting such demand) from Ares, the Borrower shall reimburse Ares for the reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Ares Designee incurred in connection with the attendance at such meetings of the Board of Directors of the Borrower on a basis consistent with its reimbursement policies for its Board of Directors.

 

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Section 8.16       Financial Advisor.

 

(a)              Financial Advisor Engagement. Berkeley Research Group, LLC or another third-party advisor reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders (the “Financial Advisor”) shall be retained by Borrower with reporting responsibilities and access rights of the Lenders described in subsection (c) below and other terms reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, no later than July 24, 2020, to perform operations consulting, due diligence and managerial support (the “Financial Advisor Engagement”). The Financial Advisor Engagement may not be terminated without written consent of the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)               Updates. At the request of the Administrative Agent on not more than a weekly basis, the Borrower and the Financial Advisor shall conduct a telephonic meeting, to be attended by management representative(s) of the Borrower, the Financial Advisor and the Lenders, during which the Borrower and the Financial Advisor shall present to Lenders on the work done and planned to be done by the Financial Advisor and the results and projected results of such work.

 

(c)               Financial Advisor Access. The Credit Parties shall (i) provide access on its properties (including remote access as may be requested) to the Financial Advisor as frequently as the Financial Advisor reasonably determines to be appropriate in order to perform the agreed scope of work in the Financial Advisor’s engagement letter; (ii) make the Credit Parties’ directors, officers, employees and advisors available for meetings and discussions with Lenders and/or the Financial Advisor, at such times as shall be reasonably requested; (iii) permit the Financial Advisor to conduct monitoring and evaluations of the Borrower’s finances, financial condition, business and operations in order to perform the agreed scope of work in the Financial Advisor’s engagement letter; (iv) furnish information when reasonably requested and permit the Financial Advisor to inspect and obtain copies (including electronic data), as available, from the Borrower’s books and records in order to perform the agreed scope of work in the Financial Advisor’s engagement letter; (v) provide timely updates to the Financial Advisor on any changes in the business or expected financial performance that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the affairs of the Borrower; and (vi) authorize the Financial Advisor to conduct meetings and discussions with Lenders as reasonably requested by Lender; provided (A) such meetings and discussions shall not consume more than two hours of the Financial Advisor’s time in any week, (B) the Financial Advisor shall be required to keep the Borrower fully and promptly informed about the specifics of any such meetings and discussions, (C) Lenders shall not be entitled to instruct the Financial Advisor to provide any services or scope of work not authorized in writing by the Borrower or to modify any services or scope of work requested by the Borrower, without the prior written consent of the Borrower, such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and (D) the Borrower shall be entitled to review and comment on any written materials that are to be shared by the Financial Advisor to Lenders.

 

Article IX

 

Negative Covenants

 

Each Credit Parties hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Commitments have been terminated and the Loans and all other Obligations incurred hereunder (other than Unasserted Contingent Obligations) are paid in full in accordance with the terms of this Agreement:

 

Section 9.01        Limitation on Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee, suffer to exist or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise with respect to any Indebtedness, except for:

 

(a)                Indebtedness in respect of the Obligations;

 

(b)               Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date which is identified in Schedule 7.24 and which is not otherwise permitted by this Section 9.01, and, except with respect to any 2019 Convertible Notes, Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof;

 

(c)               unsecured Indebtedness (i) incurred in the ordinary course of business of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries in respect of open accounts extended by suppliers on normal trade terms in connection with purchases of goods and services which are not overdue for a period of more than ninety (90) days or, if overdue for more than ninety (90) days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such Credit Party or Subsidiary and (ii) in respect of performance, surety or appeal bonds, bid bonds and similar obligations provided in the ordinary course of business, but excluding (in each case) Indebtedness incurred through the borrowing of money or Contingent Liabilities in respect thereof;

 

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(d)               Indebtedness (i) evidencing the deferred purchase price of newly acquired property or incurred to finance the acquisition, replacement or construction of any property of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries (pursuant to purchase money mortgages or otherwise, whether owed to the seller or a third party), provided, that such Indebtedness is incurred within one hundred twenty (120) days after such acquisition, replacement or construction of such property, and (ii) Capitalized Lease Liabilities, and, with respect to each of clause (i) and (ii), Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof; provided, that the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this clause (d) shall not at any time exceed $2,875,000;

 

(e)               Intercompany Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.05;

 

(f)                Contingent Liabilities of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeals bonds, bid bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations;

 

(g)              Guarantee Obligations of any Credit Party in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder; provided that if such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee Obligation shall be subordinated to the same extent;

 

(h)               Hedging Obligations not prohibited by Section 9.11;

 

(i)                First Lien Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the First Lien Cap Amount (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement);

 

(j)                unsecured Indebtedness arising in connection with Permitted Acquisitions (including, without limitation, seller notes and earnouts) incurred after the PIK Termination Date, provided, that (i) the maximum amount of Indebtedness shall not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate or represent more than twenty percent (20%) of the purchase price for any Permitted Acquisition, (ii) all such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and First Lien Indebtedness on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and First Lien Agent, and (iii) the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition shall not exceed 4.75:1.00;

 

(k)               Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business to finance insurance policy premiums;

 

(l)                Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, returned items, employee credit card programs and other similar services in connection with cash management and deposit accounts;

 

(m)              Letters of credit and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof in favor of suppliers, landlords and other counterparties at any one time outstanding not to exceed $2,300,000 and Permitted Refinancings thereof;

 

(n)               other unsecured Indebtedness not to exceed $1,150,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(o)              Indebtedness of the Credit Parties in respect of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes, in an amount not to exceed $806,173;

  

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(p)              Third Lien Indebtedness, to the extent subject to the Third Lien Subordination Agreement; and

 

(q)              the unsecured loan funded to Teligent Pharma, Inc. by Quaint Oak Bank, as is guaranteed under paragraph (36) of Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) as added by Section 1102 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136), and all regulations and guidance issued by any Governmental Authority with respect thereto, as in effect from time to time constituting the Paycheck Protection Program.

 

Section 9.02          Limitation on Liens. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of any such Person (including its Capital Stock), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following (collectively, the “Permitted Liens”):

 

(a)                Liens securing the Obligations;

 

(b)               Liens existing as of the Closing Date and disclosed in Schedule 9.02 securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(b) (other than the Existing Notes) and any renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that no such Lien shall (1) secure Indebtedness under any Existing Notes or (2) encumber any additional property and the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Lien shall not be increased (as such Indebtedness may be permanently reduced subsequent to the Closing Date) except to the extent permitted by Section 9.01(b);

 

(c)               Liens securing Capitalized Lease Liabilities and Liens securing Indebtedness of the type permitted under Section 9.01(d)(i); provided, that (i) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of the applicable property at the time of such acquisition, replacement or construction and (ii) such Lien secures only the assets that are the subject of the Indebtedness referred to in such clause and proceeds thereof;

 

(d)               Liens arising by operation of law in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, suppliers, laborers and landlords and other similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts not overdue or being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been established on its books;

 

(e)               Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits, or to secure performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases or other similar obligations (other than for borrowed money) entered into in the ordinary course of business or to secure obligations on surety, bid, appeal or performance bonds;

 

(f)                judgment Liens not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.01(f);

 

(g)               easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the value or use of the property to which such Lien is attached and other Liens on any Real Property subject to a Mortgage that are identified in any title insurance policy issued in favor of the Administrative Agent;

 

(h)               Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet due and payable or the non-payment of which is permitted by Section 7.10;

 

(i)                 Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any contractual, statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies covering deposit or securities accounts (including funds or other assets credited thereto) or other funds maintained with a depository institution or securities intermediary, so long as the applicable provisions of Section 8.12 have been complied with, in respect of such deposit accounts (other than Excluded Accounts);

 

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(j)                 Non-exclusive licenses, leases and sublicenses, and subleases granted by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party or leases or subleases by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so licensed, sublicensed, leased, or subleased;

 

(k)               Liens that are customary rights of set-off relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness;

 

(l)                Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (or similar filings under other applicable law) regarding operating leases or consignment or bailee arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)              Liens in favor of the Borrower or any other Credit Party securing intercompany Indebtedness permitted under the Credit Documents so long as any such Liens on the Collateral are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower;

 

(n)               Liens securing First Lien Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 9.01(i), to the extent such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(o)               Cash collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(m) in an amount not to exceed 110% of the amount of such Indebtedness;

 

(p)               Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(q)               Liens securing Third Lien Indebtedness to be incurred pursuant to Section 9.01(p), provided that such Liens shall be subject to the Third Lien Subordination Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.02, commencing on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Credit Parties and each its Subsidiaries shall not in any event license in any manner any assets (including intellectual property) without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

 

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Section 9.03         Consolidation, Merger, etc. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, liquidate or dissolve, consolidate with, or merge into or with, any other Person or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any Person (or any division thereof) except Permitted Acquisitions, provided, that (a) any Credit Party or Subsidiary of any Credit Party may liquidate or dissolve voluntarily into, and may merge with and into, the Borrower (so long as the Borrower is the surviving entity), (b) any Guarantor may liquidate or dissolve voluntarily into, and may merge with and into any Credit Party, (c) any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may liquidate or dissolve voluntarily into, and may merge with and into any other Subsidiary, (d) the assets or Capital Stock of any Credit Party may be purchased or otherwise acquired by any other Credit Party, (e) the assets or Capital Stock of any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may be purchased or otherwise acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Party and (f) any Subsidiary of any Credit Party may file a certificate of division, adopt a plan of division or otherwise take any action to effectuate a division pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or any analogous action taken pursuant to Applicable Law with respect to any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity) so long as such surviving Person shall have complied with the requirements of Section 8.11 within the time periods set forth therein.

 

Section 9.04          Permitted Dispositions. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make a Disposition, or enter into any agreement to make a Disposition, of such Credit Party’s or such other Person’s assets (including Receivables and Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) to any Person in one transaction or a series of transactions unless such Disposition:

 

(a)               is in the ordinary course of its business and is of obsolete or worn out property or property no longer used or useful in its business;

 

(b)               is a sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)               is the leasing, subleasing or licensing, as lessor, of real or personal property no longer used or useful in such Person’s business or otherwise in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)               is a sale or disposition of equipment to the extent that such equipment is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement equipment, or the proceeds of such Dispositions are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of similar replacement equipment, all in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)               is otherwise permitted by Section 9.02(j) or 9.03;

 

(f)               is a Disposition of property by one Credit Party (other than a Restricted Credit Party) to another Credit Party (other than a Restricted Credit Party);

 

(g)              is a Disposition of property by a non-Credit Party or a Restricted Credit Party to a Credit Party if the purchase price of said property is not higher than its fair market value;

 

(h)               is a Disposition of property by a non-Credit Party or a Restricted Credit Party to a non-Credit Party or Restricted Credit Party;

 

(i)                is a Disposition of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice (and not for financing purposes);

 

(j)                is the lapse, abandonment or other Disposition of intellectual property that is in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries no longer economically practicable or commercially desirable to maintain or necessary for the conduct of the business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

 

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(k)               is a Disposition of (i) all or substantially all of the Canadian business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or the Equity Interests in Teligent Canada so long as (x) the purchase price therefor is not less than an amount separately agreed by the Company and Administrative Agent and (y) not less than at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneously with such Disposition or (ii) at the time of such Disposition, (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (y) not less than at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneously with such Disposition and (z) the aggregate fair market value of all assets so sold shall not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate; or

 

(l)                is a Disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents,

 

provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Credit Party, or shall any Credit Party permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) directly or indirectly, issue, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries, except (1) to qualify directors if required by applicable law or (2) pursuant to clause (f) or (g) above or (ii) to file a certificate of division, adopt a plan of division or otherwise take any action to effectuate a division pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or any analogous action taken pursuant to Applicable Law with respect to any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.04, commencing on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Credit Parties and each its Subsidiaries shall not utilize clauses (k)(ii) and shall not in any event license in any manner any assets (including intellectual property) without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

 

Section 9.05        Investments. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, make, incur, assume or permit to exist any Investment in any other Person, except:

 

(a)               Investments existing on the Closing Date and identified in Schedule 7.12;

 

(b)               Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(c)               Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)               Investments by way of contributions to capital or purchases of Capital Stock (i) outstanding as of the date hereof and (ii) hereafter (x) by any Credit Party in any other Credit Party (other than a Restricted Credit Party), (y) by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party and (z) by a Credit Party in any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or that is a Restricted Credit Party so long as at the time of the Investment pursuant to this clause (z) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the aggregate amount of such Investments, together with the aggregate amount of Investments pursuant to Section 9.05(g)(z), shall not exceed the Restricted Credit Party Intercompany Investment Amount;

 

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(e)               Investments constituting (i) Receivables arising, (ii) trade debt granted, or (iii) deposits made in connection with the purchase price of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)               Investments consisting of any deferred portion of the sales price received by any Credit Party in connection with any Disposition permitted under Section 9.04;

 

(g)              Investments consisting of intercompany loans, other extensions of credit or other Investments (i) outstanding as of the date hereof and (ii) hereafter (x) by a Credit Party to any other Credit Party (other than Restricted Credit Parties), (y) by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to a Credit Party or another Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or (z) by a Credit Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or that is a Restricted Credit Party so long as at the time of such Investment pursuant to this clause (z), no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the aggregate amount of all such Investments, together with the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to of Section 9.05(d)(ii)(z), does not exceed the Restricted Credit Party Intercompany Investment Amount at any one time outstanding; provided, that, any intercompany Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) above: (1) shall be evidenced by one or more promissory notes in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed and delivered in pledge to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and shall not be forgiven or otherwise discharged for any consideration other than and to the extent of repayment in cash; and (2) shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the subordination terms set forth therein;

 

(h)               Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;

 

(i)                the maintenance of deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business so long as the applicable provisions of Section 8.12 have been complied with in respect of such deposit accounts;

 

(j)               Investments consisting of intercompany loans, other extensions of credit or other Investments (i) outstanding as of the date hereof and (ii) hereafter (x) by a Credit Party to any other Credit Party (other than Restricted Credit Parties) or (y) by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to a Credit Party or another Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party; provided, that, any intercompany Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) above: (1) shall be evidenced by one or more promissory notes in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed and delivered in pledge to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and shall not be forgiven or otherwise discharged for any consideration other than and to the extent of repayment in cash; and (2) shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the subordination terms set forth therein;

 

(k)             Investments in any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received in a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 9(j); and

 

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(l)               loans and advances to current or former employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors in the ordinary course of business or in connection with relocations, indemnification, or reimbursement in respect of liabilities relating to them serving in any such capacity, including business travel and entertainment expenses, not to exceed $150,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.

 

Section 9.06         Restricted Payments, etc. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payment, or make any deposit for any Restricted Payment, other than:

 

(a)               payments by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or its direct parent so long as such parent is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

(b)               Restricted Payments by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to pay dividends with respect to its Capital Stock payable solely in additional shares of its common stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock);

 

(c)               regularly scheduled, non-accelerated payments with respect to Indebtedness subordinated to the Obligations (including, without limitation, seller notes and earnout obligations) permitted by Section 9.01(j) to the extent expressly permitted by the applicable subordination agreement or such other subordination terms with respect thereto;

 

(d)               conversion of the 2019 Convertible Notes, the 2023 Convertible Notes, the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes and the Third Lien Convertible Notes into equity interests of the Borrower in accordance with the terms thereof; and

 

(e)               conversion of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes into the Third Lien Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Section 9.07         Modification of Certain Agreements. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification of, or enter into any forbearance from exercising any rights with respect to the terms or provisions contained in (a) any of First Lien Loan Documents except to the extent permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) any of the Organization Documents if such amendment, modification or change would (i) require any mandatory redemption date of any Capital Stock, (ii) require any cash dividends or other payments in cash to be made earlier than the Maturity Date, (iii) in the case of a Credit Party, modify any name, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number or federal identification number unless at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice shall be given to the Administrative Agent or (iv) otherwise be materially adverse to the interests of the Agents or the Lenders in any respect, (c) any document, agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any Indebtedness that has been subordinated to the Obligations in right of payment or any Liens that have been subordinated in priority to the Liens of the Administrative Agent (including the Third Lien Note Documents) unless such amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification is permitted under the terms of the subordination agreement applicable thereto or (d) any Material Contract, except to the extent that such amendment, modification or change could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender.

 

Section 9.08          Sale and Leaseback. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any agreement or arrangement providing for the sale or transfer by it of any property (now owned or hereafter acquired) to a Person and the subsequent lease or rental of such property or other similar property from such Person.

 

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Section 9.09         Transactions with Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or cause or permit to exist any arrangement, transaction or contract (including for the purchase, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of services) with any Affiliate except (a) on fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to such Credit Party or such Subsidiary than it could obtain in an arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, (b) any transaction expressly permitted under Section 9.03, Section 9.05(d), Section 9.05(g) or Section 9.06, (c) customary fees to, and indemnifications of, non-officer directors of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, (d) the payment of reasonable and customary compensation and indemnification arrangements and benefit plans for officers and employees of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (e) transactions solely among Credit Parties.

 

Section 9.10        Restrictive Agreements, etc. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement (other than a Transaction Document) prohibiting:

 

(a)               the creation or assumption by any Credit Party of any Lien upon its properties, revenues or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired;

 

(b)               the ability of such Person to amend or otherwise modify any Credit Document; or

 

(c)               the ability of such Person to make any payments, directly or indirectly, to the Credit Parties, including by way of dividends, advances, repayments of loans, reimbursements of management and other intercompany charges, expenses and accruals or other returns on investments.

 

The foregoing prohibitions shall not apply to (i) agreements entered into in connection with the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Third Lien Note Documents, as applicable, or (ii) customary restrictions of the type described in clause (a) above (which do not prohibit the Credit Parties from complying with or performing the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents) which are contained in any agreement, (A) governing any Indebtedness permitted by Section 9.01(d) as to assets financed with the proceeds of such Indebtedness, (B) for the creation or assumption of any Lien on the sublet or assignment of any leasehold interest of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business, (C) for the assignment of any contract entered into by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or (D) for the transfer of any asset pending the close of the sale of such asset pursuant to a Disposition permitted under this Agreement;

 

Section 9.11         Hedging Transactions. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Transaction, except (a) Hedging Transactions entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which such Credit Party or such Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Capital Stock) and (b) Hedging Transactions entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rate, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of such Credit Party or such Subsidiary.

 

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Section 9.12         Changes in Business. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any business other than the businesses the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are engaged in as of the date hereof and other businesses that are reasonably related thereto or reasonable extensions thereof.

 

Section 9.13          Financial Performance Covenant. The Credit Parties will not permit:

 

(a)               Minimum Net Revenue. The Net Revenue of the Credit Parties on a consolidated basis to be less than the corresponding amount set forth in the Net Revenue Level column for the corresponding Test Period as set forth in the below chart:

 

Test Period   Net Revenue
Level
 
4 quarters ending June 30, 2020   $ 52,827,300  
4 quarters ending September 30, 2020   $ 45,163,200  
4 quarters ending December 31, 2020   $ 41,622,400  

 

(b)               Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA. The Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last day of each Test Period set forth below, to be less than the amount set forth below opposite such measurement date:

 

Test Period   Consolidated
Adjusted
EBITDA
 
4 quarters ending June 30, 2021   $ (3,122,500 )
4 quarters ending September 30, 2021   $ 10,500,000  
4 quarters ending December 31, 2021   $ 10,500,000  
4 quarters ending March 31, 2022   $ 10,500,000  
4 quarters ending June 30, 2022   $ 11,000,000  
4 quarters ending September 30, 2022   $ 13,000,000  
4 quarters ending December 31, 2022   $ 14,500,000  

 

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(c)               Minimum Liquidity. The Liquidity of the Credit Parties on a consolidated basis to be less than $3,000,000 at any time.

 

Section 9.14        Disqualified Capital Stock. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue any Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Section 9.15         Removal of Collateral. No Credit Party shall remove, or cause or permit to be removed, any of the Collateral from the premises where such Collateral is currently located and described in Schedule 7.30 (as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with the Security Agreement), except in connection with (a) dispositions permitted under Section 9.04, and (b) off-site repairs of Equipment in the ordinary course of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ business as conducted on the Closing Date.

 

Section 9.16         Voluntary Prepayments of Material Indebtedness; Scheduled Interest Payments on the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes.

 

(a)               No Credit Party shall make any voluntary prepayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or purchase of 2019 Convertible Notes unless such prepayment is funded from the proceeds of (w) the Term Loans funded on the Closing Date, (x) the DDTL A Facility, (y) the issuance of Capital Stock or (z) the proceeds of all or any portion of the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes.

 

(b)               No Credit Party shall make any voluntary prepayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or purchase of the 2023 Convertible Notes, the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes or the Third Lien Convertible Notes except solely to the extent such voluntary prepayment is made solely in shares of Capital Stock and no cash payment is made.

 

(c)               Borrower shall not elect to make any payments of interest on the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes in cash if and to the extent that Borrower has the right to make such election pursuant to the indenture, promissory note or other agreements, instruments and documents governing the 2023 PIK Convertible Notes as in effect on the date hereof.

 

(d)               No Credit Party shall make any voluntary prepayment of the Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(q); provided that, the foregoing shall not prohibit the return of any unused proceeds thereof.

 

Article X

 

Events of Default

 

Section 10.01        Listing of Events of Default. Each of the following events or occurrences described in this Section 10.01 shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

 

(a)                Non-Payment of Obligations. The Borrower shall default in the payment of:

 

(i)                 any principal of any Loan when such amount is due; or

 

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(ii)              any interest on any Loan when such amount is due and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after such amount is due; or

 

(iii)            any fee described in Article IV or any other monetary Obligation under the Credit Documents when such amount is due and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after such amount is due.

 

(b)               Breach of Warranty. Any representation or warranty of any Credit Party made or deemed to be made in any Credit Document (including any certificates delivered pursuant to Article VI) which, by its terms, is subject to a materiality qualifier, is or shall be incorrect in any respect when made or deemed to have been made or any other representation or warranty of any Credit Party made or deemed to be made in any Credit Document (including any certificates delivered pursuant to Article VI) is or shall be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to have been made.

 

(c)                Non-Performance of Certain Covenants and Obligations. Any Credit Party shall default in the due performance or observance of any of its obligations under (i) Section 8.01(a) – (d), Section 8.01(e)(i)-(iii), Section 8.01(g), 8.01 (q), Section 8.02 (other than to the limited extent such Section requires books and records to be kept in accordance with GAAP which shall instead be subject to Section 10.01(d)), Section 8.03, Section 8.05(a), Section 8.10, Section 8.11(b), Section 8.11(c), Section 8.12, 8.16, Article IX or the Fee Letter (other than any payment obligations under the Fee Letter which shall instead be subject to Section 10.01(a)(iii)) or (ii) Section 8.01(e)(iv), Section 8.01(f), Section 8.01(h), Section 8.01(o) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after the earlier of (x) any officer of any Credit Party shall first have knowledge thereof or (y) any Credit Party receives written notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in respect thereof.

 

(d)               Non-Performance of Other Covenants and Obligations. Any Credit Party shall default in the due performance and observance of any obligation contained in any Credit Document executed by it (other than as specified in Section 10.01(a), Section 10.01(b) or Section 10.01(c)), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) Business Days after the earlier of (i) any officer of any Credit Party shall first have knowledge thereof or (ii) any Credit Party receives written notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in respect thereof.

 

(e)                Default on Other Indebtedness. (i) A default shall occur in the payment of any amount when due (subject to any applicable grace period or cure period), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of any principal or stated amount of, or interest or fees on, any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations or the First Lien Indebtedness) of any Credit Party, or Subsidiary of any Credit Party having a principal or stated amount, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $1,500,000, or a default shall occur in the performance or observance of any obligation or condition with respect to any such Indebtedness if the effect of such default is to accelerate the maturity of such Indebtedness or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness, or any trustee or agent for such holders, to cause or declare such Indebtedness to become immediately due and payable, (ii) a default shall occur (after expiration of any available grace or cure periods) in the performance or observance of any obligation or condition with respect to any Indebtedness which has been subordinated (whether as to payment or Lien priority) to the Obligations or the Administrative Agent’s Liens or any such Indebtedness shall be required to be or prepaid, redeemed, purchased or defeased, or require an offer to purchase or defease such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its expressed maturity or (iii) an “Event of Default” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) shall have occurred and be continuing under the First Lien Credit Agreement and as a result of such Event of Default thereunder the maturity of any Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) thereunder has been accelerated, the Commitments (as defined therein) shall have been terminated or the First Lien Agent or First Lien Lenders otherwise shall cause such First Lien Indebtedness to become due and payable (or require any Credit Party to purchase or redeem such First Lien Indebtedness) in its entirety prior to its expressed maturity.

 

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(f)                Judgments. Any judgment or order for the payment of money individually or in the aggregate in excess of $1,000,000 (exclusive of any amounts fully covered by insurance (less any applicable deductible) and as to which the insurer has been notified of the claim and has not disputed coverage) shall be rendered against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and such judgment shall not have been vacated or discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within thirty (30) days after the entry thereof or enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order.

 

(g)               Plans. An ERISA Event occurs that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)               Bankruptcy, Insolvency, etc. Any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall:

 

(i)                 become insolvent or generally fail to pay, or admit in writing its inability or unwillingness generally to pay, its debts as they become due;

 

(ii)              apply for, consent to, or acquiesce in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for any substantial part of the assets or other property of any such Person, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

 

(iii)            in the absence of such application, consent or acquiesce to or permit or suffer to exist, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for a substantial part of the property of any thereof, and such trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days; provided, that each Credit Party hereby expressly authorizes each Secured Party to appear in any court conducting any relevant proceeding during such 60-day period to preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Credit Documents;

 

(iv)             permit or suffer to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect thereof, and, if any such case or proceeding is not commenced by such Person, such case or proceeding shall be consented to or acquiesced in by such Person, or shall result in the entry of an order for relief or shall remain for sixty (60) days undismissed; provided, that each Credit Party hereby expressly authorizes each Secured Party to appear in any court conducting any such case or proceeding during such 60-day period to preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Credit Documents; or

 

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(v)               take any action authorizing, or in furtherance of, any of the foregoing.

 

(i)                 Impairment of Security, etc. Any Credit Document or any Lien granted thereunder with respect to any portion of the Collateral (except (i) in accordance with its terms or (ii) with respect to immaterial assets), in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of any Credit Party thereto, or any Credit Party or any other Person shall contest in writing such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability; or, except as permitted under any Credit Document, any Lien on the Collateral (except with respect to immaterial assets) shall cease to be a perfected Lien (other than as a result of the Administrative Agent’s failure to take any action within its control).

 

(j)                 Change of Control. Any Change of Control shall occur.

 

(k)               Restraint of Operations; Loss of Assets. If any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party is enjoined, restrained, or in any way prevented by court order or other Governmental Authority from continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business affairs or if any material portion of any Credit Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets is attached, seized, subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or is levied upon, or comes into the possession of any third Person and the same is not discharged before the earlier of 30 days after the date it first arises or 5 days prior to the date on which such property or asset is subject to forfeiture by such Credit Party or the applicable Subsidiary.

 

(l)                 Damage; Casualty. Any event occurs, whether or not insured or insurable, as a result of which revenue-producing activities cease or are substantially curtailed at facilities of the Credit Parties generating more than 35% of the Borrower’s consolidated revenues for the fiscal year preceding such event and such cessation or curtailment continues for more than forty-five (45) days.

 

(m)             Subordination and Intercreditor Agreements, Intercreditor Agreement and Third Lien Subordination Agreement. (i) The subordination provisions of the Third Lien Subordination Agreement or of any other subordination agreement or any subordination provisions governing any subordinated Indebtedness shall for any reason be revoked or invalidated, or otherwise cease to be in full force and effect, or any Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party shall contest in writing the validity or enforceability thereof or deny in writing that it has any further liability or obligation thereunder, or the Obligations, for any reason shall not have the priority contemplated by such subordination provisions (other than as a result of the Administrative Agent’s failure to take any action within its control) or (ii) any lien subordination or any other material provision of the Intercreditor Agreement or Third Lien Subordination Agreement, as applicable, shall for any reason be revoked or invalidated, or otherwise cease to be in full force and effect, or any Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party shall contest in writing the validity or enforceability thereof or deny in writing that it has any further liability or obligation thereunder.

 

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(n)               FDA Matters. (i) The FDA or any other Governmental Authority initiates enforcement action including but not limited to any inspection against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any suppliers that causes such Credit Party or Subsidiary to recall, withdraw, remove or discontinue manufacturing, shipping or marketing any of its Products the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in aggregate liability and expense to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries of the FDA Trigger Amount or more or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the FDA requires Credit Party or its Subsidiaries to modify the label or labeling of any Product as a result of a safety or compliance risk, or seeks to restrict in any way, the distribution of any of Credit Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ Products, which would reasonably be expected, in the aggregate to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) the FDA or any other Governmental Authority issues a warning letter or other communication to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Regulatory Matter which if not promptly resolved would reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries conducts a mandated or voluntary recall or market withdrawal which could reasonably be expected to result in aggregate liability and expense to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries of the FDA Trigger Amount or more; or (v) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries enters into a settlement agreement with the FDA or any other Governmental Authority that results in aggregate liability as to any single or related series of transactions, incidents or conditions, of the FDA Trigger Amount or more, or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 10.02      Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default shall occur for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may, and upon the direction of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower (a) permanently reduce the Commitment in whole or in part or (b) declare all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and other Obligations to be due and payable and the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) to be terminated, whereupon the full unpaid amount of such Loans and other Obligations which shall be so declared due and payable shall be and become immediately due and payable, without further notice, demand or presentment, and the Commitments shall terminate. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity or pursuant to any Credit Documents.

 

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Article XI

 

The Administrative Agent

 

Section 11.01    Appointment. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) hereby appoints ACF as its Administrative Agent under and for purposes of each Credit Document and hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to act on behalf of such Lender (or, if applicable, each other Secured Party) under each Credit Document and, in the absence of other written instructions from the Lenders pursuant to the terms of the Credit Documents received from time to time by the Administrative Agent, to exercise such powers hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as may be incidental thereto. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or other Secured Party, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 11.02    Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

 

Section 11.03  Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for any failure of any Credit Party or other Person to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law. The Administrative Agent 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 Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.

 

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Section 11.04    Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, electronic mail, 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 Credit Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other requisite Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans and all other Secured Parties.

 

Section 11.05    Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder, except with respect to any Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders unless the Administrative Agent has received 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 the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement); provided, that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as the Administrative Agent shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Secured Parties.

 

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Section 11.06    Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender or any other Secured Party. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any other Secured Party, 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 Credit Parties and their Affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender (and, if applicable, each other Secured Party) also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any other Secured Party, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit 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 Credit Parties and their Affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender or any other Secured Party with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.

 

Section 11.07    Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to their respective Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section 11.07 (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 Total Credit Exposure 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 the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents, any Specified Hedging Agreement 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 the Administrative Agent 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 the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 11.07 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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Section 11.08    Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms “Lender”, “Lenders”, “Secured Party” and “Secured Parties” shall include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity.

 

Section 11.09    Successor Agents. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent, upon twenty (20) days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default 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 (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring Administrative Agent), powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring Administrative Agent), powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no applicable successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is twenty (20) days following such retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, such retiring Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective (except that in the case of any Collateral held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under any of the Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent will continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After an Agent’s resignation as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article XI shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

Section 11.10   Agents Generally. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.

 

Section 11.11    Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments.

 

(a)                Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of the Administrative Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request of Administrative Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any deposit accounts of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries now or hereafter maintained with such Lender. Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to do so in writing by Administrative Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings to enforce any Credit Document against any Credit Party or to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.

 

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(b)               Subject to Section 12.09, if, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) payments from the Administrative Agent in excess of such Lender’s pro rata share of all such distributions by the Administrative Agent, such Lender promptly shall (A) turn the same over to the Administrative Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Administrative Agent, or in immediately available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the Lenders in accordance with their pro rata shares; provided, that to the extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party, but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in connection with the recovery of the excess payment.

 

Section 11.12    Agency for Perfection. Administrative Agent hereby appoints each other Secured Party as its agent (and each Secured Party hereby accepts such appointment) for the purpose of perfecting the Administrative Agent’s Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 7 or Article 8, as applicable, of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable state can be perfected only by possession or control. Should any Secured Party obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Secured Party shall notify Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Administrative Agent’s request therefor shall deliver possession or control of such Collateral to Administrative Agent or in accordance with Administrative Agent’s instructions.

 

Section 11.13    Authorization to File Proof of Claim. In case of the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding with respect to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable or whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand therefor) shall be entitled: (i) to file and prove a claim in such proceeding for the full amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for reimbursement under Section 12.05) allowed in such proceeding; and (ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any trustee, liquidator or another similar official in any such proceedings is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations of the Credit Party hereunder or the rights of any Lender, or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 11.14   Credit Bids. Each Credit Party and each Secured Party hereby irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent, based upon the written instruction of the Required Lenders, to bid and purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted (i) by the Administrative Agent under the provisions of the Code, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the Code (ii) under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363, 365 and/or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code or (iii) by the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise, including a foreclosure sale) in accordance with applicable law (clauses (i), (ii) an (iii), a “Collateral Sale”); and in connection with any Collateral Sale based upon the written instruction of Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may accept non-cash consideration, including debt and equity securities issued by such acquisition vehicle under the direction or control of the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent may offset all or any portion of the Obligations against the purchase price of such Collateral. Each Secured Party hereby agrees that, except as otherwise provided in any Credit Documents, or with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, it will not take any enforcement action, accelerate obligations under any Credit Documents, or exercise any right that it might otherwise have under applicable law to credit bid at foreclosure sales, UCC sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral.

 

Section 11.15   Binding Effect. Each Secured Party, by accepting the benefits of the Credit Documents, agrees that (i) any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if expressly required hereby, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents, (ii) any action taken by the Administrative Agent in reliance upon the instructions of Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Secured Parties.

 

Article XII

Miscellaneous

 

Section 12.01   Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12.01. The Required Lenders may, or, with the consent of the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, may, from time to time, (a) enter into with the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, that no such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification shall directly:

 

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(i)              (A) reduce or forgive any portion of any Loan or extend the final expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the stated interest rate (it being understood that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or amend Section 2.08(c)), or (B) reduce or forgive any portion or extend the date for the payment, of any interest or fee payable hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or (C) amend or modify any provisions of Section 12.09(b) or any other provision that provides for the pro rata nature of disbursements by or payments to Lenders, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(ii)             amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 12.01 or reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the term “Required Lenders” or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 9.03), in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(iii)            increase the aggregate amount of any Commitment of any Lender without the consent of such Lender;

 

(iv)            amend, modify or waive any provision of Article XI applicable to the Administrative Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent;

 

(v)            release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Guarantee Agreement (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantee Agreement), or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Agreement and the Mortgages (except as expressly permitted thereby and in Section 12.19), in each case without the prior written consent of each Lender;

 

(vi)           amend Section 2.10 so as to permit Interest Period intervals greater than six months if not agreed to by all applicable Lenders; or

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein:

 

(i)             this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower (x) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement 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 Credit Documents with the Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders;

 

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(ii)              no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended, and amounts payable to such Lender hereunder may not be permanently reduced without the consent of such Lender (other than reductions in fees and interest in which such reduction does not disproportionately affect such Lender);

 

(iii)            schedules to this Agreement and the Security Agreement may be amended or supplemented by the delivery of a Compliance Certificate in accordance with, and solely to the extent set forth in, Section 8.01(d); and

 

(iv)             this Agreement and any other Credit Document may be amended solely with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment is delivered in order to (x) correct or cure ambiguities, errors, omissions, defects, (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature or (z) correct or cure incorrect cross references or similar inaccuracies in this Agreement or the applicable Credit Document, in each case with regards to clauses (x) through (z), the correction of which is not adverse to the interest of any Lender. Guarantees, collateral documents, security documents, intercreditor agreements, and related documents executed in connection with this Agreement may be amended, modified, terminated or waived, and consent to any departure therefrom may be given, without the consent of any Lender if such amendment, modification, waiver or consent is given in order to cause such guarantee, collateral document, security document, intercreditor agreement or related document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Any such amendment shall become effective without any further consent of any other party to such Credit Document.

 

Section 12.02    Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.

 

(a)               General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by electronic transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, e-mailed or delivered to the applicable address or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

 

(i)               if to the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, to the address, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 12.02 or to such other address, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

 

(ii)              if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent.

 

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All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three (3) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of Section 12.02(c)), when delivered; provided, that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person.

 

(b)               Effectiveness of Electronic Documents and Signatures. Credit Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by e-mail or other electronic communication. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on all Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

(c)               Reliance by the Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Notices of Borrowing) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Credit Party even if (i) such notices were not made 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 the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

 

Section 12.03    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit 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.

 

Section 12.04    Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in the other Credit Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.

 

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Section 12.05   Payment of Expenses; Indemnification. The Borrower agrees, subject to any limitations set forth in the Fee Letter, (a) to pay or reimburse the Agents for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of, and any amendment, waiver, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel (and, to the extent necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction and, if reasonably required, one regulatory counsel) to the Agents and the First Lien Agent (unless the Agents and the First Lien Agent are not affiliated), (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Agents for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents and the Lenders and other third party advisors to the Agents, and (c) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender and the Agents and their respective Related Parties from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, and reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever, including reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel, arising as a result of the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law on the part of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any actual or alleged presence of Hazardous Materials as a result of the operations of each Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, including at any of their Real Property (all the foregoing in this clause (c), collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”); provided, that the Credit Parties shall have no obligation hereunder to the Agents or any Lender nor any of their Related Parties with respect to indemnified liabilities arising from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified or one of their Related Parties; (ii) disputes among the Agents, the Lenders and/or their transferees; or (iii) diminution in value of any Real Property of any Credit Party resulting from the presence of Hazardous Materials existing at such Real Property on or before the Closing Date. The agreements in this Section 12.05 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder and termination of this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against any Lender, the Administrative Agent and their respective Related Parties, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Lender, no Agent nor any of their respective Related Parties shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. 

 

Section 12.06    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, except that (i) except as set forth in Section 9.03, no Credit Party may 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 any Credit Party without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 12.06. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 12.06) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (a) any Lender shall be permitted to pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of such Lender’s rights hereunder including, but not limited to, any Loans (without the consent of, or notice to or any other action by, any other party hereto) to secure the obligations of such Lender or any of its Affiliates to any Person providing any loan, letter of credit or other extension of credit to or for the account of such Lender or any of its Affiliates and any agent, trustee or representative of such Person and (b) the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of their respective rights hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, including, but not limited to, rights to payment (without the consent of, or notice to or any other action by, any other party hereto), to secure the obligations of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates to any Person providing any loan, letter of credit or other extension of credit to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates and any agent, trustee or representative of such Person.

 

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(b)          (i)        Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (other than to a Defaulting Lender or to the Borrower or to any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, an “Eligible 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 (which consent in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of 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 provided further, that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for any assignment hereunder.

 

(ii)          Assignments shall be subject to the consent of 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.

 

(iii) 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, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents, which consent, in each case, shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 10.01(a), (c) (solely in respect of a breach of Section 8.01(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), or Section 9.13) or Section 10.01(h) has occurred and is continuing; and provided further, that contemporaneous assignments to a single assignee made by affiliated Lenders or related Approved Funds and contemporaneous assignments by a single assignor to affiliated Lenders or related Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above;

 

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(B)              each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided, that this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Commitments or Loans;

 

(C)              the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided, that only one such fee shall be payable in connection with simultaneous assignments to two or more Approved Funds; and

 

(D)             the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(E)                No Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder to any of the Credit Parties.

 

In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to such assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee (by its execution and delivery of the applicable Assignment and Acceptance to the Administrative Agent) and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full respective Pro Rata Share of all Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

(iii)         Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section 12.06, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.04 and 12.05); provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 12.06 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 12.06.

 

(iv)         The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose on behalf of the Borrower (but not as an agent, fiduciary or for any other purposes), shall maintain a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). Further, the Register shall contain the name and address of the Administrative Agent and the lending office through which each such Person acts under this Agreement. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register, as in effect at the close of business on the preceding Business Day, shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

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(v)          Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)(i) of this Section 12.06, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless and until it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

 

(vi)         Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, (i) no Person identified on Schedule 12.06 as a holder of 2023 Convertible Notes, 2023 PIK Convertible Notes or other unsecured Indebtedness nor (ii) any Affiliate of any Person identified on Schedule 12.06 to the extent such Affiliate is either (x) identified as such in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (y) readily identifiable on the basis of such Affiliate’s name, in each case, shall be permitted to acquire Loans hereunder by means of exchanging such holder’s 2023 Convertible Notes, 2023 PIK Convertible Notes or such other unsecured Indebtedness (or any similar exchange transaction) for Loans hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not prohibit assignments of Loans to Persons identified on Schedule 12.06 and their Affiliates in a transaction not involving an exchange of 2023 Convertible Notes, 2023 PIK Convertible Notes or other unsecured Indebtedness for Loans hereunder.

 

(c)               (i)        Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided, that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument 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 or any other Credit Document; provided, that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (i) of the first proviso to Section 12.01. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 12.06, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.04 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 12.06. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.09(b) as though it were a Lender, provided, that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 12.09(a) as though it were a Lender.

 

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(ii)           A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 5.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Non-U.S. Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.04 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 5.04(b) as though it were a Lender.

 

(iii)          Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Lender’s obligations hereunder (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall not have any responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

Section 12.07    Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.

 

(a)               The Borrower, at its sole cost and expense, shall be permitted to replace any Lender (or any Participant), other than an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, that (i) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 or Section 5.04, or (ii) is affected in the manner described in Section 2.10(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken, provided, that (A) such replacement does not conflict with any Applicable Law, (B) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (C) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts (other than any disputed amounts) pursuant to Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 or Section 5.04, as the case may be, owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (D) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (E) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.06 (except that such replaced Lender shall not be obligated to pay any processing and recordation fee required pursuant thereto) and (F) 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.

 

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(b)               If any Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination, which pursuant to the terms of Section 12.01 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected or the Required Lenders and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then, provided that no Default or Event of Default then exists, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent), at its own cost and expense, to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans and Commitments to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, provided, that: (i) all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment and (ii) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 12.06 (except that such Non-Consenting Lender shall not be obligated to pay any processing and recordation fee required pursuant thereto).

 

Section 12.08  Securitization. The Credit Parties hereby acknowledge that the Lenders and their Affiliates may securitize the Loans (a “Securitization”) through the pledge of the Loans as collateral security for loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or through the sale of the Loans or the issuance of direct or indirect interests in the Loans to their controlled Affiliates, which loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or direct or indirect interests will be rated by Moody’s, S&P or one or more other rating agencies. The Credit Parties shall, to the extent commercially reasonable, cooperate with the Lenders and their Affiliates to effect any and all Securitizations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Securitization shall release the Lender party thereto from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any pledgee, secured party or any other party to such Securitization for such Lender as a party hereto and no change in ownership of the Loans may be effected except pursuant to Section 12.06.

 

Section 12.09   Adjustments; Set-off. (a) If any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.01(h), 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 Loans or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall (i) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and (ii) purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loans, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, that (x) 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 and (y) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (1) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05(d) and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (2) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.

 

Each Credit Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Credit Party in the amount of such participation.

 

(b)               After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the extent consented to by Administrative Agent, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Credit Party, any such notice being expressly waived by the Credit Parties 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) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), 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 branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

 

Section 12.10    Counterparts. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be executed by one or more of the parties thereto on any number of separate counterparts (including by electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 12.11    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. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.11, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law), as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

 

Section 12.12    Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any party hereto or thereto relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

 

Section 12.13    GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE THEREIN) AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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Section 12.14    Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)               agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any Affiliate of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;

 

(b)               consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

 

(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 the applicable party at its respective address set forth on Schedule 12.02 or on Schedule 1.01(a) 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 or shall limit any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or their respective properties in the courts of any jurisdiction;

 

(e)               waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, all rights of rescission, setoff, counterclaims, and other defenses in connection with the repayment of the Obligations; and

 

(f)                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 12.14 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

Section 12.15    Acknowledgments. Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)               it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;

 

(b)               neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Credit Parties arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

 

(c)               no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Credit Parties and the Lenders.

 

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Section 12.16    WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE CREDIT PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

Section 12.17    Confidentiality. Each Agent and Lender shall hold all Confidential Information confidential in accordance with its customary procedure for handling confidential information of this nature and (in the case of a Lender that is a bank) in accordance with safe and sound banking practices; provided, that Confidential Information may be disclosed by the Administrative Agent or Lender:

 

(a)               as required by any governmental agency or representative thereof (including, without limitation, public disclosures by the Administrative Agent, Lender, or any of their Related Parties required by the SEC or any other governmental or regulatory authority);

 

(b)               pursuant to legal process;

 

(c)               in connection with the enforcement of any rights or exercise of any remedies by the Administrative Agent or Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document;

 

(d)               to the Administrative Agent’s or Lender’s attorneys, professional advisors, independent auditors or Affiliates,

 

(e)               in connection with:

 

(i)                 the establishment of any special purpose funding vehicle with respect to the Loans,

 

(ii)              any Securitization permitted under Section 12.08;

 

(iii)            any prospective assignment of, or participation in, its rights and obligations pursuant to Section 12.06, to prospective assignees or Participants, as the case may be;

 

(iv)             any Hedging Transaction entered into or proposed to be entered into in connection with the Loans made hereunder, to actual or proposed direct or indirect contractual counterparties; and

 

(v)               any actual or proposed credit facility for loans, letters of credit or other extensions of credit to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or Lender or any of its Affiliates, to any Person providing or proposing to provide such loan, letter of credit or other extension of credit or any agent, trustee or representative of such Person; or

 

(f)                with the consent of the Borrower;

 

provided, that in the case of clause (e) hereof, the Person to whom Confidential Information is so disclosed is advised of and has been directed to comply with the provisions of this Section 12.17.

 

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For purposes of this Section, “Confidential Information” means all information received from a Credit Party or any Subsidiary, whether directly or from a Credit Party or a Subsidiary’s managers, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, or other advisors, relating to the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Agents or any Secured Party on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by or on behalf of such Credit Party or any Subsidiary.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any Affiliate thereof is hereby expressly permitted by the Credit Parties to refer to any Credit Party and any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with any promotion or marketing undertaken by the Administrative Agent, Lender or Affiliate and, for such purpose, the Administrative Agent, Lender or Affiliate may utilize any trade name, trademark, logo or other distinctive symbol associated with such Credit Party or such Subsidiary or any of their businesses and (B) any information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by the Administrative Agent or Lender) shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section 12.17.

 

EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION 12.17) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE CREDIT PARTIES 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 CREDIT PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE CREDIT PARTIES 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.

 

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Section 12.18    Press Releases, etc. Each Credit Party will not, and will not permit any of its respective Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to publish any press release or other similar public disclosure or announcements (including any marketing materials) regarding this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Transaction Documents, or any of the Transactions, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

Section 12.19    Releases of Guarantees and Liens. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Secured Party (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Secured Party except as expressly required by Section 12.01) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Credit Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 12.01, (ii) upon request by Borrower, to release any Guarantor that has become an Excluded Subsidiary, provided, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (iii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.

 

(b)               At such time as (i) the Loans and the other Obligations (other than Unasserted Contingent Obligations) shall have been paid in full and (ii) the Commitments have been terminated, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all pledges and obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Credit Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

 

(c)               Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any guarantee obligations pursuant to this Section 12.19. In each case as specified in this Section 12.19, the Administrative Agent will (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrower’s request and expense, (i) execute and deliver any termination statements, lien releases, discharges of security interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable form) as are reasonably necessary to release, as of record, the Administrative Agent’s Liens and all notices of security interests and liens previously filed by the Administrative Agent and (ii) deliver all possessory collateral in the Administrative Agent’s possession, custody or control to the Borrower (or the Borrower’s designee), and (iii) execute and deliver to the applicable Credit Party such other documents as such Credit Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral or obligation from the assignment, lien or security interest granted under the Security Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Credit Documents and this Section 12.19.

 

Section 12.20    USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Credit Parties, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act. Each Credit Party agrees to provide all such information to the Lenders upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, whether with respect to any Person who is a Credit Party on the Closing Date or who becomes a Credit Party thereafter.

 

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Section 12.21    No Fiduciary Duty.  Each Credit Party, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Credit Parties, their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their respective Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.

 

Section 12.22    Authorized Officers. The execution of any certificate requirement hereunder by an Authorized Officer shall be considered to have been done solely in such Authorized Officer’s capacity as an officer of the applicable Credit Party (and not individually). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely and act on any certificate, notice or other document delivered by or on behalf of any Person purporting to be an Authorized Officer of a Credit Party and shall have no duty to inquire as to the actual incumbency or authority of such Person.

 

Section 12.23    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit 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 party hereto 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 Credit 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.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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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.

 

BORROWER: TELIGENT, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
   
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
   
OTHER GUARANTORS: [__________],
  a [________]
   
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND A ACF FINCO I LP,
LENDER: a Delaware limited partnership
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

  

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Teligent Announces Completion of Series C Convertible Note Financing and Exchange

 

Buena, N.J., JULY 20, 2020 (GLOBENEWSWIRE) -- Teligent, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLGT) (“Teligent” or the “Company”), a New Jersey-based specialty generic pharmaceutical company, announced the closing of the issuance of $13.8 million aggregate principal amount of 9.5% Series C Senior Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “New 2023 Notes”). After taking into account an original issue discount and other transaction fees (including fees payable to the purchasers in the form of additional New 2023 Notes), the Company received approximately $10.0 million of net cash proceeds, which will be used to fund general corporate and working capital purposes.

 

The Company also issued approximately $32.3 million in aggregate principal amount of New 2023 Notes in exchange for approximately $35.9 million in aggregate principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest, of the Company’s outstanding 7.0% Cash / 8.0% PIK Series B Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the “Series B Convertible Notes”), which gives effect to a 10% discount on the principal amount of Series B Convertible Notes exchanged. In addition, the Company issued approximately $3.7 million in aggregate principal amount of New 2023 Notes in exchange for approximately $8.2 million in aggregate principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest, of the Company’s outstanding 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due May 2023 (the “Series A Convertible Notes”), which gives effect to a 55% discount on the principal amount of Series A Convertible Notes exchanged.

 

Interest on the New 2023 Notes initially accrues at the rate of 9.5%, is payable in kind by issuing additional principal amount of New 2023 Notes, and will be payable semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2020. The New 2023 Notes mature in March 2023.

 

The New 2023 Notes are convertible at the option of the holder at any time prior to maturity at an initial conversion price of $2.78 per share, subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. In the event that Teligent undergoes a “fundamental change,” holders of New 2023 Notes may require Teligent to purchase for cash all or any portion of the New 2023 Notes at the fundamental change purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of notes being repurchased plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon. The New 2023 Notes are not redeemable by the Company, but the Company has the right to force conversion of the New 2023 Notes if the Company’s per-share stock price exceeds the conversion price of the New 2023 Notes by 100% for a period of time after January 1, 2022 (subject to reduction to 75% and 50% beginning July 1, 2022 and January 1, 2023, respectively).

 

The New 2023 Notes are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and are secured by third lien security interests in substantially all of the assets of the Company and the Company’s U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries. The security interests granted by the Company and such subsidiaries are subordinate to the security interests granted under the Company’s senior secured credit facilities. In connection with the issuance of the New 2023 Notes, the Company entered into amendments to its senior secured credit facilities that, among other matters, provided Teligent with the consent of the lenders to the issuance of the New 2023 Notes.

 

 

 

 

Jefferies LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to Teligent, and K&L Gates LLP served as legal counsel. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP served as legal counsel to the purchasers and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP served as legal counsel to Teligent’s senior lenders.

 

The New 2023 Notes and any shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the New 2023 Notes (the “Conversion Shares”) have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state or other jurisdiction’s securities laws, and the New 2023 Notes and the Conversion Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state or other jurisdictions’ securities laws. Teligent does not intend to file a registration statement for the resale of the New 2023 Notes or any Conversion Shares.

 

This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor does it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” that are intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts are statements that could be deemed forward-looking. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the Company’s business and the industry in which the Company operates and the beliefs and assumptions of the Company’s management. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “depends,” “expect,” “goal,” “anticipate,” “forecast,” “project,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “indicate,” “outlook,” and similar expressions of future intent or the negative of such terms. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding the intended use of proceeds from the sale of the New 2023 Notes. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, these forward-looking statements are based on management’s current beliefs, expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on the Company’s current beliefs or expectations and are inherently subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other periodic reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Additionally, many of these risks and uncertainties are currently amplified by and will continue to be amplified by, or in the future may be amplified by, the COVID-19 outbreak and the effects thereof on the Company’s future performance and results of operations. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks. There may be additional risks that the Company considers immaterial or which are unknown. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and, subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law or any relevant stock exchange rules, we expressly disclaim any obligation to disseminate, after the date of this document, any updates or revisions to any such forward-looking statements to reflect any change in expectations or events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.